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Having done over 25 yrs , the creativity of it, finding elegant solutions to problems, satisfaction of taming a spaghetti code mess and cleaning it up , learnin

by nickd2001 5y ago

Having done over 25 yrs , the creativity of it, finding elegant solutions to problems, satisfaction of taming a spaghetti code mess and cleaning it up , learning arcane uber-geeky ways of doing things and amusing others with these tricks, intellectual satisfaction / keeping the brain in shape, having colleagues with good senses of humour and lively minds, (particularly the delightfully twisted silly jokes/banter people come up with after spending hours on weird abstract problems that are incomprehensible to most people) overall relatively low stress (compared to other jobs that pay the same) way to keep a family fed :).

polishdude20 5y ago
> having colleagues with good senses of humour and lively minds, (particularly the delightfully twisted silly jokes/banter people come up with after spending hours on weird abstract problems that are incomprehensible to most people How do you find coworkers like these? Haha.
- ilrwbwrkhv 5y ago
  dont join faang.
  - polishdude20 5y ago
    I'm not in faang :(
    - nickd2001 5y ago
      To add to my other comment, I'd suggest, go get a job at a university , either research support or even their central IT, with some link to open source projects. You'll meet cool people that way. I did. Including some cool Polish people actually ;)
  - nickd2001 5y ago
    I'd be inclined to agree with this!
- nickd2001 5y ago
  Oh they are to be found if you look around. ;). Probably more common in less driven or corporate environments - so public sector e:g universities/ government, "unfashionable" but still interesting fields such as telecomms. I'd echo the sibling comment that perhaps FAANG is not the place, that's where people go to make the most bucks but possibly at the expense of having any fun at work. Having anything to do with a large open source project can enable you to meet cool people, and have shared creativity which is awesome. Good luck with finding more of such people :)

polishdude20 5y ago

> having colleagues with good senses of humour and lively minds, (particularly the delightfully twisted silly jokes/banter people come up with after spending hours on weird abstract problems that are incomprehensible to most people How do you find coworkers like these? Haha.

ilrwbwrkhv 5y ago
dont join faang.
- polishdude20 5y ago
  I'm not in faang :(
  - nickd2001 5y ago
    To add to my other comment, I'd suggest, go get a job at a university , either research support or even their central IT, with some link to open source projects. You'll meet cool people that way. I did. Including some cool Polish people actually ;)
- nickd2001 5y ago
  I'd be inclined to agree with this!
nickd2001 5y ago
Oh they are to be found if you look around. ;). Probably more common in less driven or corporate environments - so public sector e:g universities/ government, "unfashionable" but still interesting fields such as telecomms. I'd echo the sibling comment that perhaps FAANG is not the place, that's where people go to make the most bucks but possibly at the expense of having any fun at work. Having anything to do with a large open source project can enable you to meet cool people, and have shared creativity which is awesome. Good luck with finding more of such people :)