Google software engineer salary

Do you have deep thoughts and feelings to share, but find yourself holding back out of fear of judgement? Do you have experiences, emotions, desires or dreams that want to come out - but expect them to land on deaf ears in everyday life? I believe that the real beauty of the internet is anonymity. Anonymity gives us the power to safely have a conversation with no stakes, free from judgement or external influences. They say you should give someone a mask if you want to see who they truly are, and that’s what anonymity can do for both of us. So if you feel lost or hidden, perhaps overwhelmed by the responsibilities of life or lonely even in company, reveal yourself to me. In return, I’ll promise not to judge you and reveal myself in return. If you have kindness as well as emotional depth I would love to hear from you!
To kick things off, I’ll tell you a little about myself. I’m the older brother of my family, and I tend to naturally protect others. I’m somewhere between INTP and INFP. By my nature, I’m a very kind and non-judgemental person. I’d like to create a conversational space for both of us that’s open and accepting to thoughts, feelings and experiences, without any judgement attached.
I’m a software engineer who works remotely. I’m great at my job. My interests include that I’m a computer nerd, an avid reader, an extremely passionate writer, an online roleplayer, an effective altruist, a hardcore gamer of many varieties, an amateur law nerd, and a creator of mods, among many other hats I wear. I especially love writing and also produce short stories and poetry as well as corresponding and chatting. I am rationalist-adjacent. I also took a lot of electives about philosophy, economics, and personal finance in college and continue to have an amateur passion for them. I appreciate exercise and absolutely love the peace and comfort of mother nature, so I will be sending you some nature photographs! You’ll have to get used to it, it’s part of the package!
Even though I’m a software craftsman, my real interest in life is other people - so even though I am an adept systems-based thinker, you aren’t likely to see me giving you unsolicited advice or demonstrating that much thinking of that variety in our conversations, unless it’s directly relevant. Still, connecting on any interests is always delightful!
Similarly, I don’t expect or require you to be the same kind of person as me - all I ask is that you bring a depth of your own. Are you a teacher or nurse who wants to talk about thoughts and feelings of importance that are of a different variety than the subjects above? Cool, get in touch! Do you just have a story you need to tell - or an emotion or experience you need to share? Press my name and then click “send message”! Most of all, I enjoy talking about things that have real depth, meaning and substance to both myself and others. The password to let me know you read this is apples.
I’m even open to discussing those hot button topics like politics and religion. I respect all religious viewpoints, but I tend to have a naturalistic if, in key ways, spiritual perspective. Politically I’m left but heterodox with an academic or silicon valley at times bent - I can probably challenge anyone’s point of view if requested, although I don't push these topics.
Oh, and I can totally carry a conversation. I’m perfectly capable of holding the hand of a shy partner. I will hope that in time we can both get comfortable freely expressing ourselves.
Some people want power, piety or social status, but I just want to be accepted by a few. I’d like to create a circle of close and interesting people that I can put openness, kindness and effort into and be rewarded in kind - even when it comes to a few select online friends.

Here is my RS_ASIO settings:
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Just when I finally got the game to recognize the 2i2 as the RealTone cable, it does not pick up ANY sound that I play during the calibration process. I can see the light on the Focusrite blinking when I play indicating that it is picking up sound from the guitar, however, the game does not do the same. Been googling for hours. Any and all suggestions or advice are welcome!

I have been thinking on some things recently, and revisiting a disagreement I have had with Destiny in the past. This disagreement, best exemplified in this thread from years ago, was about whether or not someone could face repercussions at their job/school for being an extreme racist/Nazi, even if those activities did not technically involve their academic or occupational life.
I want to be clear in my change on opinion that it is not on the moral/principle of the disagreement. I still believe that in principle, it is good for society to assign a social cost to having such a harmful view (especially as it will lead to harmful actions). However, even at the time, I was concerned of if this was something that would ever work practically, or if it would only ever remain in the realm of theory and principle.
