taternuts

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by taternuts 2y ago
I think it was almost 7 years ago but I was flown from VA->SF and interviewed for a company that I ultimately didn't end up getting an offer for, but it was a good experience
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by taternuts 3y ago
Curious as to why people gravitate towards unis, are they more fun to ride? Is it just more of a challenge and therefore more rewarding? Better workout I'm assuming?
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by taternuts 3y ago
> useful for doing the stuff where I'm weaker as a "full stack" developer I'm really excited about this part; I've been using it to help with DevOps stuff and it's been giving me so much more confidence in
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by taternuts 4y ago
It's almost always awful. Unlimited PTO to me has meant no PTO. Companies that offer this most the time will make you feel like shit if you actually ask off. There never seems to be a 'break' that PTO would fit nice into, the
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by taternuts 4y ago
It might just be that I haven't really been pirating the last 5+ years, but it seems harder to find things now. TPB isn't a great source anymore. I'd join a private one and seed my fair share (I have a seedbox), but I don&#x2
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by taternuts 4y ago
> Where do you even get them? Unfortunately, if you don't want to try and grow them you'll have to get them from someone you know. You could also try the dark web if you really want some, I'm sure you could get some there
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by taternuts 4y ago
I am also a regular user of mushrooms these days. My usage of them is definitely different from when I was younger - when I got ahold of them I would always trip pretty heavily and had a blast with them. As you get older, heavy trips just d
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by taternuts 4y ago
I've given up on being that 10x developer that has a laundry list of accomplishments in tech everyone would be proud of about 5 years ago. Unlike most people, I did know what it would take as my dad had done it (and his dad before him
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by taternuts 4y ago
I recently went sober from alcohol and afterwards realized how much alcohol advertising there is, it's actually pretty insane. For certain programs (like football) it's almost %50 of the ads.
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by taternuts 4y ago
I've heard some people use propranolol to help with their anxiety for things like this as well. I used to drink before interviews as well, I've also tried xanax, and shit sometimes even a combination. It helped me get through them
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by taternuts 4y ago
> And also, for some reason, I tend to interpret a written message in a much worse way than I do a message that is communicated verbally. This is something that I struggle with as well. My first remote job was probably 6 years ago and th
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by taternuts 4y ago
You're probably a very good programmer - strange that you're comparing your work against seniors; are you not a senior engineer yet with 20 years experience? You probably could be. Also, don't be so down on yourself regarding
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by taternuts 4y ago
I loved the free twitter API! So much interesting data to play with, was really sad when they closed it up.
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by taternuts 4y ago
I personally like having the option. I've worked for fully remote for most my career even before covid - back when it was "cool" and people would have taken pay cuts to stay remote. I learned early on that fully remote jobs a
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by taternuts 4y ago
> I know, often times i am subconsciously aligning my actions to end up alone Are you sure you aren't doing this because you have some sort of social anxiety that's prohibiting you from enjoying group activities? Even when I do
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by taternuts 4y ago
People who have a lot of money don't want to let other people who can rob them know they have a lot of money. They've gone past the point where virtue-signaling is important to them, and where having someone say "Nice shoes!&
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by taternuts 4y ago
I would love to get laid off with 3.5 months salary, what a dream
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by taternuts 4y ago
I was burned out on start ups and wanted to join a larger company that had more support and a work life balance. I effectively joined a start-up within a larger company and have worked insane hours trying to help push out their V1 product w
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by taternuts 4y ago
The only good friends I've made and still talk to outside of college (and a few high school friends) were from a job I worked at for almost 4 years. I think that might have been the more important part of going into the office, at leas
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by taternuts 4y ago
Sounds like you want to be in a startup where you'll work 60+ hours! I'd honestly like a start-up break and am jealous of your 'boring' job.
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Theranos Interview Notes (8 years old)(gist.github.com)
2 points by taternuts 4y ago|0 comments
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by taternuts 5y ago
I thought this was clearly just a rip off of the office? It even ended when it hit the corner exactly.
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by taternuts 5y ago
I often find myself falling into this trap of not reaching out for help quick enough and I've been a dev for a decade. It really is a super bad habit and I've made some strides recently to get better at it.
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by taternuts 5y ago
Honestly if you are in America, he _might_ have done you a favor as the emergency ride to the hospital costs about 5k (not great for college students), let alone the medical bill. It's always better safe than sorry though.
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by taternuts 5y ago
60 hour work weeks as the norm is still crazy to me, though I am in my mid thirties as well and might have been able to pull that off in my 20's as you said. Maybe that's why start-ups usually end up burning me out because I'
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by taternuts 5y ago
Yep, if you get a nice one then it should last quite a while. Problem is when you want to buy another one for work or something and they no longer sell them :/ I have been using a Tex Beetle TKL Mechanical Keyboard for about 10 years a
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by taternuts 5y ago
I was going to say, I'm on a 16gb 2015 macbook pro (not sure what to upgrade to) and Docker for Mac is _brutal_ on my machine, I can't even run it and work on other things at the same time without frustration
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by taternuts 6y ago
Yes. So much so. It's gotten worse ever since they closed outside dining in LA, I didn't know how much a weekly night out at a restaurant was doing to keep me sane. I'm even lucky that I have a fiance and dog living with me t
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by taternuts 6y ago
I started seeing a therapist mostly about my trust issues with women, and it ended up being 90% work-related topics we discussed. Oftentimes I thought I was up against the world and I sucked, and my therapist would bring me down to earth an
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by taternuts 7y ago
West LA. Tough place to be getting remote pay unless they pay more for cost of living unfortunately.

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