Obviously it depends on job, YOE, and a range of other factors, but generally speaking, how good does NASA look on the resume for a software engineer? What company would be considered a step up and what company a step down?
so spectrum employees were forced to work in office during corona and 230 of them have been tested positive. If you were in that situation, what would you have done? #coronavirus #covid-19 #spectrum #career
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No constant broken drivers, no broken wireless, no daily broken conf files, no broken x.org, no system to maintain, it's a real pleasure to work on these machines, got mine in 2021 and never had a single issue unlike my Stinkpad with arch. Adults that aren't on the spectrum use Mac, I've met dozens...Read more
I make more than lawyers and doctors I know. This isn’t an absolute as there is a spectrum in all fields but just to a layperson they don’t expect to hear that I make more as a product manager and I’m only 29, so plenty of years to keep growing and increasing that salary/net worth. If you Google hi...Read more
British people keep asking if I’m on the spectrum. My reviews always say I need to work on “flexing my communication style.” Ok. I’ll bite. I’m smart and gregarious and was raised by literally crazy people—there are plenty of masking factors here. Let’s say I’m on the spectrum and have been getting ...Read more
I would appreciate some help from the community and get some perspective on my next career move. Currently in a FAANG company (5plus yrs) leading a team of Tpms reporting into engineering. I do not see opportunities to grow my scope or team in the current role and evaluating my next career move. S...Read more
I am a engineering project manager and the deliverables of my teams combine sw, hw, mechatronics, thermal engineering, analysis etc. in an incredible depth. I have the impression that the only way to make a career in US is to accept the fact I gotta become a sw project manager, but I feel it is kind...Read more
Ivy League stem grad during GFC - on H1b to this day - family has a history of mental disability Then software engineer at tier-2 prop trading for 9y, max TC 180k - navigated layoffs but survived - got married - spouse has major depression due to career failure for 4y - had first child Then at a ...Read more
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by ...Read more
Chose tech industry as the topic because its where I am, but of course doesn't exclude non tech as well I have been told by people at times that you should avoid apologizing as it means you own the mistake, and maybe makes you seem less confident. I kinda feel like it's a good thing to own your mi...Read more
Out of pressure of parents agreed for arrange marriage. What if I am not mature yet, what if I am not financially stable, what if I have no future plan, what if my career is in shambles, what if i have zero friends, what if i have social anxiety. Who cares, I am only going to screw 4-5 lives. How is...Read more
Hi there, I'm currently working as a Software Engineer title and most of my work is dealing with data. I'm passionate about Data Science and has better skills on this than engineering, but our team is focusing on engineering so there is not much environment (projects as well as ppl) for the caree...Read more
I quit my job earlier this year to pursue my startup idea. Gave up on it after ~5 months and have been traveling for 50% of the time because I have infinite PTO. Only learned 3 things: 1. startups are very hard. 2. TC is pointless if you don’t spend it, and you really don’t need much to travel. 3....Read more
Interviewing at OpenAI for L4/L5 SWE (non-ML). Have the onsite soon. Trying to prepare for the system design interview. Not sure if it's likely to be a typical question like you'd see in other tech companies (large scope / ambiguity, have to outline a broad design and then find some piece to narrow...Read more
I joined Amazon a month ago. It was a big jump from my previous TC and I really wanted to grow as an engineer. So I threw myself into this situation fully expecting I would be grilled for a couple of years. As soon as I joined, I find out my 2 year old is on the autism spectrum. This has put a lot o...Read more
Hello Techies, What are your inputs on how tough it becomes to switch career paths within the same organization? I currently work as a Data Engineer where my time goes in ingesting data which is useful for Data Science and ML-Ops Teams. Now, I want to make a switch to Data Science/ML-Ops as a Data ...Read more
8 YOE, analytics in an organization trying to be a tech company that was spun out of a major player in an absolutely archaic industry. Toronto Area TC: ~150k (CAD) I've pretty much hit the ceiling of what I can expect; I'm likely overpaid for what I do, given location and comparable salary offeri...Read more
I joined AWS about a year ago as a new grad in Seattle and looking back WOWWW did I get bombarded with a learning curve. It was super stressful and painful, especially being remote. It wasn't even the WLB my team is nothing crazy, about 40 hours a week (I am incredibly blessed). It took 6 months ju...Read more
I'm working as a software engineer consultant (Deloitte Delivery Center) looking to transition to a product company. I feel like I am not growing as a software engineer and mostly deal with grunt-work just so that I am billable to the client. I am not challenged from a technical perspective, but onl...Read more