leeroihe

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by leeroihe 1y ago
Have you built pc's before or mostly relied on rented VPS'? Sometimes enterprise grade hardware like this can be quite a bit more involved / frustrating than just putting together a normal gaming machine.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Why does anyone over 22 "compete" in hackathons?.... you're literally just giving shareholders and clout seekers work for free...
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Over 50% of h1b visas issued in tech went to indian h1b's - no it's not an issue that's equivalent in the entertainment industry.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
You have to pay U.S. customs with a U.S. bank account - specifically to hold funds in escrow. Developing ways for businesses to conduct transactions in the U.S. and more easily extract remittances without a tax id or bank account that'
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Why on earth would you spend this kind of money on an apt you don't even own?
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by leeroihe 1y ago
How is this not hilariously illegal? This is also a great way to walk into dozens of egregious customs violations if you use slash and happen to import physical goods in the united states for sale or distribution.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Nobody wants any of this... This is almost as bad as all of the AI powered resume skimming tools / applicant submission tools. It just makes it impossible for anyone to apply for a job. AI is for people and it's only being used t
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Getting a job lol
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by leeroihe 1y ago
They want an omnipresent, lobotomized and defeated underclass who only exists to "respond" to the ai to continue to improve it. This is basically what alexander wang from Scale AI explained at a recent talk which was frankly terr
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by leeroihe 1y ago
The best heuristic is what people are realizing happened with uncheck "skilled" immigration in places like canada (and soon the U.S.). Everyone was sold that we "need these workers" because nobody was willing to work and
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by leeroihe 1y ago
I used to be a big proponent of AI tools and llms, even built products around them. But to be honest, with all of the big AI ceos promising that they're going to "replace all white collar jobs" I can't see that they wan
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by leeroihe 1y ago
It's hard to explain how diametrically different the playing field is now. In most cases it's not "AI" it's just systemic replacement of Americans because they're "too expensive". Which basically ju
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by leeroihe 1y ago
$90k (per annum) minimum.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
I previously lived in new york for four years - but you're not wrong.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
I'm hoping for a remote or hybrid gig. If I could find something in Portland Maine that would be amazing - but I doubt there's much opportunity there for SWE's.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
These seem to have the most opportunity and most optionality. I've considered austin, but it seems pretty dead. Vastly prefer east coast.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
This is generally my take as well. I have a few friends who switched into the trades and realized that in modern times, cheap foreign labor and PE has done a number on the trades. Many of them also lamented that although their bosses were
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by leeroihe 1y ago
I've lived in non target locales before and I like them - but I think I want to meet my wife before fully bugging out. SF dating is atrocious so I'm amicable to the idea of being in NYC for a bit.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
I really appreciate your thoughts here - I'll send my cv your way. I'd say my strong-suit is in vaguely defined zero to one work and scale out for more sharply scoped functionality. That said, if you ask me to write a react app f
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Curious what kind of companies I'd reach out to for these roles?
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by leeroihe 1y ago
I'm looking into some sales and "analyst" roles. The biggest hurdle appears to be them being confused why I'm leaving tech if it's "such a great field" and lacking directly applicable experience. I'
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Frankly, I'm okay with anything around $75k for now. I only made $30k last year and the exit package (as a founder) is held up in some litigation currently. All I want is to pay off some credit card debt and be able to sleep well for
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by leeroihe 1y ago
That's the plan for now - if I found a job with decent enough salary I'd more than consider returning to New York where the culture is more sane and people do... anything other than just tech.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
It's sad because SF is such a beautiful and culturally rich city. A deeply spiritual place in terms of it's geography. Unfortunately, the vibe always felt off to me - almost like someone had ripped out some part of the soul of t
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Idk how long it would take me to be interview ready - I know it's not a great look and above all it's really embarrassing... but leetcode seems like a waste of time and side projects seem like the only way to prep for non-leetcode
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Unfortunately, I don't really want to consider contract work. I largely want a consistent paycheck I can count on.
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by leeroihe 1y ago
I'm working on this - but frankly most of these companies appear to have off-shored their roles or stop responding when they realize I'm not on H1B. Sometimes I think because I'm a black man they think I'm an immigrant
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Somehow they feel more degrading than usual - I'm fully open about the fact that my ability to "write from memory" has atrophied and many engineers are just better than me. It's just wild that to get a half decent job I
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by leeroihe 1y ago
Haha, cool to see someone else who's done lots of work with Elixir! Most of my early career was building elixir for fintech companies. Not sure that I'm ready to leave the U.S. yet - currently that would probably push my stress o
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by leeroihe 1y ago
My resume seems too fragmented for eng management roles, same odd hurdle for product. The few bites I've gotten have all been technical product roles - which actually makes a lot of sense. Part of what also drove me to hate SF is how

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