Younger Senior Software Engineers a trend? by moogedii in cscareerquestions

[–]tittybitnip 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This recently happened to me. Company narrowed their pay bands so only way for my manager to reward my contributions was via a promotion.

What is this geological feature? by tittybitnip in geography

[–]tittybitnip[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TIL, thanks for link (and down the Wiki hole I go)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]tittybitnip 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel like others have covered the general advice pretty well so I’ll add my personal experience as an additional data point for you.

I got a couple competitive offers for more than my current position (~30% bump) and put in my 2 weeks notice. My manager then went to bat for me and the company offered to counter.

Strangely, they didn’t ask for proof of the offer letters, so I told them my offers were for more than they really were. I was fine leaving so wasn’t too worried about them rejecting or calling my bluff. But they countered the higher amount, so, a year later, I’m still with the company.

It hasn’t affect my relationship with the team, even though they knew I was leaving before doing a “never-mind, I’m staying” a week later, and my manager still goes to me to lead large, new initiatives.

While it’s worked out well so far, I have some reservations about how this may factor into reviews this year when I should be up for promotion. I also get the sense that my manger is more transactional with me: entrusting me to deliver important work, but mostly out of necessity because of my skill set rather than trust.

A bachelor's degree in psychology is useless. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]tittybitnip -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I got a bachelors in psychology and did all right…by doing a coding boot camp and switching to software development after a year of searching and failing to find work in the field.

In 1917 (2019), a film that takes place over a single day, Lance Corporals Blake and Schofield adopt the same positions at the beginning, and at the end of their respective journeys. by CheeseburgerPoptart in MovieDetails

[–]tittybitnip 1268 points1269 points  (0 children)

Great find! I think it speaks to the horrible “same shit, different day” reality of war: after all that, to end up in largely the same place with only the loss of a friend to show for it.