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Welcome to the new tech job market that increasingly represents other, non-tech white collar job markets: 1. Referrals are the best way to get a job 2. References greatly matter 3. Pedigree (past job, college etc) becomes more important 4. Background checks more thorough

I heard someone describe Azure as “the Boomer cloud” Crude but also accurate Cannot recall any startup that is not on AWS or GCP

Talking with @martinfowler on the podcast. What would you be interested in hearing about?

What is it really like to be an engineer at Google? With @hejelinnilsson , we spent months researching the engineering culture of the search giant, and talked with 20+ current and former Googlers to bring you this deepdive. Watch or listen: • YouTube: https:// youtube.com/watch?v=sj9Q2V cfUeA … • Spotify: https:// open.spotify.com/episode/3A9BMJ bIafiBXUVJVT5RWb … • Apple: https:// podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goo gles-engineering-culture/id1769051199?i=1000732041469 … Brought to you by: •⁠  @statsig  ⁠ — ⁠ The unified platform for flags, analytics, experiments, and more. http:// statsig.com/pragmatic •⁠  @linear  – The system for modern product development. https:// linear.app/pragmatic?utm_ source=gergely&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=pragmatic-engineer … One of the very surprising things about Google, for most engineers who join the company, is *just* how much of their developer tooling is custom. I don't think any other Big Tech or scaleup is comparable. Google really is a "tech island" of its own!

The #1 criteria for my browser is that I trust it, and it’s secure. It’s logged into my email, Stripe account, stores my passwords and credit cards. A browser is useful if it does all these. These AI browsers are interesting but… with prompt injections, no way I trust them…

Us devs complain when the AI coding tool costs $20/mo but then drops to lower models when you use it too much Complain when it’s $200/mo but it still runs out when you use it too much Complain when it’s free but data used for training Complain when it’s free but with ads…