Jamie Tanna | Software Engineer

I'm joining Elastic (9 mins read).

Announcing my move to Elastic as a Senior Software Engineer, and looking back at my time at Deliveroo.

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:24 by Jamie Tanna . #job #career #roodundancies #deliveroo #elastic.

Liked GitHub - AnaisUrlichs/awesome-career-paths: Collection of different career paths -- share your experience

I don't think I want my next promotion (yet) (5 mins read).

Taking a second to pause and think about what Staff Engineer means to me, and why (right now) I may be looking to stay happy at Senior Engineer.

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:26 by Jamie Tanna . #job #career #roodundancies #deliveroo #adhd.

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Collection of different career paths -- share your experience - GitHub - AnaisUrlichs/awesome-career-paths: Collection of different career paths -- share your experience

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:24 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Liked I've reached a local maxima in my career by @edent

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(Welcome to #NaBloPoMo - National Blog Posting Month. I'm publishing a new blog post every day in November.) My employer encourages employees to have "career conversations" with their line manager. …

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 20:23 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

'Should I be able to learn how to be more productive at work?' (3 mins read).

Looking at whether learning how to be more productive, during work hours, is a reasonable thing to do.

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 10:10 by Jamie Tanna . #career #productivity.

Does the tech industry thrive on free work? (6 mins read).

Thinking about how there are subtle expectations to work on your career outside of tech, and how it's not necessarily great.

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 09:38 by Jamie Tanna . #career #job #adhd #open-source #mental-health.

Bookmarked https://cate.blog/2021/09/20/being-the-dri-of-your-career/ .

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 20:16 by Jamie Tanna . #career #job.

Liked https://github.com/readme/stories/cassidy-williams .

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:59 by Jamie Tanna . #career #introvert #diversity-and-inclusion #open-source #community.

Liked https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/11/what-is-my-career-development-plan/ .

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 17:58 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

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I know holding out through terrible work conditions to officially reach your bonus can be enticing, but remember to account for what you're losing while you wait. Once you've accounted for that, compare that to your estimated bonus to see if it's truly worth it.
Taylor Poindexter (@engineering_bae)Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:33 +0000

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:45 by Jamie Tanna . #job #salary #career.

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Thinking about it - same!

Quoted a post on Twitter

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every job I’ve had in tech I found through Twitter
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4 of my last 5 jobs were all thanks to my Twitter network. It’s a big deal. twitter.com/cassidoo/statu…
Cher Scarlett (@cherthedev)Sun, 17 Oct 2021 03:32 +0000
ceora🌺🌸 (@ceeoreo_)Sun, 17 Oct 2021 14:14 +0000

Sun, 17 Oct 2021 16:23 by Jamie Tanna . #job #career #community.

Liked https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/weeknotes-lustrum/ .

Sat, 16 Oct 2021 10:32 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Bookmarked https://www.simplethread.com/20-things-ive-learned-in-my-20-years-as-a-software-engineer/ .

Thu, 14 Oct 2021 08:16 by Jamie Tanna . #career #job #software-engineering #practices.

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changing tech jobs every 12-24 months early in your career is the biggest indicator of intelligence and success i’ve seen in this industry - especially if you’re a woman - there - i said it
kris nóva (@krisnova)Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:49 +0000

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:17 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Liked https://medium.com/swlh/youre-going-through-software-engineer-puberty-330a0a464a46?sk=cd99179f0e29477baa2ed78db850d16e .

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“A promotion is recognition of the work you’re already doing—so work at that level and wait for it to be recognized.” Fuck everything about that; “wait for your work to be rewarded” sounds like exactly how many successful people you know?
Corey Quinn (@QuinnyPig)Sun, 18 Apr 2021 04:47 +0000

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 10:56 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Liked https://www.elletownsend.co.uk/blog/posts/first-100-days/ .

Sat, 19 Dec 2020 18:49 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:16 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Liked http://www.cdahmedeh.net/blog/2020/10/2/bidding-farewell-to-software-engineering .

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 08:29 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Bookmarked https://jamesg.blog/2020/09/05/writing-an-indieweb-compatible-resume.html .

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 08:33 by Jamie Tanna . #career #microformats.

Bookmarked https://www.ryn.works/blog/on-mid-career-and-managers .

Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:10 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Bookmarked https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2020/08/24/when-do-you-feel-like-youre-senior/ .

Fri, 28 Aug 2020 10:42 by Jamie Tanna . #career #technical-leadership.

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If you are a senior/staff software engineer or architect, what advice would you give someone hoping to pivot into tech fresh now and be where you are in 10 years?
the apocalypse, but fashion 🦝 (@ElleArmageddon)Fri, 14 Aug 2020 02:26 +0000

Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:33 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

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Looking back, I kinda regret not asking some of my ex-managers more about how they work before taking the respective roles. It can be easy to underestimate the impact one person can have on your career in the early years.
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https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/1259205021163335681
If you interview, try to interview whomever will be your boss
Scott Hanselman (@shanselman)Sat, 09 May 2020 19:34 +0000
زهرة || zahra (@zahrataiba)Sat, 09 May 2020 20:01 +0000

Sun, 10 May 2020 11:56 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Bookmarked https://www.joshuahu.io/blog/quitting/ .

This is a really interesting post. Only the other day, Anna and I had been talking about how it'd be interesting to work 4 days a week, or even part time. It sounds like it'd be a great opportunity if you're able to financially cover it

Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:13 by Jamie Tanna . #career.

Bookmarked https://jvns.ca/blog/brag-documents/ .

This is a great idea, which I believe I've seen Julia mention in the past, and I definitely agree that this can help with making sure you remember what you've done! In a previous job we had 'monthly status reports' which were an overhead at the time, but when leaving the job (as my placement year was up) I was able to look back at all the stuff that I'd achieved.

I like to get microfeedback from colleagues, so throughout the year I'm getting bits of feedback on things I've worked on, so for 6-month checkins I've got lots of evidence.

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 10:45 by Jamie Tanna . #career.