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1. Not networking the right way 2. Letting my lifestyle inflate (save more money) 3. Not making a strong first impression 4. Getting complacent (doing the same thing in one company and not keeping your skills up to date)
As someone who has been a software engineer for 6 years, this video offers some great insight. Ironically, this video serves my confirmation bias 😂. Subbed!
Tech hiring should be about skill, right? The claim is that we need 85,000 H-1b tech workers, and 100,000+ OPT STEM workers, because of skill, right? Well, if referrals are required, and if they become an overriding factor, how can we ever say that this was the case? No, it was never the case. And we can't trust hiring managers with any hiring, unless there is a true market and skilled test first.
As a manager, I cannot imagine work at home. It was very important to walk the floor every day and know my staff as people; not programmers. Managers who stayed in their offices were clueless. You lose much just working at home. You folks are blindsided by layoffs. But if just look at who is scheduling conference rooms for what, you will know reqs have closed and interviewing has stopped. Layoffs in 3 months. Cathy is right about getting known. I staffed an entire start up with former staff. Head hunters want 30% of base. This is such an easy way to save money. Why is Cathy worth watching? Because she is honest and not BSing for subs. Myself, I am retired but curious. I am quite familiar with AI. I am waiting to hear what she has to say about the mass extinction of programmers.
I never got this. seems like a control and power thing. Can't we just say "hey, these are my skills" and just leave me alone to do the job remotely? I never felt a connection to the people I work with. It's "tech" not nursing
Yes, and no. I've been working remote for over 3 years, and while I do sometimes wish to have my teammates near me for some stuff, I've never felt the need to be in an office, because the upper management I work with are VERY active on slack and in meetings, and its common for them to just check in on you, have some scheduled talk time. Also, having regular off-site meetings also helps a ton, if the team is distributed. There are ways to make WFH work for managers, if the project allows it.
Good advice overall, take it from someone some 20y further down the road. People are important, and even while being remote, you can still establish "channels" of communication, you just need to loosen up a bit on the "just get work done" mentality. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" should really be mandatory reading for people in tech, but you only really "get it" past mid 20's. The "upscaling" part is so true, and you only really grasp the depth after you've been down bad. You learn how little you can make do with and the difference between "what i (think i) want" vs "what i (really) need". As for avoiding "brain rot", that's where personal projects come in. They force you out of the "everyday domain" back into the "I'm not that comfortable with this...". It's about keeping the brain ready for change more than anything. IMHO everyone should do stuff with micro controllers. It forces you into a "what can i do with this?" position while having to deal with working at such a low level on the tech stack you can't help but "be creative" with solutions.
HR came in big in the 1990s with sexual harassment seminars. (Of course, this was NOT really about women but liability.) IMHO, this did more to hurt women's careers than to help. I was a feminist 2.0; not 3.0 (I am male), since 18 and my first serious relationship. I volunteered at the university's women's center with her. As a manager, I always tried to mentor female staff who wanted mentors. As we used to hire project managers after they were trained up by the Big 8 Accounting Firms (I don't know why so many were women). But after HR started with their Sexual Harassment Crusade, everything changed. You needed to keep the blinds and door open when meeting with female project managers. And when discussing people and progress, we would look at an MS Project Plan and point at tasks and names rather than speak them out loud. Yes, I am sure that advanced many women's careers. Got to love HR. One my favorite edicts was the NO REFERENCES. You could get a law suit for a bad reference, but even good ones. Since if the reviews on file didn't match your verbal statements, then that could be a law suit. BUT HOW THE F WAS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO GET A JOB IF THERE ARE NO REFERENCE CHECKS? Sometimes, you just got to ignore HR ... if you want things to move forward.
Greetings, Cathy (上次我叫妳李小姐), I want to address one possible incorrect perception you and many employees have. As a departmental or divisional manager in corporate America, I need to submit a budget at the start of the fiscal year. So, your raise is already assumed in the budget based on what I already know. You would need to hit one out of the park to change that. Since it will require lots of paperwork and signatures. Thus, the review is more of a formality. Software Engineer / Senior Manager, Wall Street, NYC, USA (retired); current residence China
I spent the last third of my career doing the CTO thing for Internet start ups. Yep. Corporate did suck in so many ways. I think the thing that was most sucky (hey the spell checker allowed that)!!! As an SVP at one of the largest US banks, I had a staff who was quite low in terms of development productivity, but we were immensely profitable. As a CTO, I had a staff with amazing productivity, but we were losing money with every transaction that went through our servers. Life just isn't fair. And then the NASDAQ crashed in 2000 and doing lay offs was even suckier.
