Disagree. Not every startup has to be a massive success, not every founder needs to be a billionaire, and not everyone has to work like Elon Musk - you’re probably not sending rockets to Mars. OP might be very happy…
I think (I _think_) maybe because they’re machines designed to kill people. Just a guess.
I probably wasn’t clear. I’m putting developers and ops people all in the same “skilled computer people” pot. And I think so would Musk and Ellison.
You’re misunderstanding me slightly. I’d put systems administrators in the same category as developers, and I think so would Elon Musk and Larry Ellison. But if someone’s entire job is “capacity planning”, they’re…
I think we agree. I’m not saying these things don’t need to be done. I’m saying that “ capacity planning” shouldn’t be someone’s entire job.
> software getting deployed, infrastructures getting the timely upgrades.. I think most people would put these in the same category as developers. > capacity planning, monitoring and alerting, honing their…
Why?
Yes, I have. I quit my job and worked on my own project for a while. You have to be doing something you are interested in, and have full control over, so you can rediscover what programming used to be like for you. Take…
I do the same thing, but through agencies, so the roles tend to be larger companies and rates more like 500-600. Where do you look for open roles directly? I haven’t managed to figure this out.
Get a new job. You can get a contract job paying £500 a day quite easily in the UK. Do a 6 month contract, save up some runway, work on your own thing for a while, doing whatever interests you. Repeat.
Disagree. Not every startup has to be a massive success, not every founder needs to be a billionaire, and not everyone has to work like Elon Musk - you’re probably not sending rockets to Mars. OP might be very happy…
I think (I _think_) maybe because they’re machines designed to kill people. Just a guess.
I probably wasn’t clear. I’m putting developers and ops people all in the same “skilled computer people” pot. And I think so would Musk and Ellison.
You’re misunderstanding me slightly. I’d put systems administrators in the same category as developers, and I think so would Elon Musk and Larry Ellison. But if someone’s entire job is “capacity planning”, they’re…
I think we agree. I’m not saying these things don’t need to be done. I’m saying that “ capacity planning” shouldn’t be someone’s entire job.
> software getting deployed, infrastructures getting the timely upgrades.. I think most people would put these in the same category as developers. > capacity planning, monitoring and alerting, honing their…
Why?
Yes, I have. I quit my job and worked on my own project for a while. You have to be doing something you are interested in, and have full control over, so you can rediscover what programming used to be like for you. Take…
I do the same thing, but through agencies, so the roles tend to be larger companies and rates more like 500-600. Where do you look for open roles directly? I haven’t managed to figure this out.
Get a new job. You can get a contract job paying £500 a day quite easily in the UK. Do a 6 month contract, save up some runway, work on your own thing for a while, doing whatever interests you. Repeat.