Ihatebeingtrack

Sorry if I sounded cynical and bitter. I was, and probably still am. This time of the year really does make me like that.

I just hate this whole huppflah about hiring when I have seen companies miss amazing candidates because of these questions, and hire shittier ones because they 'studied' the right books/blogs. (I work with various startups here and help them with interviewing and building teams)

I will be honest, I am pretty bitter and is probably one of the reasons I am doing what I am doing now, but I do feel my reply to you was very 'directed' and I was venting more in general about the process and 'focusing' on you in particular. I am sorry for that.

You know, this is why I more and more hate interviewing.

I have enough passive income that I don't need to work. This year I have decided that every cent (after taxes) I make is going to charity. It was a promise I made myself a while ago and want to follow up on it. Tomorrow I am going (after talking with them) spend about 5 grand buying things a local association needs.

If you ask me where I want to be in 5 years I will only say to make more money than I do now. Much more. I don't have goals in my job. I don't want to be a PM or whatever the fuck I should say. I don't need this job. I am trying to do as much good as I can. For a while I was in the top 5% earners in my country (maybe even 3% but data is hard to get by). Now the only reason I work is to give my 'sacrifice' a meaning. When I stopped working because I didn't need to, I started to drink and be a lazy slob, I was drunk pretty much every day, so I use work to keep me in track, but I give every penny away.

I don't care about work. I am a fucking amazing developer. I had offers from top companies I refused as it didn't match my lifestyle (lets say 2 or 3 of the FAANG brotherhood). I just don't care anymore. If you pay me, I do my job, amazingly well. But stop asking this bullshit question and try to infer meaning from the answers. Anyone can read a blog and say 'to grow as an X and be maybe a Team lead/management/suck CEO dick instead of lower management dick'. It is all bullshit and you and me (and the rest of the fucking HN) crowd knows it