I've moved now past that to considering that idea in and of itself to be negative. There are a multitude of reasons, a bunch of which were known to me at the time, and were pretty much the anti-"cancel culture" reasons always given: these have just become more of an issue as time has gone on. I'm not going to go into all of them, but the concept of the mob mentality, the witch hunt, the desire to find a victim, the question of who decides what is bad enough, etc. They're not shocking, and are ones that Destiny and people before him have brought up.
These were, as I said, ones I'd considered at the time. They seemed to me to be pretty much level one arguments in this kind of discussion. Were these bad things? Of course, and they were the reason that I thought applying this concept in a practical way would be extremely difficult even then.
But there have been a few things I've realized and seen since then that have changed my mind and pushed me away from it even more, with the third and final being the straw that broke the camel's back.
#1: Harm Done, Harm Perceived, and Harm Intended
This was a consideration that mainly came to me from having a somewhat unique group of friends, due to being in substance abuse recovery. Because of this, a lot of my friends are also in recovery. Because they used to be, well, drug addicts, some of them has done some pretty bad things. Doing a home invasion, robbing someone at gunpoint, selling someone potentially lethal drugs, etc.
I found it very interesting, especially in the relatively younger circles of recovery, that as bad as these things are, someone would rather admit to, for example, a home invasion than being a white guy who *used* to say the N-word. Not everyone would castigate like this, of course, but there were enough to create an atmosphere that made it clear which would be worse to admit.
This made no sense to me. It is extremely clear which action is worse. It was extremely clear that even for the people who would have admonished, they knew which would do more harm (if they were asked if they'd rather hear someone use the N word casually or have their house robbed, we know which one they were picking). So then, why the difference in judgment?
The conclusion I came to is that racism- and indeed all kinds of bigotry- has a unique element to it in which a single action (and a single person) serves as a stand in for a lifetime of hurt felt. There's a great scene from Louie that does an excellent job of laying this out, basically talking about that when you see an action or even hear a slur, it evokes this intensely negative lived experience. This- what I refer to as the harm perceived- is all that ends up mattering, because it transforms you from a person into a mere symbol for pain and suffering that can't be dealt with through other ways. It is also why the harm intended doesn't matter, because with that action they're no longer seeing you as an individual.
And this is even in a friend group, where they do know you. In this, you might be shown some leniency and understanding, especially if it was the past, especially if you have other friends and people vouching for you and reminding the hurt person of the individual and the person there. But what about on the anonymity of the internet? What about when hundreds, thousands, millions of people are in agreement about this person being awful and horrible?
#2. Amplification of Power is Not Inherently A Good Thing
A major issue that arises in an area of discrimination and oppression is, of course, a power imbalance. The person harmed is often unable to seek redress because of this, and even to fully speak out for fear of further retribution and being further hurt by individuals in more powerful positions.
The internet, and "cancel culture", offered a way to somewhat balance the scales, to give power to these people. We saw this with something like the early days of #MeToo. Women who were being seriously taken advantage of and horribly abused, that weren't getting adequate redress in other areas of their life, were able to come together and share their stories and use the public outcry to fight back against these abuses. They also empowered and inspired other women to do the same.
But as things went on, we began to see the trouble with amplification of power. When you know that you can get a public outcry, outrage, and massive support directed towards you by doing something like this, it becomes very tempting to do just that. And as it became more and more common place to do exactly that, what warranted it became less and less.
So take the above, and now imagine you can film it, clip it, put it online. If you already feel hurt- if you're already looking at this person as just a piece of shit who represents the worst things that have happened to you in your life- then who cares about him? He deserves it right, you're just calling it out.
But once it starts, why does it keep spreading? Why doesn't anyone speak on it?
#3. The Bystander Effect, White Guilt, and Diffusion of Responsibility
In 1964, Kitty Genovese was murdered, and the New York Times made the murder infamous with the (erroneous claim) that despite the murder having 38 witnesses, none of them contacted the police or came to her aid. Because of this story, her murder has become a gruesome anecdote and the inspiration for research into why bystanders sit around and do nothing, even in the face of great injustice.
