Question for the tech leads out there: what is your job like?

I have had multiple startups and in one of them I have lead a team of half a dozen developers on small projects. The startup in question was a software house, so part of my job was being a sort of solutions architect (understanding what the client needed, getting deep into the processes their companies had and coming up with a software solution for them) and another part of my job was then leading the team to develop the software (and I did hands-on coding as well).

I’m now thinking of ditching the startup world and looking for a job, but I want something that pays well and I want responsibility, I work well under pressure and responsibility motivates me to work.

I consider myself a senior developer because I have worked with many different things and built many projects end-to-end. I also believe I understand quite well system design and architecture.

HOWEVER I have never worked on big scale enterprise software. I mean, I did in another company when I was hired as a junior a few years back, but the project was a complete total mess and I didn’t learn much there, I sorta already knew everything I was doing.

But I’m not that confident in my ability to be a tech lead or some higher position like that even though I have already worked as one. Problem is I did it only in small scale projects and never really had a great mentor I could look up to, I learned everything on the job.

In the end I’m wondering if the experience I have is enough to be able to get a job like that and not fuck things up.

Avocado have big cores because they used to be eaten by dinosaurs.

I found a simple code example in a book teaching programming concepts:

let result = 1;
let counter = 0;
while (counter < 10) {
result = result * 2;
counter = counter + 1;
}
console.log(result);
// 1024

...I can't believe I didn't get it right the first time. Yes, the result is 1024 and not 20. For it to result in 20, the statement would have to be:
result = result * counter.

Upon reflection I concluded: An exponent is a multiplication by a multiplication, so... it exponentially grows.

So I ask: how do you develop a second nature for these kind of problems? You studied it? You studied and practiced it? You're awesome at mathematics? It annoys me that my intuition often wrongs me when it comes to mathematics.

Me and my bug are having dinner date

holy fucking shit. im literally shitting the most liquid shit ever. pure diarrhea. but this time its because i overate. in overeating as fuck lately and this is not good. i gained more weight too. but im stressing to succeed so thats why im overeating. how to stop it?

!dev Has networking with people ever efficiently and effectively helped you getting a job? I have my doubts on the method.

i want to post a picture of my poop but devrant doesnt let me upload picture

Just the .typ

.rep:

Fixing old bits of code for my build tool so I can extend the damn thing and I'm throwing away so much shit. Can't stop man.

Pretty crazy as this code is, IIRC, 2 to 4 years old at most. And I am sure that I was feeling like an absolute legend when I wrote this ignominious fucking garbage, as in it is quite clever, just in a downright dogshit kind of way.

So I'm hacking away at this eternal monument to the abstract gonorrhea-infected bleeding and fully dilated defecating anus that are my past decisions, and I'm wondering, have I actually learned to write simpler code or am I just gonna repeat this process a few years down the road and get stuck in some kind of funky chronodisplacement self-sodomizing limbo.

Well, for one, I *am* very much simplifying the code because most of it I'm just outright deleting, and what I have to replace or rewrite is fairly succinct, so I'm feeling good about that. Second, and get this, now I have the advantage that I've actually used this piece of shit for a few years so I have the benefit of knowing where I fucked up from a user perspective, which is invaluable.

Yeah, I think I nailed it this time. No more fucking around; pinky-promise.

jmp .rep

Went through a typescript tutorial and had a few aneurysms along the way.

What in the lovechild of basic , c and js families is this bullshitery?

Have I gotten so old or is anyone else feeling this?

Fuck it's hard to be sober when getting drunk improves your coding productivity 10x

If weed can damage your short term memory, imagine what weed can do to you.

Stay away from weed!! It does something to you but I forgot what.

Is this so different from tech startup presentation?

Our revolutionary platform leverages next-gen AI, decentralized blockchain orchestration, and hyper-scalable cloud-native microservices to synergize collective intelligence and unlock a paradigm shift in human potential. By gamifying sustainability through tokenized social impact layers and deploying frictionless API integrations across Web3 ecosystems, we’re not just disrupting legacy infrastructures—we’re architecting a regenerative future. Our mission-driven, community-centric, and data-sovereign approach empowers Gen Z digital natives to co-create resilient value networks that transcend borders, democratize innovation, and ultimately save humanity from systemic collapse.

Draft of my new album:

https://peertube.boomjacky.art/w/...

Very guitar. Please be nice it's still draft

typeof NaN
'number'

Yes... in JavaScript, the type of NaN is Number. Go figure...

Week: 103 (Year 2)

What are the plans for the weekend?

Question: Which was the best year of your life, and why?

last Weekend : https://devrant.com/rants/19116423

We don’t hire problem solvers. We hire problem memorizers.

I don't know how coffee and black tea makes me sleepy but as soon as I drink even one sip of red bull i am *locked* the fuck in

Like many of us, tired of hearing the expressions: "infused with A.I.", "powered by A.I.", "augmented with A.I.", "A.I.-first", etc.

I finally got a refund for my Purism Libre 5. It only took SIX FUCKING YEARS!

Fuck Purism. That company should die in a fire.

https://battlepenguin.com/tech/...