Noodleface
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They just laid off an entire development team I work with and moved the work to Bangalore...
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IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.
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stupidmonkey
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Serious IT entities have backup systems, sometimes multiple backups. I suggest liebert.
Kuro
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This is not a serious company, it is three siblings trying to scavenge the corpse of what their father built over 60 years. The only reason we have any infrastructure is because their dad decided to digitize 100 years of files and sign designs during the pandemic.
I have already started looking for my next IT position now that I have a year of job experience.
I have already started looking for my next IT position now that I have a year of job experience.
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Noodleface
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Honestly my job is so stressful if they want to replace me I'd be all for it.
No one in the company is doing what I am doing right now
Cad
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If you were in Dallas you could be working for any of about 5 of the exact same setup that I know of here having represented them in litigation - the sons are all worthless having never worked anywhere but daddy's shop. They're now 40-something "executives" who have never had an actual job.
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moonarchia
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Is it not standard to emergency shutdown when certain temperatures are met?
Maybe it's not. The server room at a previous job had a similar AC malfunction. Smoke and scorched hardware were involved before any humans noticed. And rather than learning their lesson, it happened again.
Kuro
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Our department has literally no budget, the owners only buy anything after a crisis has occurred (and then demand to know why we didn't already get it... after they denied the earlier request), so we will likely be able to get some kind of backup after this. When I started last August half of their computers were still on windows 7.
ShakyJake
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Our new management is trying their hardest to outsource our development work, even though the results have been poor. It feels like their ultimate goal is to phase out our engineering department entirely.
Kithani
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The last two men standing will be you and that dude that cropdusts your cubicle (until it is revealed in the final chapter that the dude never existed and it was you cropdusting yourself the entire time).
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Noodleface
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Probably a fair bit of both. I get stressed out when things start slipping. There's a lot of that happening now.
Dude this is true. He's my only help right now too.
moonarchia
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Take a deep breath, take a step back. Unless you absolutely are in love with your work it's time to focus on work/life balance. Get a base line as to what you can get done in a 40 hour week, and give your boss a new timeline as to how long it will take to complete the tasks on your plate.
Noodleface
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It's easy on paper but not easy in reality. My work life balance is really good though. There's been a bit of a crunch which is what stressed me out so much. We were racing towards a finish line while being shot at by people
tugofpeace
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Question for you folks.
I've been with a company as a remote worker for 3 years now. No timesheets, hardly any work, good job security, great pay ($150k+). I recently was told to find a new role in the company and since I couldn't find anything, I invented one, and they were ok with it.
During that time I interviewed elsewhere and got an offer that was also remote, with same pay, however they have daily timesheets, and the company does a lot of work for the government (although I will not be working on those contracts).
Question is - do you think the risk is worth doing both for some time? I calculated that in 3 years this would add about $400k to my networth. When I turn 40 this is the difference between having a networth of $800k as opposed to $1.2mil.
At this point in my life, more money doesn't do much for me except allow for more investments. In the near term this second job would just allow me to pay off my car loan which is about $55k @ 4%.
I've been with a company as a remote worker for 3 years now. No timesheets, hardly any work, good job security, great pay ($150k+). I recently was told to find a new role in the company and since I couldn't find anything, I invented one, and they were ok with it.
During that time I interviewed elsewhere and got an offer that was also remote, with same pay, however they have daily timesheets, and the company does a lot of work for the government (although I will not be working on those contracts).
Question is - do you think the risk is worth doing both for some time? I calculated that in 3 years this would add about $400k to my networth. When I turn 40 this is the difference between having a networth of $800k as opposed to $1.2mil.
At this point in my life, more money doesn't do much for me except allow for more investments. In the near term this second job would just allow me to pay off my car loan which is about $55k @ 4%.
Identikit
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If the money doesnt matter, why do something that restricts your freedom/autonomy at all? Id stay where I am already integral.
I mean if the company you are with is ok with taking you back if shit goes sour with the other opportunity maybe?
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Identikit
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when a company "pools its resource" its a strategy to drive the necessity of a specific role. Its a way to decrease the value of the individual or their reliance as a company on an individual.
If a part of your job, or your skillset is in part a proficiency in building rapport, Id go somewhere where that is more valuable. IE a smaller company that makes great money but is a small boat of people.
Cybersecurity reselling is probably going to struggle because as companies get larger, and the economy tightens they are always going to recoup closer access to profit. Its just what happens anytime you are downstream from directly profiting from something.
If you didnt sign a non compete ( not that they are even valid anymore) or aything like that, why not attempt to consult on the side?
IMO wherever you go its always good to have your own thing going own. If you eventually get a handle on it its just something that you can do to chase money that no employer can take away from you.
Haus
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I thought about this, but there are some NDAs I'm under which would severely hamper me from side consultation. The debate has been in my head of just going freelance as a "Rent-a-CISO" or "Field CTO" type consultant as I have more than the experience and capabilities needed for it.
The scarier side are the stats... For men over 45 the average job search now is north of 24 months. The market isn't great. And in cybersecurity there aren't near as many compelling startups as I'd like as almost everything now is becoming derivative crap and not really pushing any new boundaries. I'm more and more firmly convinced that AI is solidly going to make almost any "I have technical knowledge and skills" job something humans just don't do anymore within about 5 years.
This all gets complicated by the fact that I have a medical situation which is about to require me to probably be out of functional pocket for the most part outside zoom calls a lot of the next few months. Leaning more into my "lay low, at least until 2026" thinking.