throwaway15968 (u/throwaway15968)

throwaway15968 commented on I like the RP2040 dgroshev.com/blog/rp2040/... · Posted by u/dgroshev

j-krieger · a year ago

I heavily disagree. I‘ve been working with the Espressif ecosystem for a couple of months now and it‘s the best documented microcontroller platform out there.

throwaway15968 · a year ago

Completely agreed. ESP-IDF is incredible and the dev experience is miles beyond STM32 (my opinion).

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download your music now linuximpact.com/bandcamp-... · Posted by u/dddavid

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

As one of said engineers doing support right now, cut us some slack, we are doing our best :)

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

hatsix · 2 years ago

1. Compensation is what I would call mid-tier competitive for each region. You won't get an SFO salary in Spain. You'll get more at FAANG or a more tech-focused startup, but I left a FAANG job to come here.

2. Lots of international employees. No exec-level requirements of working from an office, but some teams may have their own rules.

3. It's middle of the pack, but that's mainly because I get stuck doing jobs I hate because I'm the only one with the experience, and we've got a client breathing down our neck. it's the burden of being the Sr Dev, but eventually, I'll have trained my team well enough that I can do a bit of real innovation... until then, I really believe we're enabling artists to make a better living by opening up a market (sync) that has generally been reserved for artists that are already living comfortably.

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

Thank you for the response! That’s really helpful, makes it feel a little less vague & murky.

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

ace2358 · 2 years ago

Thank you and everyone on the team. You changed music. Full stop. You gave us what we wanted. Full stop. We love you for your work.

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

That means the world. <3

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

ip_addr · 2 years ago

Did something similar happen when Epic Games bought the company?

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

The rumour is that this happened without any Bandcamp staff aware, even executives, so it's different in that we're all in the dark.

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

slantedview · 2 years ago

Best of luck! I hope it all works out for you and everyone there, but it might be prudent to be prepared either way.

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

Thank you!

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

yuriks · 2 years ago

Do you think this sale was intended as a union-busting move? It sounds like they're not retaining staff with the sale, and this timing seems to match with Bandcamp's staff unionization efforts.

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

I don't think so. Epic also spun off SuperAwesome today, who are not unionized.

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

hatsix · 2 years ago

I work at SongTradr. I know nothing about the acquisition, but can answer any other questions you have.

I feel like Bandcamp 100% fits better with SongTradr than Epic.

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

Thank you, I appreciate it! A few quick questions:

1. How are benefits/compensation? Competitive?

2. Are there a lot of international remote employees at SongTradr? Bandcamp has a lot of people around the globe and we'd love to know if SongTradr is likely to make offers internationally or if it'll just be near offices.

3. Do you like working there?

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

BLKNSLVR · 2 years ago

For what it's worth in this depressing and anxious waiting period: thank you for your efforts, and I sincerely hope you can continue as you have been.

As many other commenters have pointed out, Bandcamp is a great service. For me, it's really the only place I purchase music because of its commitment to paying artists fairly and offering FLAC downloads of the purchased music.

Again, thank you and good luck!

As an aside, I support unionisation precisely as the counterpoint it is intended to be, and any management actions against unionisation should be treated with suspicion and I generally look at that kind of behaviour as the base reason why unions need to exist in the first place.

(Both sides can be corrupt, but if there's only power on one side, then the corruption is both more likely to occur and increase).

I hope the unionisation thing is totally unrelated to this situation.

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

Thank you, truly. It means a lot.

I'm international, so I'm not represented by the union, but I support them for exactly the same reasons that you state here.

I don't think it's related to the unionization. I'm sure it didn't help, but Epic also spun off SuperAwesome today.

throwaway15968 commented on Bandcamp has been sold to Songtradr. What does this mean for the musicians? rocknerd.co.uk/2023/09/28... · Posted by u/davidgerard

throwaway15968 · 2 years ago

Throwaway, but I work at Bandcamp. We're all very frightened and don't know what the future holds. We were told that some, but not all, will get offers from Songtradr and it may be up to a month before we receive an offer. It's pretty depressing.