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ctrwu2843
4y ago
I think it may be possible you live in some kind of js bubble - I have never heard of those things and it wouldn't be something I'd advise anyone to do.
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4y ago
isn't that what liz truss tried and got fired over? not convinced more neo-liberalism is the answer. It's the economical equivalent of "beer got me into this mess, so it can damn well get me out of it"
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ctrwu2843
4y ago
Love your list of problems. I would say they are all great ideas. Do wonder why something tangential to climate crisis isn't on there? Lots of interesting work in green-tech. It's all heavy on distributed systems too.
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4y ago
yeah I really don't understand this "catch them out" mentality. My approach is to try and make the candidate feel relaxed, as I want them to show their best self in an already stressful situation. Following this it's abo
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ctrwu2843
4y ago
The ops engineer was probably trying to do you a favour / make it so you don't look ignorant and grumpy. Try to assume the best in people and their actions and your life will likely be better for it. The job is over, with very lit
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4y ago
I've worked with these super-smart idiot savant type engineers before and often butted heads over stuff, and later in my career lead teams that have those archetypes. A few things I think - one is stress that they might be clever enoug
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4y ago
If you do all the hiring yourself, what is to stop you hiring someone to do all the stuff you don't want to do ? I am sure you could bring in an engineering manager, project manager, technical product manager or whatever you feel is th
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4y ago
Useful analogy but what makes you think what we're dealing with is exponential ? Human intelligence isn't growing exponentially and moores law is said to be breaking down.
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4y ago
Spelling and grammar is secondary to good communication. I would say you (or your app) have a ways to go yet. This post is actually about validating a business idea, but that portion of the post is pretty much a byline. A computer is never
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4y ago
Nobody is gonna give you work life balance.It's something you have to make for yourself by setting boundaries. If those boundaries aren't compatible with your current employer find a different one. On-call doesn't have to be
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I miss working in the office. But I don't miss having to live hundreds of miles away from my friends and family, who live in a rural area with no tech jobs. I am sure Berlin is loads of fun. But I'd rather be here with the mountai
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4y ago
Presumably by merit of where you are now, you already have the necessary skill to autodidact your way to the equivalent of a comp sci MSc Read the Kleppmann book on distributed systems - that is probably worth an MSc in itself. Read the CTM