squegles

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Distributed Systems. SF.
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Comment · 1 year ago
How does this comment help the discussion?
Comment · 2 years ago
Not sure why you are downvoted. This is correct. Ordinary citizens have had to put up with so much worse in their day to day lives in SF due to the lack of these supes doing their jobs. I can attest, I have lived in SF over the last 7 years and have seen its decline.
Comment · 3 years ago
Based out the Bay Area.

~50h a week. 7 YOE Sr SRE with a BSc in CS.

Right around the $400k mark with base/equity/bonus. Private company though.

Specifically working on distributed systems.

Comment · 3 years ago
Wow, this is matches my exact experience too. Just had never thought of it in these terms.
Comment · 3 years ago
One the best apps on iOS. Will be sad to lose it.
Comment · 3 years ago
+1 on this book. Fantastic resource.
Comment · 3 years ago
I have heard of a company in the Bay that did this! Reliable Robotics had people start on a Monday only to lay them off later that week.
Comment · 3 years ago
There is an incident for sure. Cant tweet unless you schedule it. Cant follow any new accounts.
Comment · 3 years ago
Same for me.
Comment · 3 years ago
Wow, this is a throw back! Thanks for sharing
Comment · 4 years ago
Not sure when OP left, but Twitter has 3 datacenters now.
Comment · 4 years ago
yes, and running `smartctl -a disk0`
Comment · 4 years ago
Don’t kid yourself. Both sides lie to us.
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
I suggest running through each example at https://gobyexample.com

This personally helped me build a good foundation on Golang.

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