smaug7

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by smaug7 2y ago
This to me is the correct answer. A lot of times in war it's not about logic or reason, it's about emotion and feeling. Throughout Chinese history, a leader is only "legitimate" or dare I say, have the Mandate from Heave
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by smaug7 2y ago
do you have examples of companies that are rational and steady?
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by smaug7 2y ago
I'm curious, if you're interviewing at a company, what's the best way to figure out of the lead/team has this balance? What kind of questions could you ask without sounding like you're trying to be lazy?
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by smaug7 2y ago
That's a fair point. I have coworkers with kids but I've noticed the lead is a workaholic (with a child) and that reflects on the rest of the team.
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by smaug7 2y ago
Love this. Can you clarify what a state org is? Do you mean like a tech department within your state government?
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Ask HN: What companies have a good work life balance?
39 points by smaug7 2y ago|31 comments
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by smaug7 2y ago
FWIW, I saw Tim Cook in Pac Heights a few months back just walking around. There were two "guys" in plain clothes in front and behind him on that Saturday morning. I was able to say "hello" and he was nice. I imagine the
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by smaug7 2y ago
I don't have a specific answer to this as I'm not a trained historian. However, didn't we see this with the invention of the printing press back 500+ years ago? That also dramatically increased knowledge distribution and prob
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by smaug7 2y ago
This is fundamentally different. Arthur Anderson was an auditing firm and did accounting. Their selling point was to be the "source of truth" for their client's books. What's that confidence is lost, then no one would hi
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by smaug7 4y ago
I used to work for Twitch and built the Custom Live notifications for streamers. It was a relatively straightforward change where we just changed the payload of what the streamers wanted the iOS, Android, email notifications to show. There
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by smaug7 4y ago
While I don't necessarily disagree, my understanding is that engineering tends to drive more of the product decisions. I question how much power the product team actually has.
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Cold warrior: why Eileen Gu ditched Team USA to ski for China(economist.com)
6 points by smaug7 5y ago|0 comments
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by smaug7 5y ago
Was looking for this comment. In McNamara's reflection, a tenant he called out was to understand the enemy. US didn't understand the Viet Congs motivation for fighting the war (freedom from colonizers) whereas the US viewed the wa
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by smaug7 5y ago
This is a refresh of the original AirPods. The Pros are the ones with the in ear caps.
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by smaug7 5y ago
Yup let me try that out!
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by smaug7 5y ago
This is super cool. I just got a lifetime membership. Please keep this going!
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by smaug7 5y ago
I am planning on getting married later next year - would we be able to add that in for the future?
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by smaug7 5y ago
Curious - what's your profession? Depending on your skills, you could, ironically given the nature of this article, apply to come to the US and it would be valued.
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by smaug7 5y ago
The article points out that the industries that the European companies are in have slow growth rates. I can't imagine industrial pumps, chewing gum wrapping machines, large curved glass panels can have the same growth rates (or profit
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by smaug7 7y ago
https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/venture-capitalist-p... He was so right about facebook and microsoft back in 2012
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by smaug7 7y ago
I'd be interested in the PM role. Any way we can grab coffee to learn more about it?
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by smaug7 7y ago
Hi Mike!
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by smaug7 7y ago
The SF budget is roughly $11B but about half of that is already allocated to services that benefit the region - SFO international airport, water infrastructure, transportation. Fun fact, SF city/county doesn't pay for schooling in
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by smaug7 8y ago
....that's what the article mentioned too...
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by smaug7 8y ago
That's a loaded question that I can attempt to answer. The list below isn't by priority but it is the through process I go through. 1. Compensation - Would you be comfortable with that salary and can you do the things you want to
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by smaug7 8y ago
Twitch | Frontend Engineer - Growth | San Francisco, CA | Full-Time My team at Twitch.tv is currently looking to hire a frontend engineer. https://jobs.lever.co/twitch/b0f8e321-5275-4cd1-bba6-fca47fd...
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by smaug7 8y ago
I read this article and downloaded Notion! It's been great to use so far. I use it for personal and work note taking so far.
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How Jerry Maguire Ruined the Sports Agent Industry(espn.com)
1 points by smaug7 10y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What compels you to submit something for users?
3 points by smaug7 13y ago|1 comments
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Yahoo's No. 2 is ousted - WSJ(online.wsj.com)
1 points by smaug7 13y ago|0 comments

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