This IT slack group is something else. One of the helpdesk folks is leaving today. Dude says "Aww my little sister is leaving the nest". One of the other chicks reply "Am I not your little sister" and dude goes "No, you're more like an annoying cousin". That shyt had me dying.
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dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
I actually think we need to talk more about the the non tech roles in tech given, 1, there are fewer black people pursuing STEM, let’s stop centering the conversation around what we should be doing more of and tell people how to make it by doing what they’re already doing, 2, they’ve used the image of “tech” to keep us out - people think they need skill sets different from those found in other industries, for all the black people who go into marketing, I hardly see us is marketing in tech due to the fact we don’t socialize the need for non tech talent in this fieldI just started this video. So these 4 nikkas are representative of tech but have never written any code.
dora_da_destroyer
Master Baker
Lost my black chick, she took another role that was giving her a more senior title. Given what I just posted, I highly doubt I’ll find another black person for this opening 
edit: saw what company she went to. i def think she made the wrong choice simply for a title (these are the places black people have blind spots in when it comes to building a career). her company has the same valuation as ours on their F round while we reached that in our B round - means there is way more upside to working here, and titles come and go, money and mentorship lasts much longer. ugh
edit: saw what company she went to. i def think she made the wrong choice simply for a title (these are the places black people have blind spots in when it comes to building a career). her company has the same valuation as ours on their F round while we reached that in our B round - means there is way more upside to working here, and titles come and go, money and mentorship lasts much longer. ugh
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Put me on the payrollLost my black chick, she took another role that was giving her a more senior title. Given what I just posted, I highly doubt I’ll find another black person for this opening
New CTO is kind of a micro manager. He set weekly meetings to go over my support tickets and IT projects Jira board.
Might have to adjust my get a better job timeline.
Might have to adjust my get a better job timeline.
Y'all - if you can expense anything to help you do your job or anything your company offers DO IT.
I just realized I have $350 on the table for general health/wellness (including mental care) and personal development I could expense for random stuff I purchase. I expensed some books I bought, car insurance (yes they let me expense that) and a personal development test I took. I could even use it for will/trust legal fees.
We get $500 a quarter on wellness.
Also I can expense up to $75 / month on phone and internet separately so that's a free $150 in my pocket.
I just realized I have $350 on the table for general health/wellness (including mental care) and personal development I could expense for random stuff I purchase. I expensed some books I bought, car insurance (yes they let me expense that) and a personal development test I took. I could even use it for will/trust legal fees.
We get $500 a quarter on wellness.
Also I can expense up to $75 / month on phone and internet separately so that's a free $150 in my pocket.
@You know damn well she wouldnt hire anyone here, between working multiple jobs and the lack of work we do.
Y'all - if you can expense anything to help you do your job or anything your company offers DO IT.
I just realized I have $350 on the table for general health/wellness (including mental care) and personal development I could expense for random stuff I purchase. I expensed some books I bought, car insurance (yes they let me expense that) and a personal development test I took. I could even use it for will/trust legal fees.
We get $500 a quarter on wellness.
Also I can expense up to $75 / month on phone and internet separately so that's a free $150 in my pocket.
I need to look into this. I bet my job covers this as well.
WTFisWallace?
All Star
Long time lurker and controller as well, I was actually planning on making a thread advertising the hiring bid, but then came across your thread.
We only have 1 black female as well. Funny enough, my first day of academy…I get there first, 2nd dude to arrive was black…I was legitimately surprised (and glad), we dapped each other up instantly. We had 5 females in our class of 16, 2 of which were black….so I went into my facility after passing the academy thinking there would be a relatively decent number of black folk….nope. And out of the next 20-30 trainees picked up after me, only 1 was black.
I only found out about ATC because years ago my cousin’s girl was a social worker and she was in know about the job market for young people at the time. A high % of my (white) co-workers knew of ATC thru a controller/FAA employee in their family or neighborhood.
