RemoteIsHeaven

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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> most burnout is mostly caused by managers and culture that just doesn't care about people. A good manager will get an employee who is approaching burnout to take a break/vacation or even change up what they are working on Agr
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> I'm undecided if the burnout was caused by the job or my inexperience. It was probably both. Likely the job as in the management - I explained their role in my root comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> I’ve been working on a startup on the side with my friend for almost a year now and the work has rarely ever burnt me out. Well done! I explained this paradox in my root comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> Companies that require 50-80 hour weeks, bosses who yell and scream regularly, psychologically manipulative situations, and environments where people are prevented from having control over their own outcomes are going to take a toll on
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> Fortune 500's and FAANGs, as large organizations, generally shift towards exploitive, or at the least, behaviors lacking the reciprocity expected 1. What could be causing that? 2. What are the chances of this same behavior happeni
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> I was fortunate enough to get promoted into a senior management position, where I am mostly focused on tech strategy and not true "developer work" anymore. 1. Did your find doing the "developer work" itself fulfilli
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> a high-performing individual contributor who “lacks” an eye for the bigger picture, because I show little interest in the business side of things If focusing on engineering, technical, programming, and math problems is really what exci
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> I would never have reached the point of ability that I did reach I think you're conflating skill and ability with impact and expectations. Early on in your life, your expectations could have been to gain tremendous skill and grow
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
> My job has less (no) global impact. What I did previously affected far more people. I told people what project I was on and they thought that was cool. But I don’t hate my life or job and I very much did before. As I mentioned in my ow
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by RemoteIsHeaven 3y ago
The root cause of burnout - be it coding or otherwise, is when expectations don't match reality. In most cases, people want to do meaningful work and see their work having real impact on the world. If you spent all your waking hours, e
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> Are you thinking of Reddit (or HN) style threads? Not the OP but this would really help Happy to create an issue if this is a new request or upvote if there's an existing request
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
I prefer Caddy proxy and with Caddy it's just a single reverse proxy line (it handles the websockets transport seamlessly)
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
+1 Integration with Google Meet, Zoom would really help. I see plugins for both but could never get them to work (teams edition though) The expectation is that, just like on slack, I should be able to do a slash command and have a Google Me
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> This would be interesting if E2EE was officially supported The reality is people claim to need E2EE but it's not worth paying extra for it. It's kind of like how people nod when you ask them if they hate companies like FB&#x2
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> Mattermost v7 was released on Thursday and includes video conferencing functionality have you tried running it using Mattermost team (the OSS) instance? I also use their cloud instance to stay updated on new features but voice is a pai
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> We now have multiple Mattermost server support in the mobile apps in Beta! If you're interested to try it out, here's how you can join the Mattermost Mobile app beta program. This is fantastic news! It is/was a problem h
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> the more places I work the more I realize that the standard is bad leadership. True! Why is that, though? Like - do the great leaders retire quick? Or is it that we are just an unlucky bunch who get exposed to bad leadership?
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> Problem solving, decomposition, and the ability to temporarily hold large amounts of information (documentation indexes / what functions are available? kinda things) are all more important than language ability, I think Makes sens
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> my own boss resigned last month and we've been interviewing for his replacement. I haven't decided whether or not to apply for his position; I don't want all of his responsibilities but I do want to keep the autonomy tha
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> How many things are on my own plate that I haven't done anything about yet? A lot sure but that's not how leadership works. Part of leadership is prioritization and ownership.
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by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago
> My career trajectory was Dev -> Senior -> Lead -> Director -> Senior. I left a company and purposefully looked for my next job further down the ladder, after having profound burnout that made me question whether I wanted to
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Ask HN: Competency in natural language correlates to competency in programming?
2 points by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Android alarm clock app that can be managed over a REST/HTTP API?
1 points by RemoteIsHeaven 4y ago|0 comments
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by RemoteIsHeaven 7y ago
Right on the money! I also suggested building good, strong relationships.
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by RemoteIsHeaven 7y ago
> which ones have the highest returns Build good, strong relationships. As geeks we dont tend to value human relationships. However, good, strong relationships will pay out dividends and change your life for the better. They will encoura
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by RemoteIsHeaven 7y ago
> How do I decline cofounder requests? Are you signalling that you are looking for cofounders? Does your project page/contact page say "Thank you for your interest in being a cofounder but I'm currently not interested.&quo
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by RemoteIsHeaven 7y ago
> How do I decline cofounder requests? Are you signalling that you are looking for cofounders? Does your project page/contact page say "Thank you for your interest in being a cofounder but I'm currently not interested.&quo
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by RemoteIsHeaven 7y ago
I used to do a lot of drywall work and N95 respirators are just not designed for regular extended use. If mounted properly, they will restrict the airflow and raise the temperature of your face. I would perspire heavily. Also, unless proper
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by RemoteIsHeaven 7y ago
If "FakeCo" was to post on Indeed/LinkedIn or even cold email me, I won't even take a second look at it, but, if they post on HN, I will not only check them out but go as far as give their take home assignments a serious
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Ask HN: Who's Trolling (March 2020) – a sister thread of “Who's Hiring”?
12 points by RemoteIsHeaven 7y ago|1 comments

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