[scarface74]

I code to make money. I have a passion for being able to feed myself and put a roof over my head. I leave work at the end of the day. I spend time with my family and friends and engaging in hobbies.

If you have an interview process that doesn’t allow you to discern my skillset and I am able to clearly demonstrate my skills without doing a side project, that says a lot about your interview process.

It amazes me when I see companies that aren’t paying at the level of big tech think their company is a special snowflake. I am [1] an average journeyman enterprise developer/architect and sometimes team lead. Pre-Covid, I could just make a few phone calls to my network and have a couple of job offers within a couple of weeks. This is true for most experienced developers who have kept their skills in sync with the market and live in any major city in the US - outside of the west coast.

I have spent my entire 25 year career working at small companies except for my brief stint at a large non tech company 8 years ago and my current job at Big Tech.