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by andirk 4y ago
My favorite interview question was "Do you know Leetcode?". I said yes and prepared my brain for the problem-solving portion of the interview. But no. That was the question with no follow-up. One of the two got sent back to the of
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by andirk 4y ago
I don't understand why Netflix is part of FAANG. We should take it out of the acronym.
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by andirk 4y ago
I always wonder how people who are only in the room when things happen have any pride in their work and aren't embarrassed at their lack of production. A couple jobs ago was people who put most of their effort in to making sure their g
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by andirk 4y ago
Engineers enjoy getting updates and then delivering those updates to someone else who, in turn, puts them in some project management application that overflows within days. Software engineers prefer to discuss things rather than doing them.
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by andirk 4y ago
Standups first thing in the morning are a great way to get the day going with some hot coffee. Each status should be 5-30 seconds. Keeps people honest. The shittier employees always go on and on about what they're doing and start askin
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by andirk 4y ago
I made a shirt that covers this exact issue https://www.customink.com/designs/im-in-meetings-all-day/mjx... It's very straight forward.
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by andirk 4y ago
My last gig dropped my contract and then needed me a month later because their engineers weren't able to do anything. I told them I will come back but I will only golf every day. I ignored almost every meeting and had all my email go i
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by andirk 4y ago
The threat of a meeting helps me make sure I get my shit done beforehand. Sounds childish but it works for me. 10 minute standups first thing in the morning ensure that I get to work on time. A couple jobs ago the company said they wanted p
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by andirk 4y ago
Every meeting should have someone running it, covering the points that are outlined in the meeting notes, and guiding the conversation to make sure it's on point. At the end, they should be able to read what the meeting accomplished in
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by andirk 4y ago
What people don't give enough credit to is that a lot positions, I call them "email jobs", need meetings like how we need meals. Spaced out over each day, constantly. If they don't, then their irrelevance becomes more ob
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by andirk 4y ago
If the meeting requires your attendance but you have little to no input and are learning nothing from it, a fun game to play is do the math of how much that meeting just cost the company.
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by andirk 4y ago
I made a shirt to cover everything you mention here https://www.customink.com/designs/im-in-meetings-all-day/mjx... People really like it.
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by andirk 4y ago
> You have no obligation to explain yourself to anyone, I have no earthly idea why you think you do. > explaining things is often a great way to lose credibility > I wouldn’t trust your citation selection anyway! One popular earth
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by andirk 4y ago
The only issue is when all the space is taken so the next person who shows up can't sit down at all. Blogging and the like is more publishing than "public" in my opinion.
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by andirk 4y ago
This is where a lot of voices on Twitter feel they're being marginalized because their hate speech isn't accepted which is odd to them because in private, it is accepted. Similarly, saying "Joe Rogan" in certain holier-t
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by andirk 4y ago
I enjoy thinking/working/reading/writing in public. But please, if you bring your laptop to a coffee shop, tip the baristas $5-10 if you're there for a while! Even make a point like " hold $5 bill because I'm
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by andirk 4y ago
2023 answer: Excuse me? You mean a street-level maintenance access lid? So it can't fall in. And why are a bunch of the other similar lids not circle? I leave that one up to you vape hit
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by andirk 4y ago
Response to the 50: "Sounds like you need to work _smarter_, not longer and harder like my--" and then walk out but walk with a gait gorilla walk due to the weight.
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by andirk 4y ago
The whole how many dogs fit in to a clown car is truly a waste of time and a relic of the original Google interview questions that everyone beat off to. Value your prospect's time and ask relevant questions even if they are weird. But
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by andirk 4y ago
It's a fine question to chew the fat with, and there _are_ wrong answers, needn't I go in to those. Probably the best answer: even better off, more happy, more fulfilled, and not worrying about where I will be in the next 5 years.
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by andirk 4y ago
That's a fine question. The "what's with this gap in your resume" makes me want to slap someone. I didn't feel like working and I am compensated well for my skillset that you seek hereto, so how about why haven&#x27
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by andirk 4y ago
Biggest weakness: I'm slow. Where do I see myself in 5 years: Not here. How many peas in pod: Don't use Quicksort (stole that answer form Obama) Why should I-- : I've traversed your red/black tree and found the jade monk
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by andirk 4y ago
Amazon has officially turned heel and now everyone still uses them but at least they realize it often sucks. With so many other options I don't see why people use them if another option exists. Here's a video of horrible customer
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by andirk 4y ago
_cough cough_ MediaSource. Mobile Safari is now completely the new IE. It's so sad.
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by andirk 4y ago
This is the correct answer. Allow 3rd party analytics or whatever to do as they choose, but your javascript should pretty much never believe a UA string. `if (someFeature && someFeature.someSpecificMethod)...` Or you can try/ca
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by andirk 4y ago
User agent sniffing is poor practice anyways. Try to use the feature and react according to the browser's abilities. Analytics and similar can sniff all day though. To push browsers to get rid of UA string, we should all use a UA strin
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by andirk 4y ago
Agreed. Shitcoins are like pennny stocks but not even audited or held to much scrutiny at all. It's more like investing in a github repo. There are, however, plenty of real projects backed by real money with real employees, open books,
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by andirk 4y ago
> I don’t care at all what you think is overvalued K that's the topic of this conversation.
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by andirk 4y ago
Seeing as stonks trade for often >40x the company's actual output, sounds pretty similar, doesn't it? Most coins should be worth a fraction of their traded value, and the same with Wall Street. The keyword is speculation that i
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by andirk 4y ago
Yes, correct. Almost from scratch each time. Maybe there's a level of effort and complexity that I'm not seeing, but it's thin cloth stitched to fit a mold.

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