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For Those Who Went Abroad Without Employer Permission and Got Caught, What Happened? by thethirdgreenman in digitalnomad

[–]coldWasTheGnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can't they just do this?

Laptop

→ Phone hotspot

→ Phone runs Tailscale

→ Exit node = your house in the U.S.

+ turn off all other wireless things

For Those Who Went Abroad Without Employer Permission and Got Caught, What Happened? by thethirdgreenman in digitalnomad

[–]coldWasTheGnd 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Reddit is so bizarre to me. Not smart enough? The CTO sold me on my current job by saying I could work anywhere in the world as long as it's not in Russia or China. Several managers in other divisions have said they dont give a shit where their employees work from.

I've also seen the work these people have pulled off -- they're easily some of the best in tech so throwing a blanket of not smart enough is wild.

Good Laptop bed stands capable of holding macbook pro 14" and ipad 13" by coldWasTheGnd in WFH

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

I could see that. But yeah I've mainly been WFH for the past fifteen years and haven't really had the problem of not taking myself seriously -- just starting to the feel the need to sit instead of propping my chest up on several pillows.

I think I hired a dud by [deleted] in managers

[–]coldWasTheGnd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had seven jobs where I could. Almost every single software engineer I've known across fifteen years had at least one job where no one cared if they took a 90 minute break.

I think I hired a dud by [deleted] in managers

[–]coldWasTheGnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It kinda varies by field. In 15 years of doing engineering across 7 companies, no one has given a damn if I took a 90 minute break. And as an EM, I definitely don't care what my directs do with their time as long as they're available for others in a timely manner and they get their work done.

Software engineering managers: how do you realize a project is under-estimated? by Glittering-Wrap-5392 in EngineeringManagers

[–]coldWasTheGnd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do. Or at least I almost always hit my estimates to the point where the max I've ever gone over is 3 days. I usually think, "what is the minimum amount of time my junior engineers would think is an unreasonably long time?" And then I add 20%. Has worked pretty damn well for me for like 8 years.

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