My previous 2 companies used Slack. Now I use a monstrosity called “Skype for business” and it’s a totally unusable mess. The UI is terrible and it doesn’t keep history of conversations properly. If you close the chat window with a person the history is lost forever. Slacks keeps the history. Slac...Read more
Anyone have recommendations for wireless earbuds for calls on zoom/Skype/team etc? I’m using a windows laptop. Would be nice to be able to pair to multiple devices at a time. Must have good connection, no static, calls dropped, etc. TC: 230 #remotework #wfh
I have an interview coming up in a few days. My personal laptop is old and runs windows 10. It crashes randomly with blue screen, so I dont trust it. I am planning to use my office laptop for the interview. Has anyone done that? What are the things I should take care of? I just want to be careful an...Read more
My parents broke my 10-years old MacBook. They were mainly using it for web browsing and calling people via Skype. I wanted to buy them a new MacBook, but it is expensive (despite the employee discount). And it might not worth. I am wondering if anybody had to purchase a new laptop for some relativ...Read more
Good article on another Microsoft failure. Internet Explorer had 95% market share in 2001. Now, it’s less than 5%. Skype isn’t the only high-flying product that Microsoft has fumbled. Two decades ago, Internet Explorer, its web browser, was so dominant and popular that it drew the attention of fed...Read more
I’m wondering Airbnb only hire backend engineers with exactly matched experience. Actually, I just got rejected from another unicorn company. The recruiter told me I did coding and system design interviews well but the hiring manager concerned that I don’t have any backend server or distributed exp...Read more
Hello Blind Community, I'm trying to get interviews for " Microsoft, Google,Meta, Slack ,Zoom.." but there are no better way than referrals or direct communication. A brief,have 4 YOE, Computers system and Network bachelor, been with Cisco since the start of my career"bad decision though :D" Base...Read more
I had an interview where I was required Skype for business, however having a Mac screen sharing does not work. I asked if we could use Teams therefore. I received a link but the day of the interview the link was not working. I send an email to every possible combination of name and surname of the in...Read more