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I became a USPS mail carrier instead.

Certainly less pay but I love being outside and walking.

And no Jira, changing the color of that button, or steeping myself in Frank’s eldritch horror code.

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>No Jira

If I was trying to attract intelligent applicants looking for work outside of software engineering, that would be in the headline.

wmeredith|3 months ago

Genuinely curious: How else would you coordinate a large software project? We have 7 teams of 5 working on the same platform and Jira is fine for what we're doing, but I've been at this almost two decades and I haven't used any of the alternatives.

ta12653421|3 months ago

Tried that here in EU - no chance so far: Even things I could do easily like office administration/management or whatever projectmanagement - no luck.

mancerayder|3 months ago

What about also excluding "Scrum Masters" and then "Fibonacci Numbers" and two week "sprints"?

JLO64|3 months ago

As someone who is currently delivering Amazon packages with their own vehicle (Amazon Flex), what’s the process like to become a mail carrier? The miles are starting to take a toll on my car, so delivering for USPS is tempting for me…

mollusc-engine|3 months ago

It’s a 1 hour application online.

Fingerprints, background checks, references, and drug testing.

It’s the CIA. But good benefits.

clumsysmurf|3 months ago

I would definitely try this if the vehicles in Phoenix ran cleaner. The old ones have such bad smelling exhaust and you are always breathing it because of the semi-open cab.

fragmede|3 months ago

electric vehicles are on the way! no clue when Phoenix will get them though

rootusrootus|3 months ago

My wife and I have a running joke about her giving up accounting and working for USPS instead. Some days I think she’s serious.

pyuser583|3 months ago

Are they even hiring?

guywithahat|3 months ago

It's funny how everyone wants to get into deliveries as they get older, my dad who's been an engineer for decades talks about it a lot. Something about walking around and doing things really appeals to people as they reach the end of their engineering career

johnea|3 months ago

You mean how people want to start walking around and doing things after sitting on their ass in front of a computer for 40 years?

Yea, I'm there with your dad...

dehrmann|3 months ago

> And no Jira

Not officially, but once you remove the skills required for the tasks, it's not all that different.

fHr|3 months ago

Yeah but isn't the pay shit? like making 1/3th is not a win in my books.

mollusc-engine|3 months ago

I have hella money.