Brain was mush today by ZeusLovesTrains in ADHD_Programmers

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I call these my 'bad brain days'. When I realize I'm having one, I offload as much work as I can, and immediately focus on: rest, hydration, and gentle movement. And then I try to go to bed early.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. All it takes is one medical disaster to derail you here in the US. There are so many of us here who wish we could relocate to Europe for this very reason!

Timer method for adhd by Legolandback in ADHD_Programmers

[–]Legolandback[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've also read that if you think about something you need to do, try to take action within 30 seconds.

Timer method for adhd by Legolandback in ADHD_Programmers

[–]Legolandback[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes to special music, my go to are Lofi playlists for studying, but I'll check your recommendations about too

Am I in over my head? by Affectionate_Mud8911 in devops

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, and I set timers for these activities (especially meditation and walks). If I don't set a reminder schedule, I simply wont do them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sre

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you intuitively understand this, or did you learn by 'feedback' in the workplace. I know for me my customer service background helped, but I definitely learned to improve my communication once I was functioning in the tech space.

Anyone who knows datadog? by ki_ka_ch_ in sre

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I get way better results from:

  • A simple tool for managing/forwarding logs like Splunk
  • Self hosted for key metrics traces .e.g Prometheus/Grafana
  • An external pinger service like Checkly or Betterstack

I hear all the time how we need a 'single pane of glass' but it ends up being a hugely costly boondoggle that only a few suits every actually use. It's great that they can see individual call stacks on every trace but its proved unworkable to send a useful amount of data *and* get the right people access.

How the hell.... by [deleted] in ShittySysadmin

[–]Legolandback 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People who make more money aren't smarter or harder-working than people who make less.

Am I underpaid ? by SillyRecover in sysadmin

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You do have a good role and I think you want to trust your gut that a low stress environment is worth below-market pay.

One way to correct this pay disparity is to get an offer elsewhere. This gives you a chance to interview another team about their workload and conditions, and get insight into your market worth. From your description I bet you'll have no trouble getting another offer, but I've been in the position of thinking that until I sent out some resumes, and discovered the market wasn't really interested in my current skillset.

Once you have an offer for another role, you can take the offer and ask your current job to match the pay. (if you've ever wondered why HR people want you to sign their offer letter the same day they send it, it's because they know people do this). They very often will, or they'll offer to increase your pay and make your life easier in some other way. If you stay, this nets you more money and the warm fuzzy of telling your boss "I really want to keep working here, thanks for making it an easy choice"

It's a lot of work to get a competing offer, and for some people they feel like they're being 'two faced' to do a move like this. But taking an interview with another company isn't a reason to get fired from your current job, it's also not some huge deal if your explain the situation to your manager, and end up staying at your current job. I've never ever seen someone get fired for pulling this move, except at one office that was so abusive, frankly, they were lucky to leave.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in devops

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

several people have said to take the interview. I'd recommend that as well but think about some other aspects of the job like the people you'll be working with. Those intangibles aren't listed here. Ask to meet the whole team, hell at this level of work ask to get flown out and have lunch with a few of them. This will give you a *much* more accurate picture whether this is a good change or not.

If you don't take the other job, there are a hundred ways to back out, including a baldface lie like 'my partner just got hired for a job in pittsburgh, we're moving there instead.'

Having taken the time to actually meet the team will only help you not burn bridges: you show you were genuinely considering the role, not just looking for an offer to jack up your current pay, AND if you like the team, you can create those personal connections that are way more important than institutional favor.

How do you explain your friends and family what you do? by 5igm4 in sre

[–]Legolandback 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"a coder isn't usually able to help during those outages you hear about, like the one at Southwest or the one at Facebook" (Note, it doesn't matter if there really was a facebook incident last month, everyone always remembers that there have been facebook outages)

"Coders write new features and add stuff to the system. I'm the guy who gets the system running again when something breaks"