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FAANG outside of USA/SV is basically any other tech company, this is not surprising.
My understanding is that FAANG pays very well in India and Japan and Canada. Is this not true?
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Why do you work for a company you don't care about, instead of one you do? Don't you feel hypocritical -- you're supposed to treat others the way you want to be treated. I assume if you were hiring people, you wouldn't want them to do that to you. So why do it to others?
> Why do you work for a company you don't care about, instead of one you do? Because they don’t exist?
I think I'd sooner go back to drugs and homelessness than face the thought of waking up every day to give the majority of my waking hours to something I don't care about. For almost the rest of my life.
Or even worse, something I disliked/working for trash people.
I used to have panic attacks thinking about this when I worked mundane, dead-end jobs.
Pardon my language but: the fuck is the point even?
At least if you're high, in a park reading a book or papers on the internet you're enjoying life.
I'm being genuine and not trying to be antagonistic, I'm not sure I understand why you bother to work at all?
If you don't find anything in the world interesting, what gives you the will to live and not commit suicide?
I'm planning to get back out in the market, but I sure do hate the interviewing routine. I'd love to make a bit more money (sure, I dream of the 500K just like everyone else, but half that would be a pretty serious upgrade, I'm not in SV). I'm solidly into middle age, but I did add another credential at least (thanks OMSCS), now I just have to convince folks I don't suck. I actually don't suck, but whiteboard coding…
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> Take the leap into something you WANT. Skills, Sschmills! You can learn can't you? It’s just about time really. I could skill up but what’s the market going to look like by the point I’m ready.
Get the job and then learn the skill. The value proposition you present is that you can learn stuff. This is not a flippant reply! I’m totally serious.
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I see a ton of jobs posted for seniors right now but almost none for juniors. Are companies being shy about talent risks right now?
For my current job the posting said 4 years of experience. I had 1 at the time. Officially, my company is only hiring seniors, but if a decent junior applied (at least a year of experience inclusive of internships), I could see us taking them, especially with the right tech stack. So, apply anyway.
* The company doesn't have a clear idea of what they want, so they fall back on 'years of experience'. Lazy. I've written job descriptions and I know it's hard, but c'mon.
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I see a ton of jobs posted for seniors right now but almost none for juniors. Are companies being shy about talent risks right now?
My experience is that this is an ongoing problem. For years there have been relatively few junior positions. No company wants to train people.
But even junior salaries are going up, I've noticed.
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You need senior engineers in order to scale training people, so it's a catch-22.
It's only a catch-22 if you don't have the senior people. At least in my experience, companies have 80%+ senior and midlevel developers. The issue is that companies want to be cheap by letting other companies do the training and then taking them.
It's not cheap if they are willing to pay for it. That's why senior salaries keep going up. It's a tradeoff--they are willing to pay more for the privilege of not losing the time.
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Consider the fact that many desirable jobs get hundreds of applicants. It's entirely possible that even if your resume is top notch it got lost in a huge pool of candidates. You need to send your resume to hundreds of companies. I have a top-tier resume, and when I job search, I aim to send my resume (and cover letter/email) to 10+ companies per day. On the other side, last time I was hiring, I was shocked at the low…
Why do you care about cover letters? I haven’t written one of those in probably 20 years. If I’m hiring and a candidate includes one, I usually ignore it (when hiring for an individual contributor, engineering role).
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For those of you who have done this, how do you maximise your compensation? Tips appreciated.
https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/ (I've not done this as such, but I'm a technical writing consultant and the way you get more money from clients is similar.)
Also, I enjoy the posts by Josh Doody: https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/
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> Why do you work for a company you don't care about, instead of one you do? Because they don’t exist?
That's so bleak. I think I'd sooner go back to drugs and homelessness than face the thought of waking up every day to give the majority of my waking hours to something I don't care about. For almost the rest of my life. Or even worse, something I disliked/working for trash people. I used to have panic attacks thinking about this when I worked mundane, dead-end jobs. Pardon my language but: the fuck is the point even?…
> Pardon my language but: the fuck is the point even?
When you find out let me know. Some people seem to get lucky enough to have all sorts of other, non work things to keep them going, family, etc. so I suppose if you have that it’s motivation.
> I'm not sure I understand why you bother to work at all?
Because the alternative is throwing away both my past and any potential for the future, even if it looks grim. As stupid as it is, I’ve thought about though, if not at least because it would give me a blank slate and something to work towards again. Though the few fleeting moments of content was I find are generally at times I wouldn’t be there if I wasn’t wageslaving the rest of the time.
> If you don't find anything in the world interesting, what gives you the will to live and not commit suicide?
There’s plenty of things I find interesting, just nothing that anyone would ever pay me to do. Maybe they aren’t commercially viable, maybe they’re not really career related things, or maybe I’m not smart/wealthy/educated enough to take them on.