#engineering manager

[devleader]

How many promotions does it take to go from startup intern to Microsoft Principal?

It's a trick question to try and ask how many promotions a certain level takes in someone's career. While it might be interesting to hear the story, the hyper-focus on promotions is the wrong metric.

My journey to Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft might look wildly different compared to the next person. And that person to the next.

What's likely common is a demonstration of skills and experiences. The number of promotions is only comparable if the careers were fully at the same organization.

Even then, the most important part is understanding how the journies offered experiences -- not how the title changed.

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#manager #management #engineering manager

[ew-selfish-art]

Dp x Dc AU: Jazz Fenton, after years of fixing her brother’s injuries, becomes a Doctor with an inclination towards behavioral health and psychology- In order to make the difference she wants to see in the world she joins Dr. Leslie Thompkin’s practice. 

Jazz Fenton, M.D. has spent years of her life doing research, doing the hard work and the emotional labor, and finally, finally, she’s joining a practice she can feel 100% confident in. She’s goddamn good doctor and she wants to make the biggest impact that she can. 

Dr. Thompkins (who insists that she call her Leslie as they’re colleagues now), is a kind woman, sharp as a tack and keeps her practice open at odd hours to help the most unfortunate. It took some time for them to bond and trust to be built, but now Jazz is being allotted a few night shifts here and there. 

It’s incredible. Jazz gets to spend time with the kids who come in and really talk to them (in addition to getting them antibiotics, heating pads and pokemon themed bandaids) to help equip them with a few coping skills. Her passion for psychology never disappeared after all, but the expansive knowledge of how to heal the human body has made her find a sense of fulfillment like no other.

Having proven herself and worn Leslie down, Jazz now takes up about 1/3 of all the night shifts in the month. She’s hoping to get to 50/50 by the end of the year but she’s content with what she has. Danny keeps odd hours anyway so calling him after work on her walk home can happen any time of day and he will always answer enthusiastically. 

It’s a particularly busy night before he comes in. The Red Hood. 

He was known for being an ally to Leslie, despite being on contentious terms with the Bats, but Jazz had never asked directly. Never one to turn away a patient with bullet hole wounds, she hops into action to get his wounds cleaned, sewed up and gauze wrapped. She’s handing him a sheet (an Infographic! Dani made it with her! Graphic design is her passion!) on how to care for his wounds when he first seems to recognize that she’s not Leslie. 

“No, Of course not. I’m Dr. Fenton. I can’t blame you for not remembering but I did introduce myself as you bled in the entry way. You’re Red Hood, right?” 

“Hm. Didn’t realize the practice was expanding. Where can I find-” He grumbles before pushing her hand aside from where she had still been supporting his shoulder.

“Hold on there, mister. You’re going home, you’re following this infographic and you’re going to get some sleep.” 

“Lady you don’t know-” His voice modulated ton came across antagonistically. As if he was trying to intimidate her. Ha, Jazz rolls her eyes at the inclination.

“Who I’m talking to? Who I’m dealing with? You’re hilarious. I can eat you vigilante’s hero complexes for breakfast. Tell me who I’m calling to pick you up and then you can say thank you.” Jazz snaps at him. It really had been a long night but his whole dialogue thus far is making her a bit batty. 

“Oh really Doc? You know Leslie’s tough shit, and from what I can tell you’ve got nothing on her-” 

“Trying to make me feel insufficient when I just saved your life? That’s cute. I’m sure a lifetime of abandonment by both of your parental figures gave you that. I’m also sure that you inherited this desire to prove you’re not going to be dependent on anyone who wants to help from whoever got you dressing up in tights to fight crime in the first place. Again, I’d love to talk at length about how predictable you-” 

“Bwah- wait- I’m Predictable? You’re probably some nepobaby who had parents who told her she could have the world-” But Jazz cuts him off with hysterical laughter- he couldn’t be further from the truth. Her parents loved her, but nepotism? With what, the ghosts? If anything she got that from Danny, but he doesn’t need to know about her ghostly titles. 

“You’re just some guy who came back from the dead and made his trauma everyone else’s issue. So shut it. And tell me how I’m getting you home from this clinic.” She seethes though her voice stays devastatingly level with each word. 

