mkarazin

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by mkarazin 2y ago
2X small startup head of engineering and 2X director level at scale ups (chipper cash, ampla). Have worked mostly in fintech (consumer and B2B, payments, banking, credit cards, and lending). Usually I join companies as an early engineer and
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by mkarazin 3y ago
The platform team you describe sounds more like DevOps ("upgrades, CI + CD, ...."). The platform teams I've seen at scale are more focused on providing APIs and services for a business domain. Such as, you can have a platform
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by mkarazin 4y ago
The engineering manager role doesn't appear to be on the website. Can you point me in the direction of a job description?
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by mkarazin 4y ago
Location: Denver, CO Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes, depending on opportunity Technologies: JavaScript, TypeScript, Scala, specialty of backend but broad stack experience Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in&#x2
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by mkarazin 8y ago
You probably are well aware, but security wise that's a huge issue. If it's a hobby app, okay, but anything with actual users should separate keys. The main concern would be that dev keys are not considered secure and anyone with
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by mkarazin 9y ago
> I’ve found it a real struggle to get our team to adopt writing tests. I find this hard to believe. Do others CTOs / team leads find this to be the case? I've been a CTO of two small startups with 3-7 developers. We've ha
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by mkarazin 9y ago
Plain text can work, assuming that it is access controlled in a secure environment. Often times, during the build process, a secure secret management system or process will handle the combining of the code with configuration. For example, y
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by mkarazin 10y ago
Article mentions the driver was hanging out in the sleeper cab. Long term them may be able to sleep or completely tune out in the back, but for now it was a stunt. I bet there were clear instructions on the driver's behavior. The artic
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by mkarazin 10y ago
Or you could stay in a shared AirBnB. NYC is tough and expensive in many ways. Seems like they are trying to tackle affordable housing and consequently may also need to look at affordable hotel stays. I remember when I used to do field work
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by mkarazin 10y ago
Many people have commented about how to hire a skill you don't know about, and it was a top highlight in the article. I know a company trying to solve this. Expert Interview - http://expertinterview.com/ . I've us
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by mkarazin 10y ago
If you love the idea of connecting people interested in similar things, check out a startup I'm working on. http://getreveel.com/ We are still in progress of building out the smarts of it, tying people together and sug
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by mkarazin 11y ago
A good recruiting experience in my opinion indicates a well run business at many levels. It's a key differentiator, especially for lower level staff. Much akin to how someone treats wait staff, how recruiters and employees treat potent
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by mkarazin 11y ago
How does this affect advertisements and click rates? Often times I am presented with two results which are correct - one promoted (ad) and one search result. If I click the promoted one I am contributing to the advertisement's click th
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by mkarazin 13y ago
Righting a project requires figuring out what the root of the problem is. A stakeholder demanding an unfeasible requirement may seem like the problem, but it could be deeper such as beaurocratic reasons or not having the tools / resources t
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by mkarazin 14y ago
I've seen this happening with other companies recently. There may be a small trend away from remote working. I agree its unfair to the employee who was hired on flexibility, but I don't think it is a bad move for Yahoo. It takes a very spec
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by mkarazin 14y ago
And makes it easier for criminals to avoid houses with guns, thus putting the non gun population at risk.
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by mkarazin 15y ago
Agreed, very narrow focus and although the results are positive, the publication does little to spur on development in this industry. American ISPs, we need to talk.
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by mkarazin 16y ago
Seems to be that way. Never worked with Jonathan but I did do my undergrad at IU. Both 311 as well as 422 (? compilers) were a ton of fun. I may still have the code for scheme to C lying around somewhere... If you are a programmer and have