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Panic at the Job Market

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Post by lmm »

jackblemming wrote: post #540
lmm wrote: post #512

Just like "if it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid", if you were smart enough to see all the problems in all your past jobs but those companies still went bankrupt, maybe you weren't actually the ideal employee you think you are. And if programming interviews are beneath you and only passed by your inferiors but you can't pay rent, maybe they're not actually so far beneath you. Using your l33t knowledge of AWS t…

The way he talks and the way you talk are cut from the same cloth.

Really? What kind of similarities are you talking about?

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Post by Animats »

Terr_ wrote: post #476
rafaelmn wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As in, a person who has used and learned a dozen plus languages but only tacitly used C++ suddenly will be a complete invalid when trying to write in C++? I've switched at least 5 languages professionally and used probably 5 more for extended periods of time and wrote a decent chunk of C++ "back in the day". I'd say C++ is the least suitable for "learn on the job" approach out of any language I can think of (I'm lu…

> I'd say C++ is the least suitable for "learn on the job" approach out of any language I can think of Anecdote: I've got a couple languages and decades under my belt, and a very simple C/C++ Arduino project is making me doubt my sanity. Ex: Serial.printf("%s", String("Hello world...")); // Emits 4 nonsense bytes... But shorter literals work fine. ________________________ EDIT: To save readers some time--I didn't int…

Will gcc catch that? The GCC compiler knows about "printf" as a special case. But "Serial.printf" may not have a definition with the annotation GCC needs to check parameters.

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Post by voiceblue »

weatherlite wrote: post #701

Sometimes I feel really bummed out I am getting 1/2 (or less?) of Google compensation. But then I open my eyes - see the workers in my daughter's kindergarten slaving away taking care of 30 toddlers for less than half what I make, nurses and doctors working in conditions I wouldn't be able to tolerate for more than a few months without mentally collapsing, the people in the supermarkets, gas stations, police, fire de…

As a Xoogler, I have to say Google isn’t what it once was. You pay for your high salary with the fact that the one thing you can be sure most people you work with care about is how much money they extract out of Google and how they could get more.

Taking care of toddlers is ostensibly a better use of the one life you get.

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Post by SamvitJ »

ivanech wrote: post #302
titanomachy wrote: post #218

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He mentioned he has 20+ years of experience, so I think he is in fact comparing to VP-level roles. Most people I’ve met at faang who are over 40 are in fact seniorstaff+ or director+, so it’s not as insane as it seems on first blush, although I think to reach his numbers you’d have to factor in stock appreciation as well. I also think far more people leave faang altogether than reach VP level.

I think you’re right, I see that his resume links to Distinguished Engineer roles at Google / Amazon. Which … I don’t know. At my FAANG-adjacent company, there have only ever been _low_ single-digit number of ICs at that level. We’re talking 0.1-0.3% of all engineers. And they had insane track records. And FWIW I think that there’s at least an order of magnitude more “happy L5s” older than 40 at FAANGs than senior st…

I don't the claims he's held anything like Distinguished Engineer roles at Google or Amazon: https://matt.sh/files/a-resume/resume.html.

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Post by big_whack »

On the OP's resume, they claim to have written the "highest performing in-memory database in the world". It's here: https://github.com/carrierdb. There are no users.

Perhaps it is the highest-performing in-memory DB in the world, but it's a competitive space and the claim is extremely grandiose. If I were hiring my assumption would be it's BS. I would recommend the OP collapse the resume to a single-page PDF and ensure it contains only supportable claims.

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Post by globular-toast »

weatherlite wrote: post #701

Sometimes I feel really bummed out I am getting 1/2 (or less?) of Google compensation. But then I open my eyes - see the workers in my daughter's kindergarten slaving away taking care of 30 toddlers for less than half what I make, nurses and doctors working in conditions I wouldn't be able to tolerate for more than a few months without mentally collapsing, the people in the supermarkets, gas stations, police, fire de…

So much this. My dad was a school caretaker, recently retired. He said how relieved he is because the work was grinding him down so much. My partner is a nurse and actually dreads going to work on a regular basis. I never dread going to work. Far from grinding me down I feel like I'm growing. I would honestly still do it even if I didn't need the money. My job gives me an outlet for something I really enjoy. A way I can apply my skills to make myself useful and other people really happy. And on top of that I get paid like 3x as much as dad and partner.

So many of these HNers are in a bubble. I've said it so many times here. They have no idea what the world is like outside. How could they? They've essentially been treated like royalty. And no matter where people are in life one thing is constant: you can't take anything away and they don't want to go backwards. Doesn't matter if they've started beyond where some people will finish.

All these people complaining. Really? You don't think programming is useful? You don't think there are businesses out there who could use your skills? Yeah you won't be working in a tech company making addictive shit to sell ads. The owners of those are just chewing the fat now. But you'll work in an actually useful business that actually contributes to society.

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Post by bleakenthusiasm »

I'm one of those low experience people currently accepting a job that wants you to do so 6 different jobs at a time. I'd love to be at a company that gives me one job and lets me get good at it, but somehow I can't find it. Instead I ended up in this position where I'm now a "Senior Specialist" who is neither senior (3 years of meaningful experience) nor a specialist (my tasks range from ops work all the way to strategic planning for the next 4 years across 3 different "specialist" topics).

I dream of a job where I can be a specialist, actually learn what I'm working with and focus on one thing for an entire day. But no, I'm a one-person show (in a team with another "specialist" who singelhandedly manages our entire IAM-structure from user management to integration to strategic planning) and all I can do is try to patch things up with my ideas of how things probably should work and applying more duct tape and prayers.

I recently mentioned that I really don't feel like specialist is the role I'm working here and I was asked why I feel the need to have a bigger role. I don't "need" it. I AM not a specialist. Never have been and with his job never will be. Also I wonder why the role of director for my team is still vacant after half a year. It's a mystery. It must look like such a good opportunity.

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Post by mk89 »

zombiwoof wrote: post #619
evrimoztamur wrote: post #23

I will add my two cents for people who believe that this might be related only to the SWE and tangent industries: It's really not. I have many friends (in Europe) who are trying to get through to different jobs in unrelated industries ranging from finance to fashion, or just trying to get promoted vertically (or horizontally), failing rather miserably. Most jobs are now hoops after hoops, not taking into consideratio…

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This comment tries to imply that you just need to be DEI and everything will be fine. I wonder if you know whether these people actually do a good job or you're just talking out of some "envy" or whatever?

PS: FAANGs have thousands of employees, and so it means they have also more bad apples/managers.

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