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System Design and Distributed Systems Enthusiast

[Som @somtwtt]

Joining @Zineps_ai as a Fullstack Engineer

Huge thanks to @Khosdone for the opportunity and trust, excited to work with such a fast-moving team tackling big challenges in global shipping.

Ready to build, learn, and ship at scale.

[Khos @Khosdone]

🚀Another hire straight from my DMs! Huge welcome to the team,@somtwtt !

We’re moving fast, already back in the DMs hunting for the next killer. At @Zineps_ai , we’re accelerating the future of worldwide shipping. We’re building something big, bold, and high-impact, and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us dominate this space. We’re hiring the very best in:

• GTM / Growth
• Product
• Engineering (Dev)
• Operations
• Sales

If you’re ambitious, high-performing, and wants work on hardcore mode, slide into my DMs. Serious candidates only. Let’s build.

[𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 @purelivn]

Lake Como, Italy

[Som @somtwtt]

@iBhanuDahiya @Zineps_ai Thanks a lot, Bhanu! Glad to be part of the team!!

[Som @somtwtt]

Joining @Zineps_ai as a Fullstack Engineer

Huge thanks to @Khosdone for the opportunity and trust, excited to work with such a fast-moving team tackling big challenges in global shipping.

Ready to build, learn, and ship at scale.

[Khos @Khosdone]

🚀Another hire straight from my DMs! Huge welcome to the team,@somtwtt !

We’re moving fast, already back in the DMs hunting for the next killer. At @Zineps_ai , we’re accelerating the future of worldwide shipping. We’re building something big, bold, and high-impact, and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us dominate this space. We’re hiring the very best in:

• GTM / Growth
• Product
• Engineering (Dev)
• Operations
• Sales

If you’re ambitious, high-performing, and wants work on hardcore mode, slide into my DMs. Serious candidates only. Let’s build.

[Som @somtwtt]

Read this thing in a system design book about p99 latency

basically…

The slowest users are usually your best customers
and yeah we still optimize for averages 🙂

[Rohan Paul @rohanpaul_ai]

Good GPU performance summaries - in 6 mints.

[Som @somtwtt]

PM2 says 'online' ...

You don’t touch anything ...

[ᅠ ᅠ @greenvibe]

my eyes are blessed

[Emily Han @emilyhanyf]

taking a gap year from stanford to work at @modal was the best career decision i've made, and it's been so cool seeing @modal more than 2x in headcount and 5x in revenue in the past 11 months!

@modal not only has some of the smartest people working in AI infra, but what’s even more special is how many of them are amazing mentors who are personally invested in your growth.

if you are looking to join a team working on the most interesting problems across inference, training, sandboxes -- and a CTO that lets you host board game / mahjong nights with practically no budget (thank you @akshat_b) -- check out https://t.co/mLo4hhS2yB !

[Deedy @deedydas]

The vibes in SF feel pretty frenetic right now. The divide in outcomes is the worst I've ever seen.

Over the last 5yrs, a group of ~10k people - employees at Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Nvidia, Meta TBD, founders - have hit retirement wealth of well above $20M (back of the envelope AI estimation).

Everyone outside that group feels like they can work their well-paying (but <$500k) job for their whole life and never get there.

Worse yet, layoffs are in full swing. Many software engineers feel like their life's skill is no longer useful. The day to day role of most jobs has changed overnight with AI.

As a result,
1. The corporate ladder looks like the wrong building to climb.
Everyone's trying to align with a new set of career "paths": should I be a founder? Is it too late to join Anthropic / OpenAI? should I get into AI? what company stock will 10x next? People are demanding higher salaries and switching jobs more and more.

2. There’s a deep malaise about work (and its future).
Why even work at all for “peanuts”? Will my job even exist in a few years? Many feel helpless. You hear the “permanent underclass” conversation a lot, esp from young people. It's hard to focus on doing good work when you think "man, if I joined Anthropic 2yrs ago, I could retire"

3. The mid to late middle managers feel paralyzed.
Many have families and don't feel like they have the energy or network to just "start a company". They don't particularly have any AI skills. They see the writing on the wall: middle management is being hollowed out in many companies.

4. The rich aren’t particularly happy either.
No one is shedding tears for them (and rightfully so). But those who have "made it" experience a profound lack of purpose too. Some have gone from <$150k to >$50M in a few years with no ramp. It flips your life plans upside down. For some, comparison is the thief of joy. For some, they escape to NYC to "live life". For others still, they start companies "just cuz", often to win status points. They never imagined that by age 30, they'd be set. I once asked a post-economic founder friend why they didn't just sell the co and they said "and do what? right now, everyone wants to talk to me. if i sell, I will only have money."

I understand that many reading this scoff at the champagne problems of the valley. Society is warped in this tech bubble. What is often well-off anywhere else in the world is bang average here.

Unlike many other places, tenure, intelligence and hard work can be loosely correlated with outcomes in the Bay. Living through a societally transformative gold rush in that environment can be paralyzing. "Am I in the right place? Should I move? Is there time still left? Am I gonna make it?" It psychologically torments many who have moved here in search of "success".

Ironically, a frequent side effect of this torment is to spin up the very products making everyone rich in hopes that you too can vibecode your path to economic enlightenment.

[gaut @0xgaut]

he's become fully reliant on LLMs to code. now increase the price by 1000%

[Som @somtwtt]

@mange_manali For me, I’d choose brand first, since my college isn’t top-tier, getting into a good company can help level up my career.

[Som @somtwtt]

@IndraVahan Shift to PCMC ..

[Som @somtwtt]

Finally, interview scheduled...😍

[Som @somtwtt]

Resume got shortlisted at Siemens! 😊
Any tips for the next rounds?

[Neet @neet_sol]

We weren't born for Microsoft Teams

[Som @somtwtt]

Out of My League?

[Som @somtwtt]

@HaimantikaM Hey can you add me. Thanks!

[Som @somtwtt]

Have you ever been in this situation?

Cleared all rounds ✅
Discussed CTC twice ✅
Said yes to their range ✅

…and then got ghosted 😐

What even is this hiring process?