ZainRiz

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by ZainRiz 4y ago
> Nothing is simple — every step of the project presents some unique problem that you have to work around carefully. I dunno dude, that sounds just like software to me, lol
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Why software engineers like woodworking(zainrizvi.io)
334 points by ZainRiz 4y ago|247 comments
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
Urdu even has words to describe your exact relationship to different cousins: - "cousin brother from my father's sister's kids" - "cousin sister from my mother's brother's kids" - and even "cousi
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
Some will, especially at places where leadership felt like they individually weren't as productive during covid than when they could meet people in person. But there are many other companies who found themselves just as productive (if
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
This article seems to be advocating sticking your head in the ground when something goes wrong Yeah, sometimes all you can do is raise awareness. And if the ongoing issue is going to affect your deliverables, then you better be raising awa
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
This article seems to be advocating sticking your head in the ground when something goes wrong There’s a world of a difference between telling others “that’s not my job” for tasks that have nothing to do with you, and owning the success of
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
That's what the best do!
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Hacking the bureaucracy to get stuff done (2020)(zainrizvi.io)
114 points by ZainRiz 4y ago|65 comments
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
Stick them on a single blue ray
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
The problem is a bit more insidious than that As an engineer, you want to be working on cool new features too! Very few folks will be content sitting on their laurels just fixing the occasional bug or adding a touch more polish to a product
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Is it worth being wise? (2007)(paulgraham.com)
3 points by ZainRiz 4y ago|1 comments
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by ZainRiz 4y ago
Wrote a whole post on this topic (that's gone viral a couple times) which you mind find helpful It's about my own struggles with impostor syndrome and how, with a shift in perspective, you can turn it into an advantage: https:&#x
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P.A.R.A: Two Years of Practice(zainrizvi.io)
1 points by ZainRiz 4y ago|0 comments
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Memory Bandwidth Napkin Math (2020)(forrestthewoods.com)
45 points by ZainRiz 5y ago|6 comments
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Actually, this data is all false from 2012 onwards. The code was written back in 2012 and is using numbers from back then to _guess_ what future numbers would look like! (I was fooled by it too) See https://github.com/colin-
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Woah, this code hasn't been updated in 9 years D:
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
"Democracy" is your litmus test, remember that the US has been happy to overthrow democracies and put dictators in power if it better serves their economic interests: - Panama - US invaded it in 1989 and overthrew their leader -
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Are you claiming Alexander Grischuk allowed Russia to invade Ukraine? (something he's been openly critical of?) How much more critical have you been of your own country invading other nations?
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
The only good things about these stores was that you got to hold a kindle in your hands before deciding to buy one on amazon.com
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
An alternate setup I've seen at (this was for a super, super experienced distinguished engineer (like a Google L9) who wanted to work part time) was to work full time one week and then take one week off
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
What you're saying is definitely true for the more mature companies (say, 1000+ employees). I curious if the author has experience with this working for startups and their ilk, which may not have become large enough to have a proper re
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P.A.R.A. vs. Zettelkasten: The False Binary(zainrizvi.io)
3 points by ZainRiz 5y ago|0 comments
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The Parable of Two Programmers (2012)(knowstuffs.wordpress.com)
2 points by ZainRiz 5y ago|1 comments
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Whenever I ask an expert how long it'll take someone new to the their code base to add feature Y, I mentally double whatever estimate they give and share _that_ instead. I haven't overshot the estimate yet.
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
At google, the templates for my 1 pager used to be two pages long
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Sure, could you just put your request in a google doc and share the link here? Just let me know what you want to learn, how you hope to use it, and what you've tried in the past. kthx
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Most resumes only get looked at for 6 seconds before they end up in the discard pile. You want to fix your resume so that that quick glance is enough to make you look interesting. That means: - Having a summary section at the top that highl
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Extra tangential: For a lot of human history, many of the elite _thought_ they were close to achieving immortality through unlocking the elixir of life, and that it could be discovered in the next few years. That elixir has changed names, b
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Never attribute credence to an argument because it was stated confidently
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by ZainRiz 5y ago
Some companies I've been at swung in the opposite direction and I was really greatful for it. E.g. At Microsoft you have a max amount of vacation days that you can accrue before they start expiring, and managers get dinged whenever the

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