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I've lived in Silicon Valley my whole life and have now worked here for about 8 years, mostly doing QE of some sort. For the last year or so, though, I feel like I've hit a wall.

I don't really care about working on world-changing projects, or a pool table and fridge full of snacks, or even tons of free t-shirts. I really just want to walk in at 9, do work with some minimum threshold of interesting-ness, and walk out at 5 without worrying about whether I'm on call or what ridiculous promise the sales guy in our open-plan office has made.

Do you have a job like that? Does it exist? If so, where, and how can I get there?

Throughout my day, I run across random links, snippets of text, and images that I'd like to save but don't have time to sort or otherwise deal with. Is there some app, browser extension, etc that could take (preferably by dragging) snippets like this and send it back to me in a 'daily digest'-type format? I thought I might be able to cobble something together (IFTTT and Dropbox, maybe), but would prefer a more reliable solution if it exists.

Thanks!

After a long series of hourly and contract positions, I'm about to get offered a full-time, salaried position as a Quality Assurance Engineer for a large tech company (it was a contract-to-hire process).

I'm pretty inexperienced in this whole thing - none of my previous jobs have had much room for negotiation, I've never gotten benefits, and I'll be making significantly more than ever before. I know very roughly what I should be making, based on what I'm making as a contractor now and the average salary for the position.

Is there anything major I should be looking out for with the offer? Do I have any leverage as a relatively inexperienced employee in a relatively low-level position?

Thanks in advance!