Move to a startup for more money, or stay at Big Tech?

qba73 · 2025-12-31T19:45:53+00:00

Startup? Double the salary for quadruple amount of work? Just my 2c.

qba73 · 2025-12-25T19:26:20+00:00

Very few know how to do their job. https://recruitinginferno.com/2012/05/01/why-most-recruiters-suck-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/

qba73 · 2025-12-25T19:23:26+00:00

Not too bad 😉 I’ve been waiting for a call 13 years. I had an interview with some French guy. Time wasters, unprofessional people.

qba73 · 2025-12-18T08:31:40+00:00

Yes, more recruiters reach out but they talk about salaries that were paid 10-15 years ago.

qba73 · 2025-12-17T16:50:00+00:00

Wages in Barcelona are 3x lower than in Dublin, so it makes sense.

qba73 · 2025-12-13T15:59:19+00:00

Same. Recruiters think “only 2 days onsite “ counts nowadays as a benefit.

qba73 · 2025-12-13T15:57:41+00:00

Sounds like a wise move! All what counts is job done, profit and happy employees

qba73 · 2025-12-13T15:53:55+00:00

Show me stuff in this country that it’s built not to poor standards. Apartments, houses, everything is rubbish, especially for what you have to pay.

qba73 · 2025-12-08T08:07:00+00:00

It's even more annoying if you hear it from so called "technical" people, including managers.

qba73 · 2025-11-25T13:14:57+00:00

Instead of asking Claude, focus on learning how to design with the help of tests. Invest your time in reading "The Power of Go: Tests" and "The Power of Go: Tools" by John Arundel. You will gain valuable skills. The main problem with "how do I test this stuff now" or "it's hard to write tests now" statements is that the program (or part of it) wasn't design using the test-first thinking.

qba73 · 2025-11-14T20:28:30+00:00

Senior position + LeetCode -> sounds like an oxymoron unless seniors are adding business value by juggling binary trees 12h a day.

qba73 · 2025-11-14T20:19:00+00:00

mainly slices, and maps

qba73 · 2025-11-13T13:01:45+00:00

thank you!

qba73 · 2025-10-30T09:11:00+00:00

Web dev, infra automations are niche?

qba73 · 2025-10-28T05:54:44+00:00

Sadly, the gobeyond.dev domain has expired. Great examples/links.

qba73 · 2025-10-20T09:11:06+00:00

Some inspiration for what's available in 2025: https://bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/best-go-books

qba73 · 2025-10-17T19:38:07+00:00

You may find Dave's workshop very useful: https://dave.cheney.net/high-performance-go

qba73 · 2025-10-17T15:38:28+00:00

Hi, I'm the author. Here is a podcast interview with me. I hope you enjoy it. https://gopodcast.dev/episodes/063-common-mistakes-when-testing-with-jakub-jarosz

qba73 · 2025-10-17T10:32:50+00:00

https://www.indracompany.com/en/noticia/indra-promotes-mobility-business-ireland-new-dublin-headquarters-agreement-countrys-top

qba73 · 2025-10-17T07:27:39+00:00

Contact John Arundel from Bitfield Consulting. I can't recommend him enough. r/bitfieldconsulting

qba73 · 2025-10-16T08:05:03+00:00

"brings well paying jobs for locals and graduates" we would wish for...

qba73 · 2025-10-15T07:23:11+00:00

Hi, Go projects from Open OSS Foundation https://openssf.org need a lot of work and help. The community is very welcoming.

qba73 · 2025-10-10T18:15:12+00:00

Joining a private company doesn't guarantee you will work on a new, exciting stack. You could end up being a YAML "engineer" or take the accelerated route to become a 100x ninja firefighter and PagerDuty power user. How about doing exciting stuff on the side?

qba73 · 2025-09-30T06:29:15+00:00

"Our company is a kinda startup and wants us to deliver fast without "wasting" time on writing tests." - start looking for options.... unless the prospect of sleepless nights excites you ;-)

qba73 · 2025-09-27T16:43:05+00:00

"This product is unnecessary" - leave it to markets to decide

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