This is a question that dovetails nicely into what we're talking about above. Our natural feeling- that to do nothing to help, to be neutral, is almost as bad as doing the act yourself- is echoed in countless sentiments related to racism and prejudice. There is the famous "First they came..." poem that is engraved at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, there is Desmond Tutu's powerful "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.", and there is Martin Luther King's oft-quoted (and often, especially if you're a dipshit fucking brain dead leftist, mis-used) "Letter From Birmingham Jail" (aka the white moderate since that's all people read).
This is a good point. We should of course stand up in cases of injustice, we should speak out, and we should work against oppression, even if it does not directly harm or target us. The problem is when this combines with white guilt to result in some very stupid and some very counter productive actions.
When I say white guilt, I don't mean the general meaning, of like a guilt or shame because of white people's history of racism. I mean this idea that you're not doing enough as a white person to combat racism, and guilt that you should be doing your part to be "an ally". It results in you being so desperate to get this feeling and to do something that makes you feel you've done something that you'll do it through retweets, or Reddit upvotes, or Tik Tok comments, or putting your black square up so people know you're sad George Floyd died. And if you initially didn't want to, you're going to feel both internal and external pressure to do so, because if you don't make sure people know you're condemning racism, how do they know you're not the racist?
These are small actions, but that is a double edged sword. The fact that they are small actions allows for what is an actual negative discovered through research into the bystander effect, which is diffusion of responsibility. You are providing one little cut into the person whose life is being ruined, and you're doing it in a way that's disconnected and removed from actually seeing the consequences. And even worse, you're doing it while thinking you're acting in the service of something good.
#4: Internet Journalism Fucking Blows, and People Don't Know How To Read, and Writers Don't Even Know How To Write
This was the straw that absolutely broke my back. I think the situation described above is bad enough. But what is to happen when the "journalism" and actual reporting of the facts just continues to erode and get even worse, where even what actually happened and is known is completely lost?
There are some obvious examples of how this happens, like the recent "Bike Karen" incident. For one thing, increasingly the way stories are "broken" is through online social media platforms, being reported on by people who aren't journalists. There is no accountability to these people, there is no background, and there is ultimately really no skin in the game for the people who are resharing and giving opinions on it if they completely fuck it up.
This especially sucks because now, we've gotten so used to the cycle described above that we actively look for it. We didn't even wait on this video, we saw it and thought "racist white woman, TARGET ACQUIRED", and ran with it because it seemed to fit exactly what we wanted. It allows people to tear down and attack someone, potentially completely ruin their life, all for the purpose of making them feel like they made some grand societal change.
But what about real media, and real journalists? What if these are the ones who are covering and talking about these things?
Well, that gets to what started the inspiration for all of this. Was looking into what happened to No Jumper, and discovered this Rolling Stones article about Adam and his link to "white supremacy". A lot of it I don't disagree with: people like Richard Spencer and Nick Fuentes are undeniably white supremacists.
But then, I got to this section: "On the same episode, Fuentes claimed 'Black people are committing the majority of the violent crime.' An FBI report, cited by Media Matters, debunks this, saying there was “no statistically significant differences by race between offenders” regarding arrests for violent crimes."
I have looked at this FBI report before (the joy of arguing with racists online). The FBI report begins by stating: " In 2018, based on data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, black people were overrepresented among persons arrested for nonfatal violent crimes (33%) and for serious nonfatal violent crimes (36%) relative to their representation in the U.S. population (13%)." Interesting... seems to not at all say what the article (and Media Matters) is suggesting it says.
So I searched out the specific sentence cited, which reads (in full context): " Among the most serious incidents of violent crime (rape or sexual assault, robbery, and aggravated assault), there were no statistically significant differences by race between offenders identified in the NCVS and persons arrested per the UCR. White and black people were arrested proportionate to their involvement in serious nonfatal violent crime overall and proportionate to their involvement in serious nonfatal violent crime reported to police."
In other words, the section they cited was talking about whether or not the arrest rate was proportionate to the rate of offending. It had nothing to do with which race was committing the most crime, and does not at all make the claim the article is arguing it does.
But worst of all: the Rolling Stones article ends with a note that: "Update: This story was updated on March 30th at 11:41 p.m. EST to clarify the language from the FBI report debunking one of Fuentes’ claims."
