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Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by plow-tycoon »

geitir wrote: post #230
plow-tycoon wrote: post #121

PDFTron in Vancouver is alright. I didn't vibe with my manager or the rest of my immediate team well, but the rest of the company is alright with not much bureaucracy and some smart people working on a niche product. I burnt out in part because they had me do customer support while trying to deliver features, so I was terminated, but they're still alright if they can figure that out. I have ADHD and my manager didn't…

Sounds like it wasn't really alright

Maybe it was just marginally better than previous places. The actual leadership is alright, they just had unreasonable expectations for me personally. But hey, I'm still unemployed almost two years later, so if anyone's looking, hit me up :)

Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by throwaway984393 »

For my skillset, there's tons of jobs in industries like entertainment, finance, insurance, tech B2B, advertising, private sector contracting, chemical manufacturing, gambling, etc. I'm really sick of my labor going towards turning people into consumer zombies, making the rich richer, or otherwise exploiting people or nature.

How do you find a tech job where you know your labor is actually having a positive impact on humanity? It feels like they're not hiring. Maybe the problem is just working in tech.

Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by AdrianB1 »

jokethrowaway wrote: post #106
dudeinjapan wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My company uses a lot of Eastern European developers and they are all fantastic--they jump right into the code and solve the problem, and they are in general a joy to work with.

If we want to generalise: Eastern Europe is hit or miss. I had some good experiences and plenty of terrible ones (more so recently). I think that eastern Europe used to be good, but there are plenty of actors milking the scene and reputation of eastern Europe. I know 2 smart fellas making bank selling remote junior developers from Hungary and Poland to London clueless companies for slightly cheaper than senior London…

Eastern Europe is not hit or miss: there are skilled people and the rest; companies hired the skilled people a long time ago, then started to hire people with no skills because "they had plans and targets to meet" and complain they are not so good? The IT market is vacuumed, people with basic skills are hired to fill roles of seniors, hiring managers have recruiting targets and quality is not one.

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Post by fbanon12341 »

ryan_lane wrote: post #218
distrill wrote: post #58

I've been at Facebook for about a year and a half. Before this I was at startups in the marketing and financial industries. We've been under scrutiny for the whole time that I've been there, and the company is pretty unpopular from a vocal population on here, but it's been really nice to work for. We obviously have job security, and I've been very impressed with the management chain above me. At least on my team, the…

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It is possible to work on efforts to prevent genocide and extremism. As a matter of fact, there are very few people who enable genocide! (Approaching 0.0000)

Doesn't refusal to help only exacerbate the situation?

Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by slut »

ryan_lane wrote: post #218
distrill wrote: post #58

I've been at Facebook for about a year and a half. Before this I was at startups in the marketing and financial industries. We've been under scrutiny for the whole time that I've been there, and the company is pretty unpopular from a vocal population on here, but it's been really nice to work for. We obviously have job security, and I've been very impressed with the management chain above me. At least on my team, the…

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What voice? Not everyone holds the same ideology as you.

Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by leetcrew »

halfmatthalfcat wrote: post #207
vmception wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All FAANG/MANGA are two years stints. Its a common experience but of course many people stay longer and are comfortable with that traditional view of being married to a corporation. A) Netflix is an ideal first company in the Silicon Valley circuit because their compensation package is a simple formula of , which makes negotiating the next place much easier because you’re more liquid already and already know what the…

Why are they two year stints when usually you're getting RSUs as part of your package that often have a 4 year vest?

four year vest doesn't mean you get all the RSUs at the end of four years. or if it does, that's not how it actually works at google, facebook, microsoft, etc. typically you get an offer with a certain amount of RSUs, and then you get 25% of that each year. amazon is an exception; you get most of the RSUs in the third and fourth year. but you also get a large signing bonus paid over the first two years that mostly makes up for that.

tl;dr: your yearly TC doesn't change much at these companies unless you get an actual raise. I don't fully understand the reasoning behind the four year schedule, but AIUI, it does not strongly incentivize sticking around for the full four years unless you assume significant stock appreciation.

Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by rp1 »

ubermonkey wrote: post #62

I've never worked for a big famous tech firm, but I will absolutely tell you how I've managed to avoid hating work for 30 years: Find a relatively small firm, still owner-run and controlled. Avoid public firms. A corporation cannot show loyalty, but a HUMAN can. A manager has no real control -- their manager can reverse them. When you work for the owner, you can trust things a bit more IF you're working for a trustwo…

There must be a HUGE pay discrepancy. I mean millions of dollars over the course of a decade. Too much opportunity cost, and for what? What is the value of the loyalty shown by the owner?

Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by dsr_ »

loxias wrote: post #227
dsr_ wrote: post #135

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If you're interested, I have an email address in my profile here.

That Junior Financial Engineer position looks exciting to me! I think I'd qualify for the Sr. one, in terms of C/C++, the math, and the Linux experience, but I'd never held a "financial" job before. Having to move back to Boston wouldn't be ideal but I lived in Cambridge for 7 years and could do it again. I also really dig lots of the topics I see on the company blog, and will be reading them later. Are the compensat…

I can't say for certain, but I expect remote will continue to be an option going forward. I also don't have a clue about compensation outside of my department.

Drop me an email (address in my profile) and I'll forward your resume right to the responsible party.

Re: Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?

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Post by cebert »

I’ve worked at Tyler Technologies for over eleven years and love it. You won’t make high TC you can make at FAANG firms. However, you can build software that helps local government and municipalities. I feel like my work is valuable and helps contribute to a better world. I work on 911 software for dispatch centers and first responders. Tyler also has a large courts, education, and appraisal and tax prescience. We’re also growing into the Federal market. If you want to make government better, it may be worth checking out.
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