mishftw

There is more to life than work - and it may be hard to see that in the face of cost and running out of money.

Have you considered any adjacent or post-software gigs? I know some folks who have left to go study a particular science or end up in teaching. A good friend of mine left engineering to become a substitute and then full-time teacher.

https://ourworldindata.org/outdoor-air-pollution

It's more of a cool factor with friends but still pretty convenient. Folks in my age group almost intuitively know how to point a camera / get the results.

I have realized that written/technical communication is a great differentiator.

I journal every day but specifically to your question I would say just start writing.

Knowing your audience is key. I usually include an executive summary section at the top of any design document or product requirements document for a high level view of why people should care. Then I dive into a background or history to give context. At the end of the day it's a narrative and follows similar arcs - just with more direct prose and specific facts. I'll also drop this resource here from the Pragmatic Engineer newsletter. [0]

[0]: https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/software-engineer...

The highway, M-10 or the Lodge Freeway, in my opinion should be converted to a boulevard that supports multimodal transit. This freeway cut off my neighborhood from the more vibrant (as it can get for Detroit) downtown and midtown neighborhoods.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-10_(Michigan_highway)

Caesar threatened the oligarchs of Rome by crossing the Rubicon with his legions which was heavily frowned upon by the others. Caesar threatened their power structure for sure and likely led to his death.

[0] https://podfollow.com/dan-snows-history-hit/episode/94f58a73... [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11598740-oligarchy

Additional details: https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany-aims-100-green-...

For those interested in this topic further, Our World in Data project has an energy profile for the country: https://ourworldindata.org/energy/country/germany

Communicate with your manager. Your manager not being there in that meeting definitely didn't do you any favors. Make sure the both of your are on the same page. They should have been there to deflect. Be proactive about communicating and making sure everyone is in alignment. Easier said than done especially if the company is smaller or the manager is busy. But a 20 minute time investment per week will be worth it.

Figure out why this happened. Figure out what can be fixed and move on. But be vigilant because that kind of behavior is frankly uncalled for. On the other hand getting a new job in this market should not be too hard.

Having done my undergrad at the University of Michigan and spent a year and half in Detroit afterwards, I relate a lot to this article. People are just nicer and more personable here, there is less arrogance and an attitude of "doing the work".

Far too much of the modern world including our societal systems require a smartphone. Wether its a QR code showing COVID vax status, checking email, engaging with your local bank via the app, connecting with friends, etc.

We have built a world that is so reliant on the apps ecosystem (at least in the US) so it's unhelpful to say "flip phone can get text messages".

We have dev/staging/prod and then a master account used for organization management & consolidated billing. Just stood one up today for another department too.

I implemented SSO recently and am exploring the idea of giving each developer (we have a small team) their own lab account to standup whatever they need. Right now we have folks sometimes overwriting work in the dev account.

When I joined we had 3 accounts (staging/prod/payer) but slowly as we build real DevOps process its sorting itself out.

The rational for having different accounts across different departments - it helps with billing and ensuring the correct department pays for their share of AWS usage. Also better access control with Single Sign On & added benefit of reducing spillover effects from improper access/actions.

The good thing with the Internet is that there is so much out there...

AutoPets is a quickly growing company that builds IoT enabled pet care products among other things: http://autopets.com/

- We're growing rapidly and my team is looking to bring on more people. Come be part of the ground floor of an exciting SW engineering team and help us improve best-selling products and build the new cutting edge products that have an impact in many people's lives. - Lots of room for growth and creative autonomy. - Modern tech stack with a lot of cloud native (TypeScript / Python 3.x) and modern tooling. Mobile app is Flutter/Dart. - Flexible hours, office is in suburb of Detroit, MI so you can have the big city life or buy a house if that's your thing.

I joined in August 2020 and I'd characterize it as a growth mode startup (despite being an established company for many years). If you like building cloud native apps or interested in firmware/IoT or mobile development, reach out!

Reach out to mish @ {domain} for a quicker response or see postings at https://www.linkedin.com/company/whisker/jobs/

I used digital systems like Notion/etc and even OneNote with my Surface but it's hard.

Consistency is important. If you can't do 45 minutes, try with 20 minutes. No distractions. Investments now in this habit will compound over time.

Their Google deal has not be renewed yet and that has accounted for a lot of their revenue in the past (the article mentions a 90% figure).

I just hope Mozilla Co & Mozilla Foundation survive.