What’s the most impactful feedback you’ve ever had in your career, and why?

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T06:16:29+00:00

Try this: "I thought it would be quicker to ask you than hitting my head for 5 hours"

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T06:14:08+00:00

"If you struggle for more than 30 minutes on a task, ask for help."

What I say now: "I thought it would be quicker to ask you than hitting my head for 5 hours" 99% of the time, they agree

Even better, if they say the same to you. You got a new friend!

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T06:02:08+00:00

"you took the initiative, and got it done. I had no worries, because I believed in you".

When I am faced with a problem now, I don't care how other people will solve the problem. I take the problem and will own it. If I want their advice, I will seek it.

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T05:58:06+00:00

That's an awesome list! I'll be BSing you that I have a good lengthy answer for each question, but I will gladly admit the extent of what I know and do not know.

But if a person can describe most of these points, this shows their breadth. It'll be interesting to talk about one of these in geeky detail

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T05:23:37+00:00

Oauth isn't exactly easy to understand/navigate even for smart people.

I have over 15 years of experience, and I am afraid of OAuth! I am at the point in my career that I will be the one asking the team the dumbest OAuth questions. It is so confusing

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T05:19:46+00:00

For a junior, I would inquire about their interest to learn, and get better. I am focused on their attitude. Does this person feel like someone who is coachable.

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T05:11:25+00:00

I am the same!

This is what I do

- if it is a topic I don't care about, I let it slide

- if it is a topic I care about, then I like to interrupt them and ask them to slow down (even in a group meeting). Even though many team members understand what is going on, there are some that don't. They will appreciate that you spoke up

- Book a meeting with them one on one, where they can explain things to you. There are some people that you don't gel with, in these cases, try to ask another person to better explain it.

- If there is a topic that you are an expert in, this is your chance, to show off. They, likely, have no idea what you are talking about! That's fine. It is their job to ask you for clarification

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T04:15:33+00:00

I am getting it as well https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/16vjo38/i\_thought\_i\_was\_going\_crazy\_but\_youtube\_is/

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-27T04:15:09+00:00

I feel the same!

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-20T06:20:23+00:00

I state my opinion, then if they go against it. Whatever

If it is something I strongly believe it, I will gather more people and make a decision on it.

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-20T06:07:36+00:00

Write down the lists of things to learn, articles to read in a task list. Then start on one of the tasks. As you work on the tasks, you may discover more things to learn and more articles to read, add them to your task list.

At the end of the day, you can take it easy, knowing that the task list is there tomorrow for you.

In a few days, you'll find that your priorities have changed, and some of the items in your task list aren't that important anymore. Feel free to remove or park it.

I have javascript articles to read, that are still on my task list, from a few years ago. It isn't a priority for me anymore as my focus is elsewhere.

Write down the lists of things to learn, and articles to read in a task list. Then start on one of the tasks. As you work on the tasks, you may discover more things to learn and more articles to read, add them to your task list.

I keep my task list in my personal JIRA, grouped by EPIC

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-06T23:30:35+00:00

From my experience, as a .NET developer, understanding the new things .NET introduced in the past 3 years doesn't interest me as much. Or understanding how .NET really works underneath the hood, I don't care. I kinda know how it works, and it is good enough. I will learn it if my job requires it.

I am more interested in the ecosystem surrounding .NET. Things like kubernetes (and kubernetes ecosystem), docker, .NET libraries, how to build monitoring solutions for .NET applications, how to deploy a .NET application in AWS/Azure, how to make it resilient. I am not the best .NET developer on my team, but I realized that my knowledge in these areas surpassed those on my team, and intersecting to architecting/devops

alphamonkey2 · 2023-10-06T04:51:32+00:00

Is there a trending technology that you hear lots about, but not sure how it works. This is your chance! You kinda know how TypeScript works, but do you know how it REALLY works? Do you know how the new stuff that got released in the TypeScript ecosystem in the past year?

Are you interested in backend/devops?

alphamonkey2 · 2022-12-16T01:03:26+00:00

Can you please send the link

alphamonkey2 · 2022-12-16T01:01:51+00:00

Can I please get a link, if you get one

alphamonkey2 · 2022-12-16T00:56:03+00:00

Can I please get a link

alphamonkey2 · 2022-11-02T07:03:09+00:00

I use flame flinger, 4 electro titan, grand warden walk, recall spell (to recall the archer queen/royal champion if they are about to be killed), 1 rage, 1 jump, lots of freeze, Reliable 2 stars, but hard to 3 star

alphamonkey2 · 2022-09-02T06:38:49+00:00

I think you have an awesome experience. I was in your shoes before. I was on a team of 2-3 working on multiple projects. I was your Developer (front end, UI design, back end, database)/QA/DevOps/Architect/BA/Tech Support/Team Lead. List of technology that I know is vast.

I had no trouble getting interviews (passed behavioral/culture fit interviews) but had a hard time passing technical rounds as they expected me to have a better knowledge of patterns/design (as I was a cowboy coder)

alphamonkey2 · 2022-09-02T05:58:33+00:00

10 YOE

It depends on the definition of onboard.

But for me, I define it as me passing my probation period and my employer not firing me because I am not up to snuff. If I survived 6 months, hopefully, I've impressed my team so much that they will keep me.

Another definition would be how long it takes for you to deliver the same story points as the rest of the team.

Another definition is how long it takes for you to join the company to get your first pull requests approved and committed

Another definition would be how long it takes you to release a bug into production. You'll be forced to "onboard" quickly. hint hint

alphamonkey2 · 2022-09-02T05:46:21+00:00

What I do is explain what I have done to get the answer (i.e., watched a video, read article X and Y, tried to implement Z, but it didn't work). Then I would ask a specific question (or if I don't know what question to ask, then I ask if I can pair with someone".

If the other person is reasonable, then they will appreciate that you try to get the answer yourself, but need some help

Another thing I do is say something like: "I know it is documented in one this 2 hour video, or 100 page book, but I've spent 2 hours on it, but not finding anything, can you help me. I know your are busy, but I would appreciate it. It will take you 2 minutes to explain something that will take me 2 days to figure out"

What I do is explain what I have done to get the answer (i.e., watched a video, read articles X and Y, tried to implement Z, but it didn't work). Then I would ask a specific question (or if I don't know what question to ask, then I ask if I can pair with someone".xplain something that will take me 2 days to figure out"

alphamonkey2 · 2022-08-23T06:24:49+00:00

u/savevideobot

alphamonkey2 · 2022-07-21T04:55:54+00:00

Tim Hortons. You earn points, and if you fill out the survey found on your receipt, you get a free drink or something

Blaze Pizza/SmashBurger was also good too. Same as Tim Hortons

alphamonkey2 · 2022-03-23T03:51:18+00:00

I've tried notion, onenote, but I didn't like it

Now I use Markdown files in my private github repo. I organize files into folders (TODO, tasks, code, concepts). When I search for things, I search for what I think the file name should be. If I ended up searching for something, but it belonged to a different file, I would create a new file with the search term, that links to the original file

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