soham

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Bad programmers are about to become exposed(sundaylettersfromsam.substack.com)
3 points by soham 9mo ago|2 comments
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by soham 9mo ago
Title. I have loved Sam's writing over the years. He deserves more exposure.
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by soham 4y ago
Would love to see some small intros. Any links/sources you may suggest?
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What do I do when they simply refuse to do what I am asking them to do? (2015)(visiblechild.com)
18 points by soham 6y ago|15 comments
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by soham 7y ago
Amen
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by soham 8y ago
By definition and practicality, schools and fields of work will remain a pyramid i.e. at any given time, there will only be a few fields and colleges that "give advantage", being able to absorb only a fraction of students by compe
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by soham 8y ago
But then such schools that predominantly work on ISAs, will pre-select for good students, who are most likely to succeed and also for industries where the compensation is higher. Remainder (which is arguably 90%+) of the students will still
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by soham 8y ago
Very much this. A couple of more points to add: 1. There was a time when the pay distinction between working for big companies and small/mid was clear and present. But these days, the line is blurring. BigCos have realized that startup
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by soham 9y ago
Unless your customers need you to incorporate, the idea is to incorporate when you start seeing potential liability. One of the earliest sources of potential liability, is when you hire a W2 employee (in the US). So that is a great time to
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by soham 9y ago
Interview Kickstart | REMOTE, SF Bay Area, Bangalore | Full-time, Part-time | Software Developer & Instructor Interview Kickstart is a coding bootcamp, that is specifically focused on helping software engineers do better at challenging
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by soham 9y ago
We are definitely on to tackling the prep thing. Been around for 3 years actually: http://interviewkickstart.com Looks like Kaplan is not going to be interested in these things after the recent shutdown of DBC.
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by soham 9y ago
There are usually several of these $10K ones, especially from angels the founders like and want to have a longer term relationships with. Also, most initial development is either outsourced or done by the founders.
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by soham 9y ago
Probably better to hack/FLOSS. But there is a severe lack of structure there. Very easy to get started and get distracted, work on suboptimal projects and in general, never get validation on what you worked on.
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by soham 9y ago
For that level of experience, and a great interview performance, big-5 easily cross $225k/yr in total comp. Often much more.
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by soham 9y ago
Thanks! Will consider. With that comment on pricing, we just want to deter people who think this can be done cheaply.
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by soham 9y ago
[Disclaimer: Shameless self-promotion] We run something called Interview Kickstart: http://Interviewkickstart.com . It's a part-time bootcamp focused on preparing for technical interviews at (so-called) top-tier places i.e.
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by soham 10y ago
Amen. Wish more people understood this.
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by soham 10y ago
When asked about salary, people often assume that's a loose ask, and mention their total cash compensation i.e. including bonus. Not including equity though. Bonuses at many companies are in the range of 10-20%, so if one is making 180
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by soham 10y ago
Elephant in the room, IMHO, is the technical interview process. In software engineering roles at big/desirable/fast-growing companies, the interview process favors faster (by definition, younger) minds. Both young and old are put
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First Time Ever, International Student Numbers Top 1M in the US(insidehighered.com)
1 points by soham 10y ago|0 comments
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by soham 10y ago
tl;dr for me: You’ll need to think deeply about the world and invest years of concerted effort into building a good intuition for thinking about the future. Even then you’ll be right only a fraction of the time. But you can still get much
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by soham 10y ago
[Shameless plug] We're one more option for preparation: http://interviewkickstart.com . We're a bootcamp, which continually tries to answer this very same question - where to start and how far to go, when it comes to pr
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by soham 10y ago
[Disclaimer: I run http://Interviewkickstart.com ] Thanks Aline. Excellent article, as always. Not that any interview process is perfect, but another reason why the current process is not going away, is sheer convenience , espec
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by soham 10y ago
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by soham 10y ago
[Disclaimer: I run an interview prep bootcamp http://interviewkickstart.com ] As someone who helped set interview process at my previous employer (not Google), and other companies now as a consultant, your reasoning of why these
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by soham 10y ago
[Disclaimer: I run a technical-interview prep bootcamp, http://interviewkickstart.com . I also worked at a Big4 of my time. And then some] Your problem is not with software engineering. Your problem is with interviewing. Don&#x27
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by soham 10y ago
Disclaimer: I run a for-profit in the space of technical interview prep: http://InterviewKickstart.com . From what I see doing interview training for a living: more practice is the key. Practice with mock interviews until you rea
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by soham 10y ago
Excellent gesture, excellent thought, worth replicating like others have. OP - I'm also happy to do a mock interview for free. Feel free to reach out (info in the profile), whenever you feel ready. [Disclaimer: I run a for-profit in th
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by soham 10y ago
In an ideal world, I'd say do not join a company that doesn't challenge you. If you are not challenged in an interview, that's a tell-tale sign, that the work is going to be boring and talent mediocre. But given that the worl
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by soham 10y ago
We run one: http://interviewkickstart.com .

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