...It's been updated. The language I showed you is the update. They were informed of a problem, and even after this, they kept a blatant lie in their article. And yes, it's Rolling Stone, I understand it's not the bastion of journalist integrity, but if you search "Adam No Jumper" on Google, the number one result- after his YouTube, Instagram, and website- is a Rolling Stone article that links back to this one.
Now I might be being pedantic. But this blatant of a lie, especially when there was an update for a correction, was extremely worrisome to me. I don't know if it's even a lie or just outright incompetence, or indeed which one is scarier. I do know that in a world where people can't even wait a day for more context on a video, people can't even read past the headlines most time, there's no way that they're going to click on this FBI report, find the sentence, and realize they've been lied to.
And when this lie just helps to feed an engine that's already going to take every fact in the worst possible light, it only makes things worse. And for everyone who's in the middle, who can see something like this and have it pointed out to them, it just makes this stuff look even worse. It is lies and Internet terrorism masquerading as social change and progress, and it is a monster that the left needs to deal with.
Conclusion/TL;DR:
Thanks for everybody who read this, sorry if it just came out too much like a rant. It's something I've been thinking on a lot recently, and I figure that for all the times I call out Destiny when I think he's saying something dumb, I should probably acknowledge it when stuff is bringing me closer to his position.
For a TL;DR, it's basically just that four factors of

1. People being seen as faceless symbols for racism/transphobia/bigotry
2. Any online minority having the ability to start canceling and dealing with that temptation
3. A bunch of wannabe-allies hopping onto a "cause" with no regard for who it's hurting
4. Incompetent/dishonest reporting, both from amateurs and professionals

have led to something that could have in theory be good turning into one of the worst things to happen to online progressive politics.

Life is good. Johnny Winters has been steadily growing his career as a software engineer and developer, programming and coding his way to the top of several different companies before finally being snagged on to the last one that promised him the highest pay. Whether he works in the fancy office, or from home, a steady six-figure salary keeps him more than afloat, and a cool, easy life of doing work that he loved ensured to keep him from falling into a depressive state. Because apart from his job being the only thing moving in his life, everything else has gone completely still. His social life? Nonexistent. He was a workaholic and only recently began to wind that down to appreciate life more. He was a 28 year old man - only two more years until he hits 30 and has been successful so far. But the time for youth and freedom was running thin, at least, in his mind. His friends from high school spread out all over the states, hell, some - the world. Relationships? When would he have the time? His focus was primarily on work. Although he’s fairly attractive, he’s unsure of how he would attract anyone now that he’s actually looking. Bars? Clubs? What if people don’t like him? What’s so special and unique about some boring human programmer? One day, while browsing through the apps… He found one he’d never heard of before.
Soulmatch.
No reviews. No ratings. Just a description: “Make a profile, feature your best portraits - showcase yourself and who you are. Inside, a massive assortment of all walks-of-life in our little underworld. If you’re interested, swipe right! If not, swipe left. They won’t know ~ If you match, engage in a conversation, plan a meet - become soulmatched with the demon of your dreams!”
No in-app purchases, no comments, no developer messages, no updates. Did it even exist? There was no one he knew to reach out to about it - nor a contact email or number. It was… Interesting to be based around the ‘underworld.’ Calling its users “demons”. Regardless of how strange it was - Johnny was ready for something different. Something new. A new chapter in his life that opened the many possibilities of dating. And so… He hit the download button.
Inside, however, Johnny would not find your average every day person. In fact, he wouldn’t find people at all… The app’s main userbase? The residents of Hell. Demons of all kinds – dark, deadly, vile, evil, psychotic or simply cute on the outside and devilish on the inside. What Johnny doesn’t know, however, is he is the one single human on the app.
