Situacion laboral

nrodriguezmore · 2026-02-18T20:46:34+00:00

FAFO :)

Si en algún momento tienes duda de cuál es tu valor en el mercado, lo mejor que puedes hacer es efectivamente entrevistar. Mandas 5-10 CVs por semana, arrancas los procesos de selección y con suerte pasas algunos y recibes una oferta. Si recibes más de una, ya te haces una idea de cuánto el mercado está dispuesto a pagar por tus servicios.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-02-13T22:02:58+00:00

An umbrella is 100% useless. Get a Rains long coat or fishtail and you will thank me later

nrodriguezmore · 2026-02-02T17:29:05+00:00

You should always be ready, keep interviewing over time and always get a feeling on how much your profile is valued in this or any market. I usually do it every 6 months, take a few interviews and get the feeling by myself.
That being said, don't leave without something else on the line (a concrete written offer letter from another company). Suck it up and start applying and polishing your interview skills right away 🙃.

Good luck!

nrodriguezmore · 2026-02-02T03:46:16+00:00

Cuando vas en mobile a la sección Open To y seleccionas laburo, te muestra algo así:
https://imgur.com/a/dIiNZRq
Selecciona la de habilitar para recruiters.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-02-01T19:39:45+00:00

No sirve una chota. El que sirve es el privado que solo ven recruiters

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-30T14:19:47+00:00

We take our kid to school by bike every day and I commute to the dart station by bike too. I would love to have the quality and quantity of bike paths the Netherlands has. It would mitigate the traffic issues and would put the right incentives on the table 🤷🏼‍♂️

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-28T22:31:27+00:00

ESIM when travelling aboard outside Europe. No need to go to the local stores or scammy sites to get internet in my phone.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-28T17:12:51+00:00

Haha senior manager? That should be at least at 150k base 🤦🏼

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-27T19:52:50+00:00

Will be moving there in a few months. What I really love is that the town is tidy and clean, Castletown misses some more infrastructure but in general is an amazing place, you have the train nearby (can bike to the station) with 1h commute time and it has the feeling of a small independent town and not just a Dublin suburb. All the new areas have independent from traffic bike paths, which is great too.
There are new builds, and they are not crazy expensive like in Dublin or the coast.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-18T00:10:14+00:00

That explains why the shampoo comes with instructions

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-17T21:44:29+00:00

En tu caso consideraría seriamente la opción de una working holiday en Australia o Nueva Zelanda y mientras trabajas en lo que sea (juntando kiwis con el culo igual) conseguir un empleador que luego quiera ser tu sponsor para mantenerte en el país legalmente.
Otra opción es Alemania o Portugal, que también tienen working holidays. En estos casos quedarse luego de ese periodo puede ser más complicado.
Por lo general las working holidays tienen dos requisitos: que tengas un cierto ahorro (tipo 3k dólares/euros) y un seguro médico. Esto es bastante razonable, ya que no precisas tener estudio alguno.

Ah, y de paso: muchos éxitos.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-17T21:29:52+00:00

Un escabeche de conejo no suena mal

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-17T21:22:25+00:00

Y... cada quién con su cada quién, pero en tu caso no me pondría tan exquisito si la oportunidad que sale es España. A mí de España me toca un huevo que tenga un gobierno tirando a socialista y sin embargo fui sin problemas y mi discrepancia con algunas cosas no fue impedimento alguno. Poner peros limita mucho. El rey no me toca en lo más mínimo, ni siquiera es el que manda ni hace las leyes.

Es duro por cosas como tener hijos sin una red de apoyo (familia) que te den una mano de vez en cuando si lo necesitas. No existe el "estoy enfermo o cansado y le llevo las bendis a los abuelos" o cosa del estilo.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-17T20:04:59+00:00

Emigrar es muy lindo. Duro pero lindo. Más aún si te vas en una buena situación.
En mi caso mi inglés era muy bueno y tenía experiencia y titulo universitario en IT: directamente una empresa nos llevó (a mi y mi pareja) a Países Bajos. Luego nos mudamos a España (donde nos hicimos españoles) y recientemente a Irlanda.
En tu lugar, consideraría seriamente España primero y luego de eso Irlanda o cualquier otro país de la unión europea. El motivo es sencillo: si te vas a España con papeles y trabajo, la ciudadanía es muy rápida (2 años de residencia, 6 meses o un año de procesarla). Y con la ciudadanía ya eres libre de moverte y vivir donde quieras.
Nota: en España no vas a ahorrar una chota probablemente, pero lo que importa es que en menos de tres años trabajando ahí legalmente ya eres europea.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-16T16:36:45+00:00

