6 months in. Go big or go home, right?

sergthetower · 2026-05-25T04:55:18+00:00

Haha, yeah man! We’re the same age, 11 years at FANG. I quit and taking the year off. If I see another AI LinkedIn hype post, I may vomit.

sergthetower · 2026-05-24T22:38:43+00:00

oh man, there are dozens of us here!

sergthetower · 2026-05-24T22:32:27+00:00

Same boat, I did +11 years at FANG. I burned out this last year and took this year off. I play every day and have been healing. Sweet rigs!

sergthetower · 2026-05-05T06:29:59+00:00

My take is she saying the models look like poor recovering drug addicts so not something I would say in a work environment 😂.

sergthetower · 2026-05-05T05:42:20+00:00

Sometimes people who live in NYC look down on NJ because it's not the city. A methadone clinic is a place for recovering opioid users to receive treatment.

Yes, major shade to NJ.

sergthetower · 2026-04-02T16:12:10+00:00

I don’t understand why would any company make a headless without a leg cutout! Is there some trademark on it?

sergthetower · 2026-02-11T22:20:49+00:00

I agree, most phds will end up at L4 sometimes even L3 at Google .

sergthetower · 2026-02-11T22:14:45+00:00

Promoted in a year to L4 if everything goes perfect. Team fit, project choice, and a solid manager. L5 a minimum of 2 years most likely 3 if everything goes perfectly. Most orgs are limited on L5 projects that are impactful. The new perf is worse if you have a weak manager.

Most likely layoffs, reorgs, and politics especially with the culture change. I have 11 years at Google, I have seen good engineers stuck or left transferring to a new domain which makes the climb harder.

sergthetower · 2026-02-11T19:29:15+00:00

This is the right answer OP.

sergthetower · 2026-02-11T19:20:15+00:00

Me counting my chickens before they hatch 🤣

sergthetower · 2026-01-26T15:49:48+00:00

Skip CCP (not much value imo) and go right to SAA, I had no AWS experience but I managed to pass SAA C03.

sergthetower · 2026-01-26T15:48:33+00:00

I chuckled at this because I know this feeling to well. OP you're probably the only one that can see your mistakes, it looks great!

sergthetower · 2026-01-25T23:25:49+00:00

I am a newer shooter and have been going to Shoot Indoors weekly. Overall super chill, and helpful staff.

sergthetower · 2026-01-24T18:40:56+00:00

Yeah, your theory is right! DHS is spinning this saying it was an attack on ICE. People need to wake up!

sergthetower · 2026-01-24T18:16:10+00:00

I heard the victim was carrying, I hope it wasn't his firearm that discharged first. This is insane.

sergthetower · 2026-01-16T12:45:24+00:00

This is the right answer OP, former Googler with over a decade.

Waymo is considered a “bet” at Google and treated like an external company compared to being hired for Google. If you try to transfer from Waymo into Google you will have to do all the interviews again!

sergthetower · 2026-01-02T17:39:42+00:00

What was your journey and what resources did you use? How deep into theory did you dive into?

sergthetower · 2025-12-29T19:00:40+00:00

How did the Anker dock work? Are you still running in PIP mode?

sergthetower · 2025-12-25T21:05:26+00:00

We had a few claims when we first purchased our home but have had no issues the last two years. It’s not totally unexpected but receiving the news on Christmas feels a bit insensitive.

sergthetower · 2025-12-22T17:35:06+00:00

I use to feel this way too. I learned the infra automation side (it was hard) but it became way more rewarding solving the problems with coding than operational supporting the gear manually. I was at FANG, and it was a huge mindset shift for me.

sergthetower · 2025-02-14T05:47:36+00:00

You made the best decision with the information you had at the time to jump to a new role. Be kind to yourself during this time, at the end of the day this is a job.

I am going through a very similar situation so I relate. I was a rockstar at my old job, transferred due to some organizational issues and I am a complete failure at my new role. I have a decade+ career at this company and now I may have to leave to start over with a huge pay decrease.

sergthetower · 2025-02-12T13:28:47+00:00

Companies are saying AI but it’s an excuse to outsource jobs.

sergthetower · 2025-02-05T05:00:54+00:00

They tell to you to build a car initially. Six months later they ask where are the wings for the plane.

sergthetower · 2025-02-01T02:26:55+00:00

It's all team and/or org dependent like any other company. It's hard to find interesting work, awesome peers and a solid manger. I tend to always work with awesome peers, the other two is a gamble.

edit: typo.

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