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Re: Ask HN: Where can we find the unsexy jobs?

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Post by ParksNet »

bluetomcat wrote: post #59

Just leave your SF/VC bubble, move to a medium-sized European city and such jobs will be plentiful. Most likely you'll be maintaining internal business applications on uncool and legacy technology stacks. The value of these applications is mostly for the particular business and your experience wouldn't transfer easily to a new job. The upside is that job security is far greater there. Also, you'll have less opportuni…

And between income tax, payroll tax, sales tax, you'll be taking a substantial cut in income - for housing which is more expensive, colder weather, and less sunlight.

Re: Ask HN: Where can we find the unsexy jobs?

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Post by jf22 »

tinco wrote: post #57

You've got the wrong impression of what is "boring" tech. A setup out of a rack in a rando datacenter isn't boring, it's frustrating. Saying doing things the old way is boring, is like saying sending your wife out to carry water from the well in a jar on her head is boring. We've got running water now, that has nothing to do with double-digit YOY growth, it has to do with actually reliably and comfortably deploying a…

Ok, I get your point, but the whole point about comparing mature tech to carrying water on your head before running water is ridiculous.

Re: Ask HN: Where can we find the unsexy jobs?

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Post by alongreyber »

froggertoaster wrote: post #81

Disclaimer: I own a boring consultancy. Boring, however, is contextual. We have flex hours. We have unlimited PTO (and frequent reminders to take personal time - I already know the data related to offering unlim PTO and how often people then take PTO, thank you very much). We make over $1 million in revenue a year with 6 people and no plans to have exponential growth, coupled with high margins so that we aren't rugpu…

I would love to hear a bit more about how you built your consultancy firm. I've done some consultancy work for local companies, and I'm looking to focus on similar work (helping local companies with ERP system integrations). If you have some time, I would love to connect and ask you some questions! If you can, please reach out to alon@greyber.org. Thanks!

Re: Ask HN: Where can we find the unsexy jobs?

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Post by spelunker »

isx726552 wrote: post #105
apohn wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to work in a Customer facing role at a Enterprise Software Company that sold up and down the Fortune 500. I got to see a lot of different tech stacks. Many use a lot of proprietary software, which can be a type of hell nobody understands till you end up as an expert in a niche area and spend your day dealing with vendors and tech support to fix anything. After 5 years you are an expert on "EnterpriseSoftwareCo…

Yeesh I feel that way working at a FAANG (or MAGMA or whatever it’s called this week). I’m an expert at our internal systems and platforms, but that’s not a skill that’s transferable anywhere else.

This was probably the most surprising thing about working at a FAANG company (although in hindsight it shouldn't have been). What, you all don't use Jenkins, JIRA, Spring, insert-OSS-or-other-well-known-tool-here and instead have all this crazy internal stuff I've never heard of?

Re: Ask HN: Where can we find the unsexy jobs?

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Post by paxys »

Most tech jobs in the country are exactly the kind you describe. Of course if you are expecting a silicon valley salary to go with it then you will be disappointed. Look up any $50-60K IT job in a mid sized city on Indeed.
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