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When I left my previous job, I wanted to do things right. I documented everything about my work so thoroughly that I thought my replacement could step in without missing a beat. I wrote down every detail: the clients I worked with, the special cases I handled, and even the unconventional ways I generated reports. I wrapped it all up before handing in my two weeks' notice.
Earlier in my career, every single person on my team had a personal website. At lunch, we’d talk about how we built them, diving into servers, Fail2Ban setups, zip bombs, and the weird little quirks we each added. It was fun, it was ours, and it felt like building a tiny home on the web.
I was sad when I heard Paramount axed the Comedy Central website. Twenty-five years of content, gone. Why couldn’t they just let the site run indefinitely, even on autopilot? The reason: cost-cutting measures. Disney+ made a similar move when Willow flopped. Instead of letting the show quietly live on the platform, they erased it completely. Again, for cost-cutting measures.
I might be alone on this, but I’m willing to stand by it: AWS is too expensive. Not only is it costly, but it’s also absurdly complex. If a product requires you to get certified just to use it effectively, it might not be the right fit for everyone.
I was inspired by Obama’s Hour of Code initiative a few years ago. I've encouraged friends and family to learn to code. If you were caught by the bug back then, chances are you’ve already seen the benefits of diving into the tech world. Whether you learned JavaScript, frameworks, or experimented with jQuery, you saw the advantage. Understanding how code works gave you that huge advantage. Coding bootcamps were popping up everywhere, drawing in crowds eager to enter the tech industry. While they were complete beginners at the time, many of those folks now have years of experience under their belts.
On a video call, silence feels awkward. It turns a conversation into a performance where every moment, even a pause to think, gets judged. Neil Postman talks about this in Amusing Ourselves to Death, but let me try to explain it with an example.
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It was 7am when my phone rang. Instead of an alarm, it was my recruiter disturbing me from a pleasant dream. It was too early for a phone call or to be caught off guard, so I did not answer. I went to take a shower and get ready for the day. On my way to work, I listened to the voice mail she had left.
As a Linux user, I can't help but spend most of my time on the command line. Not that the GUI is not efficient, but there are things that are simply faster to do with the keyboard.
Not too long ago, I made a living working as a contractor where I would hop from project to project. Some were short term where I would work for a week and quickly deliver my service. Others lasted a couple months where I would make enough money to take some time off. I preferred the short ones because they allowed me to charge a much higher rate for a quick job. Not only I felt like my own boss, but I also felt like I didn't have to work too hard to make a decent living. My highest rates were still reasonable, and I always delivered high quality service. That was until I landed a gig with a large company.
a book by Ibrahim Diallo
After the explosive reception of my story, The Machine Fired Me, I set out to write a book to tell the before and after.
I started as a minimum wage laborer in Los Angeles and I set out to reach the top of the echelon in Silicon Valley. Every time I made a step forward, I was greeted with the harsh changing reality of the modern work space.
Getting fired is no longer reserved to those who mess up. Instead, it's a popular company strategy to decrease expenses and increase productivity.
Every little corner has a story. Sometimes a camera tells the story and a picture is worth a thousand words.
There are professional photographers and then there is me who happens to have a camera on my phone. Here's to what came out.
