u/ConcentrateSubject23

Due to not renewing my lease, I have to move this month.

My current apt was a steal at 3k.

My next apartment, I also got at a steal (?) price at 3k, with my next apt being rent stabilized.

But I’m starting to get second thoughts.

Everyone who visits my current apartment says the area is so nice. I’ll really miss being a short walk away from Central Park.

I’m worried I won’t like the new neighborhood. Anyone else know that area well? Advice is appreciated.

SDE II at Amazon, 4 YOE.

I’m in charge of 5 different projects at work now, with each one a “high priority”.

AI has decreased the amount of time and focus required to make a feature, but as a result has increased the need to switch from thread to thread.

I’m sure others are dealing with this now. How do you manage having to juggle many more projects at once? Or do you not?

4 YOE at FAANG. My biggest regret is not believing in myself. And now that I have learned how to forge my own path, my life and my job is so much more satisfying.

I’ve had multiple people at my job brush off my ideas when I tell them. I’ve even had one person say to me “that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard”. Then 3 months later he literally stole my idea and presented it as his own to leadership. I was fuming. From then on, I’d get so angry when people put my ideas down, and I’d get even bitter when someone takes on a project I wanted to take on.

Ideas are the most fragile in their infancy. They are also the most indefensible since you don’t have proof yet. So don’t share it with your coworkers. They’ll want to drag you down to their level, or worse just copy your idea.

People are way less knowledgeable than you realize. You’ll wonder if you’re dumb since you know everyone around you is smart, yet no one seems to agree. You should give yourself more credit. If you’re constantly wondering why is it that no one sees what you do, or thinking that you must be missing something — tell your manager because you likely have found an opportunity. Believe in your own path. Trust your manager and ask them for advice on how to make your vision known. They will love your initiative, and hopefully they support your vision. Managers actually understand what is valuable to a company or their team more than the average IC does, and they have a vested interest in growing you whereas your peers (unfortunately) don’t. At least not directly.

I’ve recently done this with my manager. I said I wanted to realize a vision and pitched to him sloppily. He gave me amazing advice, and now after just a month my idea is a real product internally. I just presented it to my whole team, and my skip manager wants everyone on my team to use it with plans to present to my org in a week’s time. My director has direct visibility into this — if I play my cards right, my idea can easily be expanded to other domains, which means I’d be leading an org-wide initiative.

Now when I see others take on a project I wanted or when I see others putting my ideas down, I don’t get nearly as emotional. I just say to myself “this person doesn’t have the context to know why this is right” and move on. This confidence has made my results and my satisfaction in self actualization much better.

Sharing my thoughts before I sleep — these are things I wish others told me when I was a junior. Hope this helps.