JessicaTG

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by JessicaTG 8y ago
That's fair. I recognise that it's quite hypocritical of me, but I don't really have a choice in the matter. :-( I've argued enough against the practice to reduce the problem from something that would take on average an
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
> the bigger issue is that companies are being stupid by interviewing anyone this way, period. I don't know about being stupid. I think it's an okay way to evaluate candidates, and as a person who does regularly interview peopl
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
Hi jryan, thanks for your reply! :-) > Practice. Basically exposure therapy for interviews. That's the thing though. I have and I do already do that. I like doing coding challenges, some time constrained others not, in my spare time
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Ask HN: Getting over interview anxiety?
28 points by JessicaTG 8y ago|30 comments
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
Or just use "text" :-) There's no storage advantage using varchar in PostgreSQL. Just the length constraint checking.
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
You're a wonderful person :-) As an international resident, trying to get a job there has proven quite difficult whereas here (Sydney) it is easy. Although I do completely understand why recruiters are hesitant to employ people that re
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
I started an SSRI a couple of months ago to help treat major depression and anxiety. My GP went over all of the side effects and potential health risks, timelines, as well as its severe withdrawal symptoms and that if I wanted to stop I sho
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
> So it's pretty clear that male and female brains do not react the same way to these things. Give the man suffering low testosterone some oestrogen and progesterone, and their mood will lift and vice-versa. Low hormone levels resul
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
> Don’t trans people take the hormones associated with the opposite sex to become more like that sex? This is correct. Although there's only so much they can do for those of us transitioning post-puberty (like me) once bones have fu
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by JessicaTG 8y ago
Aand it's buried. That's okay, I'll try again later :-) I really want an answer for question 2.
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Ask HN: Silicon Valley and being transgender
3 points by JessicaTG 8y ago|1 comments