mightymosquito

13+ years engineering distributed systems and cloud infrastructure: Ex-VMware R&D Staff Engineer, Founding Engineer (successful exit), and early engineer through IPO.

  Location: India (UTC+5:30)
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Roles: Principal Engineer / Staff Engineer /Architect
  Technologies: Golang/Python/Rust/Haskell, Kubernetes,AWS/GCP
  Contract: Open to B2B contract and full-time
  Email: [email protected]
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ivn5YmE3gTe1r872V9aWDQhtnt8Zsdt5/view?usp=drivesdk

Please save yourself the time and don't spend a lot of time applying.

Just random generic rejection messages , they are not what they pretend to be.

While I see where you are coming from but I think what has really gone for a toss is the utility of thinking hard.

Thinking hard has never been easier.

I think AI for an autodidact is a boon. Now I suddenly have a teacher who is always accessible and will teach me whatever I want for as long as I want exactly the way I want and I don;t have to worry about my social anxiety kicking in.

Learn advanced cryptography? AI, figure out formal verification - AI etc.

I really think this is Open AIs opening the eco system moment which is equivalent to google opening up Android or facebook allowing gaming platforms like zynga to grow on their platform.

To me it seems like a strategic shift from pure AI research and the AGI snake oil to other supposed tangible stuff.

In short, the AI revolution is mostly over, and we seem to be back in the realm of software.

Thanks for this!

Nope, not trying to be super private!!

Thanks for looking me up though!

Thank you! I am better now!

I do have quite a big network, but haven't really tapped into that at the moment!

Do you mind sharing whats your profile like(FAANG/Start-ups, Frontend/Backend etc) and the kind of inbounds you've been getting on linked-in. I just get recruiter spam that they almost never reply to!

Thank you for this!!

I will go through it very very carefully!

>> Your career isn't over you just need to find the right company

This is so spot on!!

I can basically do Python, Java and Golang(and Haskell as well but no ones hiring for it)pretty well!!

I agree but I can imagine the anxiety and the hopelessness people are going through right now!

I don't think ageism is a big concern for where I am right now. I am basically 34 and have about 12 years of experience so might have 2-3 years of good work left in the industry before ageism starts to kick in I suppose!

I am in India(had to move back from the west - Canada because of my health issues) so goverment work is non existent!

Its a tough market for sure and has been for sometime now!

I will probably want to put in all the effort I can to evolve before I give up on tech! But the though has crossed my mind!

I am sorry. It should have been more clear. Its just a sign-in wall. No pay wall its all free, you just need to sign-in.

Just updated it on the website!

Hey guys,

I am trying to spin up a blog that focuses on how the 0 to 1 journey of startup founders.

I firmly believe that everyone is able to come up with an idea and with the AI tools available building it has also become relatively easier.

However what people really struggle with(including me) is marketing and sales i.e getting their first customers.

The format is simple: we usually do a 1-hour conversation where we go through your validation journey, then I turn that into a blog post. You’ll get to review it before it’s published. It’s a good opportunity for a backlink and some visibility, especially since this will be one of the first few posts.

No charge or anything like that—just aiming to share real stories founders can learn from and take away actionable steps from it.

Do you think its worth it?

I came to hackernews to ask the question - Is being in tech even worth it anymore?

Any business is truly about value creation, I honestly think coding as leverage is getting pretty useless.

Tangible value creation is something I think we should be optimizing for. AI can't walk upto people and sell. You might be selling a service, a product or lemonade it doesn't honestly matter.

On a lighter note, I am thinking of getting into farming, everyone's gotta eat right?

I just moved to Canada about 2 years ago, so yes, I do have a giant network back home, but hardly anyone in the west. Trying to figure that here as well now.