I’m curious: what specific strategies or habits have you developed to sift through all the chatter and zero‑in on the conversations, resources, or people that actually push your growth forward?
For example, do you rely on certain tags, follow particular communities, set daily reading windows, or use any filters/keywords?
I’d love to hear what’s worked for you so others (like me) can adopt a similar approach.
I first stumbled on Blind while job hunting, and since then I’ve used it as a resource, not a social media platform like most people do. I follow specific tags like software engineering and career, and I don’t keep notifications on (in fact, the only app with notifications on my phone is WhatsApp).
For interviews, I search company-specific tags to find discussions and tips, ChatGPT makes it even easier now to extract insights from those threads. I also use it for compensation research. Occasionally, I’ll check company gossip, and I have to say, Blind has correctly predicted layoffs at my employer twice. Beneath all the noise, some people really do share valuable inside information.
That’s why I treat Blind as a data-gathering tool, not a hangout. I mainly open it for interviews, negotiations, compensation benchmarks, or to get the general sentiment around a company. Honestly, I wish they had an API like Reddit’s, it would make pulling insights so much easier.
What I'm not hearing in your tale is anything unique to Blind. All of that info exists elsewhere as well. Why go to the trouble of sifting through the noise to find that information? Is it just that you found it there first, or is there something compelling about Blind as a data source?
I'd really love to know other sources that can give you real information from actual people about tech careers & compensation & all minutiae of interviews & weird company tips. Do share
Interesting! How does "Converted my resume to latex. Made it way easier to apply to jobs" work, in what sense was it easier to apply for jobs? I would love some insight here. Thanks
Running Ubuntu + Docker + Portainer on a NUC10i5FN (32GB RAM, 1TB HP EX900 M.2 SSD) — I’ve got containers for:
AdGuard Home (DNS filtering)
Scrypted (bridging CCTV to Apple Home)
Jellyfin (media streaming)
Immich (photos)
WireGuard (secure VPN)
The 2TB SSD is handling everything pretty well, but I’ve got a 2.5" SSD slot left unused. Thinking about adding a second SSD for either storage or backups, or maybe caching for media.
Any cool apps or tools people would recommend for setups like this? Also, curious about how others are using that extra SSD space in a home lab/NAS setup.
