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by _0o6v 5y ago
OP here. There is a character limit on the title.
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Ask HN: How to attract perm Snr Engs when the contract market is so lucrative?
154 points by _0o6v 5y ago|409 comments
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by _0o6v 5y ago
Just communicate that setting a _priority_ for a bug is fine, but a timescale isn't, as you don't know what you don't know. Then let them know what resources you need to figure it out as quickly as possible (maybe it's j
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by _0o6v 5y ago
Always seems to be very popular with a certain type of engineer. I personally prefer to create much better looking diagrams in about 1/10th of the time using draw.io
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by _0o6v 5y ago
No it hasn't
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by _0o6v 5y ago
A shocking injustice. Innocent people went to prison for years. There was clearly a cover up at Fujitsu and the Post Office, and those accountable should now be prosecuted.
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by _0o6v 5y ago
Please don't lecture me about what I do and don't think, thank you.
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by _0o6v 5y ago
This was a good read. Many tech companies (and some non-tech companies) talk the talk about hiring from a diverse crowd, then interview them as if they're all CS bros (reverse a tree, "justify the text" bullshit leetcode nons
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by _0o6v 5y ago
Having to reverse a binary tree or some other associated nonsense for a frontend UI role meant I turned the interview process at Google down. That and about 6 prospective hours of interviews for my application to then be sent to a "hir
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by _0o6v 5y ago
Zero interest? 99% of people I speak to would have no idea what the "command line" even is, let alone be interested in it.
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by _0o6v 5y ago
I enjoyed this map that highlights where most people live.
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by _0o6v 5y ago
A limited liability company may mean you're personally not liable, but your business can still be made bankrupt which isn't much better.
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by _0o6v 6y ago
I don't think you (just) need to set up some examples, you need to use your own product on your own homepage. Looks good btw.
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by _0o6v 6y ago
Surely the one thing that should be on the Magic Bell homepage is a Magic Bell I can click on and see what this product is?
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by _0o6v 6y ago
Unfortunately a lot of people are quite happy to pay to post absolute nonsense online, because it's their only outlet and makes them feel validated.
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by _0o6v 6y ago
I look forward to hearing how the mother who has kids to look after, and already has to work far beyond working hours to satisfy psychotic hiring practices focussing on algorithm knowledge and open source contributions, can then afford more
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by _0o6v 6y ago
The thing I really want from my heart surgeon is not so much surgical experience, but tons of positive energy in meetings, a penchant for creative woodworking in their spare time, and a real go-get-em attitude!
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by _0o6v 6y ago
Is it, really? Or is it more often than not just a facade for the same old hiring practices. Faced with someone who "loves gardening!!" vs. someone who has a ton of OSS contributions, who are they really going to hire?
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by _0o6v 6y ago
Why on earth would a passion for gardening make them any more of a better hire for you? You pay them (presumably) in return for their time and skills as a programmer, not a gardener. Would I get a job as a professional gardener with zero ex
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by _0o6v 6y ago
Let's hope they're not trying to log in with Google on their phones, because that hasn't worked for about a year now.
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by _0o6v 6y ago
"You need to be able to answer the "what have you done for our users lately" question with "not much but I got promoted" and be happy with that answer to be successful in Corp-Tech." Good quote. Although you ca
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by _0o6v 6y ago
Specifically the last claim of a "cure"
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by _0o6v 6y ago
I agree. The fact we've invented insane frameworks like Gatsby to create "static websites" is just totally mindboggling to me. We already have "static site builder" technology. It's called HTML and CSS.
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by _0o6v 6y ago
I found that book a real slog
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by _0o6v 6y ago
> For such surgeries, randomized control trials have found that if you make an incision in the knee but don’t do anything, it’s as effective as actually conducting the surgery of the knee. This is pretty crazy. I would suggest it shows t
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by _0o6v 6y ago
Honestly, just find a local tutor. The money you'll spend on subscription to apps, you're better off meeting a tutor once a week for 30/45 mins and taking it from there. Bad habits can be picked up easily, especially as an ad
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by _0o6v 6y ago
This is an attitude that makes absolutely no sense to me. Ask yourself - can I afford to get this wrong? The risk of your home-rolled auth, with all the edge cases and requirements that go with it, vs. outsourcing to a company who's en
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by _0o6v 6y ago
There are certain fundamental security requirements that don't change, regardless of whether you have 10 users or 10m. If you have a breach, you have a breach. Numbers of repos, databases, servers have very little (nothing) to do with
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by _0o6v 6y ago
For 99.9% of businesses, don't roll your own auth. Just don't do it. Use an auth service.
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by _0o6v 6y ago
A sweet spot only is as much as the code is already written, but there's a huge amount of ops and security work that goes into rolling your own auth. For 99.9% of businesses, don't roll your own auth. Just don't do it. Use an

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