You are going to hit 10K soon. Life (I should say the algorithm) changes after 10K. Right now you are a seedling/sapling and are getting boosted. For example, there was a programmer Mei Chen who ended up in my feed. First video, a few subs, and a few views. This is theoretically impossible. I searched for "Mei Chen" and she was not even returned. Then, it was clear that saplings are being boosted to around 10K to see if they have what it takes to survive. They are important just like there must be unemployment. Saplings that survive will ultimately create pressure on old growth in the canopy, thus keeping those with 2-10M subs in line as there is always someone to fill their spot. Cathy, how does it feel as a human knowing that you are being farmed by AI? (I think as software/hardware people, we cannot complain as we personally helped to create the world in which we find ourselves today.) PS: I forgot to mention this. I mainly follow US TH-cam content despite being retired in China. Yourself, Mei Chen ... also means TH-cam is racially profiling based where I am and who it thinks I am. No, AI has absolutely no BIAS except it generates images of the Black NA*Is of WWII. The Whermacht was very big on recruiting Blacks. LOL
@@catherinelijs You are going to find the going get tougher after 10K without the boost. I am helping a friend with his channel on AI issues. He is at like 10.4K and we have seen it first hand. I suggest to you at 30-40K if growth is what you want, add a Discord server. The community with be much smaller than YT subscribers. But still there will be a vibrant community which will grow around you as a creator. And you will receive much useful feedback and ideas for content. Also, spreading your thoughts is really a multi-disciplinary activity. He is not really it in for the subs, but he is an AI expert (quite a bit more experienced than you professionally) and writing sci-fi is his thing. He is using TH-cam as a sounding board for ideas going into his novel. I hope you don't mind that I have taken note of your Chinese ancestry. Since I was first here in the '70s with the military ... I have found it fascinating looking back on the USA from 13,000 miles away. Also, being myself both (1st gen, Haitian, and 3rd gen in the USA; complex story) I find the life of ABCs interesting. Finally, you are not really GenZ, but I find GenZ interesting. They get criticized much, but they are dealing with a much more challenging world both socially and economically than I had to deal with. Good luck, Cathy. (I can give you my friend's AI Discord if you want to discuss any these topics in depth.)
A lot of your observations are valid for both male and female workers. But some are not valid for males. (retired engineer after 32 years work) No reason to comment more so I deleted it. Good luck!
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1. Not networking the right way
2. Letting my lifestyle inflate (save more money)
3. Not making a strong first impression
4. Getting complacent (doing the same thing in one company and not keeping your skills up to date)
Thanks. 👍
Define networking the right way
The big tradeoff of remote work, for non exceptional people, will always be lack of networking and lack of prospects.
Absolutely. This effect is not immediately noticeable but will come back to haunt you in the future
As someone who has been a software engineer for 6 years, this video offers some great insight. Ironically, this video serves my confirmation bias 😂. Subbed!
Wow, thanks!🙏🏻👍🏻👊🏻
Tech hiring should be about skill, right? The claim is that we need 85,000 H-1b tech workers, and 100,000+ OPT STEM workers, because of skill, right? Well, if referrals are required, and if they become an overriding factor, how can we ever say that this was the case?
No, it was never the case. And we can't trust hiring managers with any hiring, unless there is a true market and skilled test first.
As a manager, I cannot imagine work at home. It was very important to walk the floor every day and know my staff as people; not programmers. Managers who stayed in their offices were clueless.
You lose much just working at home. You folks are blindsided by layoffs. But if just look at who is scheduling conference rooms for what, you will know reqs have closed and interviewing has stopped. Layoffs in 3 months.
Cathy is right about getting known. I staffed an entire start up with former staff. Head hunters want 30% of base. This is such an easy way to save money.
Why is Cathy worth watching? Because she is honest and not BSing for subs. Myself, I am retired but curious. I am quite familiar with AI. I am waiting to hear what she has to say about the mass extinction of programmers.
I never got this. seems like a control and power thing. Can't we just say "hey, these are my skills" and just leave me alone to do the job remotely? I never felt a connection to the people I work with. It's "tech" not nursing
Yes, and no. I've been working remote for over 3 years, and while I do sometimes wish to have my teammates near me for some stuff, I've never felt the need to be in an office, because the upper management I work with are VERY active on slack and in meetings, and its common for them to just check in on you, have some scheduled talk time. Also, having regular off-site meetings also helps a ton, if the team is distributed.
There are ways to make WFH work for managers, if the project allows it.
Good advice overall, take it from someone some 20y further down the road. People are important, and even while being remote, you can still establish "channels" of communication, you just need to loosen up a bit on the "just get work done" mentality. "How to Win Friends and Influence People" should really be mandatory reading for people in tech, but you only really "get it" past mid 20's. The "upscaling" part is so true, and you only really grasp the depth after you've been down bad. You learn how little you can make do with and the difference between "what i (think i) want" vs "what i (really) need". As for avoiding "brain rot", that's where personal projects come in. They force you out of the "everyday domain" back into the "I'm not that comfortable with this...". It's about keeping the brain ready for change more than anything. IMHO everyone should do stuff with micro controllers. It forces you into a "what can i do with this?" position while having to deal with working at such a low level on the tech stack you can't help but "be creative" with solutions.
I've been meaning to read that book for a while!!
Thanks for this! Really insightful.
Ask a female for a phone number and u can get accused of sexual harassment
HR came in big in the 1990s with sexual harassment seminars. (Of course, this was NOT really about women but liability.) IMHO, this did more to hurt women's careers than to help.
