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by _ah 6y ago
There's some good historical data on SimFin (simfin.com), but it's missing the most recent data unless you pay. I suppose you could work on training your models with the free data dump, do some back-testing, and then pay for the l
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by _ah 6y ago
"Thank you for your offer. We are not looking to sell any portion of the company at this time. However, in order to further align our interests, after your successful onboarding with the beta release we are willing to consider offeri
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by _ah 6y ago
First, remember that you're doing an incredibly valuable service for your team. The time spent finding and vetting new people will have an impact larger than most other direct contributions. Your team thanks you (or should!) Second, re
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by _ah 6y ago
Traditional education is at least partially a signalling mechanism. Some of that is necessarily created by limited physical space, which enforces enrollment caps. Online education has the possibility to be effectively free at scale, but in
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by _ah 6y ago
Working for any company means working with people. That's easier to do in person. If you're remote, that doesn't mean that you no longer have to communicate. It means you have to work even harder to communicate to overcome
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by _ah 6y ago
https://bossasaservice.life/
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by _ah 6y ago
This is true, but for a pure dev role (writing code, closing tickets, no technical leadership) I maintain that a C expert with 10 (recent) years' experience is functionally indistinguishable for a C expert with 35 years.
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by _ah 6y ago
I agree, there is a lot of context that comes with experience. However two things remain true: 1. Experience without knowing the latest stack is useless for a pure developer role. 2. Leaning into the deep memory of past failures is more c
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by _ah 6y ago
The best developers only have 10 years experience. 10 years is enough to understand software, process, and the rest at a deep level. You may have expertise in a particular area. You know pretty much all the things that are available to kn
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by _ah 6y ago
5) become an expert in A Field. There are lots of little niches where the programming languages and techniques change, but the core problems of the field stay the same. Deeply knowing a particular corner of the industry can serve you well,
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by _ah 6y ago
When you go into business with friends, you are already jeopardizing your friendship. That particular ship has sailed. You now have an option to (1) do what's right for you, and (2) potentially have some friends at the end of it. BTW i
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by _ah 6y ago
No one hires new grads out of the goodness of their own heart. This is a tactical decision to drive value to the business. I've seen this manifest in two classes of company: 1. Underfunded companies who hire the young and ambitious bec
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by _ah 7y ago
You are confusing effort with impact. They are not the same. Working more hours can lead to bigger impact, but generally that scales linearly. The better route to success and promotion is to focus on the inflection points: the bits that a
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by _ah 7y ago
Note that in this weird COVID time you CAN still be hired to work remotely during the temporary lockdown, but this is an investment on the part of the company and generally will come with the expectation that you show up on-site once the lo
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by _ah 7y ago
There is SO MUCH context involved in onboarding a new grad. Just wandering past the person's desk regularly will give clues about work ethic, where they're getting stuck, and when the person should be encouraged to stop + ask for
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by _ah 7y ago
WebEx fell way behind in usability. I consistently had problems getting audio to work as recently as a year ago. Regardless of whether I used the browser experience or their installed app, the only reliable way was to join the conference by
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by _ah 7y ago
The CEO has the biggest vote. CEO is the only role in which specific competencies can be exercised, and non-leadership gaps can be hired for. Strength of the CEO determines the size and number of gaps. Yes, it's possible for the CEO to
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by _ah 7y ago
Although actually, that's an interesting proposition. Offer your landlord a percentage of your equity in exchange for reduced rent. Who knows, you might find a well-financed investor who's willing to take a risk on you.
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by _ah 7y ago
Technical people tend to overvalue their own contributions. User research, hiring, and leadership is a very real thing and has real value. Your friend recruited you, not the other way around... a very big value he provided is that he convin
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by _ah 7y ago
It will be GREAT. Ok, maybe an overstatement. Fewer companies will be funded, many many will die. The market will viciously slaughter any weak business plans. But the few that survive will THRIVE. With brutal market pressure, only the best
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by _ah 7y ago
> What pains me is the embarrassment of appearing like some clueless fool who got caught up in some get-rich-quick scheme. I love programming, and I just wanted a structured curriculum to train as a professional. Don't let this stop
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by _ah 7y ago
Best option is to transition internally. You can do that gradually, and you already have the tribal knowledge, reputation, and internal connections to make things easier. If there's no internal path you can try to make the leap elsewhe
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by _ah 7y ago
I agree with this assessment. Project Manager, Product Manger / Product Owner, and Program Manager are all different roles. They are related and often confused. I would definitely not trade Sr Dev for PjM. A more interesting question i
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by _ah 7y ago
Sounds like this is a small shop. When you were off by yourself, your compensation stood alone in its own category. If you join the other backend devs, then your salary is compared against theirs and it "looks bad" on the internal
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by _ah 7y ago
You could take the first N characters of the password and store that as a secure hash. That would catch people choosing password1, password2, etc (but wouldn't help much with 1password, 2password...)
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by _ah 7y ago
If you want to feel involved: Join a city or state-level campaign (cold calls, knocking on doors, publicity events, etc). If you want to be involved: Run for a local office (like maybe a city council seat), preferably an uncontested rac
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by _ah 7y ago
This is a really confusing post on a lot of levels. I think that some refinement in your pitch would go a long way. Some of the questions that arise after reading your post are: * If you're a startup scrambling for traction, why are yo
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by _ah 7y ago
There's an easy product fix for this. Offer every game purchase with the option for a one-time key conversion, ideally managed through the game publisher. In the event of a Stadia shutdown you could easily port your purchase over to an
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by _ah 7y ago
"Most companies are bloated and would require a huge staff of N to maintain this product, but I'm able to do it with N/10 because we've invested heavily in the very best intelligent automation . I've staked my ent
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by _ah 7y ago
This is not a great solution. Very few problems need unlimited, unbounded research. An effective employee limits him/herself to only the biggest problem and risk areas, rapidly focusing on the biggest unknowns and ignoring the little s

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