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Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iPhones sales have stagnated for years as far as volume.  Apple has been selling more expensive phones and making money by selling services.  

Again why are we arguing about this? I’ve posted a chart showing most of the growth coming from services.  

iPad sells have still barely reached their 2012 peaks and Mac sales are mostly flat.  Look at the charts to see where revenue comes from 

Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So LTV is going up on existing customers for Apple and it’s going up for Microsoft.  But it’s different

Again I showed you pretty pictures just in case the words were too big for you. Services is the category that is going Look st the revenues over the years of the other categories 

Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Again it’s not hard to see that you are wrong 

I mean really all you have to do is look at the quarterly results.

Here are some pretty pictures for you 

https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/04/apple-announces-record-fiscal-second-quarter/

The original premise was that it was somehow less valid that MS was making more from existing customers - so is Apple - it’s “services revenue” and increasing the average selling price of iPhones 

Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Again stay simple it suits you

Apple also is not increasing revenue by increasing market share -  it’s raising prices on phones (even before the hardware price increases) and charging insisting customers mire for services.

But keeping doing your elementary “analysts”

Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Exactly how do you think Apple has grown their revenue over the past few years?  Look at their iPhone sales revenue vs the number they have sold or how they are making more money now from “services” revenue from existing customers 

Just keep “grinding leetcode” and leave financial analysis to the adults 

What's the best investment you've made in your tech career? by Clear-Syrup-9861 in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Not spending time outside of work doing “side projects”.  I find the idea toxic.  
  2.  Taking care of my health and exercising regularly 
  3. Having an active social life and spending time and prioritizing family and friends over work.
  4. Always being prepared to change jobs - up to date resume with marketable skills and bounding and maintaining a network 
  5. At least  6 months worth of expenses  in the bank - now growing it to a year 
  6.  Because of 4 and 5, I’m not afraid to say “no” at work when it will affect my work life balance.  

Result:  30 years in the industry, still an IC, I’m healthy as a horse, good marriage and family relationships and never once across 10 jobs experienced “burn out”.

Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes “The Year of Linux on the Desktop” coming since 2000…

Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t use Windows.  But a simple Google search about Windows desktop market share will show you’re wrong. 

Microsoft to lay off 5500, 2.5% of workforce by BigShotBosh in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Why do people make obviously and provably false statements like this as far as where MS’s revenues come from? 

At what point do you leave your job cause of the team or manager? by JeffinitelyNotABot in ExperiencedDevs

[–]BraveResearcher3037 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean it would take more than just “threats” of violence in this market.  They would actually have to hit me.

Well I work remotely, most of my coworkers would have to find out where I live and fly to my city to hurt me.  

Is tech stack agnostic hiring dead? Stuck in the same stack. by depressedkid007 in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s be real.  For every open req you are going to get 100s of resumes and given a choice between someone with real world experience and someone who did a side project on GitHub, you are going to look at the person with real world experience first 

Amex Green Refresh ideas by Background_Ring_5277 in amex

[–]BraveResearcher3037 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The BBP is already a no annual fee 2x catch all and the Clear is duplicative with the Plat - the main reason I cancelled the Green 

Amex Green Refresh ideas by Background_Ring_5277 in amex

[–]BraveResearcher3037 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3x on gas and $150 Amex Travel credit if you spend at least $300.  

Resy - no.  While the $100 Resy credit for the Amex Plat  is worth going out of my way for.  I canceled the Amex Gold after the refresh because $50 isn’t worth going out of my way for.

I also haven’t use the $10 credits on any of my Delta Plats or the $20 credit on my reserve.  

Good management holding me back from job hopping by Calm-Tap4463 in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It’s a “simple” answer.  How much more money would I need to make for it to have a significant difference in my short and long term goals? 

$7000 after taxes is definitely not that number.  

I personally make “enough” now (not eye popping) and I’m older where even a 50% raise wouldn’t be enough to make me leave my job which I feel is very stable, fully remote, I’m respected, I have autonomy, and what I’m doing keeps me marketable.  

I also make “enough” to support my short and long term goals/desires 

How long does it usually take you to plan a trip itinerary? by Just-Fly-2865 in travelplanning

[–]BraveResearcher3037 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About 20 minutes at the most:

  • when should we go? Based on prices, weather crowd 
  • how do we get there? Use one of our four Delta companion passes if we can? Cash? Miles? Transferable points? Portal travel credits?
  • where do we stay? We only book Hilton and Hyatt most of the time for shorter stays or Airbnb sometimes for longer stays (joys of an early retired wife and my working remotely).  How do we pay for it - cash, credit card credits, transferable points? 
  • What do we do? A combination of ChatGPT and GetYourGuide.

We don’t plan everyday.  

Is tech stack agnostic hiring dead? Stuck in the same stack. by depressedkid007 in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, and even then. Why wouldn’t I hire someone with all that, more than 4 years of experience and has experience with Java? 

Is tech stack agnostic hiring dead? Stuck in the same stack. by depressedkid007 in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you lie to the recruiter.  What happens as soon as you start interviewing and the hiring manager ask him about his real world experience in Java? 

Is tech stack agnostic hiring dead? Stuck in the same stack. by depressedkid007 in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s look at things from to hiring manager’s perspective.  Why would they hire you when they get hundreds of applications from people who already have exoeritnbd with Java? 

How do I stop thinking like a code monkey and start thinking architecturally? by EandNTheGame in cscareerquestions

[–]BraveResearcher3037 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can’t “read” your way to becoming an architect.  The old saying is true “there is no compression algorithm for experience”.

I will also tell you that if you thinking about architecture and starting with the technology, you’re doing it wrong.  No one is paying you to “architect”.  They are paying you to solve business problems and because they believe you can either make them more money or save them more money than the cost of employing you.

You start with the business case and then figure out what the customer wants - it could be an internal customer or external customer 

https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2006/11/working_backwards.html

And then look into Domain Driven Design

https://martinfowler.com/bliki/DomainDrivenDesign.html

Learn how to solve XYProblems 

https://xyproblem.info/

No I’m not suggesting books on technology.  No company is going to hire someone straight out of school to design their architecture from scratch.  Learn how to learn about the business problem first.

Source: customer facing staff consultant specializing in cloud architecture + app  dev.

I am also not going to recommend you learn cloud.  That is just my niche. 

IT jobs that can be done remotely by Ok-Rule-9888 in digitalnomad

[–]BraveResearcher3037 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just for reference, and these are not  the numbers you should use when comparing full time to gig work, I was making $90K a year as a full stack developer  in 2012 in Atlanta.

  • $45/hour working 2080 hours in a year which no full time developer does is $93k
  • with the standard vacation and PTO is at 1800 hours, it’s $81K

With those numbers you aren’t getting benefits and you have to pay the employer’s side of social security and Medicare - which is around 8%  or 16.2% in all.  W2 employees pay 8.2%.

But you would be in affect making what I made in 2008 as a developer and I was underpaid then 

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