axetheone

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by axetheone 4y ago
One of the best articles I've read about the experience of being laid off, thanks for writing and sharing!
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by axetheone 4y ago
As someone recently laid off, I strongly ressonate with points #1 and #5 and the amount of platitudes and empty words (but to be honest, some people were truly earnest/helpful on helping me get through this) involved in this makes the
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by axetheone 6y ago
"If you want them to MAYBE change, talk to them directly. If you want them to get stabbed by management, put it in their performance review." I'm pretty sure that happened to me in the past (and unwillingly done that to other
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by axetheone 6y ago
I'm so glad I've found this comment. It's REALLY strange to me that this is the first time I've read someone talking about this phenomena and on how exploitative it actually is and, like other comment noted, this is a ve
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by axetheone 6y ago
I've picked up ActivityWatch an year ago precisely due to those factors and I'm quite happy with it.
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by axetheone 6y ago
I also happened to time track my time this year, although in a more automatic (and less detailed) way. For that I used ActivityWatch on my personal laptop (which I use for all non-work related matters) in order to have an automatic way to t
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by axetheone 6y ago
This is a topic that I've been thinking about strongly this year and I strongly relate to what you're feeling as well. As for books on this, apart from the more mainstream ones, an example would be "Business without the Bulls
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by axetheone 6y ago
With a beer on your hand.
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by axetheone 6y ago
Most likely I would revisit the memories/things that made me happy and try to be a saint or a demon to those who truly deserve either.
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by axetheone 6y ago
I'm really sorry for your situation, this year's been truly awful for me as well. Take solace on the fact that you're not the only one hurting.
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by axetheone 6y ago
No doubt about this, when I reached that part of the article I was startled with that relatively low amount of savings and the courage on starting a venture like that... It can not be understated on how having enough money saved up really h
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by axetheone 6y ago
Why is this flagged?
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by axetheone 6y ago
Will give it a try!
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by axetheone 6y ago
Agreed, equivalent compensation between IC and management might be a common thing in USA but it certainly is not in Europe.
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by axetheone 6y ago
For me, my motivations and reasons for working in tech ebbs and flows throughout the years (which I suspect is the same to majority of the people). At first, I decided to have a degree in a STEM field in order to have in the future a dayjob
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by axetheone 6y ago
I don't really feel that there's prejudice on job hopping in Europe nowadays (at least in the software industry). If you're at a place for at least 2 years you kind of start to be considered an old timer.
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by axetheone 6y ago
I already feel this slowdown and I'm barely into my 30s.
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by axetheone 6y ago
The easiest way to waste a career is to remain oblivious of office politics and to think honest and hard work are the way to go.
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by axetheone 6y ago
"The more tolerable one is the one that sounds like old tv with no signal" That's actually the other type of tinnitus that I have, but this is actually the one that I find most tolerable (in the sense that at least it's
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by axetheone 6y ago
Tinnitus appeared to me at the beginning of this godforsaken year of 2020 and I think I have two separate types of tinnitus, with one most likely being due to neck tension (which is more intense on my left ear). I know this because when I s
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by axetheone 6y ago
This one of the best stories/things I've ever read here in Hacker News and I don't say this lightly. Really amazing and inspiring story! :D
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by axetheone 6y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! I'm quite familiar with his writings for some years now. :)
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by axetheone 6y ago
Quite enjoyed this post and the one in https://defmacro.substack.com/p/how-to-get-promoted (HN thread on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24618707 ). This post is definitely a breath of fresh ai