Challenging, but work/life balance is tricky
Challenging, but work/life balance is tricky
You get to work on big projects that affect millions of customers. The company is making the right moves to increase its share of the cloud software market. You will not be bored; you can't hide out in any safe teams.
If you work on a cloud service, prepare yourself for 24/7 on-call support duties.
These were the most stressful and least rewarding parts of my job. After the company got rid of the testers, the devs did not pick up the slack. We're all DevOps now, after all. And we and our families pay the price in 3:00 AM calls, when you can't think straight and the pressure is like none you've ever felt.
Bring back the QA roles, even if you don't call them SDETs. We catch far too many problems in production. We create too many alerts that catch problems too late, and then no one reads the thousands of auto-generated e-mails anyway.
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I was reached out to by a sourcer on LinkedIn. The sourcer connected me with a couple of teams. I did a phone screen with both and an on-site with one.
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Initial phone interview with a recruiter, followed by a technical phone interview with an engineer. The next stage was an on-site interview lasting one day (all travel expenses were covered). This included meeting with four interviewers, with one ho
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The interview process typically involves a technical phone screen, followed by a full loop of about five interviews on a single day. Travel expenses are provided if needed. Securing a phone interview can be challenging, especially if the role is al
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2018I was reached out to by a sourcer on LinkedIn. The sourcer connected me with a couple of teams. I did a phone screen with both and an on-site with one.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 12, 2016Initial phone interview with a recruiter, followed by a technical phone interview with an engineer. The next stage was an on-site interview lasting one day (all travel expenses were covered). This included meeting with four interviewers, with one ho
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 1, 2015The interview process typically involves a technical phone screen, followed by a full loop of about five interviews on a single day. Travel expenses are provided if needed. Securing a phone interview can be challenging, especially if the role is al