Speechless for a moment, he eventually relents to Jazz that he’s already called for help on the comms but it will be hours before they can come for a pick up. The sun had already come up and the night had been over for most of them before Hood had walked into trouble. She groans and the realizes the time for herself and the empty clinic around them.

“Fine. My shift just ended anyway. I’ll get you home in one piece and I swear to all the ancients that you’d better follow the directions on the infographic.” 

And that’s how Jazz ended up calling her brother while supporting the weight of a grown ass man (who no longer wanted to talk to her) on her walk home. 

The next time Red Hood appears in her clinic, he’s brought a dozen roses in addition to the cut on his neck that definitely needs to be pressurized like ASAP. Did he stop for the flowers on his way to the clinic? He’s going to pass out from blood loss! She doesn’t even like roses!

#ehehehe #dpxdc #dcxdp #dp x dc #dc x dp #danny phantom #dc crossover #dp crossover #anger management #jazz fenton #jason todd #she still loves psychology but its a back pocket tool to her knowledge as an emergency medicine provider #jazz is ready to throw hands because becoming a princess during med school sucked ass #she did not have the time #but she loves and supports anything danny is doing sooo... #danny is currently attending gotham u for engineering but lives across town so they just call everyday #he sees her on her off days and always brings her tons of fast food #jason is immediately smitten with the woman put him in his place #the pit maddness was barking up a storm this entire convo but she got him home and he was like holy fuck im in love #jason todd said she saw right through me and that shit was hot #yes he totally stopped to grab (steal) flowers on his way to the clinic #dick picks him up this time. sees the flowers and is like oh cool its my turn to wingman for my lil bro #jazz is worn down by sweet gestures and the fact that hes legit so nice now when he comes into the clinic #he quotes poetry at her sometimes and she's like omg did you just make that up? she's never read poetry a day in her life #only medical textbooks and psychology papers #long post

[gearbroth]

kiss me I’m seeing red

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #engiespy #tf2 spy #tf2 engineer #engineer x spy #practical espionage #napoleon complex #myart #engie is practicing the WORST trigger discipline #he's gonna accidently fire that gun off and destroy both their hearing #gonna go to medic and he's gonna be like how did you BOTH manage to lose your hearing and theyre gonna be like what #pardon the terrible bg btw i didnt wanna make a bg fdkjghsdf

[alpacalamamama]

Come on down to Mama K’s, the best steak house this side of Baldur’s Gate!

#my drawing of gale using Karlach as a grill had me thinking #what if once karlach manages to fix her engine post game she opens up a steak house/pub in the Gate #wouldn’t that be neat :] #also that bbq sauce Has been used as explosive fuel before. that’s how spicy it is #bg3 #karlach bg3 #karlach cliffgate #karlach #baldurs gate 3 #my art #fan art

[phantomrose96]

Work pomotion!!!!

Promoted to the upper band of Senior Engineer

#chrissy speaks #to ramble in the tags a little #uh all the titles have like a lower level and an upper level #and the title above senior is principal #whiiich... id estimate maybe 30% of engineers ever make principal? #thats including manager so like. for non-managers. maybe 20%? #anyway the point being that most engineer tap out their career inside senior #either lower or upper band #and even the really good engineers i know who made principal quickly #still had like 3-4 years between making senior and making principal #and i made senior last year #so i was expecting at LEAST a 2 year gap between making senior and making upper band #was not expecting to make upper band with such quick turn around... #so im now one level below principal #wahoo

[isalabells]

"When [Aleida] opens the door [to Margo's office after the JSC bombing], I think the immediate fear is, "Margo died, and I never got to tell her that I love her." There's shock there, so she isn't thinking straight, but I think that's what it is — that she's been arguing and fighting with this person, and at the end of the day, she just wants to tell her that she loves her."

