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by s3b 6y ago
Have a look at https://jacquesmattheij.com/due-diligence-survival-guide/ . He covers more details in the second part also.
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by s3b 6y ago
Where did you get that from? The tools, libraries, frameworks etc. we have now make it a lot easier to build something that would have earlier cost a fortune in custom development. If anything, it's getting cheaper to build projects no
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by s3b 6y ago
Mostly it's because I'm facing a problem I don't know how to solve. And I'm expected to somehow predict when it'll be done. Another scenario is when I'm asked for updates but in reality the status hasn't c
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by s3b 6y ago
More software outsourcing to places where the work can be done cheaper. Now that wfh is becoming common, companies will start to realize that if most of their employees are working remotely, then they might as well hire from cheaper cities
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by s3b 6y ago
Maybe the confusion is deliberate.
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by s3b 7y ago
The US can spy on you; they just don't want anyone else to do so as well.
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by s3b 9y ago
Great idea. Would you have any links to more things to do to improve the trust-ness of a landing page?
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by s3b 10y ago
Priceonomics did a story on the stolen bike problem : https://priceonomics.com/post/30393216796/what-happens-to-st...
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Ask HN: Any unfinished side projects to give away?
170 points by s3b 10y ago|130 comments
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by s3b 10y ago
I would say don't give up. Use your second probationary period to learn and improve as much as you can. If things don't work out well, at least you would have learnt something useful you can use in your next job. Try asking the se
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by s3b 10y ago
> verify with the investors they claim to have backing from that they've actually invested in the company. I'm curious, how would you go about doing this?
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by s3b 10y ago
But they've just wasted 1 year. They should have tried to figure out if he has the required curiosity in the first interview itself.
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How the Arab World Came Apart(nytimes.com)
306 points by s3b 10y ago|330 comments
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by s3b 10y ago
The apple graphing calculator story - http://www.pacifict.com/Story/
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by s3b 10y ago
You really shouldn't fire someone after just 90 days. Maybe you should try moving the person into a different role/team before firing. Or at least give them some more time. 90 days is way too little time to pick up new skills and
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by s3b 10y ago
Not if the "handling charges" is big enough. They could end up making more money if they can sell the ticket multiple times.
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by s3b 11y ago
You could try some of the challenges at hackerrank.com : https://www.hackerrank.com/domains/ai/machine-learning (you may need to sign up) Also there's kaggle - https://www.kaggle.com/
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by s3b 11y ago
It could be for performance reasons - maybe there's an in-memory cache with only the recent threads kept in it. Commenting on an old discussion would involve loading the thread from disk which would be expensive. Hence comments on old
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by s3b 11y ago
Have a look at "Web Operations". It deals with all the components of building and operating a large web application. http://www.amazon.com/Web-Operations-Keeping-Data-Time/dp/14...
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by s3b 12y ago
You may want to check out Mike Gunderloys blog[1]. He was also an MS developer for 15 years before he switched to open source technologies. 1. http://afreshcup.com/about-me/
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by s3b 12y ago
Have a looks at http://www.thoughtworks.com/radar
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by s3b 12y ago
I want a transparent process where I know in advance what I'm getting into. I'd like to know how much they're willing to pay(the range) and what exactly I would be expected to do - the role as well as the product I'd be
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by s3b 12y ago
I would recommend Martin Fowler's NoSQL Distilled : http://martinfowler.com/books/nosql.html
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by s3b 12y ago
Have a look at http://www.bravenewgeek.com/dissecting-message-queues/
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by s3b 13y ago
360
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by s3b 13y ago
A good book on the topic is "Web Operations: Keeping the Data On Time"
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by s3b 13y ago
I'd say a company retreat to some resort would be fine but to your parents place, no, unless your employees hang out with you as friends outside work.
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by s3b 13y ago
check out http://openhatch.org/
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by s3b 13y ago
Lets not criticize the list for being too good. Choose the subset you like and enjoy. :)
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by s3b 13y ago
I recommend The Algorithm Design Manual by Steve S Skiena. It covers the important graph algorithms and it has catalog section of the important graph problems and how to go about solving them.

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