<story><title>My Year in Review: 2019</title><url>https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2019/12/10/my-year-in-review-2019</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>seren</author><text>Not really related to tech, but I find it interesting that she went from software engineering to being an editor for the New York Times and writing books.&lt;p&gt;That being said once you&amp;#x27;ve been a whistleblower, even for good reasons, sadly, it is probably harder to find another job in your previous area of expertise...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>IAmEveryone</author><text>Being an editor at the New York Times is far ahead of almost any job in tech I can think of, at least in my value scheme.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s almost like a blank cheque in terms of following your interests. Sure, you need to cover the routine stuff on your beat. But the Times is among the few that can and will still devote enormous resources to go deep on issues that matter. And as the editor, you&amp;#x27;re basically who gets to decide what matters.&lt;p&gt;In terms of social standing, her job would probably outrank anyone except CXOs at FAANG, at least in my social group.&lt;p&gt;Even for salary, it&amp;#x27;s among the few positions in journalism that is competitive with tech. I seem to remember mid 6-figure salaries being quoted in the past, although there is probably high variety, with some editors and authors being their own sort-of &amp;quot;brand&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;The only downside is that you don&amp;#x27;t get to write code if that happens to be your passion. In that regard, it&amp;#x27;s similar to transitioning to management in tech. But the Times has been doing quite a lot of data journalism and interactive storytelling and the like. So if you really want to, you could probably come up with ideas that get you back into a text editor at least some of the time.</text></comment>
<story><title>My Year in Review: 2019</title><url>https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2019/12/10/my-year-in-review-2019</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>seren</author><text>Not really related to tech, but I find it interesting that she went from software engineering to being an editor for the New York Times and writing books.&lt;p&gt;That being said once you&amp;#x27;ve been a whistleblower, even for good reasons, sadly, it is probably harder to find another job in your previous area of expertise...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cafard</author><text>Her whistleblowing doesn&amp;#x27;t seem to me the kind that should create distrust. It&amp;#x27;s not as if she taped conversations relating to financial practices. She stood up to a company culture that a lot of qualified observers thought toxic.&lt;p&gt;Anyway, it&amp;#x27;s well that she sounds cheerful. She seems to have been quite good at what she did in tech, and I hope that she will consider going back to it.&lt;p&gt;[edit: corrected spelling of &amp;quot;observers&amp;quot;]</text></comment>