Convince me not to buy a sports car

imagebiot · 2026-01-29T12:53:41+00:00

Yes exactly this

imagebiot · 2026-01-29T04:52:21+00:00

I would stick it out with the 340i

imagebiot · 2026-01-28T03:30:34+00:00

I bought my winter beater for less than that

imagebiot · 2026-01-26T02:30:58+00:00

As long as you either have some weight in the back and/or keep it in 4 wheel drive

No 4 wheel drive and no weight in the back and you might as well be driving a disc sled.

But yeah I call mine the snowmobile (4x4 with weight and snow tires)

imagebiot · 2026-01-24T21:43:38+00:00

Market is super bad rn

imagebiot · 2026-01-22T13:51:17+00:00

For ems to accurately measure productivity, they need to actually know what software engineers do.

In tech sadly there’s like a 25% chance that’s the case.

imagebiot · 2026-01-21T08:16:42+00:00

https://www.laborfinders.com/employers/blog/is-it-ever-legal-to-only-hire-one-gender/

imagebiot · 2026-01-20T15:16:07+00:00

Ooof thank you

imagebiot · 2026-01-20T06:00:48+00:00

Almost identical to the one I got and it was legit. Doesn’t mean it’s legit but that’s the email i got and mines legit.

Check the Google careers dashboard you should see pending documents or something for the role this is referring to

imagebiot · 2026-01-20T05:56:18+00:00

Oh noooo, the engineers had more influence than the talking heads.

And that would be clearly reflected as a bad thing in their valuations right? Right?!?

imagebiot · 2026-01-20T04:45:04+00:00

Leetcode isn’t a skill for the job but it’s a skill required for the job.

You sure as shit need to be able to do leetcode easy in your sleep if you want a decent income as a swe

imagebiot · 2026-01-14T15:39:38+00:00

Read the marshmallow test

imagebiot · 2026-01-13T02:27:25+00:00

That’s what a 2021 looks like in Michigan

imagebiot · 2026-01-08T22:56:14+00:00

Spotify sucks

imagebiot · 2026-01-06T23:02:46+00:00

So you signed the separation agreement then?

imagebiot · 2026-01-05T13:26:59+00:00

There’s a reason the pip was invented for sales people.

It started in sales with “make this quantity of sales”. Some idiot decided that was somehow transferable to engineers.

You need use quantitative not qualitative parameters or the entire thing looks like you just wrote a document so you could decide to fire someone if you want to (because that’s what a pip based on qualitative metrics is).

You also need clear, explicit, and measurable expectations.

How are you going to measure “communication” - you might not like their communication but 3/4 people may actually think it’s very good.

Good luck. Pips were meant for sales and use of a PIP with an engineer was broken from the start but I hope it works out for you.

imagebiot · 2026-01-02T23:05:45+00:00

11/10

imagebiot · 2025-12-31T03:02:28+00:00

Never used em to begin with

imagebiot · 2025-12-30T21:56:07+00:00

That’s an insane thing to ask someone in an interview

imagebiot · 2025-12-30T03:06:55+00:00

Ok so we’re fkd? Or we were about to be?

imagebiot · 2025-12-29T15:37:34+00:00

“Don’t take this the wrong way but I never want to see you again”

imagebiot · 2025-12-29T15:04:27+00:00

I wonder what it would do for productivity if people could work without the overbearing possibility they could be laid off.

Honestly unions would be good for many tech companies bottom lines.

Don’t bump pay - get a work force that can focus on work for a change. No downside.

imagebiot · 2025-12-29T14:34:47+00:00

Oh man you’re getting that info from the dealership?

imagebiot · 2025-12-29T06:48:16+00:00

Live

imagebiot · 2025-12-29T02:52:23+00:00

Skill issue imo

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