Just realized I didn’t know shit
Got pipped from Amazon recently and started working on personal projects and deploying them to the public (setting up the whole thing on my own) I just realized how dumb I was when I was working for Amazon. Like literally 0 knowledge apart from some dumb optimizations or troubleshooting bullshit. I didn’t know how to build an app from scratch and deploy it, I didn’t know to configure kubernetes, nginx, and do all that good good stuff. I’m such a moron, seriously. I could’ve built a ton of apps if I worked on that before instead of fucking leetcoding 24/7. Yes I’m a leetcode monkey, but now I’m becoming a real swe and I honestly don’t even want a job anymore. I just want to build cool stuff and make it public. I feel like I wasn’t doing that, mainly because I didn’t have the knowledge, but also because I thought I was a big shot for working at FAANG. Sooo happy that I got pipped, I would’ve never learned anything tbh. TC: 0, but launching a pretty cool startup soon
Went through this same realisation myself. Laid off still. Wanna hire me? I can do fullstack lol
It's simply a very different skillset. What you described is useless for big corps
Not true Those skills help me create and deploy MVPs quickly. It clarifies a lot of things at design and also gather data to show impact.
I learned that at large companies knowledge goes a mile deep but an inch wide
We delve deep become SMe to our projects and lose the wider scope that you get at a Startup
Building an app from scratch means jackshit if you don’t have an good business idea. Classic case of engineer enamored with technology rather than end user.
Sure, but without the knowledge, I can talk about my idea for years and not do shit about it like most
That’s fair. Good luck!
I have built numerous open source projects used by thousands of developers and users. Except for AI domain, I am confident that I can build a good quality scalable app end to end all by myself. Still here I am, rejected from OA rounds because I refuse to grind leetcode.
Try apple..not as leetcode heavy and care about work experience. Not there anymore so can’t refer.
Almost like companies hiring leetcode no lifers is complete bs
Running a startup is different skill set than building app. You need to hire the best people and make them to work for you. It is lot more difficult
How do you generate ideas for your projects?