cloudedcordial

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by cloudedcordial 4mo ago
Curious to know about the pilot program!
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by cloudedcordial 4mo ago
I wonder what kind of vetting process the couple went through in the US as well. The story may over-simplify the process. In Canada, my family knew a couple who tried to adopt a child in the decades ago because of infertility. The vetting p
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by cloudedcordial 4mo ago
Plenty of adopted folks have been curious about birth parents as teens and adults. Not sure elsewhere around the world. In Canada, the adoption records used to be closed but have been gradually. There have been cases that the birth parents
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Ask HN: Tech conference organizers, how hard is your job?
1 points by cloudedcordial 9mo ago|0 comments
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by cloudedcordial 1y ago
The car-dependent culture create a problem that you can't even go to work if you cannot afford a car.
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by cloudedcordial 1y ago
Agree! The metric, even if it's an intelligent guess, justify why you did such tasks. It helps to bring a coherent story about your professional work. The tasks are not for vanity.
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by cloudedcordial 1y ago
Yes, please ignore the cynical and negative folks. They are not doing you any good. Like what a few other folks in this thread pointed out, your resume and your portfolio looks outdated and fragmented on my first glance. Most recruiters and
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by cloudedcordial 1y ago
> Typically Americans have a very naive understanding of how the world works because American imperialism made it easy for them. Do you have specifics on how Americans adults could be naive on the world?
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by cloudedcordial 1y ago
I never put my real headshot on LinkedIn even before it was scrapped for AI training. LinkedIn still bugs me to put a picture to "increase engagement". Putting headshot in resumes is not expected and even cringe in my country, but
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
> Startups are a terrible way to make money. ...for most people. Even if the company got sold or had an IPO, only the very early employees made life-changing money. There's no guarantee if the company will be at those stages. The ne
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Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets(cbc.ca)
9 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|1 comments
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
On news: I'd say read from high-quality, responsible news sources. Lots of outlets create click bait, even if the stories are true, to direct readers to their sites.
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
Sumit B forever has a story to tell at dinner parties.
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
Username checks out haha!
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
I was in the area around 2010 working for someone else. Adding to your bullet points: - The pool business near the single-digit RIM buildings had more business than they could do. Many folks wanted swimming pools at their homes. - Various e
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
A local technical college has a dedicated course on "Slack at workplace" (or a paraphrase of the title).
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
Feature request: Enter company shut down dates.
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Rim/Blackberry tales – reply all(awadwatt.com)
159 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|79 comments
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Ask HN: Have a STEM degree but left tech?
4 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|0 comments
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
> I'd hate to show younger me current me. I had the reverse. My younger self wanted to do something to benefit the humanity, but hated see the old me having no money and out-to-date skills (See https://news.ycombinator.co
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
Word. So many people felt compelled to post and wrote meaningless gibberish on LinkedIn. See the subreddit r/LinkedInLunatics/.
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
Yes, but the fact that people don't respond to unsolicited door-knocking and pick up cold calls anymore prompt that I need social media as a way to stay in touch with others. My Facebook account is only for the messenger and some local
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
> focus on power systems Picking what you'll do specifically without starting the degree does not sit well with me. I am in CS and not in EE, but believe a degree gives you a breath understanding of the subject to let you choose wis
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
Definitely not. The opening was for some generalist-type openings.
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Ask HN: Has anyone purposely hired someone in the Autism spectrum?
1 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|2 comments
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
> I want to do something in my life that truly benefits humanity. Please rethink your goals and how you will have impact. Unless you run a non-profit, people are in the business to make money. Let me tell you that I had the reverse exper
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Ask HN: How to thrive in tech without post-secondary education?
8 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|4 comments
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
OP here. I started out in a very niche small local software industry thinking they didn't do evil like the big corps did. The old guys who started the company were in great control. They just wanted to do the same stuff when they were
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Ask HN: Is it wrong not wanting career progression beyond senior?
62 points by cloudedcordial 2y ago|68 comments
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by cloudedcordial 2y ago
AI will write the subreddit r/LinkedInLunatics content. It may be less cringey going forward.

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