I was a feminist 2.0; not 3.0 (I am male), since 18 and my first serious relationship. I volunteered at the university's women's center with her. As a manager, I always tried to mentor female staff who wanted mentors. As we used to hire project managers after they were trained up by the Big 8 Accounting Firms (I don't know why so many were women). But after HR started with their Sexual Harassment Crusade, everything changed.
You needed to keep the blinds and door open when meeting with female project managers. And when discussing people and progress, we would look at an MS Project Plan and point at tasks and names rather than speak them out loud. Yes, I am sure that advanced many women's careers.
Got to love HR. One my favorite edicts was the NO REFERENCES. You could get a law suit for a bad reference, but even good ones. Since if the reviews on file didn't match your verbal statements, then that could be a law suit. BUT HOW THE F WAS ANYONE SUPPOSED TO GET A JOB IF THERE ARE NO REFERENCE CHECKS? Sometimes, you just got to ignore HR ... if you want things to move forward.
Wait, so if the guy who worked at Microsoft for 33 years just put in $10000 into his company stock in 1991 and did nothing else, he'd have 4M today.
This is a good point, but he's "Open to Work" on linkedIn...
thank youuuuuuuu
I am so sick of this industry, I dont understand why we cant just work 9-5. I dont care about the "hipster tech bro vibe and politics".
You're welcome and I appreciate you watching :D
@ I’m glad I’m not the only one that’s sick of “tech bros”.
I'm getting that book Data Structures And Algorithms so I can read a few pages before bed and fall asleep.
Greetings, Cathy (上次我叫妳李小姐), I want to address one possible incorrect perception you and many employees have. As a departmental or divisional manager in corporate America, I need to submit a budget at the start of the fiscal year. So, your raise is already assumed in the budget based on what I already know. You would need to hit one out of the park to change that. Since it will require lots of paperwork and signatures. Thus, the review is more of a formality.
Software Engineer / Senior Manager, Wall Street, NYC, USA (retired); current residence China
I think it's time for a different career option. Corporate sucks
Thanks for the video tho
I spent the last third of my career doing the CTO thing for Internet start ups. Yep. Corporate did suck in so many ways. I think the thing that was most sucky (hey the spell checker allowed that)!!! As an SVP at one of the largest US banks, I had a staff who was quite low in terms of development productivity, but we were immensely profitable. As a CTO, I had a staff with amazing productivity, but we were losing money with every transaction that went through our servers. Life just isn't fair. And then the NASDAQ crashed in 2000 and doing lay offs was even suckier.
Sometimes I feel this way.
You are going to hit 10K soon. Life (I should say the algorithm) changes after 10K. Right now you are a seedling/sapling and are getting boosted. For example, there was a programmer Mei Chen who ended up in my feed. First video, a few subs, and a few views. This is theoretically impossible. I searched for "Mei Chen" and she was not even returned. Then, it was clear that saplings are being boosted to around 10K to see if they have what it takes to survive.
They are important just like there must be unemployment. Saplings that survive will ultimately create pressure on old growth in the canopy, thus keeping those with 2-10M subs in line as there is always someone to fill their spot.
Cathy, how does it feel as a human knowing that you are being farmed by AI? (I think as software/hardware people, we cannot complain as we personally helped to create the world in which we find ourselves today.)
PS: I forgot to mention this. I mainly follow US TH-cam content despite being retired in China. Yourself, Mei Chen ... also means TH-cam is racially profiling based where I am and who it thinks I am. No, AI has absolutely no BIAS except it generates images of the Black NA*Is of WWII. The Whermacht was very big on recruiting Blacks. LOL
Thanks, I'm looking forward to hitting 10k!
@@catherinelijs You are going to find the going get tougher after 10K without the boost. I am helping a friend with his channel on AI issues. He is at like 10.4K and we have seen it first hand.
I suggest to you at 30-40K if growth is what you want, add a Discord server. The community with be much smaller than YT subscribers. But still there will be a vibrant community which will grow around you as a creator. And you will receive much useful feedback and ideas for content.
Also, spreading your thoughts is really a multi-disciplinary activity.
He is not really it in for the subs, but he is an AI expert (quite a bit more experienced than you professionally) and writing sci-fi is his thing. He is using TH-cam as a sounding board for ideas going into his novel.
I hope you don't mind that I have taken note of your Chinese ancestry. Since I was first here in the '70s with the military ... I have found it fascinating looking back on the USA from 13,000 miles away. Also, being myself both (1st gen, Haitian, and 3rd gen in the USA; complex story) I find the life of ABCs interesting.
Finally, you are not really GenZ, but I find GenZ interesting. They get criticized much, but they are dealing with a much more challenging world both socially and economically than I had to deal with.
Good luck, Cathy. (I can give you my friend's AI Discord if you want to discuss any these topics in depth.)
A lot of your observations are valid for both male and female workers. But some are not valid for males. (retired engineer after 32 years work) No reason to comment more so I deleted it. Good luck!
😂😂😂
being an introvert is so hard
Real
@@catherinelijs it's one of the worse thing that ever happened to me