Thank you @ashleymavericks for compiling this
This is probably everything, I have ever said, about job search games in last 1 year on twitter threads & twitter spaces
I repeat:
Few people are diligent enough to take such detailed notes
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1/2 *BIG* announcement: My new book Machine Learning System Design Interview, is available!
Thanks to everyone who helped us make this happen.
I’d appreciate a retweet so that it can reach a wider audience.
Paperback version of the book: https://t.co/vCVhdE9ap7
Never give 2 week notice
- Google employee on 🅱️
I’ve seen many recommend 2 weeks and even some saying 1 month's notice. This is the dumbest thing to me. I’ve worked at 5 companies in my 12 years of experience and all my notices have ranged from
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In the next episode of the backend engineering show I’ll discuss how @dropbox improved their write through put by 20% by removing all their SSDs (yes I was surprised too) it’s going to be an interesting one.
Stay tuned.
Not the getting laid I was planning for in 2023. But it is what it is.
If you are looking for a product leader (Remote, EU) with an engineering background and entrepreneurial mindset who can get shit done, drop me a line.
Postgres Process Architecture
I explore the PostgreSQL process architecture in details. Please note that the information here is derived from both the Postgres doc and code. Discussions about scalability and performance are solely based on my opinions.
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Happy New Year!
Giving out a 1000 free coupons to my Fundamentals of Networking for Effective Backend course.
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p.s. Yeah I really created the coupon as HAPPYNEWYEAR2022 where it should have been 2023 😅 I’m still living in 2021
"Spanner: Google’s Globally-Distributed Database" by Corbett et al (OSDI '12) is a seminal paper from Google that I believe kick-started the last decade of distributed SQL databases such as @CockroachDB, @Yugabyte, and others. So let's dig into what the paper has to say!
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What changes when you become Staff Engineer? You become a role model who others look up to, for start.
In this free issue, read a longer section from The Staff Engineer's Path by @whereistanya, covering this blessing and the curse of the Staff role.
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/1 What are the most common misconceptions about distributed environments?
About 30 years ago, Peter Deutsch drafted a list of eight fallacies in distributed computing environments, now known as "The 8 fallacies of distributed computing". Many years later, the fallacies remain.
"I started at a new job as a sr software engineer 3 months ago and love it. However, my former manager is trying to get me to join the new startup they founded. They just got into YC and is telling me I would get a handsome stock option allocation. I'm conflicted."
My take:
OpenAI ChatGPT is now an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner!
This is crazy🤯
It attempted 20 questions of my AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner practice exams.
The results are bluffing!!!
Final score: 800/1000; a pass is 720
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If yoe < 3 yrs:
I fear my advice might be harmful rather than useful, because I don't understand early careers. Period.
If yoe > 3 yrs:
Read my playbook in bio & DM me if something vibes with you. These DMs are how I discover my tribe here on twitter
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The book: https://t.co/ETJDgAwWpu
The free version for those without a job in tech: https://t.co/vabaey85EH
The gist of the book, as a blog post: https://t.co/UHcrM5xpsk
I am extremely disappointed when sw engineers keep promoting "ATS friendly tools" when "ATS friendly" is a hoax, entirely made up by a shady industry. In tech companies, no one uses ATSes for resume scans.
Esp disappointed when I point this out, and the promotion continues.