SerialOwl

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by SerialOwl 6y ago
I can't believe how many people claim to have years of experience but are completely unfamiliar with terms like "binary", "library", "compiler", and "filesystem".
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by SerialOwl 6y ago
How do you expect to convince the interviewer that your solution was correct without tests? How can you debug your code properly if you end up with a spaghetti mess instead of using a clean design?
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by SerialOwl 7y ago
Did you get approval from your manager, or legal?
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by SerialOwl 7y ago
They're parallel in theory and get paid the same, but if you look at the ratio of high-level managers to high level ICs, climbing the management ladder is clearly easier.
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by SerialOwl 7y ago
I don't think Starcraft players are great examples. Many of the most successful ones walked the "Royal Road," i.e. they won the OSL on their first try. I can't think of any player who was mediocre for years, and then bec
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by SerialOwl 8y ago
And of course it's just a coincidence that these "holistic qualities" happen to be found more frequently in some races than others?
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by SerialOwl 8y ago
When I left my previous employer, the reason was absolutely arbitrary. The new one paid more. I didn't have to wait for the old company to not pay me the agreed upon salary, spend months offering them a "compensation improvement p
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by SerialOwl 8y ago
Usually phone screens only check how well you can code, whereas onsite interviewers dig deeper on your design skills and experience in addition to coding. So it could be that you over-indexed on coding when preparing.