MrSquished
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I find the Washington Post useful as a paper of record. It costs me $36 a year for a subscription so $3 a month. Well worth it
My old tech lead left here in MD for a job out in Mountain View as a tech lead for Google a few years ago and he loves it. The best perk that he's told me about is he takes a shuttle to/from work that is about 45 minutes each way, but it has wifi and he can work while he's commuting. So he only has to actually be "at work" for 6.5 hours.
I'd think in general working for a big company like Google, Microsoft etc is probably not all that. You're just a number, and if you screw up even once, there are thousands of people lined up for your job so they won't hesitate to fire you. A lot of big companies like that also tend to have pretty heafty non compete and conflict of interest agreements, they basically own your soul forever even if you stop working there.
As prestigious as it might seem to work for such a company I'd rather work for a small startup where I actually mean something and can be involved in growing the company, given the choice between the two.
On the other hand, if you're working on any big name products that are used by millions of people, there would be a coolness factor to be able to tell your friends "I coded that part".
Working at Google seemed like a dream job. The reality has been a tedious, pointless nightmare.
Look like it is not all that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amph...0/17/my-google-job-was-tedious-and-pointless/
My old tech lead left here in MD for a job out in Mountain View as a tech lead for Google a few years ago and he loves it. The best perk that he's told me about is he takes a shuttle to/from work that is about 45 minutes each way, but it has wifi and he can work while he's commuting. So he only has to actually be "at work" for 6.5 hours.
Then you're wrong. I have never worked an hour over 40 in a week in my 12+ year career as a software developer other than one time, and I'm no longer with that shitty company.Wait, he only actually works 8 hour days? I would think any tech company that pays via salary (so, everything) doesn't do that minimum hour stuff.
Then you're wrong. I have never worked an hour over 40 in a week in my 12+ year career as a software developer other than one time, and I'm no longer with that shitty company.
Poorly ran companies work their people more than 40 hours a week. If you're working employees more than 40 hours a week, it means you have shitty management who has no clue how to run projects.
"Blackball" originated from a Masonic custom of voting on new member inductions with white and black balls. If you voted "yes" you popped a white ball in the ballot box, and of course black ball meant persona non grata.I always do a Google search for people I am considering hiring. One guy ran a tree trimming business on the side. There were several reviews that said the owner of the company was horrible, lied to them and was unethical. Guess who did not get offered a job.
I would like to think that this guys whiny little rant will blackball him for years to come.
And those companies are poorly ran companies.Or it's done on purpose. Seen too many of those companies...
Then you're wrong. I have never worked an hour over 40 in a week in my 12+ year career as a software developer other than one time, and I'm no longer with that shitty company.
Poorly ran companies work their people more than 40 hours a week. If you're working employees more than 40 hours a week, it means you have shitty management who has no clue how to run projects.
I'm not really lucky, I'm just good at what I do and work for a good company.Sorry - and I don't mean this offensively - but I think you're just one of a few in the lucky boat. Every consulting practice that I have ever been a part of works like this. Same usually for legal practices, audit practices, tax practices, etc... the list going on and on. I've heard of hard and ridiculous timelines with programming based positions as well.
Consider yourself lucky?
I'm not really lucky, I'm just good at what I do and work for a good company.
Again, it's shitty companies that work their employees like that. Good companies don't do that because if they do, their employees would leave for better companies.
I'm sure it is also market dependent, but I'm just talking about in my field of software development. I know that tax season and stuff is crazy hours for CPA's and what not.
Welcome to the corporate world.
I always do a Google search for people I am considering hiring. One guy ran a tree trimming business on the side. There were several reviews that said the owner of the company was horrible, lied to them and was unethical. Guess who did not get offered a job.
I would like to think that this guys whiny little rant will blackball him for years to come.
I'm not really lucky, I'm just good at what I do and work for a good company.
Again, it's shitty companies that work their employees like that. Good companies don't do that because if they do, their employees would leave for better companies.
I'm sure it is also market dependent, but I'm just talking about in my field of software development. I know that tax season and stuff is crazy hours for CPA's and what not.
I always thought that employers did this. I've Googled my name from time to time and the only thing really there is my voter registration (which could be a bad thing) and an old pinterest account. I don't use my real name for Facebook.