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2022-10-07

Tasks

DONE [[id:7279c63b-fefb-4a51-b076-c70803d078d8][One-on-One with Esther]]

DONE Prep for interview with Yarden at Sure

sureinterview

DONE Interview with Yarden at Sure

Questions

What's the biggest headwind Sure faces from a technology perspective?
How do Sure engineers share their work with each other and the company?
Have you had any big tech gambles at Sure that didn't pay off? What were they?
Are there any rituals amongst the engineering team at Sure that you think help maintain cross team communication?

Timeline

- Note taken on

Yesterday's run wipped me out. No idea where the exhaustion came from, but I

was just dog tired the whole time. And my heart rate showed it too.

In the meantime, I'm trying to figure out whether I should accept a new

engineering offer at Sure. I started the interview process just as an

exploration. I don't think I should be too quick to jettison my three years of

experience at 15Five. But that the same time, when I think about things for

too long I grow really despondent in my current role. Moving beyond my role

seems fraught with misunderstandings.

We've lost a lot of engineers and product managers over the last few months.

Eric Hamiter was one who left without saying much. When I reached out on

LinkedIn to see what happened he said things got really miserable with Ze and

was compounded by not getting a raise he thought he was due. It's hard not to

sympathize with him.

I've got my 1-on-1 with Esther at the top of the hour down, and then I jump

into my final interview with Yarden at Sure. Staring at to versions of the

future and I know which one I impulsively want (to move on) but am wondering

if it would be a mistake to jump at the first new opportunity.

Emma suggested I wait to see what comp looks like, and that's totally fair.

Sure is twisting things trying to figure out how much they can get away

offering me. So maybe I wont get an offer, or it will be low-balled anyway.

Maybe I wont have a decision this afternoon.

In any case, we're hiking Great Pond Mountain when I get out of that call,

so I'll have plenty of time to turn things over.