agoldis

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   by agoldis 8y ago

   I think we are on the same page, and I understand the reasons for having this process... and I don't like it. I am not convincing you to reconsider promotion process, neither propose a good solution. You can say that I was stupid by e
2. 32.▲
   by agoldis 8y ago

   I worked at IT department of Intel for 6 years. Then for about a year as a DevOps. Then for 3 years as JS developer at a startup. Plus few open source contributions and side projects. I wasn't strong in Java or other fundamental langu
3. 33.▲
   by agoldis 8y ago

   Agree - I was very naive. I worked for Intel for 6 years, but hoped that one of FANGs is different. Seems like no :)
4. 34.▲
   by agoldis 8y ago

   Thank you for your comment. Of course that is not how I see promotions work, I have added a remark to the original article to make myself clear. Thank you again.
5. 35.▲
   by agoldis 8y ago

   Thank you for your comment. Of course that is not how I see promotions work, I have added a remark to the original article to make myself clear. Thank you again.
6. 36.▲
   by agoldis 8y ago

   Thanks for your comment! To be fair, I didn't try to convince you - I was sharing my experiences and observations :) Most chances the article is not as good as others, I am not a writer (otherwise I wouldn't have a problem with wr
7. 37.▲
   by agoldis 8y ago

   Thanks for pointing that out! I was frustrated by the expectation to focus on documenting to get a promotion. I don't think it is a good practice and was surprised to see that: > focusing on that process (promotion) is not a distrac
8. 38.▲
   Quitting Amazon 5 months after I started(medium.com)

   201 points by agoldis 8y ago|145 comments
9. 39.▲
   by agoldis 8y ago

   Why? I left after 5 month voluntarily, I wasn't fired. I performed well and they wanted me to stay, 5 months was just enough to understand what kind of company is it.
10. 40.▲
    by agoldis 8y ago

    I left Amazon just 5 months after being employed there as an SDE, it was terrible. It's not all about the money. The levels have nothing to do with tech or experience. It's the ability of person to navigate his career through cor
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    Using VSCode as an advertising platform(github.com)

    3 points by agoldis 8y ago|0 comments
12. 42.▲
    by agoldis 8y ago

    5 yeara in military - bullshit
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    Face uncertainty by decoupling Redux state(medium.com)

    1 points by agoldis 8y ago|0 comments