Ask HN: Rant, Am I bad or is this a company with a poor tech culture?

Re:Ask HN: Rant, Am I bad or is this a company with a poor t... by 2ndorderthought on Thursday April 30, 2026 @06:53PM (#47969324)

Time to decide if you want to stick it out while trying to find work and explaining the short job, getting fired (might be eligible for unemployment), or quit.

Some startups are run by cowboys/cowgirls. They don't care about anything other than features until everything falls apart or they rebuild in a nightmare sprint.

I've been at one of these. You will fail to change them even if you stay for 3 years. You risk getting fired if the CEO realizes the mess and hires in someone to fix it. Your manager is already thinking about firing you.

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Re:Ask HN: Rant, Am I bad or is this a company with a poor t... by paulcole on Saturday May 02, 2026 @12:22AM (#47983276)

Isn’t max unemployment in California like $450/week? It’s not nothing but it’s not gonna help much if you’re used to spending like a big tech engineer.

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Re:Ask HN: Rant, Am I bad or is this a company with a poor t... by apatheticonion on Sunday May 03, 2026 @07:29PM (#48002725)

Luckily I am about as frugal as they come (humble beginnings) - but also I'm in Australia and big tech here pays about as much as an average Sr salary in a non big-tech company in the states.

At my last job, I was on 220k/y USD TC as a Sr.

This role is 140k/y USD, which is close to the top end of non big tech salaries here.

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