I don’t have enough posts to post in TLR, but if I’m not mistaken, the age limit is 31 and under (by the date the bid closes), not below 31. You’re definitely right about ATC getting a bad rep as far as “stress”, most of the time the job itself is pretty chill, but I would say for future hires, the relocation factor is definitely big along with the difficulty of transferring.
WTFisWallace?
All Star
For the engineers/programmers/tech folk in here….how early in your life did you really start to engage and learn about this stuff?
High school? College? Post college?
And if it was before college, how were you introduced to the field?
I got a niece in middle school, she’s into creating shyt…was trying to get her into this programming/STEM summer program that the local college offers but her mom’s reluctant about it.
High school? College? Post college?
And if it was before college, how were you introduced to the field?
I got a niece in middle school, she’s into creating shyt…was trying to get her into this programming/STEM summer program that the local college offers but her mom’s reluctant about it.
I've been fortunate enough to be around technology of some sort my whole life. Always had a current gaming console when growing up, I remember having a Macintosh when I was in first grade, then a couple computers with Windows 95 and 98. My grandfather built his own computer and tinkered with that and he tried to keep me involved with that, going so far as to duplicate programs and provide me with no CD cracks
.Because of my interest in gaming I wanted to get into programming. It wasn't until about sophomore or junior year or high school that I tried to teach myself C++. I got so far as Objects but couldn't really comprehend functions. I pushed that to the side for something called BYOND which had a pretty thriving community. Ended up making a game by hobbling together code from a handful of other games. But my knowledge didn't really go anywhere until college. It all started to click and I didn't have any issues until algorithms. On the side I was playing with Unity and C#.
If she into creating then foster that. She's at the right age to latch on. That summer program can be a huge catalyst for her, and historically she's at probably the best time to be a female getting into tech. When I first started my classes, damn near the only females were the professors (there was like 4 in the department). By the time I ended, a lot of classes were edging towards 50/50. shyt, my team is probably half female now. So your niece will have that visual representation that she can do it to.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Y'all - if you can expense anything to help you do your job or anything your company offers DO IT.
I just realized I have $350 on the table for general health/wellness (including mental care) and personal development I could expense for random stuff I purchase. I expensed some books I bought, car insurance (yes they let me expense that) and a personal development test I took. I could even use it for will/trust legal fees.
We get $500 a quarter on wellness.
Also I can expense up to $75 / month on phone and internet separately so that's a free $150 in my pocket.
Damn. When that quote to username hits hard
Had to throw out a bit of change to help some family. Also had to throw out a few resumes so that I can get paid what I'm worth 
. The biggest issue is that I'm not hands on with technology that the industry wants. Who you know clamoring for ColdFusion 
? My company is good at saddling us up with non transferable skills. Ain't seen WSDL or SOAP in a posting like ever. Don't get me started on unnecessary wrappers on standard industry tooling.
. The biggest issue is that I'm not hands on with technology that the industry wants. Who you know clamoring for ColdFusion ? My company is good at saddling us up with non transferable skills. Ain't seen WSDL or SOAP in a posting like ever. Don't get me started on unnecessary wrappers on standard industry tooling.
How do you have time to day trade as well.
I remember when a doctor in our discord was day trading during the peak of Covid
I didnt start until a few years ago.
I'm still "behind" in a lot of respects, but I'm also not technically a "programmer". I deal with data, but I've been learning SQL, Python, R over the past few years.
I'm in a masters program now, to help shore up some areas for my lack of experience / exposure.
I saw all this to say, there's a shyt ton of free resources out.
This site has everything:
With that said, the easiest and most fundamental, thing a young person can learn to master right now, and will be applicable enough to realistically have them paid day 1, by the time they graduate high school is SQL.
Every company needs and manages databases. There's still a technical gap in the workforce between people who can navigate SQL and those who refuse to learn.
Even at my company now, we're in the process of reconfiguring our db because a previous analyst, refused to learn how to join tables (merge data) .