web99

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Ask HN: Is ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot increasing productivity?
4 points by web99 3y ago|8 comments
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by web99 3y ago
Yep thanks!
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by web99 3y ago
Thanks! We decided to go this route....
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by web99 3y ago
No offense taken! I only push the kids to get proper nutrition and sleep :) rest is their choice. She was applying for summer internships. I explained to her that open source might be a better way to get experience, and we looked into mento
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by web99 3y ago
If you can afford it, I strongly recommend Bradfield School of Computer Science https://bradfieldcs.com/
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Ask HN: How can a high school student get started with open source projects?
15 points by web99 3y ago|16 comments
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by web99 4y ago
Good luck fixing that bug you don't have as much context on as an engineer who is familiar with that part of the code, while mentally preparing for the investor presentation on the same day. Having seen dozens of code bases, products,
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by web99 4y ago
Twitter is your best bet.
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by web99 4y ago
Roughly 99%,which has consistently been the failure rate of tech startups since Y2K.
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by web99 4y ago
First of all, you don't need to be likeable by dozens of people in order to be a founder. In fact most founders are not likeable. Second, even if you are generally likeable, you cannot engage everyone in the audience from a stage. Thir
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by web99 4y ago
Research, think, and come up with concrete proposals to solve specific problems for them, and pitch them. Networking without being useful is useless. Be useful.
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by web99 4y ago
Start contributing to open source projects you like, and write blog posts on topics you learn about. Then reach out to engineering leaders at growth stage startups. They are always resource constrained. And generally speaking they hire for
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by web99 4y ago
Unless they make you a founder and give you say 5% to 33% of the company, quit. It makes no sense to get a 1% equity when you are making the same sacrifices and taking the same risk as them. They may say they are able to raise money, but yo
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by web99 4y ago
No generic answer to this but one way to think about it is over the long term would you value more depth (expert in something) or breadth (freedom to explore everything)? If you value depth, specialize. In an industry (e.g security, healthc