newone2three

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by newone2three 4y ago
Disagree. Not every startup has to be a massive success, not every founder needs to be a billionaire, and not everyone has to work like Elon Musk - you’re probably not sending rockets to Mars. OP might be very happy with a company with no e
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by newone2three 4y ago
I think (I _think_) maybe because they’re machines designed to kill people. Just a guess.
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by newone2three 4y ago
I probably wasn’t clear. I’m putting developers and ops people all in the same “skilled computer people” pot. And I think so would Musk and Ellison.
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by newone2three 4y ago
You’re misunderstanding me slightly. I’d put systems administrators in the same category as developers, and I think so would Elon Musk and Larry Ellison. But if someone’s entire job is “capacity planning”, they’re getting fired.
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by newone2three 4y ago
I think we agree. I’m not saying these things don’t need to be done. I’m saying that “ capacity planning” shouldn’t be someone’s entire job.
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by newone2three 4y ago
> software getting deployed, infrastructures getting the timely upgrades.. I think most people would put these in the same category as developers. > capacity planning, monitoring and alerting, honing their troubleshooting skills This
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by newone2three 4y ago
Why?
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by newone2three 4y ago
Yes, I have. I quit my job and worked on my own project for a while. You have to be doing something you are interested in, and have full control over, so you can rediscover what programming used to be like for you. Take things slowly, and y
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by newone2three 4y ago
I do the same thing, but through agencies, so the roles tend to be larger companies and rates more like 500-600. Where do you look for open roles directly? I haven’t managed to figure this out.
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by newone2three 4y ago
Get a new job. You can get a contract job paying £500 a day quite easily in the UK. Do a 6 month contract, save up some runway, work on your own thing for a while, doing whatever interests you. Repeat.