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KillHour
Oct 28, 2007


I just found out my company is hiring for an information management consultant. It's the same role I have with an adjacent/complimentary software, so I can answer pretty much any question over email or PM.

About us: Decently large public software company made up of smaller companies that were gobbled up, including mine. They're big on margin and consistent profit, so don't expect venture capital levels of lighting money on fire, but they also haven't completely gutted us for scraps and are actively continuing to develop the product.

About the job: The title is Senior Principal Consultant, which is not inflated. You're expected to be able to hold your own with IT people and executives alike. You're also expected to be able to lead a team of developers, both internal and external. You'll usually be working with one customer at a time, with typical engagements anywhere from a few weeks to a year.

About the software: Knowledge Graph / Taxonomy management, with a side of fact extraction and enrichment. Prior knowledge of RDF and especially SKOS is very helpful. We aren't an OWL/SHACL platform, but customers will drat well try anyways.

Important qualifications: Architect-level experience delivering successful projects. Ability and willingness to lead (herd cats). Strong background in information / knowledge management, especially the interface between business and data design. Soft skills, soft skills, soft skills.

Other nice-to-knows: Query languages (all of them, but especially SPARQL, SQL, GraphQL and XQuery). XML and JSON. NoSQL databases, especially graph, document and vector databases. Agile development, Git, JIRA, Jenkins. CI/CD, Docker/K8s, all the clouds. JavaScript, Python, Java, Spark, Kafka. REST, React, frontend bullshit. LDAP, SSL, OAuth, Kerberos. PowerBI, Qlik, Databricks. I have touched all of these things and more. You will never know everything you need to do your job - you will learn it quickly or die.

The good: I like the people I work with. Work/life balance is generally good. Fully remote, anywhere in the US. The pay scale says comp should be ~200-210 OTE. I make less than that but I was here before inflation started so go get that money. PTO is "unlimited" and I take at least 6 weeks / year, which seems pretty typical. Management will usually have your back and is willing to trust your judgement. You will work with the absolute bleeding edge of tech that everyone wants a piece of (yes, that likely includes Gen AI. No, we are not an AI company).

The bad: We aren't FAANG and we don't pay like we are. We had bad brain drain during the acquisitions and lost a lot of great and talented people who I miss a lot. You will be the first throat your customer reaches for when they want to strangle someone. There are resources behind you, but you're expected to be the sharp pointy bit out in front. You will work with the absolute bleeding edge of tech and your customers expect it to be magic.

The ugly: You will live or die by how well you can navigate your customers' office politics. You will babysit idiots and you will observe monumental stupidity that you cannot change. You need thick skin and you need to be someone people like to be around. You will work with the absolute bleeding edge of tech and you will have to explain to upper management that it is not magic while simultaneously convincing them to continue to spend money on it.

Still interested? [username]@gmail or PMs.


Edit: filled already, sorry!

KillHour fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Apr 27, 2024

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Pale Sickly Trevor
Sep 28, 2001
My experience: 3 years Software Developer, 8+ years ecommerce management/business development. Have done a great deal of integration/data work with most of the major e-commerce portals (Amazon, Walmart, Target, Wayfair, Home Depot etc etc). Specialist in integration/PiM/iPaaS/orchestration tools like Dell Boomi, Salsify, ChannelAdvisor, Mage, Airflow. Languages/frameworks: Python, Node, NextJS, Django, Flask, Pandas, Pydantic, etc. Very familiar with Docker, Google Cloud platform, BigQuery, App Engine, Cloud Functions etc. Have done a decent amount of both front and backend work. Very skilled with graphic/audio/video design and editing.
What I'm looking for: Software Developer/Data Engineering roles. Something with room to grow. Interesting, creative work.
What I'm NOT looking for: I'm open to ideas
Where I live: Los Angeles, CA
Where I'm looking: Remote / Los Angeles
When I can start: 2 weeks
Requirements: Full time, 120k
Can be reached via: Email: dylantravis99@gmail.com

Pale Sickly Trevor fucked around with this message at 09:09 on Apr 26, 2024

McGlockenshire
Dec 16, 2005

GOLLOCKS!

KillHour posted:

Still interested? [username]@gmail or PMs.

PM sent!

Killer_B
May 23, 2005

Uh?
I have been a computer installs/provisioning/deployment technician for around the last 4-5 years, my question concerning looking for work elsewhere would be, what would be the most comparable title to look for?

A+/Net+/Sec+/Server+, Endpoint Administrator Associate so far as certs go at this time.

I deal more with installs, hardware troubleshooting, I haven't dealt with network infrastructure/administration directly per se.

My apologies if this isn't the proper spot for this.

ilkhan
Oct 7, 2004

I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Killer_B posted:

I have been a computer installs/provisioning/deployment technician for around the last 4-5 years, my question concerning looking for work elsewhere would be, what would be the most comparable title to look for?

A+/Net+/Sec+/Server+, Endpoint Administrator Associate so far as certs go at this time.

I deal more with installs, hardware troubleshooting, I haven't dealt with network infrastructure/administration directly per se.

My apologies if this isn't the proper spot for this.
Probably along the lines of endpoint administrator. Working in IT thread might be better, but this is fine too IMO.

DropsySufferer
Nov 9, 2008

Impractical practicality
Nevermind misread that post.

DropsySufferer fucked around with this message at 10:27 on May 3, 2024

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MF_James
May 8, 2008
I CANNOT HANDLE BEING CALLED OUT ON MY DUMBASS OPINIONS ABOUT ANTI-VIRUS AND SECURITY. I REALLY LIKE TO THINK THAT I KNOW THINGS HERE

INSTEAD I AM GOING TO WHINE ABOUT IT IN OTHER THREADS SO MY OPINION CAN FEEL VALIDATED IN AN ECHO CHAMBER I LIKE

Killer_B posted:

I have been a computer installs/provisioning/deployment technician for around the last 4-5 years, my question concerning looking for work elsewhere would be, what would be the most comparable title to look for?

A+/Net+/Sec+/Server+, Endpoint Administrator Associate so far as certs go at this time.

I deal more with installs, hardware troubleshooting, I haven't dealt with network infrastructure/administration directly per se.

My apologies if this isn't the proper spot for this.

Yeah endpoint administrator/endpoint engineer sounds like what you're looking for, there will be hits for like Intune/autopilot or whatever flavor of endpoint management the company uses.

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