TheDom

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by TheDom 5mo ago
I recently discovered Kanopy and was surprised by the amount of A-tier movies you can stream there for free with a library membership (SFPL in my case)!
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by TheDom 2y ago
Just the standard advice: It's usually much easier to switch into a new role (MLE, manager,...) at your existing company than landing those roles directly at a new company. So if your current employer does not employ any MLEs, consider
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by TheDom 2y ago
It only talks about the business perspective, sorry!
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by TheDom 2y ago
One of my favorite genres! Any book by Steven Levy is great, he is the master! He wrote multiple books about Apple, and also about Google, Facebook,… Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton
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by TheDom 6y ago
Their packaging is also careless! They have ruined so many books I ordered, and I am now buying most from other online stores instead (even though they are often more expensive).
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by TheDom 6y ago
Not necessarily, the market is very competitive here. But to get to $500k TC as an IC (<= L5), your company will have to do well to increase the value of your grants by ~50-100%. But that is not uncommon or unrealistic.
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by TheDom 6y ago
It's not a terrible deal, ISOs can be very advantageous from a tax perspective.
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by TheDom 7y ago
Absolutely, I like it a lot! I am from Austria and moved here 2.5 years ago. In between I lived in Dublin, Ireland for 1.5 years (can't recommend unless you like rain). The main reason I moved to SF and why I also see myself here for t
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by TheDom 7y ago
A 6 year vesting schedule would be highly unusual. AFAIK it’s usually 2 (or maybe up to 4) years after an acquisition. Therefore I don’t think that this was a factor in his decision.
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by TheDom 7y ago
The strategy is called dollar cost averaging: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_cost_averaging
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by TheDom 8y ago
Uber: https://twitter.com/alanzeino/status/1101167947874103296 I also talked to someone from Fb recently, and he said that even some internal teams have moved away from it.
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by TheDom 8y ago
I am from Austria, and just want to say that this assessment matches my own experience. Sadly I don't have an explanation for it either. I moved away 4 years ago but that's one of the many cultural reasons why I don't miss Au
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by TheDom 8y ago
AFAIK it's at least not unusual. It e.g. also pauses at Salesforce.
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by TheDom 8y ago
Earlier this year Recode compiled a list of parental leave policies from various tech companies: https://www.recode.net/2018/1/31/16944976/new-parents-tech-c...
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by TheDom 8y ago
Asana: 16 weeks for either gender to be taken in the first year following birth or adoption. The leave can be split into two parts (e.g. 2+14, 8+8). Full salary and benefits but vesting is paused.
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by TheDom 9y ago
Yes. My headphones (Bose QuietComfort 25) are not wireless. While the extra adapter is only a minor annoyance, I am mostly frustrated by the fact that I can not charge my phone and use my headphones at the same time.
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Twitter CTO leaves company(twitter.com)
24 points by TheDom 10y ago|2 comments
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H-1B Visa Reform Bill(blogs.wsj.com)
5 points by TheDom 11y ago|1 comments
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by TheDom 11y ago
I'm kind of bummed out that they didn't update the Voyage too. The Voyage still seems to be better but I don't want to buy an "old" model. I specifically waited for the next Kindle generation to update mine...
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by TheDom 11y ago
Take a look at LibEtPan, an open source Mail framework for C: https://github.com/dinhviethoa/libetpan This is by one of the guys from Sparrow (RIP) [1] and powered it under the hood. [1] https://en.wikipedia
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by TheDom 11y ago
Kevin's Medium post regarding that subject: https://medium.com/@kevinrose/hodinkee-watchville-join-force...
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by TheDom 11y ago
At my previous company we used Mandrill and were extremely happy with it. I like their Web UI a lot. I never used Sendgrid though so I can't compare the two.
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by TheDom 11y ago
Pick the unicorn. * Your stock options should be worth a lot more down the road. * It's fun and a better learning experience to be part of a growing company. * The unicorn's name will also look good on your CV. So don't pick
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by TheDom 11y ago
Sure. Just write me an email and I'm happy to share more information.
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by TheDom 11y ago
California New Wave of systems programming languages Love it!
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by TheDom 11y ago
In this case, yes. However, if you own land you are often required to build something on there within a certain period. (At least in Austria.)
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Mark Zuckerberg AMA on Facebook(facebook.com)
3 points by TheDom 11y ago|2 comments
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by TheDom 11y ago
It is possible if you go for an L-1 visa where a degree is not a prerequisite. If you work for a subsidiary of a US company outside of the US for at least one year then you can transfer on the L-1 visa to their US office. Just be aware that
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by TheDom 12y ago
Take a look at spray.io (Scala) then. The project has been acquired by Typesafe and a new version will soon be integrated into Akka as Akka-HTTP.
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Ask HN: Career Fair Presentation about Software Engineering
2 points by TheDom 12y ago|0 comments

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