readyna

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by readyna 3y ago
Yes one company, I was a generalist software engineer. I agree that it'd be very weird for any of my colleagues to have touched Kubernetes or the build pipeline (unless that was their entire job). Large companies can afford to let peop
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by readyna 3y ago
This seems like a pretty disingenuous trivialization. What would you propose then, I just twiddle my thumbs to wait for something to fit me? What if I were a a horse-drawn carriage driver and the car industry was relegating my career into n
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by readyna 3y ago
Ah, I had only really reached out to those I met at the 7 year company. Going even further back for anyone I hadn't bothered to talk to all this time seemed a bit weird. I guess I can try! I did start blogging my side projects, but I h
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by readyna 3y ago
I agree API dev doesn't seem particularly special. Really boils down to async calls with a chance of never hearing back. But maybe I'm that out of touch... Even if it is trivial though, I've had a recruiter ask me for specifi
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by readyna 3y ago
Just going by what's available. There are only so many companies doing OS work and they typically are the FAANG-size places that can afford such an endeavor. And they aren't hiring.
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by readyna 3y ago
Actually, just yesterday I had a recruiter call where they remarked "oh we thought you had embedded experience but I guess not" and proceeded to get a rejection email that same day... I am not that great at C++, but I guess self-t
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Ask HN: 11 Year (7 in FAANG) laid off dev needing career advice
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