throwaway_boy

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   by throwaway_boy 16y ago

   I actually wrote C-asterisk-O's and non-C-asterisk-O's, as in wildcards of CEO/COO/CTO/CFO, but HN seemed to parse my markdown and I didn't notice. Whoops. :) No military past in my background.
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   by throwaway_boy 16y ago

   Yeah. That's way not me. Not really interested in playing, anyway. Would rather ensure that I work someplace that's run well so I can go home and play with a clear conscience.
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   by throwaway_boy 16y ago

   You're right that more initiative will be required of me. In hindsight there were times when there was a vacuum and I could have done something (ultimately the vacuum always stayed there; noone stepped up as it would happen.) Lesson learned
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   by throwaway_boy 16y ago

   In the places I've worked that were large enough to actually have names and levels and whatnot, manager/non-manager was always a totally separate dimension from job level. You could easily have a level N engineer being managed by a level N-
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   by throwaway_boy 16y ago

   In my mind a manager is not necessarily a leader or the leader. And certainly not a technical leader. Agreed though that a director/CTO is more of a management position, but I've seen coding CTO's, especially in the startup world. I don't k
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   Ask HN: How do I crawl out of the "Senior Engineer" hole?

   96 points by throwaway_boy 16y ago|54 comments