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Bowl for Tech industry professionals.

  1. Developer

    I’ve been WFH from a different country for three months without telling HR, and the anxiety is finally starting to eat me alive. My VPN is holding up, and my manager hasn't noticed that my home office...

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    49
  2. Product Manager

    I just found out I didn’t get the promotion that I was certain I would get. I’m feeling very emotional about it. For those who have experienced this, what are the next steps? What should I do and what...

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    20
  3. Software Engineer

    Hey I'm looking for some advice. I feel completely trapped at my current job. I am honestly so miserable going to work every day and don't think I can sustain whats being expected of me. I feel like I...

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    34
  4. Client Partner, Enterprise Sales
    First time poster

    Has anyone else in Tech been laid off in the last 6 months and having trouble finding a new job? I have over 20 years with a telco company

    28
  5. Product Manager

    In your opinion is DEI dead at work (specifically in tech)? It was such a big push a few years ago and now I don’t hear anything.

    11
  6. Lead Asic Design Engineer

    Engineers should probably form unions.

    27
  7. Electronics Technician
    First time poster

    I know of an employer that employs asian females almost exclusively in their production area. The job is mostly soldering through hole components. The pay isn't very high. There are about 40 people wo...

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    14
  8. Product Manager

    I just referred my brother in law to the same team I’m on. HR told me that was against policy. I was shocked. Has anyone heard that before? Again, I just sent a referral link and email. I didn’t deman...

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    7
  9. works at Google

    I demand an answer immediately. If you’re accidentally copied on a thread, why do you REPLY ALL and ask to be removed? Walk us through your thought process and explain why you didn’t think a couple st...

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    14
  10. Product Manager

    I heard a rumor that investors are panicking and pulling funds from AI. Any truth to this?

    9
  11. Software Engineer

    What is the most pointless thing you have to do on a week by week basis? For me, I just think about how much time I waste in some of my team meetings that I feel provide no value to the group. Sometim...

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    9
  12. Software Engineer

    I got dinged on my latest review for not participating enough in the team channels, and I feel like I’m back in middle school. Apparently, shipping clean, bug-free code ahead of schedule takes a backs...

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    13
  13. UX Researcher

    How do you deal with the feeling that your entire professional output is meaningless? I’m watching my company ignore every single one of my user-centric findings. They pay me to conduct deep-dive inte...

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    15
  14. Director
    First time poster

    What would you choose? Job 1: stay at legacy enterprise software giant in marketing director IC role with terrible boss but high base salary and remote? Lots of process, things move slowly, no mobilit...

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    11
  15. Software Engineer

    Our CIO is pushing us to learn a programming language that no one has heard of. He used it in his old job. One looked into it and found that no company or government agency in my state used it. It doe...

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    9
  16. Electronics Technician

    Does anyone else find it difficult to get another job while you are currently employed? Most people say that it's easier to get a job while you have a job, but that has never been the case for me. Wha...

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    14
  17. Product Manager

    The work culture on my team is pretty bad. There is high burn out, lots of fighting, finger pointing, working 24/7. When I bring this up, the leaders mention that this is just how tech culture is. It ...

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    11
  18. Chief Data Scientist
    First time poster

    We need to stop the AI initiative. This is becoming a wrecking ball, and I only foresee getting worse. How can we make noise to put these types of software to its end?

    21
  19. Product Manager

    What is the dress code for woman in tech? It feels like it is really casual for men in the office but I think it is still a double standard for women to dress up more.

    6
  20. Product Manager

    Has anyone gotten a product job recently? Been applying for 2 years now and haven’t gotten an offer that beats my current comp and I’m getting depressed

    8