I’ve been waiting to write something about interviewing with FAANGs for a long time, and in light of the recent rebranding from Facebook to Meta, and the resulting avalanche of Memes (including this one, reading…
Category: IT
Reflecting on job rejections from FAANGs and other companies
Getting ready to go back into an engineering position i find myself reflecting on all those past rejection stories and what i learnt from them, so many questions about “how i did” and “why i…
Going back to being an individual contributor, a word on changing roles in IT
I wonder how many of us in IT can plan for their own funeral? i don’t know, but i’m one of them. I decided to stop being a manager and go back to being an…
The importance of learning English professionally in IT
Being a manager involves developing people, sometimes firing people, and most importantly hiring the right people for your team. Sadly for Esperanto and many other attempts of so-called “universal” languages, English has taken over this…
Political correctness as an IT consultant: DOs and DON’Ts
I’ve been an IT consultant for about 10 years now, on top of my regular 9-to-5 i’ve always had side consulting activities for other businesses, and around 2013 i was even teaching at the University…