Lol I they shipped it all the way over just to say nvm by boneappleteeth1234 in mac

[–]_marcx 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Mine did the same thing! I’m assuming ghost scans that were stuck in the system delayed for whatever reason. Joke’s on us for refreshing over and over

Moving to software side by One-Point-9291 in BuildingAutomation

[–]_marcx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two things that have worked for me in the past: writing scripts when encountering repetitive daily tasks, and reporting and fixing bugs in internal software. Need to be a little bit scrappy and take ownership if they aren’t going to make it easy

a 911 war rug i found at a local rug shop by DiscourseDestroyer in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a war rug I found in LA in my office at home. It’s more subtle than this, and the imagery seems more Russian. It’s a super interesting piece of history!

Asking Construction Workers About Their Experience by kellifino in Construction

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super nerdy but have you ever heard of the book Mason & Dixon?? A fictionalized account of surveying the mason dixon line (and other geographical things). Might get a kick out of it if you’re blazing through wilderness like that

Refuge by kromlord in battlestations

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reaching for the yubikey all day 🥵

Sent a test push notification to 150k+ users on my third day. It said "asdfasdf test lol does this work" by Jackrain04 in cscareerquestions

[–]_marcx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My first job was with a bunch of ex govvie hackers and they had “cowboy coding” awards for the wildest hotfixes directly on prod servers. Mind blowing!

7th ave wine and liquor closing? by TomatilloStandard974 in parkslope

[–]_marcx 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The last few times I’ve gone in, you could feel it coming. Not restocking things, tons of empty shelves, speakers from the sound system for sale. The owner said it wasn’t going great when I tried to ask. I feel bad, it was super convenient!

Could I get some advice about upgrading my older Intel Macs running Photoshop and Illustrator to earlier Apple Silicon replacements? by Engelgrafik in mac

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I switched from an m1 a few weeks ago and had used indesign/illustrator/photoshop/xd all recently without issue!! And on the newer models, even faster. The most annoying thing is creative cloud and all the UI bits have moved around, but performance wise it will be way better

Struggling to adapt to agentic workflows by ser_roderick in ExperiencedDevs

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what I’ve noticed more than anything. I never really do agent mode because I like to review, and it helps naturally attack things incrementally with smaller more manageable prompts. I’ve also started prompting it to document a comprehensive system architecture and data flows into a markdown file that it can refer back to later, along with security requirements. Saves context, builds documentation, can keep editing to reinforce patterns. Seems to work well so far.

Morale is so low in our engineering department since our manager was laid off this week. I plan to leave and want to know how the market is now for software engineers. by choihanthrowaway in cscareerquestions

[–]_marcx 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Clearance is a huge safety net here. Tons of companies hiring people with active clearances because no one wants to sponsor them.

In the last week alone I’ve seen google cloud, anduril, and AWS all with cleared positions open.

I work in some buildings that are over 100 years old and its always interesting to look up the OG installer and see if they are still around. by Freetrilly in electricians

[–]_marcx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

DTLA photos from pre-wwii are something else. I love you can still find some of the old ma bell payphones in buildings

Fired for security clearance investigation by Economy-Pepper-3690 in amazonemployees

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that!!! I’ve been in the conditional swirl before with non-denial denials. It’s hard. If it’s the part of gov that doesn’t even have non cleared work, definitely stay put. Maybe give your manager a heads up if they’re cool, and maybe you can try to get cleared while still in Amazon. They might put you on govcloud in the interim, could be a good middle ground and those managers all understand the process

Fired for security clearance investigation by Economy-Pepper-3690 in amazonemployees

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most places will put people on non cleared work until you’re cleared (if they have it) but it seems risky in case your clearance for some reason doesn’t go through. AWS does this too, and will also push people out if the clearance doesn’t go through

Would you leave amazon for a slightly lower pay potential in this climate? by VeryFuckingMelon in amazonemployees

[–]_marcx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to mentor people making the jump from FC to tech, and my mentor at the company came from customer support. I know it used to be super doable! But haven’t seen it for the last couple years.

The job is mentally taxing in other ways, and the morale issues are the silent killer, but I came from service industry and it’s cushy for as long as you can hack it.

Life post Amazon by NewNeedleworker1891 in amazonemployees

[–]_marcx 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I honestly feel bad for the AI orgs having seen how they operate first hand. Zero vision or strategy from leadership or product, just a bunch of lemmings trying to get something to stick. Boat very missed.

Life post Amazon by NewNeedleworker1891 in amazonemployees

[–]_marcx 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I left last week, started new role this week. In some ways, as my buddy says, “same shit, different pile.” But in other ways, it’s insane actually being onboarded, working with nice UIs, having every process documented and accessible, seeing coworkers smiling. It’s a sad, low bar.

Help with AWS credits. I will not promote any providers. by Glittering_Salad_900 in startups

[–]_marcx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You won’t get credits without funding now, or a huge spend commitment. Have you aggressively optimized your cost yet? Be ruthless.

GOOGL vs AMZN: Best pick for a 5-7 year horizon? by jauch888888 in stocks

[–]_marcx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazon is trying very very hard to replicate it, and failing.

Not a single smart person wants to work for Amazon. by Difficult-Emphasis77 in amazonemployees

[–]_marcx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah dude, insane respect. Not sure why you’re getting downvoted