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by rafapaez 2y ago
Thanks for sharing!
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by rafapaez 2y ago
You’re an ex-Meta, ex-Google, ex-Amazon, or ex-whatever. You’ve just joined a startup, excited to apply the top-tier processes you mastered in Big Tech—only to find out they don’t work. Sound familiar? As startups grow, there’s a temptation
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Be a Bridge Builder(newsletter.rafapaez.com)
1 points by rafapaez 2y ago|0 comments
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by rafapaez 3y ago
That's a good point. The problem is most of those 100 people are from my network. But it seems now other people I don't know are also joining. I guess the best thing for me is to keep being consistent at writing and forget a bit a
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by rafapaez 3y ago
This is great advice. I have to "write for myself" otherwise I won't be consistent in the long term. Actually, since I started writing, I'm discovering my creative side, and it's helping me a lot to think clearly an
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Ask HN: Took me almost 2 months and 8 posts to get 100 newsletter subscribers
3 points by rafapaez 3y ago|5 comments
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by rafapaez 3y ago
Why Talent Without Agency Won’t Take You Far in Life and Work
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by rafapaez 3y ago
How to Effectively Progress on the Management Track
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by rafapaez 3y ago
There are a lot of great newsletters nowadays about People Management and Engineering Leadership. I'm subscribed to a dozen of them in Substack. I left here mine as it's about Engineering Leadership and Management: https:/&#
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by rafapaez 3y ago
Have you ever experienced feeling taken advantage of or struggling to ask for what you want at work? Do you often think you fail to get your opinions heard, or do people readily dismiss or undermine your views? I have been there, and it doe
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by rafapaez 3y ago
Thank you. I can imagine, the current layoff's situation doesn't help. In addition, I know the FAANGs have a strict committee step that could make promotions even harder. Yes, related with what you mentioned, here's a great a
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by rafapaez 3y ago
Hey folks! Have you missed out on a promotion? What are your thoughts on my post? Let me know!
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by rafapaez 7y ago
“don’t use a mouse” ... but true, I usually add some "fun" points into my videos and I tried to write it down (which is hard). Thanks for your comment.
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by rafapaez 7y ago
I think this is the trend nowadays, at least in Europe startups/companies.
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by rafapaez 7y ago
There is a bit of humour in the video which is hard to translate into written words. And you got these "funny" points.
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by rafapaez 7y ago
You're right. I'm not a native English speaker. That's why I speak in Spanish in my videos. I wrote the article too quickly (which indeed is a summary of the video) and the grammar corrector wasn't very smart with the &q
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by rafapaez 7y ago
That's really witty! I might try to create my own acronym for interviews. Cheers!
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How to prepare a technical interview (and why good programmers also fail)(rafapaez.com)
73 points by rafapaez 7y ago|80 comments
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by rafapaez 7y ago
Hey HN community, I know this is a bit of self-ad but I rebuilt my website into a blog where I will share everything I know about Software Engineer, Career Advice, Financial Education and Personal Growth. Posts will be writing in English an
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Show HN: Weekly Blog/Vlog about Software Engineering and Personal Growth(rafapaez.com)
1 points by rafapaez 7y ago|1 comments
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by rafapaez 7y ago
Agree with what you said about what's important and what isn't in a particular situation. I mentioned it in the video (I said something like "...a Senior knows when to walk away and don't implement certain things...&quot
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by rafapaez 7y ago
I know I couldn’t get in-depth in all the aspects but let me know what are your thoughts about the post. Do you agree with my definition of Senior Programmer? What’s the best tip it worked for you to advance in your career?
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What is a Senior Programmer really? I wish I had known this when I was Junior(rafapaez.com)
2 points by rafapaez 7y ago|3 comments
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Show HN: Steer – A modern bootstrapped Employee Engagement platform(newsteer.com)
2 points by rafapaez 9y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: What Does Employee Turnover Cost You?(newsteer.com)
2 points by rafapaez 9y ago|0 comments
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Set goals. Align people. Achieve success(blog.newsteer.com)
3 points by rafapaez 9y ago|0 comments
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Team Management on Autopilot(blog.newsteer.com)
4 points by rafapaez 9y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: How much is your Daily Stand-up meeting costing you?(newsteer.com)
6 points by rafapaez 9y ago|0 comments
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by rafapaez 9y ago
At the end, it will cost you a lot of money if you decide to build your own Performance Management System or any kind of SaaS application which is not the core of your business. Please read this article "Build vs. Buy", I cannot a
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by rafapaez 9y ago
Why do you think is too much? Competitors range between 5 and 15 USD/mo/user. Some even more for Enterprise features, which we still don't have.

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