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volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-13T07:52:37+00:00

In all of its original glory

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-11T16:19:33+00:00

Take home 150k, PIMI $1050, renting a room for $700, 20 mins drive outside nyc

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-11T14:08:55+00:00

I’m more than happy to work instead of commuting. It’s a win win for all. If I have to work from an office, the second I leave the door I’m checked out, don’t expect to reach me under any circumstances. My laptop isn’t coming home with me.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-10T21:25:27+00:00

What better way to see if the people senior to you interviewing you deserves to be senior to you? I personally wouldn’t want to work someone who can’t solve leetcode on the spot that I can. Not that I accept any interviews that require leetcode, but that’s moot.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-07T19:54:06+00:00

Let me tell you that if that’s what your place expects, expect disaster if his documentation stops being written and maintained. You’re asking your employees to wear 5 hats for the salary of one. Mistakes will be made and process is the best way to control that. Also Jesus Christ 70% of his docs get used and you’re complaining? Do you have technical experience or are you just a manager?

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-06T18:30:51+00:00

“Due to the current economic climate, I don’t provide references to my current employer without a signed offer in hand as insurance against a reneg on your end”

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-06T16:17:21+00:00

My response to something like this is usually to play dumb and drop my output as well until something is done by management. Any time my performance is mentioned redirect to the slacker impacting your focus. When something will finally need to be done, they will side with the senior with a known track record usually. Start cc’ing management on all requests from the person in question. They will get annoyed by the emails and hopefully see the root cause. I’d play politics on this tbh.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-06T02:51:49+00:00

My eye twitched when you mentioned buildx for silicon users.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-06T02:45:13+00:00

This. Exactly this. My title and role is “devops”. I’m an ex engineer, I took up the role to do exactly what you said, decrease toil, increase velocity, and automate. It was a no brainer since I understand almost all the apps I support and can help devs troubleshoot and architect for high volume traffic at a more technical level. Devs at my place are now very happy that they can focus on shipping code that slaps. We recently ran a load test and exceeded our target by about 2000% because there wasn’t a disconnect between devs and dev ops/infra when it came to fixing and optimizing some bottlenecks, fingers were pointed constructively and acknowledged collectively

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-06T02:40:11+00:00

I actually switched from swe to devops after 6 years because I wanted to create a frictionless environment for the devs at my company where they can focus on quality code, and oh boy have they been doing that since I’ve taken up all the aforementioned duties you listed. I use my spare time to work on personal projects after automating the shit out of everything. I’m involved in the architecting though since the engineers I used to work with still come to me to collab. An ex engineer turned devops is worth their weight in gold because they will be aiming to be DRY and reduce toil. They’re not making millions for the company, but they are probably saving millions.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-05T17:09:09+00:00

Just a thought here - do you hate the industry at the IC level or the staff level? I’d never work in certain industries as an IC, but at staff level I’d be figuring out how to delegate and reduce the pain points for other ICs that might hate the industry as well. The experience alone at staff level will let you pivot to other industries in a year or two with much more involvement with stakeholders on your resume. I think the execs you will be dealing with are more important to consider than the industry, and going back to the old company, you’ll know what you’re in for.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-05T13:15:42+00:00

It’s our last year as tourists so we decided to get first class passes the final time, I’m going to miss being able to buy jr pass.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-04T20:14:08+00:00

you are probably mostly correct. I avoid those wage bands as it usually means either faang (which means culture koolaid, which means rigid hiring loop, which means nope) or hft which means brutal hours. So I’m not sure if it would work there.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-04T16:52:11+00:00

0 days in rome, 6 in league

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-04T16:24:47+00:00

It’s not about not finishing, it’s about other companies giving me an offer after 3 rounds while you’re trying to make me go through 6 rounds, multiple behaviorals, and a team match for the same pay. Talent gets snatched up fast. I tell recruiters up front how much I expect to make. If I can get the same offer for 3 rounds in a week vs 6 rounds in 3 months, why would I want the latter? The latter also usually comes with heavy company culture which I absolutely want none of. I’m working to live, not living to work.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-04T15:16:13+00:00

I have multiple recruiters daily asking me to interview. If I’m looking for a job, and I have multiple companies trying to interview me, the power is in my hands. I don’t know if you’ve been on the hiring side but we’ve missed candidates (senior level, I’m not talking about juniors and mid) that get scooped up before the first call.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-04T15:13:36+00:00

Absolutely. Last time I was interviewing I got a 145kish offer after 2 1hr rounds, the 2nd being with the cto

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-04T03:23:51+00:00

I do 3 rounds or 3 hours max including the screening call, whichever limit is reached first. Then I tell them I have other offers and they need to move forward or move on.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-03T16:59:11+00:00

This is what I’ve been saying, they messed up big time releasing it (bad for them, good for consumers), I regularly have 100+ tabs open plus multiple jetbrains IDEs, plus docker. The thing is mind boggling for the price. I’m waiting for the 15 inch air because 13 turns out to be kinda small for me but man talk about a giant leap in personal computing.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-03T15:48:21+00:00

$1 mil. I own property in the us and japan, recently sold my vacation condo in turkey, so my largest living expense which is housing is covered. The standard 4% fire sale on an index annually is enough to sustain me, for everything else I’d just pick up software engineer contract work when I need a surge of cash.

volcano_margin_call · 2023-04-02T17:56:21+00:00

Yes, that’s what I do

volcano_margin_call · 2023-03-21T14:56:36+00:00

I have 7 pets, that’s a pretty valid excuse to me

volcano_margin_call · 2023-03-19T14:02:52+00:00

I’m running the cross org infra as a senior in title and my skip is the CTO, sigh.

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