After 11 years, I don’t have another tech interview left in me. I plan to keep my current job for as long as possible.
I think it’s insane that I’m not senior at a company where I’ve led multiple new features/experiments.
Before you make assumptions that I can’t code, I’ve only ever had positive feedback on my technical ability. I’m just not proactive enough about making the app and team better. 🫠
This is a very weird industry, and it’s only becoming more weird.
In happier news, my makeup course continues to go well. This weekend I worked on my classmate and my sister again.
I learned how to use an airbrush machine, and started working on bridal makeup.
My weekends are full and exhausting, but I love it. I love surprising myself every time I do a look. I love seeing my progress. I love watching my models checking themselves out in the mirror.
@paolamata It's not even so much that it's getting more weird — but the *pace* of weirdness is out of control.
Even before the current LLM-fueled mania, the modern tech interview process (compared to the last one I went through ~’97) horrified me — now I’m more convinced than ever it’d be hopeless, unless my 4 decades of somewhat eclectic experience happened to somehow exactly match their needs.
It's certainly incentive to make being self-employed last long enough to retire.
Paola Mata
Monty Hayter 🇨🇦
Robee? Na! 🌈