Why the drastically lower effective tax rate? I don't see an increase in operating expenses enough to make that big of an impact and I'd expect the increased income to raise it.
Dynamic engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability. Served as de-facto Product Manager of payments, assets and identity.
Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.
Looking for Engineering Management, technical project management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.
I also have a strong desire to get back to a focus on the code as a backend or full stack engineer, and less managing the team/projects. Even as an EM/TPM, I still found myself putting up PRs often because I really enjoyed it. I'd happily consider a more junior engineering role where I could be a bit more of an IC. In a past life, I actually franchised a coding bootcamp and brought it to my city in an effort to eventually learn the skills myself. I did so after 4 years of building it up, but I have found my unique experience in marketing, business development and more tends to move me into positions of managing teams and working with stakeholders quickly.
I can relate. Two days ago, I found a perfect match in a niche but complex fintech sector I have experience in as a Engineering Manager and IC. I applied with a tailored resume and cover letter that addressed every single point and desirable skill in the job listing. I found the hiring manager and emailed them an intro where I briefly re-iterated my alignment with everything in the job details. I even got someone I had worked with previously to refer me to an upper-level manager at the hiring company.
I saw over 100 people applied for the role, but it's hard to imagine many (if any) other folks had the same direct experience with everything the role entailed. Yesterday, I got a cold rejection email. I was shocked enough to reply asking for any feedback on why I was not being considered based on how well my experience and achievements matched the role - I don't expect an answer.
I am also seeing a high percentage of cold rejections at later stages in the process than I am used to. Where the last interview step was usually down to 1-3 candidates, it's now down to 3-8.
It's just my opinion, but I think the huge volume of applicants is leading to them to go way beyond the job they are hiring for. Like, they post a position for a front end engineer with 3 years React experience and they end up with a 10+ year FS engineer, a FE engineer who worked for 7 years at Facebook, a BE with 8 years experience and 2 years of FE/FS, or a contractor in RU with 10+ years.
Dynamic engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability. Served as de-facto Product Owner of payments and identity.
Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.
Looking for Engineering Management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, senior management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.
Dynamic engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability. Served as defacto Product Owner of payments and identity.
Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.
Looking for Engineering Management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, senior management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.
I've been hunting (as so many people are, now) for a new role in Software Engineering. A recent online application for an Engineering Manager role had only one question outside the usual demographics/race/disability ones: "How important is empathy for an Engineering Manager?". My answer, in a nutshell, was "not very".
I'll bet many people were willing to pay that if executives and managers had there kids there. Daycare can provide unique kinds of networking and job-security/promotion options.
The weight check slows the whole process down and I find I have to make sure I grab items with the cart-side hand or the system thinks I am trying to drop the item in the bag without scanning.
Worst of all is the receipt check after the process - looking at you Costco. It feels like checking pockets in a diamond mine. If I am going to be doing all the work to save the store money they should loose the right to check it.
Regarding that last point, has anyone tried brushing past them or refusing? I doubt they can detain or stop you without evidence. I guess the worst case is they could ban you or cancel a membership.
They'll complain/look bewildered but little will come of it (probably) if you just do it once and weren't rude. However they can (not necessarily will, but can) revoke your membership for it, which you'll discover when you try to use the card at checkout or online. YMMV of course, but then checking the receipt is something you agreed to when signing on as a member. It really probably depends on how much of a scene it makes and if that stores stop loss dept takes note, which is likely tied to the value/fullness of the stuff in your cart.
I've done it before when busy, the line was long and I just needed tp (I was fortunate Costco was essentially my closest grocery store at the time). The girl doing receipt check looked non plussed and "Sir'd" me, I just smiled held up the receipt, told her have a nice day and kept going. No issue. Full cart might actually get a response though.
The act of checking is like a deterence, likely they found it lowered shoplifting by x %. If anyone works in that area, they probably was instructed to look like they check, and just dash it
They don't do weight checks in the Netherlands. The process is super efficient. They have certain reasons to have a human check out your load before accepting payment (weight might be a part of it? But probably not). You must scan your receipt to leave. So far as I understand, I think it works really well here. They probably catch enough serial shoplifters to make it work.
My guess is that the "featurism" of the weight check was promoted so much that they feel weird just relying on the tendency of people to be honest. But people do tend to be honest (especially when there is a small chance of being caught)
Yeah the weight check slows everything down enough that my girlfriend and I opt for the grocery store that doesn't do that over the one that does. It's obnoxious the way it works the way I can't just grab a bag without being yelled at or the way it gets mad if one of us leans on it etc.
I have. This was before I realized it was in their cardmember agreement. The woman grabbed my cart and held onto it, preventing me from leaving with my belongings until I conjured a receipt.
Most places have turned off the weight balance on the two sides, so it is no longer an issue.
I don't have a receipt check, but I do remember walmart did that before I moved ~10 years ago - those Walmarts didn't have self-checkouts, so it definitely isn't because of those. Stores thought this was good before self-checkouts were everywhere.
My mother once refused. They harassed her, and she ended up yelling. I cannot recall where this was, however, since there were not a Costco in the area.
I do - at some stores - get a random check, where they check a few items to make sure they were scanned. And then most of the time, I scan my receipt to get out of the check out area.
Software Engineer with most recent experience as Engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability.
Hyperion was awesome. Canterbury Tales-style narrative focused on a group of pilgrims on a crazy planet steeped in legend set against a galaxy-spanning empire that is being threatened by a faceless looming external threat. As if that wasn't enough, the pilgrims are threatened from within by mystery, murder and betrayal as much as they are hounded by the immortal blade-covered daemon they know they are eventually destined to face.
Each pilgrims tale is unique and told in a different vibe - from pious and regretful to vulgar and indifferent.
The problem with Hyperion is that it was so successful, the author couldn't resist the temptation to write sequels, and those are of much lesser quality.
Opinion of course, but I couldn’t agree less. Taken as a whole, I think the whole work is beautiful, and I re read all of them occasionally. The way it all spreads out and then ties together is wonderful.
Amusingly, within just a few hours of our exchange, Hyperion popped up in another comment thread[0], where my view on the sequels was reiterated by several other people.
