We need more of this. Senior devs need to convey to junior devs that mistakes happen to everyone. My favorite interview question is “What’s the worst bug you’ve ever written?” But I seed it with the story of mine which is a doozy (it nuked an IBM RS/6000 workstation we didn’t have the installation media for so my boss had to drive it to the customer’s site 2 hrs away).
"Our plan is to grow the Ubuntu Desktop team by at least another 50% over the next year and we are opening a range of positions across all levels of seniority in the coming weeks. At Canonical we think the future is bright for the Linux desktop and if you have the passion and skills to be at the cutting edge of performance, security, immutability and accessibility then we want to hear from you."
@popey
Now try learning another language (spoken) and repent having no clue about grammar! I've learnt more about grammar since having to learn another language, than ever in school, as contrary to some popular belief, English is not widely spoken everywhere in Europe, and without the foundation of linguistic terminology and structure, it's an uphill struggle I can tell you! (If we hadn't been forced to learn some French in school, I'd be stuffed!)
From age 10, my kids went to music school. I believe that it had an enormous beneficial influence on their future lives. But it’s not about the music. The most important thing about these schools is not that you get to sing a lot.
"Return-to-office mandates at some of the most powerful #tech companies — #Apple, #Microsoft and #SpaceX — were followed by a spike in departures among the most senior, tough-to-replace talent...
“We find experienced #employees impacted by these policies at major #tech companies seek #work elsewhere, taking some of the most valuable human capital investments and tools of #productivity with them,” said... one of the study’s authors.
"“Our findings suggest that #RTO mandates cost the company more than previously thought... These attrition rates aren’t just something that can be managed away.”...
A spike in departures of senior employees... could reflect the “double-pinch” they inflict on managers, who have to deal with the policy’s effects on the teams they lead & in their own lives...
it’s also just a hit to morale...
Maybe managers leave shortly after mandates... “because it’s easier to manage a team that’s happy.”
Just talked to a woman who wants a referral to an open role at my company. I’m going to help her out. I also promoted her to look again at roles to see if anything else is a match. I reminded her that women often only apply to roles if they are a 90-100% match for the list requirements but men will apply if they match like 50% of the requirements. Be bolder, I said. Don’t limit yourself. #career#GetFediHired
Layoffs are hitting workers at some tech giants like Google, Microsoft and Tesla. Here’s why that may backfire, explains Business Insider’s Tim Paradis. "In short, the effects of layoffs can counter the financial benefits of expenses carved out of a P&L." https://flip.it/KibAk7 #Tech#Career#LayOffs#Google#Microsoft#Tesla