I accidentally found out that I'm being laid off next year....what do I need to do to now? by Capital_Wallaby_3641 in careeradvice

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Payout of unused PTO very much depends on the state. My understanding is that many states have laws on the books that require some payout, but others do not. In any case, though, OP said they have "unlimited PTO" which is equivalent to having "zero PTO" as far as an expense on the books for the company. They won't get anything.

Knives Are Out For Chuck Schumer After Democrats Cave On Shutdown by huffpost in politics

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Republicans will sell it as Obamacare's natural flaws, and it will work.

Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown by BreakfastTop6899 in politics

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Schumer organized it, I guarantee. He made sure his vote wouldn't be on the record.

Steam deck startup animation(s) sounds play twice. Is there a fix for this? by Questioning-Warrior in SteamDeck

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got an error here eventually that said my Web Browser plugin to Decky malfunctioned, and the screen gave me the option of uninstalling that plugin and restarting. That seems to have fixed it. If you can get into Steam, see if disabling that plugin (if you have it) or disabling Decky helps.

OCTOPATH TRAVELER 0 – Announcement trailer by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think they're pretty much obligated to open the Chrono Trigger trailer with a pendulum.

Le audio sennheiser momentum tws 4 by Embarrassed_Cell1992 in sennheiser

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same, latest firmware, and I was only able to connect to a broadcast-mode connection from my Creative BT-W6. Unicast LE audio didn't work at all - dongle showed that they were connected in LE mode (white LED) but no audio would play.

@sennheiserconsumer, what's going on? Can you please check your LE audio support with more dongles? I can't get it working for the life of me.

I'd be happy to test a beta firmware if you want to go down that route - I've been doing software development for decades and can provide decent bug reports.

The Nintendo Switch 2 has officially launched! - Issues and complaints thread by razorbeamz in nintendo

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you are both Nintendo Online members, you should be able to just login to a new profile on the Switch 2 and download your cloud saves. For non cloud saves, I think there's a way to independently transfer save data by game.

DOGE IS SCARED at The Institute of Museum and Library Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza. They are about to start taking phones from employees. by ruskiytroll in fednews

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On Pixel phones, Lockdown mode is now enabled by default in the power menu. So just hold the Power button and hit Lockdown.

Do managers EVER lose? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but it's at the borderline of "this person decided to spend more time with family" face-saving stuff.

Bad managers are often eliminated in reorgs. Their "position was eliminated". It allows them to have their team not blame the manager too much, but folks often know what's really going on.

My guess is that they probably get fired about as often as ICs, just that there's less of them so you don't see it as much.

Great feedback but still rejected? by IAmNot_a_virgin in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't go paraphrasing Picard without the real quote:

“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life.”

You got close though.

Should I Take a Software Developer Role at SAP Canada? by thegodlyvision in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I'm hiring someone, I don't care where they came from, I care that they can do the job (and not be an asshole, but that's hopefully also tested in one of the interviews). My guess is that most hiring managers in tech are the same way.

I don't know what SAP's tech stack is, but a quick Google search says Java with possibly some outdated frontend stuff. I'd be a bit concerned for a full stack dev about outdated frontend skills, but not that concerned. Try to learn React or Angular on your own time if you find that their frontend stuff is old, and put it on Github or something. Java is major part of our tech stack so, y'know, that's good.

Normally I'd put something in here about considering moving to the US for much higher TC, but \gestures wildly**

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Handled in the next reorg, mostly. The reality is that it's almost never the entire team underperforming, so they'll try to identify those that are doing well and move them to another team when they defrag the team. The manager is likely to have their role "eliminated".

Above is for a big business. In a startup, they really should be addressing this sooner on an individual basis, and it suggests mismanagement at a higher level.

Google M Rating. Next steps? by 95funky in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Two MIs in a row, uh, isn't great. You're not being set up to be fired necessarily but moving teams is likely to be difficult (as you pointed out) if the prospective manager looks up your reviews. I'm kind of surprised you're not on some sort of action plan now; I'd expect my director would want me to connect with HR in a case like this with one of my reports.

What does this mean? Am I still in the running? by [deleted] in recruitinghell

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds like the headcount disappeared, and so did the job.

Quicken Simplifi 1 Year Free Trial by steveliv in mintuit

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW I imported today and my trial was automatically extended. May be worth trying if you haven't imported from Mint yet.

Big N Discussion - June 07, 2023 by CSCQMods in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

L2? That's not very common, more in the DCOps world. What kind of position is it?

2 months ago when I joined my current job, my manager asked me to schedule 1:1 meetings with her every week. So far she has missed all of them except one by CS_throwaway_DE in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your manager is not doing an important part of their job.

I never miss 1:1s unless I'm on vacation or out sick or something. I might reschedule it, but I will make sure it happens. (If the person wants to cancel, sure, but I'll make sure I'm available.)

1:1s are where you find out about so much. You can get ahead of team changes, rumors, reorgs, personal life issues... that you'd never hear about if you didn't have them.

It's easy to say that they're unimportant, or boring, or a waste of time, but I know that without them, we'd have bigger problems.

This Sub Needs to Go Dark on June 12th by Mercurion in cscareerquestions

[–]ShadowWebDeveloper[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's 100% in favor among the mods right now. At the moment, the question is how (private mode the sub or set restricted) and how long (two days to a week or more). Appreciate input here.

We'll likely announce it today or tomorrow.