benzesandbetter

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by benzesandbetter 10mo ago
Hi Peter, thanks for doing this AMA! I'm a US citizen and my girlfriend is Iranian. She's been in the states for 7 years, first on a student visa then applied for her green card 1.5 yrs ago on NIW, currently "pending status
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by benzesandbetter 2y ago
> If you know CSS, you also know the style framework. If you understand JavaScript, TypeScript is not a big problem for you. And that makes you a Senior or Principal. Mastery of the languages/frameworks you're working in does n
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
"Transformers for Natural Language Processing" by Denis Rothman on Packt is a good one. Make sure to get the 2nd edition for the coverage of newer models, particularly the ones from Hugging Face. Everything I've read from Den
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
If I remember my high school biology correctly, algae is the old kale.
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
I started playing around with GPT-3 and it led me down the rabbit hole of NLP and Transformers. I'm kind of blown away by these tools and what they're capable of, particularly when woven in with the other languages and tools I wo
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
I suspect you already know the answer here. The organization, culture, and fit with the role are massively important to your success. What you're describing in Company B sounds like a failure of hiring process, management competency, o
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
Sorry to hear that you going through that. Not and MS patient personally, but I've been going to a special clinic in Mexico for more than 10 years and MS is one of the conditions they treat. I've met quite a few MS patients ther
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
I primarily use mine for content creation, reading/learning, and as a machine I can take with me when I'm out-and-about for those times when I need jump online and fix an issue. On the content creation side, I'm using Scrvine
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
For pseudonymous ones I usually farm old Ice-T and Opgezwolle lyrics. (Ice-T in the case of my HN username). https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/ can also be fun for this.
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
Indie Hackers has a "partner up" section: https://www.indiehackers.com/group/looking-to-partner-up
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by benzesandbetter 4y ago
Wagtail for Web CMS. It's powerful and well thought-out with all the Django goodness. Plone for CMS that goes beyond web content, and in security-critical environments. About 7 years ago, I lead a team for a Fortune 50 to build a CMS
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by benzesandbetter 5y ago
Two decades in, I still enjoy the work itself. Not every single moment, but on the whole. The people you're working with, and what you're building have a big influence on this.
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by benzesandbetter 5y ago
[1] Considering hiring an engineer or two that you respect, starting with small tightly-scoped projects. I did this when I was solo consulting. It helped me learn new things and identify better approaches. It was enjoyable overall. My pro
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by benzesandbetter 5y ago
My personal favorite is Expert Python Programming by Tarek Ziadé and Michał Jaworski. Python High Performance by Gabriele Lanaro is also quite good.
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by benzesandbetter 5y ago
I think you'd be better off transiting between urban areas where there's good 5G/4G service, and save your more off-grid adventures for the weekends. I've traveled both US coasts as a DN. My gear was essentially: -
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
Leetcode and similar sites are a poor proxy for programming ability for most programming jobs. People can be good at the kinds of sites and not be very good programmers in a professional setting. I've also seen capable engineers do p
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
Answer emails and Slack messages, review PRs from colleagues, read books/articles, write docs, check the markets, walk my dogs...
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
Nope. The same magic from the early days is still alive and well. A big part of that is that at times when my work or some aspect of my life starts to interfere with that, I figure out what I need to do keep it alive, and prioritize that o
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
1) Akai Force (sampler, looper, sequencer). Superb creative tool for making music. I've been recording/looping my djembe and Hang Drum into it. Thinking of picking up a Digitone soon and then I think my setup will be pretty comp
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
Nope. Somehow I got all the mania and none of the depression. Lucky draw.
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ Full-stack software engineer. I've designed, built, and supported mission-critical applications for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medicine, as well as several startups and federal agencies. ------
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ SEEKING WORK Full-stack software engineer. I've designed, built, and supported mission-critical applications for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medicine, as well as several startups and federal agenc
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
----- Software engineer focused in the Python/Django ecosystem. I've designed, maintained, and supported mission-critical applications and services for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medicine, as well
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ SEEKING WORK Software engineer focused in the Python/Django ecosystem. I've designed, maintained, and supported mission-critical applications and services for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medi
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ Software engineer focused in the Python/Django ecosystem. I've designed, maintained, and supported mission-critical applications and services for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medicine, as well
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ SEEKING WORK Software engineer focused in the Python/Django ecosystem. I've designed, maintained, and supported mission-critical applications and services for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medi
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ SEEKING WORK Software engineer focused in the Python/Django ecosystem. I've designed, maintained, and supported mission-critical applications and services for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medi
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ Software engineer focused in the Python/Django ecosystem. I've designed, maintained, and supported mission-critical applications and services for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medicine, as well
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by benzesandbetter 6y ago
------ Software engineer focused in the Python/Django ecosystem. I've designed, maintained, and supported mission-critical applications and services for clients including Cisco, Eli Lilly, NIH, Stanford School of Medicine, as well
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by benzesandbetter 7y ago
same :) https://tinyurl.com/qk6jlzg

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