Byron Woodfork

@byronwoodfork.bsky.social

Software engineering topics, mentorship advice & movie nerd hot takes ☺️ Latest YouTube video link below 👇🏾 https://youtu.be/Jlk93rV8tws

One of my New Year's goals was to find a new job because I felt my growth at my previous company had stalled. I'm glad I was forced to do so, because it's never easy leaving a place of comfort. Gonna miss working with my friends. Some of whom I've been working w/ for 6 years now across 2 companies.

What I’m hearing: Instagram’s Trust and Safery org absolutely gutted the last few weeks. ~60% of the org gone - between layoffs and forced reassignments to data labelling. All while “AI maxxing” pushed a bunch of bugs to prod. And hence why today’s massive Instagram account takeover happening.

Even though I've made this joke myself I actually really hate the "all developers have to be engineering managers now with agents" No, they all need to be tech leads, not ems. Unless you're having to deal with the agents' interpersonal issues and the PM distracting them and getting them promoted and

Hey all 👋🏾 I'm looking for my next place of employment! 🥳 Anyone hiring for Senior Engineer, Staff Engineer or Engineering Manager roles? If so, please let me know. DM's are open! 📭 Thanks! ♥️