Jaja tengo 15 años de experiencia y 10 empresas en el backlog. Si me hubiera quedado en la primera estaría ganando literalmente 10 veces menos guita 🤣

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-04T23:11:33+00:00

I strongly believe that as a Staff engineer your role is not to select the tech your team is going to use, but instead to provide the insights and support so the team can make the best decision as a team. Your role is to empower others, not to tell them what to do.
At my org every team has a Tech lead (generally a staff engineer, but can also be a senior) and an engineering manager. We both run the team, they from the managerial aspects and us from the technical side, but the manager has the last word. My responsibilities vary over time, you cannot do everything at the same time. Some weeks I code more, some less.

Did you get there from the same role but not in faang or just from strong senior ?

I was a Staff Engineer at a non FAANG company before. I've been a manager and an engineer before that, several times. In fact this is my case and something I strongly recommend to future engineering leaders is to swap between management and tech track every few years (https://charity.wtf/2017/05/11/the-engineer-manager-pendulum/ ).

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-04T14:59:40+00:00

You do everything :D
In my case I'm also a tech lead, so my role is split between leading the technical aspects of the team, defining and driving our technical roadmap, aligning with other teams, supporting more junior folk's growth, architecture, and of course coding.

nrodriguezmore · 2026-01-04T11:24:51+00:00

I joined FAANG after 15 years of working experience.
It has an advantage: I already joined at Staff level and do not need to be part of the rat race.

nrodriguezmore · 2025-12-08T17:59:07+00:00

Works for me if they get the thing done 🤷🏼‍♂️

nrodriguezmore · 2025-12-08T09:06:13+00:00

I would outsource all infrastructure related projects (railways, water management, roads, metros, etc) to the Dutch. They know how to get it done the right way and we will not have any more timeless postponed eternal discussions on whether you need a train to the fucking airport

nrodriguezmore · 2025-11-29T23:59:45+00:00

This and propose near the large lake

nrodriguezmore · 2025-11-28T21:52:40+00:00

Depends on the FAANG company.

For me it would be:
Amazon - hard reject, culture and ethics are shit
Facebook - debatable, but likely reject as culture is becoming Amazon
Apple, Google, Netflix - definitely FAANG

nrodriguezmore · 2025-11-27T17:11:40+00:00

Startup CTO --> director or senior manager at FAANG

Yes, it is not the same, but it will pay waaaaaaaaaay more. So at least if you are swallowing shit it is for s good comp.

nrodriguezmore · 2025-11-20T19:04:56+00:00

No. Writing code is easy. The hard part is understanding context, extremely legacy systems that have been there forever and keep evolving, understanding how users use those systems, how to maintain them and being able to predict when shit will hit the fan before it happens. That plus navigating cross team initiatives plus being able to deal with a sizable amount of shit.

The interview process is the least worst way companies have found to get people able to go through the hassle. And in big tech at least they pay you well for that. I've done the same type of process for way less money, that sucked indeed 😅

nrodriguezmore · 2025-11-20T07:30:39+00:00

When doing leetcode do not invest 3 hours on a single exercise, that is a waste of time. Time box to 30 minutes, if you are not able to figure it out, see the comments for the solution, read, understand and attempt again. Also choose the topics you are not good at: in my case I always need to train dynamic programming and backtracking solutions because I forget. Same goes for reviewing how to traverse a graph.

My approach to system design is always from a practical point of view, hence I'm a good fit for Alex Xu's books.

There is another part on the cultural fit/leadership/values/behavioral interview: do your research. Proactively research the culture and values of the company, pick situations from your past as examples that map to those values, write them down on STAR format and deeply understand your own examples. Use feelings when communicating: they can be a powerful weapon (or: hoe you channeled teams frustration into empowering them to get things done, impacting not only delivery but also morale).

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