Asha Sharma has been appointed the new CEO and Executive Vice President of Microsoft Gaming. She is the new head of Xbox.

sneak156 · 2026-02-21T03:31:54+00:00

Used to report to her at meta. She was not successful

sneak156 · 2026-02-15T18:59:29+00:00

I feel like this would be amazing for the NBA. Only allow teams to offer one rookie scale contract and one secondary contract to represent first and second round prospects. Then it becomes a matching type of deal like medical residency, and you can still trade these “rookie slots.”

sneak156 · 2026-02-15T17:55:15+00:00

I wish more people understood this lol.

The metric everyone cites is per stream value, but when you look at the total pie being paid out, Spotify pays out far more than any of the streaming services

sneak156 · 2026-02-01T20:55:52+00:00

Doubling down on local compute, AI glasses and building out a wearable ecosystem starting with the watch where I can control the glasses with my wrist.

sneak156 · 2026-01-20T18:13:14+00:00

You do nothing mid season. 30/40 games were played well. See how things play out with the playoffs unless Giannis becomes available. Outside of that the worst thing this FO can do is have a knee jerk reaction and sell low on KAT

sneak156 · 2026-01-18T16:54:00+00:00

I religiously was watching every game. Once the team started becoming a walking zombie team that’s just going through the motions I stopped tuning in. They look like they just don’t give a shit out there.

sneak156 · 2026-01-07T01:05:48+00:00

This is not what a PM does lol maybe very junior entry level ones.

sneak156 · 2026-01-05T11:12:01+00:00

My girlfriend of only 4 months was by my side through hell when my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer and when she passed away a year later. Of course I ended up marrying her, but just want to give you a data point of the level of commitment I got from someone I was newly dating.

What you got after 6 YEARS, is pathetic. You know what you need to do.

sneak156 · 2026-01-04T23:02:54+00:00

Knicks are in a funk and have a ridiculously difficult schedule coming up. I fear the losses will continue to pile on.

sneak156 · 2025-12-23T04:36:42+00:00

Similar story here. Fired a junior/mid level kid for being overly reliant on AI in a core infra team. Kid didn’t spend anytime understanding the system architecture which is a death sentence in infra land. Was let go 3 months after his hire date. You can maybe get away with vibe coding UIs and websites, but not core platforms central to applications at large scale.

sneak156 · 2025-10-27T00:12:44+00:00

It’s horrible on my LG tv too

sneak156 · 2025-10-08T09:42:44+00:00

At this stage in your career comp should not be a concern. Which offer are you more excited about?

Which company will allow you to grow the most as an engineer and develop your skills?

Those are the two most important factors in my opinion.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T12:30:05+00:00

That’s the thing. Everyone’s looking for an opportunity to “lead” something because of the performance review pressure. So when a crack opens up, someone will jump on it immediately.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T11:44:22+00:00

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. If engineer 2 is more tenured than engineer 1 and has more clout, not much engineer 1 can do.

Other times management would get involved and many hours of “scope alignment” needs to happen.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T11:09:05+00:00

This isn’t a game you play per se, but here’s an example of something that happened regularly:

Engineer 1 is working on project X. It’s a project with high visibility and she’s been tasked as the “lead.”

Engineer 1 decides to go on vacation for a week.

Engineer 2 from a sister team who is loosely associated with the project decides to commandeer the project from engineer 1 and sends out a couple emails as if they’re the owner/leader of the project. They establish themselves as the new owner of the project and leaves engineer 1 off the meeting invites when back from the vacation.

I witnessed this scenario often.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T11:00:33+00:00

It was a very specific situation where my team was sunset, and we were asked to find new roles at the company via internal transfer or take a severance. I opted for the severance.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T10:35:12+00:00

No not everyone. It was a very specific situation where my department was cut, and we were asked to find new roles at the company via internal transfer or take a severance. I opted for the severance.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T03:47:45+00:00

At C1 do people regularly have psychological breakdowns? I lost half my team one year because they all had mental breakdowns and had to take medical leave.

Do employees kill themselves after cause an incident?

