gautambay

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by gautambay 2y ago
Thanks for the perspective. Any predictions on how long before junior roles open up again / what are you seeing at your employer?
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by gautambay 2y ago
I wonder about this too.
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by gautambay 2y ago
In that case, feels like the current trend is unsustainable and should reverse once the intermediates eventually revolt? WDYT? Have both your companies explicitly stated that the freeze on entry-level hiring is because of copilot?
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by gautambay 2y ago
The point about stitching together resonates.
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by gautambay 2y ago
Thanks! Appreciate the data points and insight. Do you have a perspective on whether this will exacerbate the shortage of senior engineers in a few years, if way fewer new people enter the profession in that time period? Or will it be okay
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Ask HN: What is the future of the entry-level software engineering job?
26 points by gautambay 2y ago|38 comments
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Ask HN: What are the biggest skill gaps on large engineering teams?
1 points by gautambay 3y ago|0 comments
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by gautambay 10y ago
Agree with this. In fact, it's already changing in a couple of domains. (1) Teams that build data products often have product managers. (2) Data analytics consulting teams have project managers who interface between the clients and the
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by gautambay 10y ago
I realize this isn't a proper answer to your question, but it reminds of a tweet from Monica Rogati: "A decade in academia taught me a bunch of sophisticated algorithms; a decade in industry taught me when not to use them.&quo
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by gautambay 10y ago
Thanks for this! I've been on multiple H1B visas, at both large companies and startups. I've also sponsored H1B visas as an employer. I would support this bill. The headline is a classic example of sensational journalism by the Ti
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by gautambay 10y ago
Does it remain a top-10 degree if thousands of people take the course every year? Genuine question. I work in education, and we struggle with this selectivity vs. access question ourselves.
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by gautambay 10y ago
Didn't work for me.
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The Data Science Process: What a data scientist actually does day-to-day(medium.com)
13 points by gautambay 10y ago|1 comments
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by gautambay 10y ago
This report is pretty comprehensive, but I think it's US-only. https://www.upwork.com/i/freelancinginamerica2015/
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by gautambay 12y ago
> It amazes me that I can become relatively proficient on any subject I want, for free, from a $50 smartphone nearly anywhere in the world. As the internet increases parity in education globally, immigration reform will become even mor
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“I can be tricked by anyone who looks like Mark Zuckerberg”(paulgraham.com)
57 points by gautambay 12y ago|31 comments
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by gautambay 12y ago
Thanks, super helpful!
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by gautambay 12y ago
Which parts of HCI do you think are the most important to include in a curriculum like this?
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by gautambay 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback. The author did include an HCI course in the extra recommended resources, right at the end. The challenge (I think) was that the HCI course on Coursera, at ~100 hrs of work, would be as long as the rest of the curric
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by gautambay 12y ago
Unfortunately, yes. And sadly, that is the case for a few other materials later in the path as well. This is v1 though, and we'll work to make the experience better.
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by gautambay 12y ago
The goal of this Learning Path is to list helpful resources into a curriculum that a motivated beginner can follow to learn the essentials of UX Design. Designers of Hacker News, we'd love your help on 2 things: 1. We'd love your
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User Experience Design Learning Path(mysliderule.com)
137 points by gautambay 12y ago|37 comments
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by gautambay 12y ago
Two thoughts: 1. People will move back to cities as cities become more attractive (thanks in part to things like the shared economy). There's already some evidence of this trend among millennials. Reverse white-flight if you will. 2. U
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by gautambay 12y ago
Interesting to note that (1) The cost of attending college has grown faster than inflation over the past few decades. (2) Yet, it seems that the ROI on college is high (for those you graduate), as evidenced in this article. (3) There's
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by gautambay 12y ago
Me too. perhaps they didn't prepare for the traffic spurt from HN?
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by gautambay 12y ago
Valid points on the complexity and the ensuing corruption. I suspect that as real-time data-gathering becomes cheaper and more prevalent, the costs of policing will become trivial. That's certainly some years away though.
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by gautambay 12y ago
Fair points, all. However, markets fail when there is a misalignment of incentives and/or lack of information/education. I view the government's job primarily as aligning people's incentives with the desired long-term di
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by gautambay 12y ago
Very interesting (and certainly plausible)! Could you link to any of the experiments?
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by gautambay 12y ago
i prefer universal essential services (healthcare, education, etc.) over a guaranteed basic income. with basic income, you run the risk that the receivers spend it on shiny objects (especially in an economy like ours with rampant consumeris
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by gautambay 12y ago
I've found it super helpful to surround myself by other entrepreneurs (they "get it" more easily). With the best ones, we can both speak with our guards down, and be open about our vulnerabilities. I don't have data on t

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