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> So for example, if only a few bytes have changed and the binary is only a few bytes different in size they can mostly rely on the tools. That's not how compiled optimized binaries work, especially not with Apple platforms, ever-ch
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> The longer reviews are reserved for new apps and edge cases. As an App Store developer myself, I'm not sure it's true. For example, one of my 1.0 releases was "In Review" for all of 14 minutes, which is shorter than
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The definition of insanity is submitting the same link to HN over and over again and expecting different comments. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
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Fintech, close to $1b valuation. 2 interviews with 10+ people each. Pair programming sessions with 4 different engineers. "The offer was for an internship in NYC." And the author calls that not terrible?
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FWIW here's some data from the 2020 Stack Overflow developer survey: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020#developer-pro... To what extent is the survey representative? Hard to say. I'd be interested
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"But skills can beat ageism" I dislike this typical response, because it comes close to blaming the victim, and indeed many people do blame the victims of ageism, attributing stereotypical attitudes to them. Imagine claiming &quot
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> Same kind of person who never finds a partner because of the "ceremony around" dating, I guess? If dates were conducted like coding interviews — assuming the candidate is a liar and forcing them to prove in detail why they&#x
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> It’s a unique skillset that degrades fast, not unlike dating skills. It's crucial to continue dating while you're in a relationship. Especially a long-term relationship, which can cause your dating skills to become very rusty
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What do you mean by "tackle"? He removed himself from what he considered a bad influence, and he's writing about it publicly. I'm not sure what you expect? A 22 year old to single-handedly take down an extremely powerful
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> As a non-car owner, I ride the bus almost daily. > The average bus rider is less capable than the average Universality educated white collar tech worker in the professional sense, You ride the bus. Some university educated white col
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> If you talk to a random person they are pretty dumb, and you find random people at busses. No, that's not how randomness works. If you talk to sufficiently many random people, you will likely get a wide distribution of people. Bes
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> Then hop on the bus and have conversations with the 'average person'. You fill find somewhat less conscientious, less interested, less curious, less intelligent people. Wow, this is jaw-dropping stereotype. I used to ride the
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> But it's mostly highly meritocratic at least, each hiring mechanism is in isolation. Why view it in isolation? To me, the interesting question is how the hiring manager got into their position. Referring to the sports analogy of t
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> Paul Graham says differently. It was Steve Jobs.
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I would offer the friendly suggestion that perhaps the concept of fairness is not even relevant here. We want the most competent people to be in positions of responsibility. This is not a fair distribution of responsibility. The fairest sys
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The article makes the fundamental mistake of confusing economics and ethics. Capitalism is an economic system. It's far from perfect, but it may be the best economic system we've got. Capitalism is not an ethical system. Treated a
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> These days you can get your foot in the door via code schools. I don't think Ivy League kids are looking to just get their foot in the door; they're looking to be at the top.
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> Tech itself isn’t impressed by an ivy university degree like other professions Bill Gates: Harvard Mark Zuckerberg: Harvard Jeff Bezos: Princeton Eric Schmidt: Princeton Sundar Pichai: University of Pennsylvania (MBA) Elon Musk: Univer
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> instead of actually taking any kind of action He left Princeton and moved to Australia. I'd call that some kind of action.
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> Too many movies, not enough life. I got into trouble. That is life. How many college kids do drugs, for example? A lot! This is undeniable. Some people suffer consequences from that, and some don't. As with everything in life, i
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The author did ultimately choose to leave, but in general we can't expect kids under 20 years old (or even under 30 years old for that matter) to make great life choices. I certainly didn't. It usually takes experience to be able
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Big tech companies love to hire on potential too. They often hire freshly minted college grads over experienced engineers.
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> every NBA player who has won league MVP in the lottery era (>1985) was drafted in the first 15 picks. I mentioned Steph Curry because the original commenter did, but in general it's very strange to focus on the MVP. That's
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It should be mentioned that Steph Curry was drafted behind Hasheem Thabeet, Tyreke Evans, Ricky Rubio, and Jonny Flynn, among others. Hiring is always a crapshoot. Pro sports teams spend a lot more time and money on talent evaluation than t
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You're welcome! Of course your comment also violates the guidelines: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." Reinfo
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How Chrome stays fresh without getting in your face (2011)(an.enduringcolumn.com)
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This is a serious, non-sarcastic response: honestly, sincerely, in my experience as a HN reader off and on for years, a commenter for 6 months, and occasional author of submitted articles (usually submitted by someone other than me) that ha
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This entire submission has been flagged, so it appears that Hacker News itself sees something seriously wrong with the author's web site. Anyway, FWIW, I was defending the author from the charge of doing something suspicious.
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I think the observation is just out of date now. "Haven't used Chrome for some time by now." At present, Little Snitch does just fine at blocking GoogleSoftwareUpdate.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

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