I've been coding since 12. Roughly 30 years, but 15 to 20 getting paid. Love programming. Never made much, empty nest now. I lived my life in reverse and raised great kids, everybody super happy but now want to chase money. My most recent side gig, was almost all code review on weekends. Catch-up to their commits Saturday. Sunday go over the stuff I didn't understand. It turns out I saved them weeks of development time. The stuff I didn't understand was because they were creating the wrong solution and would have painted themselves into a corner more or less. "Smelled wrong" It turns out I kinda like helping people be better programmers. I understand leetcode and systems design for IC roles. Are there similar established criteria for managing? TC sucks 120k. 6 to 7 weeks PTO Rural LCOL yoe 15+ Annual expenses 35k with the new car Ideally thinking remote, but open to relocation now if I can keep my existing house and dogs. Have you made the switch? Are you happy? #engineering #software #software #management #butmyhoodie
India
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Why is it so G*damn difficult to move money out of India
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Uh oh: President Trump leads Biden 49% to 43% in a two-way race.
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Has anyone quit + taken career gap without anything lined up?
Tech Industry
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How’s capitalism going?
AMA
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I have worked at TikTok US core tech for 3 years. AMA.
Was in similar situation but my situation was a bit different. I’ve felt big tech is more stressful depending on team. Some teams are hell. Some teams are laid back.
Interesting. As manager are you able to control that?
No. You have a manager above you that has power over you. They have the real control. If you have to ask that question, then you’re not ready to be a manager.