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Hello! Thank you for reading my RP prompt! In this RP, I am seeking someone capable of playing a variety of different characters to meet on the app while I GM and handle the story from Johnny’s perspective. I’ll be happy to play any and all NPCs, drive the plot forward and ensure we both have an equal amount of work. The RPs premise is, of course, the Hellish dating pool! All manner of demon are found in the app. They may have jobs like being assassins, or special important nobles/demon royalty, or your average Hellish citizen, etc. We can come up with them together, and feature the dates Johnny embarks on them with until he finds that special someone! What Johnny doesn’t know, however, is he is also involved in a much deeper story than he really knows…
I am seeking a Literate - Advanced Literate, active, creative partner that also enjoys speaking OOC. I find building a bond, discussing ideas and interacting lead to more fruitful partnerships. If you are interested in RPing with me, please DM me with an intro about yourself, why you’re interested in the plot, and a short writing sample + your Discord tag. The writing sample does not have to be long - I am purely just looking to see your English/writing skills. Thanks again for reading! Hope to see you in my DMs!

Hi everyone
I got offered a contract by a company as a devops engineer. I landed this job by demonstrating my skills from my personal projects. The job was initially full time but the company turned it into a contract and gave me time to think about it. I have never worked as a devops, so this would be a first. I otherwise have overall 2 years in IT development. This job involves 3 days on site and occasional night shifts.
How much should I negociate (high ball) and how much should I aim for salary? What should I look out for?
Thank you everyone!

Life is good. Johnny Winters has been steadily growing his career as a software engineer and developer, programming and coding his way to the top of several different companies before finally being snagged on to the last one that promised him the highest pay. Whether he works in the fancy office, or from home, a steady six-figure salary keeps him more than afloat, and a cool, easy life of doing work that he loved ensured to keep him from falling into a depressive state. Because apart from his job being the only thing moving in his life, everything else has gone completely still. His social life? Nonexistent. He was a workaholic and only recently began to wind that down to appreciate life more. He was a 28 year old man - only two more years until he hits 30 and has been successful so far. But the time for youth and freedom was running thin, at least, in his mind. His friends from high school spread out all over the states, hell, some - the world. Relationships? When would he have the time? His focus was primarily on work. Although he’s fairly attractive, he’s unsure of how he would attract anyone now that he’s actually looking. Bars? Clubs? What if people don’t like him? What’s so special and unique about some boring human programmer? One day, while browsing through the apps… He found one he’d never heard of before.
Soulmatch.
No reviews. No ratings. Just a description: “Make a profile, feature your best portraits - showcase yourself and who you are. Inside, a massive assortment of all walks-of-life in our little underworld. If you’re interested, swipe right! If not, swipe left. They won’t know ~ If you match, engage in a conversation, plan a meet - become soulmatched with the demon of your dreams!”
No in-app purchases, no comments, no developer messages, no updates. Did it even exist? There was no one he knew to reach out to about it - nor a contact email or number. It was… Interesting to be based around the ‘underworld.’ Calling its users “demons”. Regardless of how strange it was - Johnny was ready for something different. Something new. A new chapter in his life that opened the many possibilities of dating. And so… He hit the download button.
Inside, however, Johnny would not find your average every day person. In fact, he wouldn’t find people at all… The app’s main userbase? The residents of Hell. Demons of all kinds – dark, deadly, vile, evil, psychotic or simply cute on the outside and devilish on the inside. What Johnny doesn’t know, however, is he is the one single human on the app.
—
Hello! Thank you for reading my RP prompt! In this RP, I am seeking someone capable of playing a variety of different characters to meet on the app while I GM and handle the story from Johnny’s perspective. I’ll be happy to play any and all NPCs, drive the plot forward and ensure we both have an equal amount of work. The RPs premise is, of course, the Hellish dating pool! All manner of demon are found in the app. They may have jobs like being assassins, or special important nobles/demon royalty, or your average Hellish citizen, etc. We can come up with them together, and feature the dates Johnny embarks on them with until he finds that special someone! What Johnny doesn’t know, however, is he is also involved in a much deeper story than he really knows…
I am seeking a Literate - Advanced Literate, active, creative partner that also enjoys speaking OOC. I find building a bond, discussing ideas and interacting lead to more fruitful partnerships. If you are interested in RPing with me, please DM me with an intro about yourself, why you’re interested in the plot, and a short writing sample + your Discord tag. The writing sample does not have to be long - I am purely just looking to see your English/writing skills. Thanks again for reading! Hope to see you in my DMs!