Things like this are why I'm going to miss my #LifeAtCapitalOne - getting a care package in the mail with some super yummy brownies! Really nice to have culture of appreciation ♥

Things like this are why I'm going to miss my #LifeAtCapitalOne - getting a care package in the mail with some super yummy brownies! Really nice to have culture of appreciation ♥

Absolutely! I've had great feedback since posting mine publicly https://www.jvt.me/posts/2021/09/09/public-salary-history/
Normalise talking about your salary with friends.
Monzo (@monzo)Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:40 +0000
Thanks very much for sharing Tom 🙌🏼 this is really interesting to see!
This is something I've wanted to do for ages, so today I've also published my compensation history. You can find it here on my website tomwithers.dev/salary. 2/2
Tom Withers (@tomtucka)Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:38 +0000
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Week Notes 21#39 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-27?
Testing Data Serialisation/Deserialization in Java (with Jackson) (4 mins read).

How to validate your JSON types correctly serialise/deserialise.
As a Firefox user I am here to tell you that I know many of us are not testing our web products in Firefox. 🥴
Tatiana Mac (@TatianaTMac)Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:41 +0000
Setting up fluentd to Parse Nested JSON from Docker (2 mins read).
How to configure fluentd to parse the inner JSON from a log message as JSON, for use with structured logging.
Such a beautiful view this morning, I just had to share it!
Anna 🏠 (@anna_hax)Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:54 +0000
I've got plans this weekend but may pop in for some games 👀
Battlefield 2042 Beta trailer... 👀 #Battlefield2042JackFrags (@jackfrags)Tue, 28 Sep 2021 15:07 +0000
These missing person posts be having me checking the comments before retweeting Bc I’ll never forget a post where the woman’s abuser was looking for her.
✨Thick Saban✨ (@RaveenTheDream)Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:09 +0000
Having worked in open source for a majority of my career now, I can say that the “just send a pull request” meme downplays the cost of software maintenance. Maintainers need to deal with the ramifications of supporting this change when the contributor has moved on #ossDavid Fowler 🇧🇧💉💉 (@davidfowl)Sun, 26 Sep 2021 17:57 +0000
Thanks for covering this, there was some really good discussion - I do hope that more folks share their salaries to help more junior / underrepresented groups get what they're worth!
Episode 5 has hit! This week, we are discussing whether you should make make your pay public as @JamieTanna has on his website. Check it out on your standard podcast platforms or on YouTube. #technews #podcast techteamweekly.com/episode/5Tech Team Weekly (@TechTeamWeekly)Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:32 +0000
This week, our main story is the debate over whether companies (and employees) should be happy to disclose salaries, in an attempt to drive pay equality, a chat made somewhat harder by Neil's repeated inability to pronounce the word "equality". We get deep into discussion about our experiences with knowing (or not knowing) how our colleagues are paid, companies and countries who we've seen get the balance right, and the challenges of introducing salary negotiations in the job-hunting process. But there's more! We'll also be talking about a secret new privacy-shattering setting in Chrome which is enabled by default, and bemoaning the lack of accessibility options in some modern games (and championing others which lead the way). You'll also hear what we've all been up to this week, including a top quality J-Lo story from Sanj, unexpectedly relevant election news from Neil, and Gwen basically doing everything under the sun. Plus there's an awful lot of Diablo II discussion for a podcast which isn't from the year 2000. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Start 02:02 The Stand-Up 14:43 Social Engineering 21:46 This Week's Epic 44:00 News Bytes 52:22 Competition Time 53:09 The Wash-Up LINKS DISCUSSED THIS WEEK: Incident.io Ministry of Testing: Test.Bash() 2021 YouTube: Neil's Continuous Quality with Postman session Jamie Tanna: Providing a Public Salary History page GOV.UK: Equality Act 2010 Blind social network YouTube: Kevin Goldsmith: How does Salary Work? (LeadDev 2019) The Verge: Apple keeps shutting down employee-run survyes on pay equity - and labour lawyers say it's illegal The Register: Google emits Chrome 94 with 'Idle Detection' API to detect user inactivity amid opposition IGN: Deathloop's Lack of Accessibility Options Is Disappointing Players Tweet thread from Courtney Craven (Can I Play That) outlining Deathloop's issues

Hope everyone has a great time at #DataConnect21 (https://dataconnect.api.gov.uk) - there's a packed week of awesome talks, and I'm excited to dip in and out to learn some great stuff happening in the Public Sector!
Brogrammer culture is such a toxic thing. I despise it, and I loath all who are part of it or who defend it.Grady Booch (@Grady_Booch)Sun, 26 Sep 2021 19:07 +0000
Week Notes 21#38 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-20?
Tips for Reducing Dependency Upgrade Toil with Renovate (5 mins read).

