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New Relic Grok, the first GenAI assistant for observability(newrelic.com)
2 points by up_and_up 3y ago|0 comments
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by up_and_up 4y ago
Mostly Rails development
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by up_and_up 4y ago
This is for a part-time gig. I charge a set amount per month up to a max number of hours worked. If I work 1 hour or 10 it doesnt matter. Usually I only work 2.5 hours a month hence the high hourly rate.
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by up_and_up 4y ago
I stopped charging hourly, now just monthly retainer. Making around $800 per hour, depending on the month.
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by up_and_up 4y ago
https://amyunger.com/blog/2020/09/10/staff-engineer-at-herok... Based on how time is being spent that sounds an awful lot like an EM role to me? Like EM responsibilities minus actual humans reporting to
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by up_and_up 5y ago
In order to be successful on a new team or at new company I recommend The First 90 Days. You could save time by simply reading and distilling this blog post: https://www.ricklindquist.com/notes/the-first-90-days
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by up_and_up 5y ago
Background: I have climbed for 3 years. This is the route: https://www.mountainproject.com/route/106261545/freerider 30 pitches at 5.13a. That is very very difficult. Keep in mind: 1. Very few climbers can even cl
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by up_and_up 5y ago
More like an ultramarathon where you do 100 pushups every mile.
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by up_and_up 5y ago
Theres a great documentary about Offwidth climbing for the uninitiated (trailer for Wide Boyz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m3QzIibtsw
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GitLab acquires open source observability distribution Opstrace(venturebeat.com)
7 points by up_and_up 5y ago|1 comments
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by up_and_up 5y ago
> but options are more fluid Not always at medium-big startups. It is fixed depending on the position. I have worked at like 6 different companies now from 20-1400 people. Smaller companies definitely have some flexibility but its usuall
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by up_and_up 5y ago
You can try to negotiate but the options bands are usually predetermined and approved by the board of directors. Trying to get an exception passed through can be difficult and usually only for leadership positions.
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by up_and_up 5y ago
How does this inspire founders to startup a company in China? Does this inspire me to invest more money in China?
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by up_and_up 5y ago
https://www.nomadproject.io/
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by up_and_up 5y ago
Totally anecdotal, but speaking as someone with Anxiety Disorder + occasional intense panic attacks, once I started Rock climbing heavily and Trail running 2x a week, my anxiety and Panic attacks basically went away completely. This was fol
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by up_and_up 6y ago
There are tons of Ruby jobs: https://stackoverflow.com/jobs?tl=ruby&sort=p https://hnhiring.com/technologies/ruby
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by up_and_up 6y ago
So Zingermanns has several restaurants. The Deli is overrated IMO, but the Roadhouse, Roadshow, and Miss Kim's are really great.
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by up_and_up 6y ago
Yes, black bears in the northern Lower peninsula and the Upper peninsula. Also likely cougars, but the DNR wont admit it.
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by up_and_up 6y ago
I have worked remotely from Ann Arbor for 7 years. currently work for a large SF based startup. AMA. Michigan is great in a lot of ways, depending on your interests.
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by up_and_up 6y ago
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/internships/
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by up_and_up 6y ago
Have you not heard of "How to change your Mind" by Michael Pollan? Or the Research of Roland Griffiths? https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C24&q=rol... I am not sure your comment is accurat
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by up_and_up 6y ago
Another option for investing in Robotics is to just seek out funds that focus on that domain like https://ark-funds.com/arkq
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by up_and_up 6y ago
At my prev company we generated keys and split them using `ssss-split` and handed out shards to specific individuals via a keybase exploding message. Our system required at least 3 shards (combined via `ssss-combine`) to reboot. FYI: Hashic
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by up_and_up 7y ago
Async issue review. Code reviews. Read and respond to customer input.
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by up_and_up 7y ago
I am an Engineering Manager at a large Startup I have 18 meetings a week. I try my hardest to stack them all onto Mon and Wed, leaving the other 3 days as meeting free as possible.
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by up_and_up 7y ago
I would focus on what you want to get out of it. Have them purchase it from you and get an additional promotion or something out of it for yourself. They prob dont want a conflict over it.
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by up_and_up 7y ago
Its was a virtual field trip I believe
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by up_and_up 7y ago
> How much time do you spend as a parent teaching or overseeing homeschooling? Its a busy schedule for my wife, granted we have 3 kids. She also works part-time at their nature camp > Are you encouraging your kids to go to college? De
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by up_and_up 7y ago
Thats a good question. I bet per child we are prob spending 2K-3K all told. Still way less than private school. Granted we also bring in a reading tutor and music teachers. But I am including all the camps and classes.
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by up_and_up 7y ago
Lots of random extracurriculars like: "Travel to Paris" "Viking Art and History" "Waldorf Form drawing" "The History of Halloween" They also get to see the instructor and interact with them and other

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