BrandonM

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by BrandonM 1mo ago
That and you can find good people that get your vision or just do good work and use them on your next project. Or you can mentor a promising person. Etc. Mapping HI to AI as the gp did misses all the major deficiencies of collaborating with
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by BrandonM 2mo ago
> But the bottleneck was never the code. It was always the human attention, the engineering judgment, the ability to hold a coherent vision for a system. We just didn't notice because writing code felt like the hard part. I keep w
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by BrandonM 5mo ago
When you talk about the point or purpose of open source, what are you referring to? I think of Stallman, print drivers, and users owning their work, so your assertions about the point of open source ring false to me.
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by BrandonM 5mo ago
I live just west of Lake Michigan, and what you described would be a high-snow winter here. The lake effect is real. I grew up in the Cleveland area, and I was surprised how much less snow we get in Wisconsin. Longer, colder winters, though
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by BrandonM 6mo ago
> lurk in the middle of the road and make a left turn once oncoming traffic is stopped for the red In the jurisdictions I'm familiar with, this is the proper way to make a left-hand turn. Many intersections are designed such that th
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by BrandonM 1y ago
Just to add a counterpoint, I was hired as employee #3 in 2011. In 2020, I was able to sell 5.8% of my stake for $200K (as part of Series C). In 2021, I sold another 4.4% for $500K (Series D on terms too good to refuse). I still hold equity
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by BrandonM 1y ago
It would be worse than the nationwide average. Battleground swing states would swing way right. The Republican voters in the suburbs have passports at a much higher rate than the Democrat voters in the poor neighborhoods.
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by BrandonM 1y ago
That assumes academic achievement should be the primary aim of childhood. What I learned in school was incredibly important—don’t get me wrong—but what I learned over the summer was arguably more important. As a child of divorce, I cherishe
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by BrandonM 2y ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a band selling merch that didn’t also have a tip jar.
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by BrandonM 2y ago
Maybe to you, but I was broke during and shortly after college. If I could have picked up some gig work when I needed it, that would have been a huge help.
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by BrandonM 2y ago
In addition to what others have said, daily demands on time and headspace can be overwhelming. My wife spends over an hour every day managing a chronic health condition. Raising kids well takes a lot of time every day. Some have loved ones
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by BrandonM 2y ago
What is more important, the law, or the typical employee experience? If you're in a strong market where workers are in demand (evidenced somewhat by higher compensation), then workers will tend to be treated better for fear that they w
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by BrandonM 2y ago
I wish I could suggest something for you. My path was moving to the Bay Area 13 years ago to work for a small startup, helping to grow it, then going remote after a few years. Startup is a B2B with an ethical technical founder, and it had a
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by BrandonM 2y ago
US software engineer. I have 24 days of PTO, 15 company holidays, and 9 sick days. 10 weeks for parental leave (16 for moms). $240K salary, $400-600K in annual vesting equity. That’s private paper equity, but I’ve already been able to cash
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Sprinting Slows You Down: A Better Way to Build Software(thenewstack.io)
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by BrandonM 3y ago
In the past, I would have also found it strange to see tech blowing up in a tight job market. After a decade on the team-building side, though, I feel different. Interviewing and onboarding are a huge distraction. Interviewing and onboardin
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by BrandonM 4y ago
Does the LUG have 50M MAU?
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by BrandonM 5y ago
For vulnerable teachers, we need better mitigations than mandated vaccines for their students. Vaccinated individuals can still catch and spread COVID. Even if the rate is lower, we might be talking about a teacher who is in close proximity
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by BrandonM 5y ago
I am operating from an assumption that COVID-19 is bad and kills people. Unlike the other mandated vaccines, though, vaccinated individuals still catch and spread COVID at high rates. But the reactions to me very much sound like, "We m
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by BrandonM 5y ago
> It’s to protect teachers, staff, peoples families... The article says otherwise: > “We need to make sure schools are safe so that all parents are comfortable sending their children to school,” said Pan, a pediatrician whose legis
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by BrandonM 5y ago
> There's already a long list of required vaccinations for school... is this one any different? To me, the answer is a clear Yes. Every vaccine on that list, to my knowledge, results in a much more complete immunity profile than t
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by BrandonM 5y ago
From the article: this.downloadService.fileWithProgress(url, 'POST', 'download', body); ... public fileWithProgress(url: string, reqType: RequestType, actionType: ActionType, body: ...): void { ..
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by BrandonM 5y ago
And urban Americans only survive due to crops produced in rural areas.
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by BrandonM 5y ago
My 10-year path at a 4->400-person startup has been Lead Software Engineer -> Director of Infrastructure -> Principal Software Engineer. I’m making more total compensation today than ever, with no reports. I lead complicated initia
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by BrandonM 5y ago
I thought the same. For anyone seeking more info on those career tracks, https://staffeng.com/ is a great resource.
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by BrandonM 5y ago
The poster seems to be trying to draw a parallel between his comment and an infamous post that I made nearly 15 years ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 ), or maybe just to make me feel bad. I personally don’t th
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by BrandonM 5y ago
One of you is trying to help these people find their next job.
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by BrandonM 5y ago
I'm very sorry for your loss. May their memory be a blessing.
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by BrandonM 5y ago
> I mean, what would you prefer? I would not choose to be the star. Observing substance (ab)use and suicide among celebrities and the affluent, it seems clear that a “starring role” in life is not an automatic ticket to happiness or fu
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by BrandonM 5y ago
You have a bazillion replies sprayed across this whole thread. Many of them are extremely confrontational, baselessly accusatory, and certainly not convincing. What do you think you’re accomplishing? I got the vaccine. Still, I can easily c

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