BrentRitterbeck

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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
I've suffered with excess weight most of my life. It doesn't help that sit at a desk for up to twelve hours a day. There's more to losing weight than just calories out are more than calories in. You have to be active. I&#
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
Dedicated? It's a job. That's all it is. It's not a 24/7 proposition. You show up for a reasonable amount of time (8-10 hours), work your hardest, then you go home.
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
The LinkedIn request is ridiculous. Even it would shut his PM up, he shouldn't change it. If he caves on such a stupid request, his PM is going to wonder what else he will cave on. Going through life letting your employer bully you
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
Employment is a two way street. Your employer is not doing you a favor. You have an economic benefit to give to your employer. Your employer has an economic benefit to give to you. The moment that relationship stops being economically b
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
It seems kind of hard to get the west coast to protest against this. Perhaps, a lot of people out here are involved in this one way or another.
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
Don't create the app to begin with. If you want to create a company, pick one of many problems that don't require your users to hand over their data to you.
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
There's a lot of big names they have funded: https://www.iqt.org/portfolio/alphabetical.html
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
There are numerous groups that may have leaked this. For instance, it could very well be that the NSA itself put this material out there. Consider the following. Perhaps the NSA has the exact capabilities that many people are now complai
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
A third, unstated, option is the most important: domain experience. Work in a field for a few years. Learn its pain points. Learn what drives people crazy. There's tons of broken things to be fixed. You don't have to invent a new indu
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
What about those that go into risk management at a big Wall Street firm because they view this as the best use of their background? Would you rather have someone who didn't understand the mathematical intricacies of fixed income managing t
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
Why does QA not get any respect? This is something I have trouble understanding. I work in QA. I am fully able to read and write code. The engineers I work with have a background in computer science, and I have a background in the domain
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
It could be that there is a very large disconnect between those promising features and the team that ultimately decides on whether or not something is good enough to ship. Let's say that the front office (those doing the selling) start prom
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
Are they just feeling insecure about the kinds of problems their generation is solving? Yeah! Figuring out the ad you are most likely to click on next is the best way forward for mankind. This is obvious.
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
Domain knowledge is important; however, even more important is domain experience. With domain experience, you learn where the bottlenecks and pain points are in your workflows. During my time as an interest rate risk analyst, I had the dis
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
Exactly! Just because you have an idea for changing things doesn't mean that you operate in a vacuum where real-world rules don't apply anymore. This seems like something that's going to involve some negotiating, some real face-to-face ti
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
When I was a student at the University of Florida, I had the pleasure of working in the Special Collections department of the university library system. This is the department where collections significant to Florida history as well as rea
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
These words are so true. Employment is a mutually beneficial economic relationship. Employers want you to believe they hold all of the power; however, this is very far from reality in early stage companies. Employers gotta pay to play. S
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by BrentRitterbeck 13y ago
It sounds like there are two things at play here: (1) You really want to work at this new offer, and (2) the new offer would net you more money. With respect to (1), your work is going to be the best when you enjoy what you do. You state
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Ask HN: Rent/Sublet in Mountain View?
1 points by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago|0 comments
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
I'm consistently somewhere between one and two Starbucks ventis per day; however, when I was in grad school (one-year lock-step masters program), my coffee consumption was significantly higher. You could find me with coffee about 90% of my
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
That's great to hear. I don't really need a full apartment. I have a one-bedroom here in Cleveland, and everything I have fits nicely in that one bedroom. I am simply looking for a place to sleep at night.
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Ask HN: Mountain View Housing
1 points by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago|2 comments
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
What is the probability of Congress actually doing something regarding this? Close to zero! Remember, these are the same fools that brought the US Government within days of not being able to pay its bills. These are the same fools who th
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
Does something you use on a daily basis bug the hell out you? Fix it. Here's one based on my persistant annoyance. If you are looking for an idea, look into fixing software in the financial risk space. The current software is so poorly m
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Ask HN: Can a Room Be Found For Under $700 Near Mountain View?
3 points by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago|2 comments
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
When you write "algebra" do you mean the algebra people study in high school or abstract algebra?
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
I work for a bank, and I will be the first to admit that I contribute nothing to society. I'd gladly join a startup in Silicon Valley if I could (1) pay my $500/month student loan, (2) keep a roof over my head, (3) keep clothes on my back,
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
I've given some thought to the inertia of which you spoke. You're probably correct. I've decided to proceed with writing the software anyways; however, it's going to be open source. I still intend to build a company around this idea, but
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
Adamant as in passionate. This needs an explanation. My father will never be able to retire. What funds he did set aside were slowly used up when he was unemployed. He lost his job at the height of the financial crisis. Now, the root ca
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by BrentRitterbeck 14y ago
Brooke, thank you very much. It's nice to hear some encouragement. I work inside the system. I try to push for change, but there is only so much I can do before I start to upset people. My coworkers laugh at me every time I talk about un

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