#For All Mankind #forallmankindedit #Coral Peña #Aleida Rosales #Margo Madison #ya think Aleida managed to mention she now also has a daughter during the one month period where she was playing #love note express for Margo and Sergei or did she invite her over to dinner and spring a wholeass child on Margo on top of everything else #no but I love how Coral's s3 interview is perfectly in synch with what we see in s4 #AT THE END OF THE DAY SHE JUST WANTS TO TELL HER THAT SHE LOVES HER #it was never about the stupid engine designs and it sure af was not about Margo betraying the United States #Aleida couldn't care less she's not loyal to 'murica it's like Coral said her loyalty lies with Margo #THAT'S the betrayal that hurts. Margo not confiding in her. then leaving her. then not contacting her. is what seems impossible to forgive. #then suddenly she's back and it makes everything worse. and for a bit their s3 fight continues in s4. #until they manage to break the cycle. because 'you're not him' and 40something Aleida isn't 28 y/o Margo

[clockwayswrites]

...I played myself I see.

Catching Cold... the start or something

“Danny, dude, where have you been? You haven’t been answering your phone or anything?” Tucker asked, sliding into the desk next to Danny.

Danny frowned a little, head tilted. “Oh, my phone…? I don’t know where it is. Sorry.”

“Are you sure you should be back at school? I know you’ve been trying harder and it’s senior year and all, but you look sick. I’m sure you can miss some more days,” Tucker reached out to press his hand against Danny’s forehead.

The warmth felt good against the clammy skin and Danny felt his eyes closing. He wished he could go back to bed. He felt like he hadn’t slept for weeks even though Mom had said he’d been sick in bed for a few days. Something about that…

“But can Phantom?” Sam asked. She dropped town into the seat in front of them, arms crossed over the back of the seat.

“Sam!”

“Look, I get it,” she said with a roll of her eyes, “But Boxy wrecked the post office last night and that’s just Boxy. What if a real ghost had attacked? Where was Phantom?”

Why did she ask that so pointedly? Danny blinked, trying to scrap together his scattered thoughts.

He yawned widely.

“I don’t know… Mom…” Half a memory played at the edges of Danny’s mind. “I think Mom said he was gone or something? No, um, wouldn’t be a problem anymore? So people should be safe from him.”

His friends didn’t look comforted like he thought they would at the news.

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AN/: Filled a prompt (Dead on Main + adj.). Made it worse. Took joy in the suffering that I caused.

Now I'm here.

Welp.

(Yes, it is okay to still fill the base prompt with your ideas too! But this and future catching cold parts are not part of the prompt!)

Edit: subscription post

#rip me and all that #I am my own worst enemy #I'll make a subscription thread when there is not a cat asleep on my hand #not the complaints manager #the sound engineer #dead on main #dp x dc #catching cold

[galacticsabc]

Warlock idea I randomly came up with one night. They are a ghost train conductor, and their patron is the phantom express.

When the conductor uses Power Word: Kill, the foe hears the train in the distance. As they turn around every which way to try and find it, the train never shows up even though the whistles and chuffing get louder and louder. Only when it's too late does the train appear, taking the foe with it.

#the middle of the night i was like "hey wouldnt it be gnarly if i could play a character who could run foes over with a giant ghost train? #for those of u wondering. the train i drew is a union pacific big boy #i'll change the type of engine it is depending on the aesthetic of the campaign #if this character manages to get in one lmao #dnd #dungeons and dragons #dnd5e #character concept #character art #dnd character #art #my art #artwork #my artwork #digital art #dreamerx86 #warlock #warlock oc #warlock patron #dnd drow #drow elf #dnd art #character idea #dnd ideas

[quisters]

Obsessed with Outlaw arming Texas with sci-fi future tech

#really putting the tech in Texas #the way I assumed all the Tys were just managers with no tech skills #like why is this business/communications major pulling out a masters in engineering #and doing it in a cowboy hat #Tys in STEM #woe.begone #w.bg #w.bg spoilers #outlaw ty #ty betteridge #quisters

[edwards-exploit]

Troublesome Tangmere and 249 Squadron Reliable Rebecca!

In an ideal world, we could've had a story where Tangmere causes good old Sundrian Confusion and Delay and then promptly eats shit.

