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This. My comment history displays all sorts of worry about my place at work. I recently realized I've just been upset by how I've been underpaid for years in an extremely hot labor…

I would never share my current salary with anyone that can use it against me in negotiation. If a recruiter asks, I tell them I'm not comfortable sharing it. If they press, I tell …

Thanks for commenting. Agreed with your definition of "solution." This is why I'm leaving, actually: opportunities to design solutions are dwindling, as I'm getting more managerial…

Hey all, back with an anon posting. I posted this a while ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6375141 Things have improved in some ways and worsened in others. I've had a cha…

In the short term, I want to take on a hybrid quantitative/engineering role. A bit of analysis, a bit of coding. I'd like to do this at a startup to start, so that I'm also involve…

Thanks for commenting. Does it change anything if I say that I might not be qualified for those jobs right now?

Hey all, posting under an alias since my normal nick is linked to me IRL. I'm a pretty novice developer (1-2 years professionally, 3-4 since I first learned Python), and as my prev…

To be fair my direct manager is supporting me on this--he's giving me more quantitative work and the work time to knock it out. If I stay it'll be because of that.

It's arguable that the team I'm aiming for is even MORE responsible for generating revenue, fwiw. They clearly want me aboard as a dev, but the question is whether they're actively…

I don't follow. Your point is that my departure will yield a new developer? I don't think my departure would be a good thing for them. I'm on a small team, and my leaving would gre…

Hey all, alt name since my real account is heavily linked to my IRL self. I've expressed interest in transitioning from my current role (engineering) into something more aligned wi…

Oh man, this hits close to home...thanks for the reminder.

This is a great great point. "Done" changes sometimes, but it can also keep getting pushed back in favor of "one more addition." That happens to me a lot.

I've definitely looked before. How would being INTJ or INTP (somewhere between the two) affect anything?

(Using my favorite throwaway account.) The title says it all, HN. I can't ship. This isn't about shipping the first version of my nascent startup's web app, though. This is about c…

I wish someone had told me this sooner, because after going through the above scenario again and hearing "we'd love to hire you if you had a bit more experience" for the umpteenth …

This cuts both ways: looking for work takes a substantial, non-zero amount of time, and it's extremely frustrating when startups decide to speak with you even though they know hiri…

Sorry to pile on, but can you do the same for me? I'm considering a similar path to the one you're investigating here.

Well honestly, schools are decent at identifying whether you can succeed in their program or not. Whether you actually succeed is a different story, but I bet its a function (maybe…

Hah, very true. I won't mention the university, but they're in the northern Atlantic region (not MIT or CMU). My CS interests (machine learning and computational statistics) extend…

Stepping up work on personal projects (website, OSS). I want to implement some algorithms in C once those outstanding projects are done. What about you?

Throwaway account. I did not study CS in undergrad, but I've been admitted to a graduate CS program. What advice do you have for me? This question is intentionally open-ended and v…