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by BreakoutList 8y ago
Regarding what you should put on a resume, check out this checklist we put together: https://breakoutlist.com/engineer-resume-checklist Regarding examples of a great resume, see the one in the photo above. Also see the foll
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by BreakoutList 9y ago
> Key points > Quant trading pays very well, plateauing at between $300,000 and $10m a year after five to ten years, depending on performance. This of course allows for very large annual donations. > The job is highly intellectuall
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The life of a quant trader: how to earn and donate millions within a few years(80000hours.org)
3 points by BreakoutList 9y ago|1 comments
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by BreakoutList 9y ago
For anyone seeking alternatives, $0 up-front cost software engineering bootcamps that I'm aware of: Learner’s Guild https://www.fastcoexist.com/3068200/when-this-entrepreneurs-... 42 (completely free) https:&#x2F
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Brain-Computer Interface Engineer, Building 8(facebook.com)
1 points by BreakoutList 9y ago|0 comments
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80,000 Hours career plan worksheet(docs.google.com)
230 points by BreakoutList 10y ago|63 comments
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Yahoo discloses hack of 1B accounts(techcrunch.com)
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by BreakoutList 10y ago
> “We’re now an independent company within the Alphabet umbrella,” Waymo CEO Jon Krafcik told an audience at a press event in California today. Krafcik also noted that they had the first fully driverless ride on public roads in Austin la
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Google’s self-driving car unit spins out as Waymo(techcrunch.com)
5 points by BreakoutList 10y ago|1 comments
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Oh my gosh, this is amazing. Thank you for sharing. How did you first come across this?
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Ask HN: What book that you read in 2015 significantly affected how you think?
51 points by BreakoutList 11y ago|35 comments
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Breakout List, End of 2015(breakoutlist.com)
2 points by BreakoutList 11y ago|0 comments
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
The one linked here: https://quip.com/MFS9AXtq5fk8 > The best resume templates are here: > http://www.rpi.edu/dept/arc/training/latex/resumes/ > LaTeX can be edited easily
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Heh. I don't want to solve it myself. I want someone to solve it. I will pay $50 for a bug-free version of the previous version of Mailbox.app, today. Edit: Looks like Mailbox has fixed the app. Nice.
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
https://quip.com/32zVAMYAi29n
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Ask HN: Anyone else want a better OS X Mail client?
9 points by BreakoutList 11y ago|13 comments
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Request for Product: Better OS X Mail Client(gist.github.com)
1 points by BreakoutList 11y ago|0 comments
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Glad to see this happen. Looks pretty barren currently (and prices are high!), but I've long been waiting for a much higher quality version of wrapbootstrap/envato marketplaces. Hopefully they won't be accepting any low quali
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Request for Product: Better OS X Mail Client(medium.com)
2 points by BreakoutList 11y ago|1 comments
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Was answering the question above and came across this so figured I'd share -- though maybe Patrick/Stripe has changed his/their mind since then :-) > We'd rather not disclose the amount, but it was less than you might
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
> After sending a bunch of these emails by hand, I wrote a Bash script for the process in my old Harvard Computer Society shell account (sending from a .edu address would make us seem reputable while not flush with cash). I tested it out
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
I think that's definitely true if you're on a team like Glass v2 or self driving cars.
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Sometimes people are better at giving advice than they are at following it :-)
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Yes. Though part of the crux of this advice is to choose a company that is already growing revenue at a solid rate, from a solid base. This is not as risky as you might think. Also, generally, if you are a good engineer (as long as you lear
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Yes. And often the best way to enrich someone else is to enrich yourself (i.e. people are happy when they are skilled, good at their work, liked by their coworkers, etc; turns out employers also like this).
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Good point. This advice is definitely aimed at a specific group of people with a specific set of ambitions.
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
Great point. Though some of the general concepts still apply, for example, on identifying who you want to be working with, what you care about, etc.
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by BreakoutList 11y ago
I'm curious to hear -- why is the optimal career for most people to be a lifer at Google?
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Steve Jobs on choosing a target market (1991)(medium.com)
1 points by BreakoutList 12y ago|0 comments