@TomLoake

Senior Full Stack Engineer. Talking about dev stuff, the arts, food and music. Words are my own and occasionally lucid. Pronouns: He/Him.

 United Kingdom
tomloake.com
Joined April 2010
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What are people using to organise meetings/appointments nowadays? My brain is going to Calendly and Doodlepoll but I have no idea what's good out there...
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I just realised I moderate my language more on LinkedIn than I do in nearly any other situation. Getting old is odd and oddly specific.
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Hey! I just moved to New York City. Anyone know any good meetups, tech events or good people looking for a Software Engineer around here? 😁
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Got a pulse and need a dev rel? You truly need a Phil 👍
Phil Nash
@philnash16 Sep 2022
Soooo… it seems I am also a victim of the Twilio layoffs. I’ve spent just over 8 years there, so this comes as a bit of a blow. Hoping to use the weekend to forget what’s happened and then pick myself up next week.
So much useful details. I'm going through all the DMs and details - thank you! A few data points on companies that pay, and how they go about this:
Paid oncall rates

ALT Paid oncall rates

Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz5 Jul 2022
Does your company pay for being oncall? If so, drop their name, and (if you can) share how it's paid, how much (it's a nice detail!) and how (per hour? per oncall week)? Etc. If your company doesn't pay, feel free to also share or DM. Let's see if there's a pattern 👇
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You can take the weirdos out of the conference...Major intellectual debate underway with fellow @btconf friend and troublemaker @smi_dish in Prague.
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"I decided to look for a new job last month. Now that I've started taking interviews, I hear layoffs everywhere. What should I do?" Layoffs are scary, but many tech companies are hiring normally. A few questions to ask in interviews before accepting an offer: Short 🧵
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There's a lot of news about companies laying off or doing hiring freezes. Having talked with recruiters in private, there are still many more companies growing & hiring though. Drop your company's name and a link to jobs site below if you're actively hiring in tech. 👇
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It’s been a minute, somehow no ones aged and everyone’s smiling. This is gunna be a great couple of days - get it team! #btconf
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Can’t believe I’m saying this, but I just reopened Twitter for the first time in a while and was like...”oh, yeah I like this” 🤷‍♀️
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Aaaand were also looking for a new front end dev. Come and build some of the best cultural organisation websites in the country, with a super smart team...
Supercool@supercooldesign6 Jan 2021
Replying to @supercooldesign
⚡ Front End Web Developer ⚡ Help us make beautiful and accessible websites for leading arts and cultural organisations 💰£30-£35k 👉 Permanent, full-time (flexible hours an option) 🛑Apply by Fri 12 Feb supercooldesign.co.uk/about/… #frontendjobs #remotejobs
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but your goal as a senior dev/manager/mentor/basically anyone who's been on the team longer than a more junior dev is to HELP THE OTHER PERSON SUCCEED. And that means answering all their questions, so that they can understand more!
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Did my first company-wide tech presentation in way over a year today. Was terrifying but super fun to be speaking to an audience again. If you haven’t done any public speaking for a while, if you feel like you might want to, I’d encourage you to get back on it 🙂
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Amazing first week at @unmindhq! Absolute onboarding pros, excellent docs and the sweetest people. Feel very lucky and excited to start making an impact ✊
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Little news: This week I’m leaving theatre and my darlings at @ATGTICKETS...and this Monday I’m off to join the wonderful folks at @unmindhq to help support good mental health ✊ 🙂
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When @DasSurma asks, you gotta deliver..! Messed around with the Facemesh @TensorFlow model and some calculation of vector magnitude to build a thing where you can zoom in/out with your eyebrows 🤨 I learnt that I can't lift my right eyebrow by itself... 😂
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Heartily recommend online Pictionary, booze and a hangout/video call with too many friends - feel a world better right now 😁
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Just realising Coronavirus season and hayfever season are about to cross over 😐
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Every time I go to reuse a component, I still feel a thud of @csswizardry slapping me* on the back of the head at a course telling me to focus on visual characteristics rather than data. It's been way over 3 years since that course 🤣
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*Metaphorical slap. See also: clip behind the earholes.
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