IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

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Noodleface said:
This is my gut too but from what they've told me
1. They have funding secured for many years to come
2. They already setup a manufacturing facility

Still I'm being a bit cautious with this. I'm gonna go through the whole process and see what I can feel out. It's a startup so being in my 40s I'm a bit hesitant to go to something volatile.
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No matter what a startup ever promises, they never make good on it. And worse if it does manage to somehow get legs, they will screw you out of any payout you would be getting anyhow. If you were still unmarried and without kids and hated your current gig, sure roll the dice. But in your situation, I would not roll the dice with no obvious upside if I were in your place.
 
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I know MFA is important but God is it annoying in an organization full of boomers who keep losing their fucking phones.

Need to get some physical fucking tokens, but they'd lose those too
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Biometrics not an option? I would say CAT cards, but even govt slugs managed to lose those fucking things even though DHS charged you 200 bucks a replacement.
 
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Has anyone else's organization started using data platforms like Fabric (which is what we use now) to automate and facilitate creating things like new REST APIs and the like? I'm sure the answer for most is yes.

However, is anyone else's organization having their data platform automate creating new github repositories for every single one of these new "business units" they use the data platform to help create? To put it into perspective we currently have ~7,800 repositories. Its absolute madness.
 
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Khane said:
Has anyone else's organization started using data platforms like Fabric (which is what we use now) to automate and facilitate creating things like new REST APIs and the like? I'm sure the answer for most is yes.

However, is anyone else's organization having their data platform automate creating new github repositories for every single one of these new "business units" they use the data platform to help create? To put it into perspective we currently have ~7,800 repositories. Its absolute madness.
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Yes. We use Fabric for a variety of things now. We have to use github over Azure DevOps for "automation" purposes but I have so far failed to see how Github actions is in any way different from using Deployment pipelines in Devops. You even configure them with the same .yml/bicep stuff.

We don't have 7800 repos but its at least 1200.
 
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I just don't see why every single service, as an example, needs its own repository. When I look at it, to me, its a maintenance and adminstrative nightmare.
 
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And does github charge per repo currently? If not is there any guarantee they won't in the future?
 
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Just got the most egregious job posting notification I've seen to date.

Tech Lead - Senior Manager (doesn't say how senior)
Compensation - $91,00 - $321,000 (what the fuck?)
Requirements - 6 years of management experience
Contact: Rahul Kumar

So, we have an obvious information harvest job posting where Mr India is hoping people who qualify for the highest portion of that nonsensical pay band call him and give him info he can feed to his Mr India friends who will apply at the lowest end of that pay band.

And this is a job posting for PwC, a big four accounting firm. I fucking hate tech now. I really do.
 
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So I've been promised a promotion for a few years now to principal. I don't really fault my boss because he's been very transparent. The company pushed back last year and instead he put himself on the line and got me a massive pay increase (30%). Kinda getting to a sad point now... Not really a title chaser, but at a certain point people have to wonder why someone of my title is leading a big project.

New boss informed me today they're opening a req for one level above mine, want me to apply to get a promotion that way, then they will backfill at my level.

On paper it sounds fine, but im wondering why they're doing it this way. Sneaky way of a promotion with no pay increase? Something smells weird about it.
 
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Noodleface said:
So I've been promised a promotion for a few years now to principal. I don't really fault my boss because he's been very transparent. The company pushed back last year and instead he put himself on the line and got me a massive pay increase (30%). Kinda getting to a sad point now... Not really a title chaser, but at a certain point people have to wonder why someone of my title is leading a big project.

New boss informed me today they're opening a req for one level above mine, want me to apply to get a promotion that way, then they will backfill at my level.

On paper it sounds fine, but im wondering why they're doing it this way. Sneaky way of a promotion with no pay increase? Something smells weird about it.
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Roles like that generally require a business need aka an open req in my experience. Senior to Staff can get the rubber stamp via the manager and maybe director but principal and above requires more scrutiny.
 
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From what I heard, the director and senior director signed off on this plan along with a third party director who loves me so I think I'm ok. Just thought they might be doing some funny business
 
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Noodleface said:
From what I heard, the director and senior director signed off on this plan along with a third party director who loves me so I think I'm ok. Just thought they might be doing some funny business
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If you got a 30% bump last year (congrats btw) then even if this promotion came in with no salary increase, would you be roughly at the salary you expect for that title? I'd focus on that and focus on where you are in your career and if this is taking you there rather than the specific salary/raise year over year. The trajectory of your career and not to sound cliche, but where are you going to be in 5 years? type questions are more important than are they screwing me on one raise, IMO.

Think about whether this title at this type of company opens doors down the road, doors you may want to go through. Options are what makes your career because you can't count on any one thing; have to cultivate as many optional paths as you can all the time.
 
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If you got a 30% bump last year (congrats btw) then even if this promotion came in with no salary increase, would you be roughly at the salary you expect for that title? I'd focus on that and focus on where you are in your career and if this is taking you there rather than the specific salary/raise year over year. The trajectory of your career and not to sound cliche, but where are you going to be in 5 years? type questions are more important than are they screwing me on one raise, IMO.

Think about whether this title at this type of company opens doors down the road, doors you may want to go through. Options are what makes your career because you can't count on any one thing; have to cultivate as many optional paths as you can all the time.
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Thanks for the insight. I am a little less worried about salary, though I do expect some increase. From what I know, I am below the band for the next level. Maybe not a crazy bump but I expect to hit the middle of the next band as my baseline. I guess I'll watch for that.

In terms of career, the title will open doors. In terms of my career here, it'll just be another Monday. My boss is already positioning me for greater technical leadership than I'm already performing.
 
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Thanks for the insight. I am a little less worried about salary, though I do expect some increase. From what I know, I am below the band for the next level. Maybe not a crazy bump but I expect to hit the middle of the next band as my baseline. I guess I'll watch for that.

In terms of career, the title will open doors. In terms of my career here, it'll just be another Monday. My boss is already positioning me for greater technical leadership than I'm already performing.
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You also want to thread the needle between being seen as a title/money-hungry mercenary and a "team player". You don't want to make yourself their bitch and you don't want to clock out at 40 and be like "I'd stay over if you gave me a $5 raise" either - somewhere in the middle. Seem invested in company success/advancement but also make it known you know what the bands are and you want it to be appropriate. They don't like cucks and they don't like mercenaries, you need to be in the middle.

Good luck man, sounds like your career is taking off.
 
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You also want to thread the needle between being seen as a title/money-hungry mercenary and a "team player". You don't want to make yourself their bitch and you don't want to clock out at 40 and be like "I'd stay over if you gave me a $5 raise" either - somewhere in the middle. Seem invested in company success/advancement but also make it known you know what the bands are and you want it to be appropriate. They don't like cucks and they don't like mercenaries, you need to be in the middle.

Good luck man, sounds like your career is taking off.
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Thanks. To be honest I got handed a role due to layoffs and it just turned out I was really good at it. I'm a shit engineer but I can talk to people.
 
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