amyamyamy2

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by amyamyamy2 11mo ago
I'm glad to hear how well this worked for your cousin! I don't eat breakfast often enough. I specifically wanted to touch on the cycle of trauma & ADHD that's discussed in the article. > That is, the ADHD leads to very
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by amyamyamy2 11mo ago
I really disliked The Body Keeps the Score. But at the same time, I think it's probably useful for people who have been traumatized to make sense of their experiences. I also think that for a traumatized person, it probably doesn'
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by amyamyamy2 2y ago
what happened to employees at companies that were broken up in the past? do they generally just leave to competitors?
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by amyamyamy2 2y ago
Seconding this - I loved 155, 255, and 251 from Professor Boneh. He's very talented and was one of my favorite instructors for multiple years; great at explaining concepts.
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by amyamyamy2 3y ago
Autosell is a way for employees to automatically sell their Google shares as soon as they vest
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by amyamyamy2 3y ago
I got lucky in that I joined early enough to get an annual raise + performance evaluation while being under a year in. This is a pretty standard offer at meta/google in NYC or the bay area though; I didn't negotiate equity at all
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by amyamyamy2 3y ago
1 yoe, ~200k big tech in the bay area. 40-45 hrs a week, more around deadlines
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by amyamyamy2 3y ago
I can definitely agree. I used to be very skeptical about how fun or healing volunteering could be. I started volunteering at an animal shelter and beyond being incredibly relaxing - I love animals - it's nice to switch from trying to
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by amyamyamy2 3y ago
I completely stopped using the app after his choice to elevate blue check replies instead of relevant ones. The app genuinely made me angry and it felt like my curation was pointless, especially since it would keep feeding me drivel from pe
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
Most people are not willing to move away from all of their family, friends, and career. Software engineers are uniquely privileged in that we can work remotely, many, many other careers cannot do that
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
Experiencing adverse childhood experiences is correlated with increased risk of diabetes, heart attack, and lower perception of overall health. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4617302/ Speaking p
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
Many of my peers do not code in their free time and have done very well in their internships and now in their full-time jobs. I have periods of my life where I don't code at all in my free time but I still really enjoyed studying CS.
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
On days I don't work from home, I try to always use the bathroom at the office instead of at home because the bidet makes it so much nicer. It's a small thing but it makes me feel like royalty.
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
Anecdotally I definitely agree with you -- I'm Gen Z and most of my SWE friends from outside of work have very similar perspectives. Don't think anybody actually cares about their job beyond the money. Even some of my more passion
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
I think this is a big part of why I believed 6 in 10 to such a massive number -- I grew up in southern California and then moved to the Bay, and it feels like most people I knew either had parents who immigrated before they were born or the
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Nearly six in 10 US young adults live within 10 miles of where they grew up(census.gov)
189 points by amyamyamy2 4y ago|273 comments
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
From the context of a black person in the US who grew up and went to school in a majority Asian (70%+) area: My understanding is that many first-generation Asian immigrants in the US immigrate to the US through visa programs, which tend to
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
He hasn't played in over a year it seems: https://www.op.gg/summoners/jp/TSMFTX%20SBF is his account and https://twitter.com/SBF_FTX/status/1407924282865246215?ref_s... has evidence
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by amyamyamy2 4y ago
Do you have any information about the size of the layoff / when it will be? I'm a new grad who started two months ago and is very anxious about this.