Rebecca as 249 Squadron wasn't my idea, but it's been ingrained into my head nonetheless. I like the idea of a Rebecca that spent most of her life in scrapyards and storage and then still coming out singing- quite literally! But the trauma of it is still very much there, just... lingering. I imagine 'What Rebecca Does' was one of those moments where her anxiety and self doubt got the better of her- she only spent a short while on rails, and while she did pull expresses like The Night Ferry back on the mainland, here on Sodor it seemed that everyone is much more.... experienced and worldly and cool, and most of all, they got modifications and rebuilds to work around their design flaws while Rebecca is still very much an unrebuilt bulleid pacific. Poor girl's not sure what she can really do, after all these years and with her mechanical problems. This isn't even getting into when she WAS in service- her family was fine, and quite loving actually- and the ex SR engines were a decent sort! Everyone else, however...

#this is all to say that i heart rebecca. and i think the bulleids should get more attention in ttteblr CAN WE GET A HURRAY FOR THE BULLEIDS #live from tidmouth #creative on the mainline #ttte #thomas and friends #thomas the tank engine #ttte rebecca #ttte oc #ttte oc tangmere #stream pollyanna by catherine warwick and maybe you'll understand rebecca as a character #ALSO i imagine that the bulleid pacifics were... looked down upon by the lms and lner pacifics shall we say #the sr engines were probably ignored at best #but i think the other pacifics saw an easy target in the merchant navies and west country/battle of britains because of how... shall we say #rather janked the classes were #which led to the bulleids becoming both supportive yet also very defensive #rebecca's defensiveness manifested more positively. with her not taking stuff personal and playing along #her siblings... not so much #tangmere in particular will go for the jugular if you tease him even slightly #and also im writing a series of rebecca one shots from start of service to being sent to sodor #we'll see if i manage to post even one....

[willyonilly]

MORE HORSES, fiddling with spy horse's design, plus a miss pauling mule

#she's a mule because she works her ass off every day #poor lady. give her a break #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 fanart #tf2 mercs #i love men #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer #science party #tf2 spy #miss pauling #tf2 miss pauling #tf2 horse #i should NOT be posting this late in the evening but i finally managed to get a drawing out and i am very proud of myself.

[sesamenom]

maglor with a lightsaber

(btw i started posting my star wars doodles over at @redbean-nom! definitely not leaving here but i did want to separate my star wars/dnd stuff for ease of organization)

#silm #silmarillion #maglor #star wars #lightsaber #idk what the star wars tags are #based on the expression i am unsure if hes actually a jedi or just managed to Obtain a lightsaber somehow #but if he is hes definitely part of the disaster lineage somehow #if he just found it on the floor then feanors probably off in the background trying to reverse engineer kyber crystals #he doesnt quite get the Force aspect of it but he does end up with Weaponized Silmarils #which is a net positive for him and nobody else #(except maybe earendil at the war of wrath because then he can just stab ancalagon with the silmasaber)

[sameschmidtdiffname]

Do y'all think when Peeta came back from the Capitol he was partially looking at Katniss in the manner he was when he saw her in such a disheveled state after the war partially because after an intense amount of therapy and prepping to live as her neighbor again, he was just standing there like "I was scared of THIS??"

#like could you imagine being hijacked to believe this girl is an immensely dangerous creature engineered specifically to kill thousands #and youve spent MONTHS completely convinced of this as 100% solid facts #and then after probably a year?? of intense therapy #you prep to return to your hometown #which is almost nothing #you're probably a little nervous to see her again because even though you're better there's obviously gonna be some PTSD there still #only to be met with this tiny girl who is an absolute M E S S #and is probably terrified of her own shadow #like obviously he was concerned for her and wanted to make sure she was okay but you cant tell me there wasnt some small part of him #that was like “this is a child” #mans was probably low key impressed with how they managed to pull off the terrifying angle after that tbh #peeta mellark #katniss and peeta #the hunger games peeta #thg series #thg #katniss everdeen #thg katniss #the hunger games #the hunger games katniss #hijacked

[bruhstation]

@verypsbfan019 gotta love it when two people ruin not only each other’s lives in some sort of twisted codependency but also everyone else’s

(a bit of comment under the cut)

now that I’ve caught up with the last part of the hawin lake saga, I must say that woah! despite its (minor) flaws this could be the best ttte horror fanfilm I’ve ever watched....! I’d like to give a few comments

