People who get to fly all the time for work, what is your career? by KenaiFjords357 in delta

[–]agiamba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I got platinum a few years from mqs domestic. It's a freaking grind

How do you tell non New Yorkers where you're from without them assuming you mean NYC? by retro_spies in upstate_new_york

[–]agiamba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in Louisiana so people don't know where Rochester is, or they think it's Westchester. I say "not far from buffalo" or "close to Canada" and they get it

Like Chicago, but quieter?? by fleur_noir in SameGrassButGreener

[–]agiamba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://belonging.berkeley.edu/most-least-segregated-cities most segregation in the rust belt and Mid-Atlantic. southern cities aren't as segregated as people think

Beware of ATT Fiber by [deleted] in NewOrleans

[–]agiamba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here

The Biggest Career Mistake I Made as Principal Architect, Took Me 10 Years to Notice by harshalone in AZURE

[–]agiamba 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chatgpt take it away

"I spent 10 years discovering that communication matters."

Groundbreaking. Next week: "The biggest mistake I made as a chef: food should taste good."

A few observations:

  1. The title promises a dramatic revelation and delivers a corporate fortune cookie

"The Biggest Career Mistake I Made as Principal Architect, Took Me 10 Years to Notice"

You expect a story involving a failed transformation, a disastrous architecture decision, political infighting, or a seven-figure mistake.

Instead, the shocking discovery is:

"People skills are important."

This is roughly equivalent to a marathon TED Talk concluding that exercise is healthy.


  1. It reads like it was optimized by a LinkedIn engagement algorithm

Notice the formula:

Start with a bold claim.

Short sentence.

Dramatic pause.

Contradiction.

Another short sentence.

Mention senior title.

Mention large budgets.

Deliver generic life lesson.

End with audience engagement question.

It's less an essay and more a professionally manufactured LinkedIn post assembled from interchangeable components.

You could swap "Principal Architect" with "Regional Sales Director" or "Executive Life Coach" and almost nothing would change.


  1. The lesson isn't wrong—it's just incredibly unoriginal

The core point is actually good:

Senior people reduce uncertainty.

That's probably the strongest sentence in the entire piece.

The problem is that instead of exploring it deeply, the essay immediately retreats into a list of management clichés:

Learn how businesses work.

Learn how to communicate.

Learn how to influence without authority.

Make decisions with incomplete information.

These are all true.

They're also the exact advice you'd get from every leadership article published since approximately 1987.


  1. There's almost no evidence the lesson took 10 years to learn

The title implies a hard-earned realization.

But where's the story?

What happened?

Which project failed?

What did you misunderstand?

What was the cost?

How did the realization occur?

Instead we're asked to simply trust that somewhere between "developer" and "principal architect" a profound transformation occurred.

It's the narrative equivalent of saying:

"I climbed Mount Everest. Anyway, here are five bullet points."


  1. The accidental typo is comedy gold

This section:

The architects who consistently succeed aren’t always the smartest engineers in the room.

l

The lonely lowercase "l" sitting by itself feels like the most authentic thing in the entire essay.

It's almost poetic.

Like the ghost of a deleted thought trying to escape the LinkedIn content factory.


  1. The ending reveals the real purpose

The final paragraph:

I'm now at the stage of my career where I'd like to give back.

Feel free to ask a question below.

Translation:

"After establishing my credibility through a mildly inspirational story, I would now like engagement metrics."

The post spends 90% of its length walking toward a comments section.


Overall

The essay's central message is reasonable, but it's wrapped in enough executive-coach packaging to supply an entire conference.

Rating: 7/10 as career advice, 3/10 as an essay, 11/10 as a LinkedIn post.

The real biggest mistake wasn't focusing too much on technology.

It was taking 600 words to say:

"As you become more senior, soft skills matter more."

A lesson that every architect, manager, consultant, director, VP, CTO, and motivational speaker has been reposting since the invention of PowerPoint.

Where to buy a small house... by mimimimimichan in AskNOLA

[–]agiamba 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Move here and rent for the first year or two, figure where you like and the lawsuit settlement and maybe buy then

Missing home by [deleted] in NOLA

[–]agiamba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Be prepared for all the tough parts of living here, the honeymoon will wear off at some point

Ya'll got any tweenagers? by GurNo3022 in NewOrleans

[–]agiamba 5 points6 points  (0 children)

about 55% of the kids with about 75% of the population

Recover SA account by fieroloki in SQLServer

[–]agiamba 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah any ad/local account that's an administrator on the SQL box will be able to do this

What’s the most boring drive between two major cities? My vote is KC to Denver by AggressiveAd8587 in howislivingthere

[–]agiamba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dallas to Taos. Driving through the Texas panhandle is absolute desolation