That’s a good question. For the sudden wealth of opportunities, reversal of fortune, and the timing of the email that came through, it’s nothing but Index Gate. 100%, no questions asked. I had been focusing exclusively on tech jobs, and looking for a very specific type of tech job at that, so everything was already primed.
I will probably write about it briefly in the Emperor thread, but Emperor “manifested challenges” (I know they don’t like us saying that) and sent me a very loud and clear message on what to focus on and what not to focus on in the moment. Unfortunately, it was too powerful for me and I ended up stopping.
But running both certainly made it very clear how to proceed and ultimately that intuition was spot on in terms of the result I wanted. So yeah they both helped in their own way, even with such a short number of loops.
One of the many things I love about this NSE tech is that it’s pretty obvious what’s coming from where – especially if you introspect and pay attention to your thoughts.

. That part really depends on what language you’re working in and how familiar you are with the subtleties of the language. I’ve definitely had my share of horrendous bugs and crashes as I’ve learned the subtleties of Rust and its third party libraries. Just comes with the territory.
That’s a killer combination for engineering leadership.