gorpomon

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by gorpomon 7mo ago
It's such a bummer to see such blatant manipulation, and even worse to see people buy into it wholesale.
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by gorpomon 8mo ago
This is all really good stuff, and thankfully I feel like I have been practicing a fair bit of this already (so, I could be biased here!). I like the umbrella callout especially, that one took me a few years to really internalize. "Pro
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by gorpomon 8mo ago
These are very very cool! I am sad they're sold out, but thankful they can be printed.
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by gorpomon 1y ago
This was the original purpose of Twitter-- it was advertised as a network where anyone could post what they're doing and notify their friends immediately. Even until recently tweets could be received via SMS (not sure about the current
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by gorpomon 2y ago
| Now they put you in jail for memes. I'm going to nitpick on this line a bit, but bring it back to his core argument at the end. And I'm going to nitpick because in part, lines like this raise my hackles, but also because I think
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by gorpomon 3y ago
I like arguments like this because it's a reminder that details matter. I clearly see them as the manipulation they are, but I do like them nonetheless. I remember watching a story about asylum seekers who had to use Skype to dial in t
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by gorpomon 3y ago
Yeah that's the thing, it's hard to say how much you are bogged down. As time goes on the value of the 1.5x multiplier increases in value, but then you also run the risk of massive spaghetti code (more or less, depends on what the
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by gorpomon 3y ago
Overall I like posts like these, as they are a reminder that you're not really paid for agonizing over eloquent or great code, but just code that "gets the job done". But then if you over-index on this viewpoint, you'll
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by gorpomon 3y ago
Why does Taylor have to play Arthur like this, poor man will need burn cream after this blog post.
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by gorpomon 3y ago
This is really cool. I like it. I think a few simple things would be: -- a toggle to ensure that what you get back is automatically translated to english, and the translation is easier to read. In fact, making sure you can always see transl
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by gorpomon 3y ago
Downvotes shall come and that's ok-- but it's really interesting how radically different the experience of filling gas is for men and women. I've had multiple conversations with female friends where they discuss factoring in
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by gorpomon 4y ago
I whiled away so many afternoons at Barnes & Noble. We'd drive 30 minutes from our small town to the nearest big city and go sit and enjoy an afternoon reading. I would say maybe 1 out of every 3 visits would result in someone buyi
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by gorpomon 4y ago
As others have said, if you're in reasonably good health, IVF is definitely an option for having kids. It could be good excuse to get that big enterprise job, as I know SalesForce offers IVF insurance as part of its comp. Barring that,
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by gorpomon 4y ago
One trick to parenting is the almighty ROUTINE! Don't sacrifice it for anything. If your kid goes to bed at 7pm 6/7 nights a week, that's not a routine. Kids can't recognize complex routines, I find they're all or n
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by gorpomon 5y ago
> You cannot possibly expect every developer, even very experienced ones, to know every nook and cranny of every technology you specifically work with, but they are experienced enough to know how learn new skills quickly to complete a pr
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I think I've nailed the source of this disconnect. I don't say it's a 4 hour assignment and then get mad when people don't spend longer, or filter our anyone who does well in the four hours. I go solely by the code I&#x2
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by gorpomon 5y ago
1) The assignment is mid-flow after we're reasonably sure we'd want to work with said person, and if the assignment results in decline, I give actionable feedback why. 2) The time commitment can often be more on our end, several e
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I would encourage you to read my other responses, I think together they offer more perspective on how I run my process. I'm not privileging anyone, lots of people submit great work and I really have no way of determining who went above
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I think this comment might get more acrimony than my top-level one, but at the end of the day I'm not that interested in hiring someone who only learned good fundamentals because it was asked of them or they were paid for it. I made a
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by gorpomon 5y ago
That's an interesting one, I can't tell fully as the commit doesn't state when the coding started, but you can just take a look at the history and see short bursts of work. Generally it seems like people do the assignment in
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by gorpomon 5y ago
No entitlement here. I copiously thank the candidate for doing it and make sure to offer feedback if it results in a decline. I would offer reimbursement if our company offered that (and I'll definitely bring that up). But, I have to a
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I don't ghost-- no matter when I decline, no matter the stage I write and send the candidate feedback. I've been ghosted, it sucks.
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by gorpomon 5y ago
Not at all-- I'd absolutely change and flex my process to accommodate someone in that situation. I never said I wouldn't from my original comment, that was something you inferred. If you know a single mother who needs a great codi
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by gorpomon 5y ago
no brain teasers, riddles, gotchas or whiteboarding in our process. And I make sure candidates know it so they aren't stressed about it.
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I've been there too, I've definitely had bad experiences with coding assignments. I try hard to not treat others as I have been in the past. I run a respectful process. I offer people ample time. I tell them that asking for more t
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by gorpomon 5y ago
This man hours comment is fair, and it merits consideration. Any assessment that doesn't result in a hire is wasted man hours. I'm not exactly in this profession to talk to other people. Also, if you're making $1k for 4 hours
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by gorpomon 5y ago
not all-- I'm proud to say I've never once had a team member pull any all-nighters. I think you're just reading too hard into my comment. I tried to give a thoughtful assessment of a stage of my hiring process, not cheat or l
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by gorpomon 5y ago
Company doesn't, but I absolutely would be open to that, I had that in some other industries I was in and it was appreciated. FWIW, I advocate for strong comp for whomever I hire.
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by gorpomon 5y ago
Probably "up to date" was the wrong phrase-- it's more "are the fundamentals there". I've had lots devs send me assignments that miss the table stakes of front-end dev work: is it keyboard navigable, are proper
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by gorpomon 5y ago
That's a-ok, I often tell candidates that if they can't, no worries and they're welcome to apply again later on down the line or if they no longer want to apply that it's absolutely fine as well. It's never really h

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