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by wreath 5y ago
> boys-club culture Do you have examples of these practices?
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by wreath 5y ago
I cannot recommend this book enough.
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by wreath 5y ago
Interesting, I guess I've been lucky in this configuration. PMs in this setup have no authority to apply pressure on delivery, thats expected from the EM though. I think a lot of it depends on the characters of people who take on these
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by wreath 5y ago
The alternative is to have engineering managers be the interface between engineers and business, product managers partner up with the engineering managers and team leads do the project management part along with EM. Product tells the team w
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by wreath 5y ago
Why would they have to exclude based on ethnicity now but not before? Even when UK was part of EU, kids who were not EU nationals still needed visa to go to UK.
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by wreath 5y ago
When I was a child I used to ask my mother what her name was when she was a child too. I just couldn't imagine/believe someone would have that/her name as and be 10 years old at the same time. I don't really like my name
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by wreath 5y ago
> It is so easy to paint social media as the bad guy, when meanwhile it has been responsible for some of the most transformative global popular movements in recent times. E.g. Arab Spring No. Oppression, absence of freedom of speech and
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by wreath 5y ago
This has been my observation as well. Such companies pat themselves on the back for hiring a diverse group who actually think the same _despite_ coming from different backgrounds or have different skin color.
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by wreath 5y ago
Yes do what you are hired for. How does this not compute in the minds of many is baffling to me.
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by wreath 5y ago
Some people have a child level understanding of how business is ran and financed and then you read such shit.
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by wreath 5y ago
I don't know of anyone who gets a new phone every 1-2 years regardless of their income level. Is this really the case? Any data on it?
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by wreath 5y ago
I disagree that SS is geared towards professional athletes. What makes you think so? Ive done both, StrongLift is simply not sustainable especially for a beginner.
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by wreath 5y ago
I cannot recommend Starting Strength enough… BUT.. please consider hiring a Starting Strength coach even remote for few months. A lot of people misdo the program and then complain that they got fat.
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by wreath 5y ago
You dont get the German citizenship but you become eligible to apply for one. Thats it.
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by wreath 5y ago
Thanks for elaborating. What I was interested in is German-educated vs American-educated doc but you generalized it to Europeans as well. My experience with German doctors is that they are generally dismissive and would rather do the bare m
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by wreath 5y ago
What convinces you of that, im curious.
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by wreath 5y ago
they contribute to the system so they should be entitled to reap the benefits regardless of citizenship status. Your argument could be said for the unproductives natives as well, who are a burden on society
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by wreath 5y ago
Still better than Germany where you are a high tax paying and non-voting immigrant resident (not even local elections if you are not from EU)
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by wreath 5y ago
I noticed this exact same thing in my ex-FAANG colleagues. No judgment, just an observation.
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by wreath 5y ago
As of recently I started having really confusing opinions on the state of interviewing and our industry in general. Since there is no gatekeeping (for better or for worse), you get a large pool of people with wild variety of skills, so thes
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by wreath 5y ago
Until when you retire you find out you paid to a system that was will reward you a small amount and you would pay taxes on that. Tell me about quality of life then! As an SWE, id take US any day.
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by wreath 5y ago
I dont even care about random encounters that lead to ideas, i miss them because they were random and had relationship at work with people with whom i have no work overlap whatsoever,yet we bonded while making coffee and other type of offic
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by wreath 5y ago
I think it depends on how teams are organized already and the size of the company. Few things I noticed that made this work in practice: * Engineers pair up for few rotations with other engineers who are experienced in interacting with cust
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by wreath 5y ago
I've seen more engineers completely disinterested in anything customer related (and even calling users stupid!) more than I've seen PMs isolating devs. Every time I ask a PM if I could interact with a customer (not asking for perm
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by wreath 5y ago
This has been my experience with Slate few years ago. The breaking changes were too frequent to stay productive and the project needed more baby sitting than we'd have liked.
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by wreath 5y ago
This depends on the coverage your company provides. Afaik, the larger the company the more likelihood that they have good coverage for you and your partner. As topkai22 mentioned, it's normal to ask for these sorts of things. Good luck
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by wreath 5y ago
Id rather grind leetcode and system design problems and get credentials for it and dont have to again. Wait.. thats what my university degree was for..
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by wreath 5y ago
Side projects show only one attribute that is a reason why id hire someone, which is their technical ability. Delivering on time with reasonable quality, working within given constraints, with people from other disciplines are other aspects
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by wreath 5y ago
I agree, but in Germany for instance, if you don't have a job you'd have to pay everything yourself unlike when you're employed, you pay 50% and your employer pays the other 50. Not as bad as having different insurance altoge
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by wreath 5y ago
Yep exactly. it's important to remember that most of SWE are spared from the ugliness of the healthcare problems in the US yet enjoy higher salaries and lower taxes than most of Europe. So it's almost a net win in this regard.

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