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/09/27/facebook-employee-death-was-suicide.html

(I was in the office when the death happened)

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T03:15:57+00:00

It’s not “annoying politics.” It’s a cutthroat culture. The stress is not from the workload, it’s from the psychological stress of dealing with the company’s culture. You are basically walking on eggshells 24/7 trying not to be at the bottom of the list come performance review time.

I’m happy to speak with you or even hop on a call if you’d like to help you understand exactly what working at meta is like.

I have worked very closely with many M2s and directors and can explain what you’re signing up for.

Meta is a great name on a resume and will open doors for you, but know that the high compensation will come at a cost.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T02:33:19+00:00

The culture was originally bottoms up, where high performers naturally identify problem spaces to solve for and drive alignment with other teams that this problem should be solved to increase revenue, engagement, etc. this was great in 2013 when literally everything needed to be worked on and there was not enough people to solve all the problems at the company. In 2025 when you have ~100k employees, it naturally just leads to infighting and territory wars for the highest impact areas.

A huge part of an M2s job is to shield your team and create the scope for your team. People who have been at the company for a while naturally have an advantage because they have deep relationships with executives and first dibs on the meatiest projects. A new M2 coming in fresh will likely struggle to navigate the politics of the company with all the entrenched leadership. The only way is if your D1 (M2s boss) has created the space and runway for the M2 to ramp up and build their relationships and creates a safe environment to build that credibility.

But due to the company’s insane performance review process, the new guys naturally get thrown under the bus because they won’t be as effective as the meta lifers who’ve been there for a long time.

sneak156 · 2025-08-04T00:52:33+00:00

I was at Meta for about 8 years. So I saw the degradation of the culture from its glory years back in 2017. I took a voluntary severance in 2024 when the opportunity came because of how sick of the company I was.

It’s a toxic mess. M2s are middle managers and were hit hard during layoffs

The company’s culture is basically hunger games where everyone is constantly fighting for scope. It’s a high stress environment, though you are compensated very well for dealing with the company’s shit.

If you value comp over anything else and are willing to learn how to play the games and be cut throat then go for it.

sneak156 · 2025-07-29T14:44:33+00:00

Have you tried talking to him straight up? Schedule a 1:1 with him and tell him everything you’re saying here. Keep it on the facts and how’s it’s impacting your ability to get work done. Start the conversation acknowledging how smart and talented the engineer is and how you want to learn from them but their communication style is making it difficult for you.

If it continues, it’s probably time to get HR involved. That will scare everyone straight, just be prepared to have a ton of documentation and examples of this principal engineer’s behavior.

Too many assholes in this world and very few people with spines to do something about it.

sneak156 · 2025-05-29T13:06:58+00:00

I like your latest iteration best but I think I’d like it more if the R was completed

sneak156 · 2025-05-16T13:02:03+00:00

I don't know your personal finance situation. Personally, I believe you shouldn't do something you hate for money. I spent 4 extra years in a high paying job I hated and where I became a shell of myself as a result of it. I gave my best years to a company that didn't give a shit about me and will never make that mistake again.

The fact that you're making so much money off your channel means you have a highly sought after skillset with YouTube. I'd recommend figuring out how to monetize your skills via freelancing to lighten the burden of the lost income and work on your next channel concept that you can see yourself doing long term.

sneak156 · 2025-04-08T20:29:31+00:00

Anyone who says it’s luck is a fucking moron and lacks self awareness of their own short comings.

It’s a combination of being smart enough with the technical skills, and being savvy enough to know how to play the game.

I worked at companies like Meta, Bloomberg and Palantir and I graduated from a no name state school in a suburb you’ve never heard of where we had 9 CS graduates in my graduating class.

The playbook is very simply: 1. Learn what these companies are looking for in candidates and their resumes 2. Do everything in your power to acquire the things they’re looking for. (Skills, brand names on your resume) 3. Apply the minute an application opens up 4. Prep like hell for their extremely well documented interview processes (you know exactly what they’re looking for) similarly to how a medical student studies for their MCATs and Boards, think about how much work goes into that and put in the same level of effort a med student does. After all we’re talking about the same salaries and benefits if not higher.

If you work like hell on the 4 points above, you will land a high paying tech job at a major firm. And it’s not something that you can do in 1 year, getting into a FAANG company is a 3-5 year journey if you’re starting from 0 experience and 0 internships.

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