@GergelyOrosz's Latest X Threads

Analytics startup Amplitude just went public, 9 years after founded. Though lesser known than “big tech”, they had great equity policies/ 1. Post-termination window of 10 years 2. Providing detailed equity info to employees. The first 10 employees made ~$10M each, on average. t.co/lgMFoX3jRs

A month into a paid newsletter for eng managers/engineers, it's taking off faster than I ever hoped: ~ 500 paid subscribers (thank you!) ~ 15,000 free subscribers ~ $62K ARR - A top 10 @SubstackInc technology newsletter Here's what I learned and advice on writing/newsletters 👇 t.co/wQbVSK9LyO

My article on how big tech runs projects is on the frontpage of Hacker News (t.co/AuUmGtvK5W), and the comments are really interesting. I particularly like this one from a person at Shopify, who are out-executing most tech companies. How do they do it? Like this: t.co/U74cu4dagR

On equity: "Our CEO doesn't believe in awarding equity to employees b/c it creates the wrong types of incentives. People stay hoping for a payday." I hear you. Companies that obviously did not get this memo include Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, FB, Tesla, Twitter, Slack...

My wife - transitioned to software engineering via a bootcamp - used to always be the only female in the engineering teams she worked at. For the first time ever she now works on an all-women dev team and she says it is the best part of her job, finally not being the only one.

“Is it easier to get into Big Tech / FANG as a senior engineer or as an engineering manager? It’s my goal to work there, but my startup has an opportunity for me to become a manager.” It’s a lot harder as a manager. Here’s why: t.co/tQjhSvBFS6

After writing about how most of Big Tech does not use Scrum (does not mandate it/hire consultants) of course I get an influx of messages from Scrum and Agile / Agile 2 consultants offering how they could help. I get that it’s business. But if it ain’t a problem… don’t fix it?

As there's increasingly more money to be made in careers in tech, there are more people/companies selling stuff that guarantees to get a high(er) paying tech job. Be vary of outlandish/unrealistic promises and resources. A thread with advice, and examples to avoid:

Startup job ad: - Get shit done - No waterfall - Revolutionize banking! Reality: - You need to report what you did every day to your manager, in writing - You’re not allowed to work outside, even when WFH - No equity - Non-paid noncompete we’ll try to enforce

In my observation, burnout in tech is (finally) starting to hit managers, their managers, and their managers, hard. Quote from a VP Eng: "After 1.5 years of 15-20 Zoom meetings per day, I hit my limit and can't do it anymore. I'm taking the rest of the year to recover." (cont'd) t.co/nEOTs66PL2