I’ve watched the first four parts of the saga months ago so seeing this hour-long finale not only tell a story but also tie everything together - from dane and hawin’s relationship to the accidents in series 5 - is quite satisfying. part I-III built up the feeling of something amiss, part IV introduced the main antagonist, and part V revealed every single important thing the audience needs to know.

we get to see dane and hawin’s backstory when dane was still alive, the reveal that hawin isn’t as innocent as he is and that dane isn’t "purely evil”. the author did a good job giving dane and hawin depth and making certain characters in the story die not just for shock value, but also show how much of a force dane is. there’s always this feeling of unease whenever he’s around instead of making you go “oh great, not this guy again”

I also like to note that at the beginning of part V, dane was revealed to be 1020 without an exposition of some sort, but by using the camera angle to show the number on his tender just as he’s leaving his shed. it’s also worth noting that the paintwork on dane is rather more shoddy and jaded compared to that of hawin’s, putting in more weight to their conversation later on about how dane feels jaded and believed that hawin was merely there just to replace him.

also technically dane gets to talk in part IV but I like how the direction the voice acting of dane went. most villains in ttte fan films are either full on demonic sounding with gurgling sounds or edgily maniacal and full of laughter. but dane's voice is soft, tender, yet I can feel the absolute vitriol and sadness he has for hawin. dane, especially when talking to hawin, sounds so heartbroken and betrayed, so angry and vengeful. in a way, his voice humanizes him yet makes him feel more threatening. a person who is calm is harder to read compared to a person who is very open about their emotions. it also fits him very very well. he has always been a soft spoken individual when he was still alive, so it makes sense that he still talks like that even when he’s angry.

though I must say that the end scene where hawin sacrifices himself to calm dane down is a tiny bit anticlimatic and some parts like the jumpscares are questionable in terms of whether they’re really necessary.

it's been a while since I genuinely liked a ttte fanfilm villain. overall, it’s a great series, and part V, railspin splitspace, is a great end to a saga. 8.7/10

#thomas the tank engine #thomas and friends #the horrors of hawin lake #ttte hawin #ttte dane #ttte 1020 #casa tidmouth #<---- gijinka tag! this story is most likely non canon in the cstm universe #senjart #ngl dane talks to hawin so bitterly yet so tenderly. I don't know how to phrase it #''you managed by some marvelous feat to elude my grasp... *bitter laughter* and since then my soul has ached'' Okay. #I also made some art of dane with the spiral eyes but I'll show it in another time. Just wanna get these concepts off the drafts #anyways. Happy pride to these two. I <3 divorce

[salad-006]

During my amino era i made like 35+ eddsworld aus and now that im back in the fandom the cycle just continues

Introducing fnaf eddsworld crossover but epic : created by me and @deaddelta after we watched the random encounters fnaf muscial

If you can't tell i really like drawing Edd

Also don't question why toms not shaded and has way less detail , i drew him like a week after the other two and just couldn't be bothered to put as much effort in

#basically the lore is that bing (cafes engineer) murders the main 3 and stuff them over them over the course of like 6 years #edd and tom were employees while matt was just some kid #eventually tord shows up so be the security guard #him and edd were roomates so they manage to get in contact #this is like a half shitpost au so tord literally just uses the hellevator to bring them back to life #and then they go back and kick the shit out of bingus #eddsworld #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #eddsworld edd #eddsworld matt #eddsworld tom #ew edd #ew tom #ew matt #eddsworld bing #fnaf crossover #fnaf au #eddsworld au #eddsworld fanart

[sillyfriendssharingablog]

yesterday I had this dream, since my brother was watching tf2 videos next to me, where Heavy finds a baby girl hurt and adopts her. I don't understand much of tf2 more than the basic lore, but I've interpreted this dream as a divine order, to write a fanfic. So I'm starting to work on a tf2 fanfic were all of the mercenaries adopt one girl, and they are all at the same time her dads (no they won't be in a huge poly relationship)

#Im not even too much into tf2 dear god #this will be just a distraction from my main work if I manage to make it happen #tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 scout #tf2 medic #tf2 spy #tf2 heavy #tf2 engineer #tf2 soldier #tf2 demoman #tf2 demo #tf2 pyro #tf2 sniper #tf2 fanfiction #fanfic