new_learner

Recently got diagnosed with generalized anxiety just 2 years after getting promoted as a Eng. Manager.

It seems that I am stuck in a vicious circle where my work woes keep me from being my best in the personal life (exercise, spending quality time with family, sleep) and resulting issues in physical and mental ealth means I slip up more at work and the cycle repeats.

Wondering what are some goto behaviors/tactics I might be lacking to make it work.

It is baffling that 90% of job postings out there or even on hackernews' who is hiring threads do not provide the salary ranges that's on the table.

As a senior eng/data scientist who is looking for a job change it is extremely frustrating to apply to every interesting job posting and spend 30 minutes in a conversation just to find out that they are not willing to pay more than what I currently earn.

This topic is so sensitive and wrapped under secrecy that there are multitudes of blogs, sites dedicated to teach people negotiate and reveal this information. I'd think putting salary ranges outright would even benefit hiring managers first attracting correct candidates and also saving their time.

otoh senior guys, while changing jobs how do you ensure that you only interview for the companies that provide better compensation than the current one.

Hello everyone,

So COVID-19 struck and I am on unpaid vacation from my job for 1 month. Apparently Data Scientists are too costly to maintain in crunch periods. Anyways, I come from SWE background and been thinking to slowly getting back towards more engineer-y roles for some time now. I think this forced vacation might be good for me to learn some new skills in programming realm.

Two options I came up with:

1. Functional Programming and Scala

2. Distributed computing and Go

What do you guys think would make me more valuable in medium term if I want to optimize for hirability and money. These two are important for me because I currently live in Germany and my work visa (non-eu) is tied to my employment. If I get laid off, not only would I have no government support but also will get kicked out of the country if couldn't find a job in three months.

However these worst case scenario might not come to pass so what would you guys think will still be better to learn if I manage to keep my job after the dust settles?

PS: If you have more ideas reg other things I should focus on, I am happy to hear them too