mahesh_gkumar

Amazon AWS is something that you should definitely look into. AWS is always hiring!

I network. I will get coffee with folks (managers, ICs, Execs) who I randomly bump into in meetings, code reviews, fire drills etc and find out what they are working on, future job openings, collaboration opportunities, new product ideas, etc.

If you really want to go with the startup, I recommend offering to pay back the money the tech company is spending on doing your visa transfer. This might keep a thin bridge alive between the two of you. Also, make sure the startup knows what is involved in doing a visa transfer, GC after that etc. Good luck!

If it's difficult to prove one way or the other, why do you care which option is chosen? Just pick one! if it doesn't work once released into production, pick something else! Remove emotions from the equation. No one should feel happy or sad that their option got chosen, nor should one feel happy or sad when that option works or fails. In the end, the only thing that should matter is the business value the solution is providing. Do you think your customers' care whose solution got picked? If people get 'hurt' easily when their solution is not chosen, then they need to grow up.

Raises are basically useless to depend on these days as a way of increasing your income. In my 15 year career, I have seen an average of 2-3% raise and the highest I have seen is 10% when I got promoted. The fact that your salary is above average also plays against you, as most big companies have a formula for raises that is based on local market salary for a similar role. If you want to make more money, moving jobs, or getting promoted is the way to go, not raises. Another thing to consider, you have been in this role for only 1 year. Establishing trust takes time. If you are a rockstar developer, ask for more responsibility and get on the promotion track.

Email is [email protected]. Didn't know that emails in the profiles are not public.

I would absolutely engage...IF the senior management is committed to changing the status quo and is ready to invest money and time into the effort and is ready to make changes (including org changes) to make this effort happen. I have been in countless situations like these and the only times I have seen success is when the executive team is committed.

Also, don't expect anything drastic to change in 3 or even 6 months. 10-13 years old is a lot of time and the technical debt would probably be huge. If I have to guess, you are probably looking at a multi-year multi-project effort.

Interesting idea...not sure how much it applies to me. I have my product (www.petworkslabs.com) up and running on basic bootstrap but feels it needs a bit of UX work. I can give your product a shot if you think it might help my product. Also, you have a typo on your home page (on the green button)

I have tried using "match-making" sites before without much luck, but I personally feel that the best founders are folks who know each other (college, work etc) and have been in the trenches together.