Viewing profile — f2ender

I would highly recommend the book : "Learned Optimism" by Martin Seligman. It's a great book about understanding depression and the steps you can take to fix it. It helped me a lot…

I have read Peopleware. I was thinking about getting The Pragmatic Programmer next. I somehow feel that just reading books without doing anything with the knowledge doesn't work. T…

I have a CS degree so I have read the basic texts on Algorithms, Operating Systems, Compilers. I recently got through the Design Patterns book. I was thinking of picking up either …

Hello HN, I have been working as a Software Engineer for a few years and have worked at a variety of companies (big, medium, small) and it was fun working as a Software Engineer wr…

Yes, I almost ended up accepting the other job offer. However, the management there (as I found out later) was worse than where I am currently.

Updated the description to answer some of the questions the community asked.

I am stuck in a job which I don't find very interesting (but I cannot switch). I am working on a side project (about an hour a day) but still need to spend the whole day at the job…

I didn't get a good vibe when I went in for the interviews. I didn't think I would fit it very well.

Well, I guess it's more of the delusion of my team at my current workplace that's causing a lot of mental pain. Too many people thinking they are the greatest developer ever and th…

I have been very unhappy at my current employer for a while now. It's very frustrating to come to work every day in the morning. The work is very boring and I'm not doing anything …

Well, I do understand that. However, if a job actively sucking your energy instead of giving you the occasional good-feeling of going somewhere, something is wrong. If the job is n…

Thanks for the advice, guys. It has made things a lot more clear.

"don't stay too comfortable for too long" : very well said!

Thanks for the advice! It makes total sense. I can, at this time, afford to take chances. And you make a very good point: There's no better time to take chances except now. It'll o…

That's the thing. The team I work for, we have a ton of resources but we're just being inefficient due to poor management. People with little experience are running the show while …

I have been confused about this for a while now. I have a sort-of stable job where I am doing just routine stuff and not learning much on the job (typical 9-5.30 job) I could, howe…

hey jaikoo, how can I get in touch with you ? (your profile doesn't have any contact info)

thanks pclark, jaikoo! I'll get in touch with you offline.

Thanks a lot pclark. Is there a place where these startups post jobs ? Also, how is the general startup scene as compared to other centers in the US like Boston, NY ?

Hi folks, I was recently bitten by the startup bug and came across this wonderful forum (glad to be a part of it) I was wondering if the forum was frequented by any startupers base…