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by phphphphp 4y ago
The author participates in bug bounties and Google have a $250k reward for certain vulnerability types so perhaps it’s more “sent me $250k without notifying me about my bounty submission” than “randomly” https://bughunters.google
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by phphphphp 4y ago
I believe that 70% is very, very competitive — I’d go as far as to say 70% of an SF salary, in London, is better. There’s a bunch of considerations, not just the cost of living, but things like healthcare, which allow for a high-earner to b
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Find a job with a US company that has a UK presence (a multinational like Google, Facebook etc.) and get promoted enough (e.g: to Engineering Manager) to be eligible for an L1 visa, then request to transfer from the UK to the US. The L1 vis
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by phphphphp 4y ago
A link should always open in the same tab by default, unless there’s a compelling reason otherwise: for users who prefer to open in a new tab (like myself) they can use the appropriate shortcuts, menu options or click combinations. If you c
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by phphphphp 4y ago
I’d suggest with almost absolute confidence that they are betting on unicorn status for BitWarden. I’d be surprised if they expect anything less than a >$2.5bn exit.
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Venture investments don't typically work that way: the goal isn't incremental returns YoY but rather major returns in the long term. Raise a fund, make a bunch of investments, report growth in valuation YoY (based on increasing va
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by phphphphp 4y ago
1Password, a competitor, raised ~$650m earlier in the year off the back of exceptional growth. The investment case is likely: Bitwarden are doing well, 1Password are doing very well, maybe Bitwarden can do very well too with some additional
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by phphphphp 4y ago
The important caveat that is that in many jurisdictions, there’s a significant difference in the tax treatment of contractors vs. employees, and so by producing such a contract (that forbids subcontracting) you are plausibly creating an emp
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by phphphphp 4y ago
£500/day is the rate for software engineering contractors in the UK that guarantees a continuous stream of work: it would be trivial for someone to bill 100% of billable days in a year at that rate. I don't know anybody who only b
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by phphphphp 4y ago
I’m not avoiding it. There’s nuance. A piece of software that is specifically designed to enable a behaviour that is core to money laundering is different from a piece of software that can be used to engage in money laundering. A web browse
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by phphphphp 4y ago
The problem is that you can be a well meaning person, take a bunch of capital and unintentionally cause huge problems. Look at Airbnb, for example, which is causing havoc in the rental markets of major and minor cities across the globe. Air
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Co-living is actually pretty great when done properly: it’s not a solution to the housing crisis, and suffers from the same economic problems as WeWork did with office space, but as a resident, it’s great — assuming you want to live with ot
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Already exists all over the world, just Google “co-living”!
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by phphphphp 4y ago
it is almost certainly some variation on co-living
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by phphphphp 4y ago
ARR is a forward looking number, so more accurately, they’re claiming to be the first software company to ever reach $100m / 12 = ~$8m/month in recurring revenue commitments from today (their 18th month). I don’t know if their c
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Most industry protections against liabilities are predicated on compliance with expectations about responsibility: the protection against liability is earned. For example, firearm manufacturers are protected from being held liable for actio
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Law isn’t a binary based on responsibility, it’s reductive to suggest that by arguing for responsibility we are also arguing for prison for software developers. I can be responsible for your death and spend no time in prison. Every other in
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Software doesn’t come to be through immaculate conception: the authors created it, knowing it could be used in this way. If a company releases software that is used nefariously, there are very common legal actions to hold them accountable.
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by phphphphp 4y ago
If you design software to do a thing and then the software is used to do that thing, it follows that you’re responsible. Whether you believe that the sanctions make sense or not is one thing, but to argue that the developer of tornado cash
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by phphphphp 4y ago
You’re describing a dysfunctional arrangement in both cases. If the only way to ensure that your requirements are met is by paying hourly so that you and the provider have the shared expectation that you can say “just do it, I’m paying you
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by phphphphp 4y ago
There’s many reasons someone may continue their subscription while they’re not actively using the product, so while some people may forget, it’s difficult to determine that without someone saying explicitly that they forgot — and many compa
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by phphphphp 4y ago
If you’ve ever worked in the real world, you’d know that the technical debt produced by developers who think they can build no-code alternatives in 10 hours is far worse than any technical debt these tools could produce. 10% of the code we
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by phphphphp 4y ago
As a pragmatic software engineer: same. The code by default era can’t end soon enough, we shouldn’t be carrying the burden of our own inferior versions of things that already exist. A decade from now we will look back on the amount of cod
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Construction is cheap, most “property” value comes from land — not the building itself. Hence you’ll find sprawling mega-mansions that are under a million dollars in the middle of nowhere, whereas a few hundred square feet can cost millions
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Don’t go to companies with corporate politics. If you’re going to such a company (where politics are important, like Amazon) you must participate: you cannot protect yourself from them.
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Are you sure that prepaid debit cards are in the best interests of the contractors? There’s a bunch of consumer challenges associated with pre-paid debit cards, so you may find you’re doing your contractors a disservice. Have you spoken to
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Equity compensation has meaningful value for a small minority of roles (i.e: at liquid companies) so for the majority of job seekers, salary is the compensation.
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by phphphphp 4y ago
You're a software engineer, you're in the upper echelon of the upper echelon, please don't try and appeal to some unearned sympathy. I am arguing that you, as a person of privilege, should do the best you can do to bring abou
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by phphphphp 4y ago
Finish the thought, where do regulations come from?
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by phphphphp 4y ago
If you’re unwilling to make any sacrifice for the greater good then you’re asking the world to serve perfection to you without any effort on your part. You can’t get a cheap second hand electric car that you can charge for free at your home

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