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The entire Slow Horses series has been great so far. Not many shows have clever writing that makes me laugh, enough suspense to keep me hooked, and has enough plausibility to make …

I've been rated in top tier/exceeds status for the last two years as a Senior level tech employee at a FAANG. This is after working up from entry level at hire, and promoting two t…

I've never felt as stuck in a job as I have this past year. I've been searching for about ten months so far. During the great resignation, it felt like there was so much career por…

My Apple Watch will unlock my home and car.

What if your car key is a smartphone app or a card in your wallet? Those were the keys that came with my car.

I understand your points. My macro point was that the smartphone introduced several very sticky conveniences, so I kept my smartphone instead of adopting a light phone or similar d…

I'd love to quit my smartphone and have looked at options like Lite Phone to replace it. The only issue is my smartphone is now my GPS, my payment method, my home lighting controll…

> These days, questions for TGIF are pre-submitted and voted on. As Google has grown into a leaky behemoth, employees tell me these meetings have come to feel so scripted and benig…

I never bought into the hype of the autopilot system. I was hopeful that they’d figure out how to completely self-drive but wasn’t will to pay money for it. My neighbor paid $10k f…

The one interaction from this article that tells you all you need to know about working at AWS: > Employee question: It often feels like "employees come last" at AWS due to its hea…

I saw several 2nd and 3rd level connections on LinkedIn sharing their story of working at AMP and the passion that drew them to this product. They also detailed about being let go …

This is a head scratcher for sure. Replace a bad CEO who over hired relative to productivity, with a guy who presided over an unprofitable consumer hardware business and had to lay…

Well said. I agree 100%.

So they’ve abandoned being the world’s best employer by forcing return to office and return to hub. Now they are publicly abandoning customer obsession by putting ads in the middle…

I wrestle with this frequently as I am on the cusp of Senior to Principal promotion. Principal means more money but diverting from my preferred sweet-spot of tactical and strategic…

I totally can’t get why he (Jassy) and these other CEOs can’t just level with people and say “we need to keep our tax breaks and we’ve invested a lot in corp real-estate. We need y…

Interesting assumptions. In our case you are incorrect. We really don’t ‘spend a lot more’ on anything. Our house was purchased in 2020 under what the bank would fund us for. We ar…

Our household income has been in the ballpark of ~$200k for the last three or so years.

My spouse and I have been talking about this quite a bit lately. Even with two incomes from tech employment we are watching our budget since it feels like everything is extra expen…

This is a really good point and something that isn’t pointed out often enough. There is massive carbon footprint and people impact to deliver things that quickly. Even though being…

This is the thing that got us to cancel. My wife logged in and realized the price had steadily increased every year. We really haven’t missed it for a second and if we have to orde…

> What gives me hope is if you ever take a break from social media you realize how worthless it all is. I agree with this sentiment. I left Facebook and don't miss it in the slight…