Your not-so-scary tech roundup 👻
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🚀 Big Tech & Startups
Big Tech employees are TikToking on the job — and their bosses don’t always like it. — www.theverge.com Tech industry workers rack up millions of views on TikToks and YouTube videos documenting their work days. Tech companies don’t always like it — and creators run the risk of getting in trouble.
Work isn't always doom and gloom, or at least it looks that way on TikTok.
The 'tech girlie' side of TikTok has given us an insight into what a day at the office looks like at the likes of Google and LinkedIn. But, whilst the videos show what office life is like at these big tech companies, how much work is actually being done?
Tech employees have racked up millions of views on these glossy aspirational videos, but messy boundaries around filming at work have led to some HR warnings and even firings.
Companies are not at a loss because of these videos though. They're in fact benefitting and reaping the rewards - free promotion as well as an influx of comments from viewers asking if they're hiring.
🔭 Science & Futuristic Tech
E-waste: Five billion phones to be thrown away in 2022 — www.bbc.co.uk Billions of phones will be hoarded in drawers and cupboards or thrown away rather than recycled, studies suggest.
Have you ever had a clear-out and come across one of your old mobile phones? Maybe an old Nokia! 😳
According to a WEEE forum, it's estimated that 5.3 billion mobile phones will be thrown away this year, highlighting the growing global environmental problem of "e-waste".
Instead of holding on to or binning our old mobile phones, we should recycle them. ♻️ WEEE director, Pascal Leroy, has said "People tend not to realise that all these seemingly insignificant items have a lot of value and together at a global level represent massive volumes".
The WEEE says its research shows that the "mountain" of electrical and electronic waste will grow to 74 million tonnes a year by 2030. So now is the time to get digging out those old phones and get recycling!
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🧑💻 Dev, Data & Design
My First Ever Technical Test! — wottersheep.hashnode.dev
and how I aced it.
A technical test is an assessment conducted in order to evaluate and measure candidates' performances, skills, knowledge, abilities, personality traits, attitudes, and job/academic potential.
Key Takeaways :
Always keep a pen and paper with you. 📝
Don't try to keep everything in your mind. Declutter your thought process by writing it down. ✍️
Don't underestimate Aptitude questions. 🤔
Don't overdo it. Try keeping your fundamentals strong before moving on to more complex topics. 🤓
⚙️ Miscellaneous
🎃 Snap and Disguise launch a Halloween AR shopping experience.
💅 Get a manicure in minutes, by a robot.
📱 Kanye West is set to buy the social media platform, Parler.
🚀 Musk's Starlink to keep funding Ukraine's government for 'free'.
🔥 Highlighted Opportunities
Sleepstation | Newcastle upon Tyne HQ
Front-End Engineer | Mid-Senior | Remote or Hybrid
QA & Testing Engineer | Mid | Remote or Hybrid
Onyx Insight | Nottingham HQ
Tech Team Lead | Senior-Lead | Hybrid
Senior Software Developer | Mid-Senior | Hybrid
Hofy | London HQ
Senior Software Engineer | Mid-Senior | Remote
Senior IT Security Engineer | Senior-Lead | Remote
Vidsy | London HQ
Senior Go Software Engineer | Mid-Senior | Hybrid
Principle Software Engineer - Go | Lead | Hybrid
Crisp | Leeds HQ
UX Product Designer Lead | Senior-Lead | Hybrid
Street | Manchester HQ
UI/UX Designer | Mid-Senior | Hybrid
Machine Learning Engineer | Mid-Senior | Hybrid
Mobile Developer | Mid | Hybrid
Scott Logic | Newcastle upon Tyne HQ
Senior Developer | Mid-Senior | Bristol & London | Hybrid
Lead Developer | Lead | Bristol & London | Hybrid
📲 New on Haystack
Fika
📌 Currently hiring for a Software Engineer | Mid-Senior | Remote
Reclaro
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