csnewb

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by csnewb 7y ago
I'm a Bay Area resident. I went to Costco today at 9:00 AM and it was an absolute shitshow.
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by csnewb 7y ago
Yes, I do.
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by csnewb 7y ago
Good question, and that's the main reason I prefer to own physical books over Kindle books. I know that I own a physical book, but a Kindle book can disappear at any moment. Kindles are great while traveling though.
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by csnewb 7y ago
Go to the gym and lift weights or do some cardio.
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by csnewb 7y ago
Security
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by csnewb 7y ago
Problem Solving 101 by Ken Watanabe provides a toolbox of problem solving techniques. One method I've been using to decompose problems us to use a "logic tree". Start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I
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by csnewb 7y ago
If you're located in the Bay Area I'm up for it. Or even working together remotely. I'm somewhat junior (3 years of experience) but mentorship is something I've been looking for in my career.
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by csnewb 7y ago
Become a T-shaped developer. Have a broad range of skills with a deep expertise in one.
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by csnewb 7y ago
Oh look, a thread about my current company. I'm actually in a bug fixing team right now separate from the main product development team. It's an extremely difficult position because as someone else mentioned, you need an incredibl
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by csnewb 7y ago
Should be titled "How to Ace the Technical Interview in the Bay Area". Even absolute shithole bottom tier companies or unknown startups are asking these questions. Write perfect code on the whiteboard or get rejected. You have to
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by csnewb 8y ago
The books that I've read that have helped me immensely: How To Solve It, Problem Solving 101, 5 Elements of Effective Thinking, and Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise. Trying to improve my problem solving ability in coding
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by csnewb 8y ago
So basically you're asking for a HackerRank screening. In my experience, if your code doesn't pass 100% of all test cases you get automatically rejected. At least with a human interviewer, they can evaluate your thought process ev
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by csnewb 8y ago
Spaced repetition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition If you don't actively review this material you're going to forget it. I created my own study guide for data structures/algorithms that I
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by csnewb 8y ago
Technical interviews only test your data structures and algorithms skills and your actual work experience is mostly irrelevant. If you want to crack an interview, grind leetcode and practice writing code on a whiteboard. If you want to beco
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by csnewb 8y ago
The San Francisco Marathon (for 2019) costs $233 to register for the full marathon, and about $143 for the half. It's definitely overpriced here.
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by csnewb 8y ago
#2: Have almost too much self-belief. Self-confidence has been something I've struggled with my entire life, to the point where its crippled my career growth as a developer. I've been told that I'm a good developer, but if I
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by csnewb 8y ago
Read these two books: "HTTP: The Definitive Guide" and "Web Scalability for Startup Engineers".
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by csnewb 8y ago
That's hilarious and so true. Last year I interviewed for a senior back-end engineering position at a well known mid-sized company in the Bay Area. They put me through 2 technical phone screens and a 6 hour onsite interview, grilling m
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by csnewb 8y ago
2015 15" Macbook Pro. The screen size and resolution is perfect for coding and watching movies. Keyboard is super comfortable, the touchpad is the best of any laptop I've ever used. The physical size and weight of the laptop is ha
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by csnewb 8y ago
You can't learn this in a book. You need to put yourself out there (in social settings) and learn through trial and effort. Much like reading books about weight lifting won't make your body grow muscle, you need to actually get in
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by csnewb 8y ago
I was given a take home project to complete as part of an interview process for one company. I was given 48 hours to implement a basic chat server in Golang. I didn't know Golang, but the hiring manager thought it'd be a good chal
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by csnewb 8y ago
Sci-fi - Ready Player One - Pattern Recognition - Burning Chrome - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Hyperion - A Fire Upon The Deep Technical (backend development + security) - HTTP: The Definitive Guide - RESTful Web Services - Desig
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by csnewb 8y ago
I'm a Bay Area resident but visited Austin for the first time over the weekend. It's an amazing city, but the locals were openly unhappy about any more Californians moving there. Seems like there's already a big ex-CA populat
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by csnewb 8y ago
I recommend Limber 11 to get started: https://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/limber-11-the-only-lower-bo... Eventually you'll need to fine tune the program according to your needs. Becoming A Supple Leopard is basically
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by csnewb 8y ago
$20 foam roller. As someone who lifts weights, runs long distance, but also sits at a desk for 8+ hours a day, my body gets so incredibly tight by the end of the day. As soon as I get home I spend 20-30 minutes working on mobility from my n
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by csnewb 8y ago
This year I've failed about 15-20 technical phone screens and two onsite interviews. These were SWE roles at SF Bay Area companies and I have 3 years of experience working in the area as well. I'm going to take a break for a few m
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Ask HN: How do developers learn new skills quickly?
15 points by csnewb 8y ago|9 comments
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by csnewb 8y ago
All my notes are stored in Google Docs, but I sometimes worry that if it ever suddenly becomes deprecated or I'm locked/banned out of my account for whatever reason I'll lose many years of important knowledge. I wonder if I s
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by csnewb 8y ago
To improve information retention you should exercise your "information retrieval". Basically, take a sheet of paper, write down the name of a topic you're learning or a book you're reading, and then write down as much in
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by csnewb 8y ago
I work in the security industry, and for me, it was attending the DEF CON conference. I was feeling very demotivated and burned out at my current job, but going to the conference rekindled my drive and thirst for learning. Being surrounded

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