stackdestroyer

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by stackdestroyer 6mo ago
I haven't said anything about use of AI during the interview. However, the difference between using an AI tool like Claude or Cursor to help you reason about and develop a solution to a problem, and using something like ParakeetAI to
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by stackdestroyer 6mo ago
I only end up with absurd questions if I am nearly positive the candidate is using one of these tools. I was proven right too - I asked a candidate if he'd ever chopped down a tree with an axe. He said no immediately, and then procee
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by stackdestroyer 6mo ago
Just to clarify - i should have said this originally - it's not about the use of Cursor or Claude at all. I mean that they were using something that was listening to the conversation, and then automatically spitting out something for
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by stackdestroyer 6mo ago
To be clear, I have started asking absurd questions, and seeing what the reaction is. Those using AI assistants never balk at these.
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Ask HN: How do you deal with obvious AI assistant usage in interviews
10 points by stackdestroyer 6mo ago|20 comments
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by stackdestroyer 9mo ago
DNS seems broken
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by stackdestroyer 5y ago
"everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" -mike tyson If you're not doing some work to understand how your software works in real life, you're just a theoretician, and you're going to get punched in
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by stackdestroyer 5y ago
1. Being informed about what the top level company goals are as well as department context and goals. If you can't draw a straight-ish line between what you're working on and those goals, it's probably not aligned. Make sur
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by stackdestroyer 7y ago
How many hours a week do you spend working?
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by stackdestroyer 7y ago
Not fizzling yet...more than 1 year in... /me NEEDS MORE FIZZLE
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by stackdestroyer 7y ago
Thanks for the reply! How do you communicate your state across the various groups? What routines/rituals do you use religiously?
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by stackdestroyer 7y ago
I have tried this with limited success. Sometimes people respect the time you have blocked, most times not. So I end up feeling double booked and frustrated that my attempts to get time to do "real work" are thwarted.
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Ask HN: Meeting overload – how many do you have daily/weekly?
114 points by stackdestroyer 7y ago|108 comments
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Ask HN: Tech Managers/Directors/VP's how much of your time is in meetings?
4 points by stackdestroyer 7y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: Anyone use a good MSSQL proxy
2 points by stackdestroyer 7y ago|0 comments
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by stackdestroyer 7y ago
Several times. The first two times were in the span of two years - 2001 and 2003, in the last gasps of the dot-com bust in the Bay Area. Both were due to the companies either going out of business or extreme restructuring to avoid going o
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Experience in a combined product and engineering org?
1 points by stackdestroyer 7y ago|1 comments
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by stackdestroyer 8y ago
Could be I'm wrong. I look at this across all locations (including where I am, in the middle of the country) and the majority of people I worked with that were putting in crazy hours were single white men. Once people settle down the
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by stackdestroyer 8y ago
The expectations vary mostly depending on a few things, IMO: 1. Life stage of the company (startup vs. mature) 2. Role (rank-and-file engineer vs. leadership) 3. Your management Location has had less to do with the number of hours worked th
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by stackdestroyer 8y ago
Diving in on GTD and have thus far really been converted. Having a system - _any_ system, is critical. It became clear pretty quickly that my "system" was just me using my head and brute-forcing my way through things.
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by stackdestroyer 8y ago
Huge value here - great to see another tech->mgr telling their story about how they got better.
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by stackdestroyer 8y ago
Thanks to everyone who took the time to add something to this thread. Lots of valuable stuff in here, and I've got some rearranging to do with my perspective, and how I think about my time and tasks. I'm sure I'll have more
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by stackdestroyer 8y ago
Agreed - my situation is currently a team of 20, but previously up to 75 in my org. I work for a mid-sized company that's ~2500 people in total.
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Ask HN: IT Directors and VP's – how do you manage your time and projects?
131 points by stackdestroyer 8y ago|46 comments