Was a good place to grow my career Was allowed to choose my own direction Time off allowance was great
Leadership lost direction and employee’s lost drive long ago. Risk of layoff at any time Constant worry about when it’ll shut down for good
How much should I ask for a cloud architect role at #rackspace? Current tc : 140k Experience about 4 years on aws but total of 12 years on software.
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Any Cloud Architects making $250K+ TC? Is that a hard target to make outside of #amazon, #google, and #microsoft. Really want to know if that's an unachievable goal outside those companies. If you do, would you mind sharing YOE and what TC? Maybe also how long it took you to reach that TC? #tech #...Read more
I prefer high level design and coding tasks than low level system setup / tuning / troubleshooting. I've worked at a cloud infrastructure team in a start-up and didn't enjoy it so much. Should I generally avoid teams and companies that provide cloud services, like AWS, Azure, Salesforce, Rackspace, ...Read more
I know several System Engineers, SysAdmins, Windows Support Engineers, and Linux Support Engineers who are about to get laid off from a big Cloud Computing company. Awesome guys all with 3-7YOE, and I‘m trying to help them with their job search. Any referrals would be highly appreciated. #tech #re...Read more
I have 10 years of experience in maintaining ans tuning large scale java based systems. Automated lot of build process and deployment process . I have truly achived 100% uptime even during deployment process ( without impacting seasions) . Can tune java gc and db (through awr) . Lot of experience in...Read more
I got an offer in Dubai. I'm currently working as PM in Rackspace. Even though the work is not that great, the pay is good and it's WFH (I'm saving good amount living in a tier 2 city with my parents). However I'm working night shifts. I'm not sure if I should move and take the offer. It'll be lot ...Read more
I have an offer in hand for a Solution Engineer role at a company that runs many data centers. I can work remote which is what I want. I have been self employed for 15 years and have 30 years exp in IT. I don’t have a lot of certs or anything but I have a large wealth of experience from everything t...Read more
@elonmusk spent $2.9B on stock for Twitter. He probably could spend less on a team to build the equivalent of Twitter. The infrastructure would take time to build, but doable. I doubt any of the big cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, Azure) would allow it. So he'd have to get into Data Centers too. Probably c...Read more
I work in tech recruiting (full disclosure: recruited in the past for Google and Uber ATG) and was helping a new recruiter with getting calibrated on profiles. So, I figured I would make a list to share some top tech companies with her while she searched for top Software Engineers (SWEs). But once ...Read more
NOTE: I am not looking for answers. I'm just interested in knowing if this has been a typical route to get hired as an SA. I have previously applied and had a couple of interviews, but no offer. I want to put my best foot forward. Also sharing for the benefit of others. ****************** Thank yo...Read more
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Currently a DE at FAANG. 6 YOE. TC ~90k GBP. Am looking at positions outside the firm but I am getting similar comp (mostly because my RSUs are doing well). I want to leave this FAANG due to toxic culture, for my own mental sanity and because I am pretty sure Dev List and Pivot is on its way in Jun...Read more