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I'm pretty effective at my job (embedded software) and I have a decade of pretty solid experience writing device drivers and debugging some really tough issues.
by i_am_a_peasant 3y ago
I'm pretty effective at my job (embedded software) and I have a decade of pretty solid experience writing device drivers and debugging some really tough issues. But I always feel like I'm not at all ready for the caliber expected on the US job market. I joined a startup so that I could be pushed harder and to prove to myself I can thrive in an environment where it is expected that you will put in 300% effort.
Who knows maybe I'll give it a go in a couple of years.
- Draiken 3y agoYou will likely learn this yourself, but having done this transition in the past, the image I had of this world was simply not real. Startups fake shit all the time, cut corners everywhere (even when they shouldn't) and the hustle culture exists primarily to benefit from employee overwork (free labor). Coming from a developing country I always thought I would never be as good as "first-world developers". The reality is that the bell curve applies the same way everywhere. Most people aren't exceptional and if you're exceptional in your country, you're most likely exceptional everywhere. If I were to give myself one advice in the past it would be: you're more than good enough. Of course, YMMV. Good luck either way mate!
- i_am_a_peasant 3y agoThanks brother. Big love! The thing about hustling is to only do it for yourself not others.