Jemaclus

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by Jemaclus 11y ago
me: I'm here for the engineering manager position them: great, can you come in for a front-end developer interview at 2? me: I'm here for the engineering manager position them: here's an offer for a front-end position making
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What's really great is when you go back in the Slack history from the day you interviewed and see what people said about you... I imagine that can sometimes be awkward.
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That's pretty amazing. It won't belong before Tupac really does release a new album...
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
Some companies reject people based on green card status, because they don't have the resources to sponsor them. Some companies have specific salary ranges, too. Are those factors considered during your analysis? You seem to be focusing
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
No arguments here!
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
Are you asserting that stock options are the only reason to join a startup? Because that's fallacious at the very least. (And by the way, this "Why would you join a startup?" question is exactly what that founder said to me w
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I didn't say it's never worth anything. I said it's not worth anything until a qualifying event has occurred . It doesn't matter how much your equity is valued if I can't cash it out.
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I understand it. Obviously, I want more equity. But it doesn't act as a replacement for salary, like some people seem to think. It's a bonus, like free snacks and ping pong tables. It might pay out, but it probably won't, and
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I dunno about anyone else, but I pretty much ignore equity when considering a new position. Worrying about equity as an employee is like worrying about what kind of Christmas gift you'll get from someone you know. It might be something
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
For a long time, there was a PHP6 in the works, but then HHVM and Hack came around and started making PHP6 look bad. There was another fork called PHP-NG, I believe, which went in a different direction. There was a huge pissing match in the
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
The flip side of this is being able to accept constructive criticism. While Scott learned a lot about how to be a manager herself, the true takeaway here is probably more that Scott was able to recognize and accept Sheryl's valid criti
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
My first professional rule is to try to be one of the dumbest people in the room. By that I mean, I want to surround myself with people who know more about things that I don't know much about. At my last job, there were five engineers.
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I've got three Raspberry Pis. I don't know why. I don't know what to do with them. None of the projects that I've seen have been particularly compelling to me, and I'm not creative enough to come up with a good idea
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
As an aisle-preferrer, I sympathize and agree!
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
It turns out that the back-to-front is what they actually do now. I believe the most efficient method, as determined by the Mythbusters, is the WILMA (Window-Middle-Aisle) technique. Here's the video: https://www.youtube.com
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
If I recall correctly, the slow part about boarding a plane isn't actually the boarding part. That only takes like 15 minutes. The unloading/loading of luggage, refueling, and restocking is what takes the most time. If you took th
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
So this dyslexic guy walks into a bra... No, really, it wasn't really a joke, but more of a funny story that almost everyone laughs at... except this particular CTO. Sigh. I'd explain it here, but there's some backstory that
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
That's a great question. I don't think it's a matter of "Can I contribute more than a climatologist? but rather "How can I help a climatologist make better models and predictions?" or "How can I help my
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I've asked this question a few times but haven't really gotten a satisfactory answer. There are a lot of what I might call "epic problems" out there. Malaria, homelessness, HIV, refugees, war, climate change, income ineq
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I interviews around a bit this summer. I found one position that, on paper, I was the perfect candidate. I ticked every checkbox the hiring manager mentioned. I met with the hiring manager first, and she loved me and by the end of the meeti
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
None, I hope. They're bacterial breeding ground. Yuck.
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
You might be right. I think you're underestimating the psychology of the contract idea, but hey, what do I know. :)
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I don't disagree with you, but my problem with short coding tests is that they're often very, very contrived. The kind of contrived that it is extremely likely that it will be something I have zero experience with in my day-to-d
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
Agree completely. And I wouldn't leave my currently solid job, as much as I might dislike it, for a 3 month contract-to-hire position. That's insanity.
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I'm not sure that's true. (I don't disagree, I'm just not sure.) I think an employer might be more willing to take a risk on a candidate they're not sure of if it's only for a few weeks. "Well, we're
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I actually do wear a hearing aid, but people tell me that they don't notice. I also keep my hair a bit on the long side, so it's not usually visible. it's also very small. I haven't really run into anyone who immediately
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
The big problem with this is that I wouldn't leave my current job for a 3 month contract that may or may not pan out. If I'm currently unemployed, then I might take this risk, but there are other companies who will do the work up
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I have a hearing loss. It takes a little while for people to notice, and I generally do very well in face-to-face, one-on-one interactions, so during interviews, I never bring it up. Back when I was dating, I struggled with whether to bring
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by Jemaclus 11y ago
I interviewed there this summer, and as the recruiter was giving me a tour, I pretty much decided I wasn't interested. It was just desks as far as the eye could see. It just looked like the SV version of a sweat shop.

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