TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

Candidly sharing my software engineering knowledge. Pay, Career, Industry Secrets, Stonks. 10+ years of FAANG employment in Silicon Valley San Francisco Joined July 2023

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

Moved all my cash to Betterment and Wealthfront. Why would anyone keep it in the bank these days when you get 5% per year vs 0?

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

- you carry your backpack everywhere

congrats on graduating you are now a real adult come join big tech where - a bus will take you to campus (bring backpack) - you are assigned a level and given a checklist on how to progress - meals provided - every quarter you get a report card - you’re told you’re extra special

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Garry Tan @garrytan

3 years ago

If you don’t like the housing market being like this, then support YIMBY because it’s the only way housing costs come down for everyone Build housing

Daryl Fairweather, PhD | Chief Economist @FairweatherPhD

3 years ago

Welcome to the ‘nepo’ housing market: 40% of homebuyers under 30 get family money to cover their down payment @alenabotros fortune.com/2023/08/28/hou…

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

I swear every message I get from our PM starts with “I set up a meeting for us to …”

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

“Sounds impressive, but did you update the JIRA tickets?”

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Chase Lean @chaseleantj

3 years ago

Midjourney just released a new feature: inpainting. You can use this feature to change the subject within an image and add more elements to it. Here's how to do it:

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

@packyM Guilty as charged

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

Meta recruiter reached out. Nature is healing

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Dan 🐾 @realDan203

3 years ago

I'm 45 and I've literally done this several times in the last few years. 😳

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

@GergelyOrosz @amuldotexe Pinterest

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

@TheJackForge Still having nightmares over here

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

Here I am, being paid $700K a year and just spent my last 30mins finding 5 gifs for an all hands presentation

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

The key to success in tech is high velocity. If you are able to ship code quickly and flawlessly, you get way more time to focus on alignment, xfn collaboration, planning, relationships, mentorship, etc.

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dax @thdxr

3 years ago

hate when engineers complain about “the requirements not being clear” your responsibility includes figuring out what the requirements should be - the fact that some parts are unclear is information no good product has ever been built by outsourcing that process to someone else

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

It’s more important to be great at interviewing than be great at your job

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TechDevGuy @realtechdevguy

3 years ago

Everyone talking about conspiracy theories, involving thousands of state leaders over the course of last 5 years, and here I am, trying (and failing) to align the 6 engineers in my team for the next 2 weeks