octo888

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   by octo888 1y ago

   > If the job ends today, start the horrible process of spraying resumes around the next day. Long lead times are very common now, apparently. Thanks. I think this concurrency is good advice. Slow ramp up
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   by octo888 1y ago

   My boss isn't a monster, and quite intuitive. Despite being very annoyed with me, wanting to get rid of me, I think on some level she knows I'm struggling and has taken a lot off my plate. I'm still relatively productive in m
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   by octo888 1y ago

   Thanks for sharing. I hear you. I used to struggle with comparing myself. I don't offer it as advice per se but I tell myself: no matter what you achieve, there'll always be someone smarter, richer, better. Not in the sense to giv
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   by octo888 1y ago

   Thanks
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   by octo888 1y ago

   Thanks for your reply. Could you ELI5 the reason for 2 distinct profiles? Just to increase the chances? Ie 3 would theoretically be more beneficial?
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   by octo888 1y ago

   I go through ups and downs of positivity - it's been a life-long struggle. I wish I could flip it on as easy as firing up the laptop! Obviously, right now, it's a bit of a difficult time... > You need to be more confident in yo
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   by octo888 1y ago

   It's safe. It's easy to hire anyone from anywhere to write Java. You generally can't create an ungodly mess apart from layers and thousands of classes. There's a library for almost everything. It'll still be around
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   by octo888 1y ago

   > having to tolerate Hibernate after EF Core, Enjoying or tolerating Hibernate is undiagnosed Stockholm Syndrome :D
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   by octo888 1y ago

   Thank you
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    by octo888 1y ago

    > You're afraid to not get a job, so you won't even try? I genuinely feel I need a break and need to work on other things. And I feel jumping into a similar tech job would make my mental health situation worse. The point I was
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    by octo888 1y ago

    > What area are you in? I hope it is okay, but I prefer not to say. It is a place with not so high cost of living. There are not really many VCs here, but I think that is not something I would want to do anyway. > Best advice for now
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    Ask HN: Facing unemployment – what now?

    49 points by octo888 1y ago|40 comments
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    by octo888 1y ago

    Don't underestimate my colleagues' abilities to turn the simple into the complex!
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    by octo888 1y ago

    London football clubs get up to some right shady stuff. West Ham are just as bad.
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    by octo888 1y ago

    Staff engineer is incredibly hard to attain in a lot of companies outside of FAANG as there are so few positions - sometimes even 10 year old companies only recently create the position. They want you to become a manager instead. IME you st
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    by octo888 1y ago

    Being a lead/manager requires people skills that some people don't have. Let's be frank: a lot of us are neurodivergent and on the spectrum and that often does not make for good people managers. It's not a failure of car
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    by octo888 1y ago

    > They wanted photo ID, a deposit, and sign a second contract in a _separate website_ Yup my average airbnb experience in eg Spain is: dealing with an agent, asked to submit all my personal data to some random third party, all other comm