wonderingyogi

Do you have hobbies? Maybe go travel for a year or two.

Yes. It's been draining noticeably faster after last week's update. I can no longer get a full day's use.

Usually the team or company itself doesn't have much to do. For my B2B employer, we are always waiting for the client to get back. And this could take months or even years. B2B world can be extremely slow if you are working on big projects. It needs to go through many layers of bureaucracy for approval.

Your story sounds just like mine. With all the extra hours I have, I am now thinking of working on a side project to see if it takes off. I am also looking to switch jobs because I gain nothing out of it other than a paycheck.

That's one part. I think another part is that the power dynamics need to change. Managers should be servant leaders. Instead, I see so many managers abuse their power to enrich their own position.

$4 million feels like chump change. I'd imagine JP Morgan globally earns that amount in less than an hour.

I will only do take home if I feel like the company is serious. If they are sending me a take home without meeting with the hiring manager, it goes straight to the bin.

Your proposal lists reasons for why your platform should exist, but it doesn't list any reason why a user would want to use it. Who are you serving? What should they want to sign up?

For the last three weeks I have been studying. I am in my final week of studying. Then I will take a few weeks break to do nothing.

Most founders I know are unemployable because their resumes are extraordinary. I am not a successful founder, but more than a few recruiters have mentioned during phone interview that my resume is unusual. You are suppose follow the standard path of graduating, working at a company, and switching every few years. You will find a job sooner or later though.

Everyone looks like a sophisticated investor during a bull market. Now it looks like the emperor has no clothes. These investors are going to have a hard time justifying their dumb money investments.

We can only control our actions, but what happens around us is outside our control. The best we can do is try to influence it, but even that is limited to those within our immediate vicinity. At some point, we must learn to let go and stop trying to control something we have limited control over. I am reminded of the Buddhism teaching that we have expectations in life and when those expectations are not being met, we suffer. Simply do your best, and accept whichever outcome.

I did the same thing. Found a boring company literally 3 weeks before layoffs started. I saw it from a mile away. So far my job has been stable, but incredibly boring. I could be earning a lot more elsewhere, but given the market, I won't be switching unless there's good reason. WLB is the best I ever had.

Is there a reason why it was low on the list? What qualifiers did you placed more on? Could you explain more about the thought process?

Title inflation is a thing even with ladders. I know of some non-tech industries where there are 15 levels to climb and at level 7 you were considered a director already.

This is something I have been thinking a lot about. I still don't have a definite answer. For me, I joined a company to learn about the B2B space because I had a idea that catered to that market. Through this experience, I was able to cross out a lot of wrong assumptions I had about the space. I still don't know if my revised idea works, but it definitely helped me from pursuing the wrong one.

I don't want to be too harsh because I am guilty of the same thing. The author is fearing shipping because he doesn't have customers. He is scared of failure. If he validated and found customers beforehand, he would be excited.

Thank you. I listed about 10 things I want to accomplish and somethings I thought were higher up on the list, turns out weren't. It gave me pause to realize what I really wanted to accomplished in my life.

> I think letting go of dreams is extremely important for success.

Can you explain more?

> So to those that think FAANG is some badge of honor, don't believe the hype, I don't think FAANG employment is a meaningful signal at all.

I honestly think FAANG employees sank their own boat. The constant bragging of how little work the do in a week on anonymous forums, and the "day in the life" videos that show everything but work. Despite their bragging about being 10x, I don't see any proof of it.

The 1% of SWE though are very good (especially older employees with years of experience e.g. Rob Pike). The rest of the 89%, as you say, are mediocre at best. A Google employee in 2010 is not the same as a Google employee in 2020.

As someone that joined a legacy company 6 months ago to weather the recession, I agree with the majority of what you said. You are talking entrenched interests in keeping the way things are. Especially those that have worked in the company for years. They don't want change, because change would threaten their position.

It has been very difficult to adjust to the culture personally. On the one hand, I hardly have any work. On the other, I am struggling with the meaningless work assigned to me. The tech is abysmal, but given the culture, it's not worth dying on this hill. Countless people have tried before. You can accept it or move on.

I am staying around because of the economic environment. The upside is that I am free to work on my side projects because my IP clause is strictly related to work only. I don't expect much else because it can't offer any other than words.

This is more common than you think in the startup world. This isn't the first time I have heard such things. Mobile game companies do this too.

> It doesn't need intelligence to nullify human's labour.

I am very interested to know what this podcast is so I can have a listen. Could you please tell us?

Mercury isn't a bank, it uses Evolve Bank & Trust and Choice Financial Group.

I wonder how many startups its going to affect.

What is your team good at?

We try to do projects that give business value for internal and external stakeholders by utilising machine learning and big data.

Where are you based geographically?

Asia office, but our company allows us to take on projects with different offices around the world.

How did you get your last project?

I took over the project from the previous manager who got sacked by senior management for being toxic (too many complaints).