wildengineer

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by wildengineer 5y ago
> The only AAA game that I bought was "The Witcher 3" precisely for the back story, but after 5-10h of playing it just felt so repetitive that I gave up on it. I went through the same thing with Witcher 3, but I tried again and
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by wildengineer 5y ago
AssemblyAI (YC S17) | Senior Backend Engineer | Full-time | Remote We're building the Top Rated Speech-to-Text API for Developers. Customers use our API to transcribe phone calls, meetings, videos, podcasts, and other types of media. O
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by wildengineer 6y ago
SEEKING WORK | Troy, NY | REMOTE At Papa Bear Software, we provide technical strategy, architecture, and engineering, and staff augmentation primarily for early stage b2b software startups. What we've done lately: - Redesigned a SaaS c
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by wildengineer 6y ago
SEEKING WORK and FREELANCERS | Troy, NY | REMOTE At Papa Bear Software, we provide technical strategy, architecture, and engineering, and staff augmentation primarily for early stage b2b software startups. Seeking both clients and freelance
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by wildengineer 6y ago
SEEKING WORK and FREELANCERS| Troy, NY | REMOTE At Papa Bear Software, we provide guidance, technical strategy, system design, and engineering staff for Early Stage B2B Software Startups. Latest Results: - Redesigned a SaaS company's c
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by wildengineer 6y ago
SEEKING WORK and FREELANCER | Troy, NY | REMOTE I am an Early Stage Software Consultant helping leaders find their way to market. I work closely with leadership to help them navigate through the dangers of early stage software. Some of my c
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by wildengineer 6y ago
I have to parrot what others say about playing slower chess. I was around 900 when I started on chess.com and peaked around 1600. I did regress though as I lost the obsession. This is what I did over many years: - Playing alot of slow chess
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by wildengineer 7y ago
I run a remote-first consulting company. So far everything is good. My clients are all pushing me to work for them. I even signed and started a new contract in the middle of all this. That said, it is unsettling to watch the world crumble a
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by wildengineer 7y ago
I hate that word, self-made. I think of Bezos, Buffet, Gates and all three of them had investment from their parents or had a business relationship made possible by their parents. Of the billionaires I know of, all them came from at least a
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by wildengineer 7y ago
> Yeah right it’s the government taking black men at random in the street and putting them in jail Well not as cut and dry as that, but cops harassing black kids walking the streets is an old tradition of law enforcement. Mix in some sto
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by wildengineer 7y ago
Thank you. I will pick up that book. Perhaps I can send questions your way once I've digested all this advice and books?
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by wildengineer 7y ago
I can't name it all but here's the main stuff... Languages: Java, Scala, Python 2&3, Javascript/ES6/Typescript Libraries/Frameworks/Middleware: Spring, Java EE, Spark, Flask, Pandas, Pyspark, Node, Kafka, R
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by wildengineer 7y ago
> This helps you create a target client list and start hammering the ground finding contacts in to them. I don't have any experience in sales, but I'm eager to learn. Any advice on which content I should consume in this area?
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by wildengineer 7y ago
1. I haven't picked an industry. I've been working with a startup in adtech and the other a significant player in the digital content provider space. Do you most clients expect extensive experience in their domains? 2. As for serv
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Ask HN: How do I take my consulting business to the next level?
30 points by wildengineer 7y ago|18 comments
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by wildengineer 7y ago
I felt the "magic" of software as a teenager with my first programs. I've even faced long stretches of boredom over the years, but after 2 decades the awe of the magic has been replaced with the awe of my own mastery. I'
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by wildengineer 7y ago
It sounds like your org needs two things, 1. A data warehouse for this data 2. Awareness of software/data best practices That being said, while I agree code duplication is bad, data duplication isn't as long as you are maintaining
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by wildengineer 7y ago
Very good advice all around. Thanks for the help!
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Ask HN: Tips on working for multiple clients simultaneously?
18 points by wildengineer 7y ago|7 comments
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by wildengineer 8y ago
In the java world this gets solved with gradle's incremental build system, which uses a build cache, a user configured dependency tree, and some hashing to determine what needs to build.
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by wildengineer 8y ago
One of my biggest fears is being aged out of software development as I am almost 40. Over the last year I've been casually looking for a new job while currently employed. Yes I know its not the same, but bear with me. By November I had
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by wildengineer 8y ago
Ended up learning kotlin, advanced my python skills, acquired some basic ML knowledge, and journeyed further into the rabbit hole that is brazilian jiu jitsu.
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MIT develops method to shrink objects to the nanoscale(news.mit.edu)
15 points by wildengineer 8y ago|0 comments
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by wildengineer 8y ago
A football analytics website that I have been slowly building for years and learning ML.
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by wildengineer 10y ago
IMO the ACA was an overreach that cost him the congress in 2010 and possibly Clinton's presidency. That political capital would have been better spent on getting higher taxes at the top and fixing social security.
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by wildengineer 10y ago
I have yet to see a compelling argument as to how a Trump presidency leads that labor to a livable wage.
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by wildengineer 10y ago
In 2006, the federal bureau of labor statistics under George W. Bush concluded the labor participation rate would continue to fall for decades. Labor participation rate is not a strong indicator given our aging workforce. http://
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by wildengineer 11y ago
This is spot on. To the low skilled worker class this is all they want and they feel like they have to scrape to get it.
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by wildengineer 11y ago
PG could have saved us all some time if he led with #9 in his original post. Most of my family and friends are struggling to keep up with cost of living increases and these aren't considered poor people by government standards. If this
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by wildengineer 11y ago
> Palpatine has real support of the public. They showed many planets at the end of RotJ [1] where massive celebrations occurred, including Coruscant. I think these celebrations speak to the rebellion's support. >It's just th

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