isar

joined 1 year ago
[–] isar@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Started a new job after taking the risky decision of leaving the previous secure one. This first week went very well! The team is super welcoming (and similarly introverted), passionate and healthy (compared to my previous toxic manager). I feel like I’m going to learn a lot, without burning myself, and it’s very exciting :)

[–] isar@lemm.ee 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Me when checkout is at 12:00

[–] isar@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

If you identify yourself to your work outcome it sucks your soul, but if you don’t you become nihilistic so it’s all about finding the balance. More seriously it depends a lot on team/project/management but mostly you gotta really like troubleshooting, translating requirements+caffeine into code and defend/discuss your decisions. Working on a fresh clean codebase tends to be much more satisfying.

[–] isar@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Just noped out of my last job cos the new manager was randomly calling me without a heads up to understand what the next steps are. Aka asking me and the other team member to do his work for him. I see highly competent people struggling to find jobs and guys like this in F500 companies — and can’t help but wonder what’s wrong with selection.

[–] isar@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

What about decaf? Or is it the caffeine’s effect more than the taste that’s enjoyable?

[–] isar@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

In the agent era we’re entering I wouldn’t be so surprised they’d try to stuff ads where they can. “Your plane has been booked. Looking for a hotel for your stay? Don’t look further!”

[–] isar@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

And don’t get me started on maintenance and dependencies. On a big enough project that’s a job for life

[–] isar@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

A C F H K G X (I’m sure if I say random letters I’ll at least get some right!) - Sir this is a house, the letter test comes later…

[–] isar@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Good for you! Sure feels good to make your own repairs. Even if it takes a while the knowledge stays. We just had 12 hours without electricity and internet in my area and if there’s one thing I learned it’s that you have to be handy with electrical and electronic systems and don’t rely on bundled tech as much.