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Thanks! I genuinely wanted to know about consequences I may not have thought about. Legal consequences aside, seems like there aren't many if I'm low key about

Thanks! I genuinely wanted to know about consequences I may not have thought about. Legal consequences aside, seems like there aren't many if I'm low key about it. Even the legal consequences are pretty minimal since I'm not a key high level employee (intentionally) Logistics of the job is the hardest part. Getting jobs as a US based employee with several years experience isn't too difficult. I can usually find a new remote Senior-Staff level job in a few weeks. Spamming indeed/linkedin job posts. I spam my applications and will interview anywhere, but I'm selective about choosing the job. I'm looking for low meeting culture jobs that fit my current schedule. Right now my three full time jobs only have a daily standup and the occasional bi-weekly planning session. My day to day isn't too bad. Attend standups, write code without distraction. Honestly, two of the companies I work for are pretty dysfunctional so I go days without any work to do. It would be frustrating if I was a dedicated employee but I take it in stride since I can work on something else or do nothing. Dysfunctional companies (there are so many) are great for me in this setup. I have tons of hobbies and a growing family. Wife, 2 dogs, multiple kids. On days when I don't have any real work to do I usually go out with the dogs for a couple hours, maybe hit up the climbing gym, read something (currently the Stormlight Archive). I'm fully aware I have a nice life haha. It's weird how some people in the comments mention that I would be happier doing something else, I'm super happy.

jventura 5y ago
> Getting jobs as a US based employee with several years experience isn't too difficult. I'm not based on the US unfortunately, so I tend to ignore those job posts.. > I'm looking for low meeting culture jobs that fit my current schedule. How do you know in advance if a job has that low meeting culture? Do you read glassdoor reviews, or something like that? > Dysfunctional companies (there are so many) are great for me in this setup. And how do you identify those dysfunctional companies as well? Or you try them and get out if they are not so dysfunctional for your like? Hope you don't mind my questions, just trying to learn a little bit more about the "game"!
- froaway4job 5y ago
  > How do you know in advance if a job has that low meeting culture? Do you read glassdoor reviews, or something like that? I'll like to another comment I made in this thread but I'll add on here as well. I try to find out as much as I can about the meeting culture in the interview. If it ends up being drastically different to the point where I feel like I was lied to, then I'll leave the job. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29797183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29797183 > And how do you identify those dysfunctional companies as well? Or you try them and get out if they are not so dysfunctional for your like? I'm not solely trying to find dysfunctional companies per se, but it does help if they are dysfunctional. Yeah, I have no problem leaving a company after a few months if I dislike their culture or theres no much work.
icedchai 5y ago
How do you feel out these low meeting companies during the interview? For a while I had 2 jobs (one contract, one regular) last year, both at the same time, and there were soooo many useless meetings with one of them. Real, actual work was about 25% of the time.
- froaway4job 5y ago
  Yeah I've run into that issue before. Most companies think they have a good meeting culture, but it's doubtful. Here are my tips: - Ask about the number of set meetings they have and the cadence. (daily standup, planning, retro, demos) - If you're comfortable and have a good vibe with an individual engineer ask to see their schedule (hit or miss but most individual contributors I speak to have no problem with this) - Emphasize that you are leaving your previous company due to an overabundance of meetings, that will get them to open up about their meeting culture a bit more - Ask about the following: what is their onboarding schedule, what does a regular week look like for this role (including meetings), does this role have a firefighter/on call schedule
  - icedchai 5y ago
    Thanks. I complained about there being too many meetings at my current gig. Then I actually got invited to more of them! It's absolutely bonkers how many meetings some of these companies have.

jventura 5y ago

> Getting jobs as a US based employee with several years experience isn't too difficult. I'm not based on the US unfortunately, so I tend to ignore those job posts.. > I'm looking for low meeting culture jobs that fit my current schedule. How do you know in advance if a job has that low meeting culture? Do you read glassdoor reviews, or something like that? > Dysfunctional companies (there are so many) are great for me in this setup. And how do you identify those dysfunctional companies as well? Or you try them and get out if they are not so dysfunctional for your like? Hope you don't mind my questions, just trying to learn a little bit more about the "game"!

froaway4job 5y ago
> How do you know in advance if a job has that low meeting culture? Do you read glassdoor reviews, or something like that? I'll like to another comment I made in this thread but I'll add on here as well. I try to find out as much as I can about the meeting culture in the interview. If it ends up being drastically different to the point where I feel like I was lied to, then I'll leave the job. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29797183 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29797183 > And how do you identify those dysfunctional companies as well? Or you try them and get out if they are not so dysfunctional for your like? I'm not solely trying to find dysfunctional companies per se, but it does help if they are dysfunctional. Yeah, I have no problem leaving a company after a few months if I dislike their culture or theres no much work.

icedchai 5y ago

How do you feel out these low meeting companies during the interview? For a while I had 2 jobs (one contract, one regular) last year, both at the same time, and there were soooo many useless meetings with one of them. Real, actual work was about 25% of the time.

froaway4job 5y ago
Yeah I've run into that issue before. Most companies think they have a good meeting culture, but it's doubtful. Here are my tips: - Ask about the number of set meetings they have and the cadence. (daily standup, planning, retro, demos) - If you're comfortable and have a good vibe with an individual engineer ask to see their schedule (hit or miss but most individual contributors I speak to have no problem with this) - Emphasize that you are leaving your previous company due to an overabundance of meetings, that will get them to open up about their meeting culture a bit more - Ask about the following: what is their onboarding schedule, what does a regular week look like for this role (including meetings), does this role have a firefighter/on call schedule
- icedchai 5y ago
  Thanks. I complained about there being too many meetings at my current gig. Then I actually got invited to more of them! It's absolutely bonkers how many meetings some of these companies have.