Brent Collier

Husband to @alc, Owner/operator of @bmc3d, Software engineer at @googlecloud, boozer, coffee drinker, mountain biker.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@naima I wish I could high-five these people. 😆 This is awesome!

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

GoLang, is it just structs all the way down?

[Tim Wingfield @[email protected] @timwingfield]

My position was eliminated at Trellix yesterday, so I’m on the market looking for my next adventure. I was most recently the UX/UI Engineering Manager in charge of building our design system, had built a fantastic team, and will miss working with each of them.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@Carnage4Life They also are hesitant to hire FTEs and use tons of contractors. No need to lay them off, just don’t renew the contracts.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

GoLang syntax and naming patterns make me irrationally angry.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@kyleshevlin I’m in a Slack group with a bunch of former and current coworkers that I’m friends with.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@bphogan Are you telling me TikTok isn't just 10 second videos of young people doing stupid dances?

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@MrShagSquatch @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk Which tech company did you work at to witness this?

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@zell71 @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk Salary, bonuses, stock options, benefits, culture, perks. It's all part of the equation.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@ja1rad @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk Is that a bad thing to strive for?

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@EliMD101 @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk I'm not saying it's easy, but I'm also not saying it's impossibly difficult.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@EliMD101 @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk But it's not. I speak from experience, having previously worked at Twitter, and now at Google. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@EliMD101 @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk The big difference between the two is that in tech, it's not difficult to go from any other tech job to a high profile "privileged" job. Going from a normal person to a billionaire is entirely different.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@worldcr48747071 @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk Check back in a few weeks and 90% of them will have been picked up by other companies. Recession/bubble or not, tech is still always growing. When one company goes down, another comes up.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@TheGeekyCuckold @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk Very true.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@ddawg169 @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk You didn't mention it. I did. It was a question. You implied that giving people things to work there means it can't be that great of a company. So I asked if you felt the same about pay.

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@ddawg169 @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk I guess you also think good pay is a sign of a bad company and f'd up priorities?

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@dgourlay @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk If you have a choice between two places; one with culture and another with culture AND perks, which are you gonna pick?

[Brent Collier @brentmc79]

@JhnAdmz @guinnessstache @krave @elonmusk Tell me you don't know about programming without telling me you don't know about programming. ;)