Some tips I've picked up while working with Renovate to keep my projects up-to-date.
The problem with learning from experts is that they are so far removed from square one. Their material assumes some foundational knowledge. Newbies, don't be afraid to share what you're learning. From the beginning. We - even the experts - need your fresh perspective!Angie Jones (@techgirl1908)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:01 +0000
Women and girls should not have to take the responsibility of ensuring they aren’t raped or sexually assaulted. That is not how that works.
Leesuh (@ehlboogie)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 18:32 +0000
I used “not male” in a survey and I received absolutely no lashings. Trying to be inclusive of an underrepresented gender portion of the gender spectrum should not be this difficult. “Women and folks often misgendered as women” doesn’t always fit in 280 characters.Post details
Dear non-men who write code: I'm reading resumes from men who have less than 3 months of software experience applying for management and staff-level jobs. Apply. Just go apply. You wouldn't believe what the other folks are getting away withJack Danger (@jackdanger)Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:31 +0000
Cher Scarlett (@cherthedev)Sat, 25 Sep 2021 13:49 +0000
Dear non-men who write code: I'm reading resumes from men who have less than 3 months of software experience applying for management and staff-level jobs. Apply. Just go apply. You wouldn't believe what the other folks are getting away withJack Danger (@jackdanger)Fri, 24 Sep 2021 04:31 +0000
Is it just me or has the Infinidash hype train run out?
As a team's infrastructure estate grows, it becomes increasingly beneficial to create a global registry of all people, services, and components. Once you do, you can integrate with tools like terraform, Chef, and Kubernetes to help provision your infrastructure according to a single authoritative source. This post explains how GoCardless built their registry, and some of the uses we’ve put it to.
Week Notes 21#37 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-13?
I'm interested in attending
Although I'm on holiday this week and may not be able to make a lot of this - there's some really exciting stuff happening that's being run by my new team!
Reading this thread made me so sad. Thing is, I know countless girls and women who have stories just like this one. Honestly heartbreaking. I’m so glad that she helped. Let’s teach boys/men not to be predators, how about that? Fuck sake.
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My blood is boiling! I was doing my run and I felt a schoolgirl tap me on the shoulder. Silly me thought I dropped something but she was shaking and told me a creepy old man had been following her in a car and she begged me to walk with her on the way to school….
Alex✨ #EndSARS🇳🇬 (@alexotubanjo)Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:57 +0000
🔋Pauline is taking a break 🌴 (@paulienuh)Sat, 18 Sep 2021 06:19 +0000
Definitely gonna be keeping this thread in mind for my new role next month!
And now, a small thread on what to do in your first two weeks of starting a new job.
Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig)Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:22 GMT
Stop writing “competitive salary” on job posting. It literally means nothing.
Caitlyn (@thecaitcode)Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:36 +0000
Comments that are easy to grok and grep

We've been using emoji for this in the past, which works well as long as everyone remembers what the emoji reflect - I often forget - but doing it this way makes a lot of sense, and having them to be machine-parseable is a benefit!
Thanks everyone for some really great engagement with this!
Welp, I'm sure I'll regret this, but I'm publishing my salary/compensation history publicly now! Blog post: jvt.me/posts/2021/09/… Numbers: jvt.me/salary/ (jvt.me/mf2/2021/09/4t…)Jamie Tanna | www.jvt.me (@JamieTanna)Thu, 09 Sep 2021 10:11 +0000
Thanks everyone for some really great engagement with this!
Week Notes 21#36 (4 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2021-09-06?
Packaging Wiremock Extensions into the Standalone Server Runner (2 mins read).

How to use Gradle to package a standalone JAR for Wiremock, including any extensions needed.
I will be attending