Sadly, this feels exactly like what working in big tech has been like for me. It amazes me that after so many years of these types of problems that in 2023 a team can have a bus factor of 1 across the entire team, with requirements often being one sentence in a Slack message or a Jira ticket with zero context that says "do this".
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EnderMB commented on Stack Overflow's CEO Doesn't Understand Stack Overflow jlericson.com/2023/07/26/... · Posted by u/jlericson
I'm a senior dev. The only thing I found useful in the last years was the job market on SO. They closed that down recently. Now I don't even go there at all.
It still boggles my mind that they closed this down. To date, it was the best job board for software engineers, and had filters you just don't see anywhere else - like filtering by companies that sponsor visas.
Finding work there was a dream, and while there weren't many roles available, they were usually great quality roles. Finding candidates was also great, and all of them were solid candidates that met the basic bar of "can you write some basic code in a language of your choosing".
To be honest, it felt like SO went downhill when Jeff Atwood left.
Please tell me it is more stable than Catalina. I have to reboot my machine every day or two just to keep it going.
Well, I've effectively bricked my brand-new MBP after installing it, so not really...
Obviously, I'm one person out of many, but a quick Google search indicates that I'm probably not the only one that felt stupid updating today.
EnderMB commented on Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5346983... · Posted by u/ceocoder
At this point I'm becoming more worried about distribution rather than finding a working vaccine.
One in six people (in the UK) said they'd refuse a vaccine if it became available, and another one in six weren't sure. (YouGov poll)
It might make distribution to reach herd immunity difficult.
I might be wrong on this, but wouldn't that still be fine in order to achieve herd immunity?
I distinctly remember reading something that said 60% was the minimum threshold required to ensure that the virus spread as a greatly reduced rate.
Surprisingly well, given the circumstances.
Before lockdown, I had already been looking for jobs. Since then, I've been rejected pre-interview by a handful of companies, and have bombed out of a handful of interviews at the final stage.
I was also made redundant a few weeks ago, so I'm nearing the point where I need to find myself a new job.
Despite that, it's been weirdly nice to sit at home, on my own, and simply learn again. Obviously, I'm freaking out about being out of work soon, but I'm hopeful that the stars will align and at least one company will offer me something.
After receiving an email from a Big N recruiter, I decided to spend the last month working through LeetCode problems.
I'm glad I did, because literally every job I've applied for has had some kind of Codility or HackerRank style test - even bog-standard developer jobs have asked DSA-style questions. Yesterday, I was asked a Dynamic Programming question for a full-stack developer role at a bank.
It seems like these kind of interviews are becoming the norm, so I'll probably spend the rest of my furlough time working through DSA courses, grinding LeetCode, and doing daily Codility tests for different companies.
EnderMB commented on Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare? · Posted by u/zachrip
I'm very sorry to hear that.
I'm not sure where you're based, but I've heard of Usher's Syndrome after hearing a talk from someone named Molly Watt, who also has Usher's Syndrome. It might be worth dropping her a line, as in her line of work she might be able to either give some advice, or point you towards someone in your situation that can help.
I'll probably get a lot of shit for this, but LeetCode.
I've recently been furloughed, and I think that redundancies aren't too far away. There aren't many companies hiring in my area at the moment, and if I'm going to move it's going to be for a big company, so I'm dusting off the CV and am applying to some Big N companies.
A recruiter recently reached out to me, and I've got an interview with one Big N company coming up soon, so am using my new-found free time to study and, at the very least, be a bit more employable at the end of this pandemic.
EnderMB commented on Ask HN: What can programmers do to help with the coronavirus? · Posted by u/branislav
While I'm fully agree with the "this isn't a tech problem" comment, there are indirect ways that people can help.
I think the biggest problems many are going to face aren't related to the illness itself, but the effects of self-isolation and the outcomes, such as:
* Dealing with your loved ones getting sick or dying - online services to talk to others that are suffering or going through tough times would be good.
* Boredom - putting that "empty time" to good use by building your skills.
* Loneliness - providing a platform to utilise existing or new social networks to make people feel that they aren't alone.
* Volunteering - one of the biggest hit areas is going to be in elderly care, and to be honest it wouldn't be unsurprising to see care homes shut down and relatives being left to look after their relatives. Anything that can help people in these situations would be welcomed, whether it's supplies, stuff for people to do, etc.
* Aiding remote workers. For many, remote working is an alien concept, so if you've got experience in working from home in an optimal way create an in-depth guide to help others.
* Small gym relief funds - many gyms or martial arts schools have shut down, and many practitioners rely on teaching as their sole form of income. Building a relief fund for those small businesses would help tremendously, on the basis that it can be "paid forward" in the future through private lessons, online instructionals, etc.
The problem is thinking this is a useful way to represent fiscal value. Ain't.
It's also how I say that there isn't really a useful problem that decentralisation solves. After all, most git users use git in a centralised way.