Today’s my last day at AWS working on the Rust compiler. Unfortunately, back in July I received notice that I had to choose between moving to Boston from NYC, or leaving the company due to RTO policy. I unfortunately couldn’t abandon the city I plan on being my long term home.
I’m glad I got the opportunity to do amazing work on Rust over the last 3 years. It’s hard to quantify, but I hope people saw a difference due to my work on async traits/closures, the type system, diagnostics, style team, ICE fixes, internal refactors, speedups, edition 2024 etc.
@compiler_errors congrats on getting promoted to customer, sorry you lost what sounds like an awesome gig due to a dumb blanket policy, and thanks for all your contributions, you’ve made the world a better place
@compiler_errors Move to Boston from NYC? Thats some kind of nonsense right there.
@compiler_errors That is archaic. RTO is stupid.
@compiler_errors So funny that you actually have blue hair I’ve seen memes about it but didn’t realise it was actually a thing
@compiler_errors Isn't this the way they fire unfireables?
@compiler_errors When will we pip Jassy?
@compiler_errors i really didn’t think looking for a job would be this hard for a prolific person like you even in this niche compiler space. good luck though.
@compiler_errors At least they gave you a “heads up” about it, I guess. Good luck to you!
@compiler_errors What? AWS has multiple offices in NYC no? All the best!
@compiler_errors Hoping a new great life ahead.
@compiler_errors Thats not a problem for turban coders who will move to NYC gladly..
@compiler_errors Come to Meta, rust is loved here.
@compiler_errors they did you a favor. taking a break from rust will cause your T levels to rise and you'll finally stop looking like this.
@compiler_errors all of the work you’ve done on the compiler genuinely sounds so cool
@compiler_errors This sounds like a story I saw on Reddit was that you
@compiler_errors AWS CTO in 2020:
@compiler_errors Working from home is seriously overrated. It’s good to connect with coworkers. This whole anti social movement is weird.
