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by angarg12 7y ago
I already posted my experience from 2008 somewhere else for anyone concerned about a recession. No two crises are equal, but might give you some pointers. My personal perception of the 2008 wreck is the following: a some people got royally
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by angarg12 7y ago
> "As a basis for comparison, the risk of death from C19 is vastly less than the risk of death from driving your car home." He pointed out that there have been 36,000 automotive deaths. Is he really comparing the absolute num
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by angarg12 7y ago
Today I was listening to an 'inspirational' talk about someone who didn't 'have a plan' in life and instead jumped to whatever she felt like doing for the last few years, and ended up being successful and happy. The
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by angarg12 7y ago
I know this is a non-answer, but if you have healthy financial habits, you won't need specific preparation for a recession. I believe you can't time the market so 'preparing for a recession' is a moot point. Instead set
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by angarg12 7y ago
Big-tech interviewer here. That is case for us. One of the principles of interviews is 'use whatever language you want', and we test for skills such as 'data structures' or 'clean code'. Sometimes candidates ar
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by angarg12 7y ago
I don't own a business, but I have encountered these behaviours at a smaller scale. Now I think about this situation as a variation of the prisoners dilemma. If both parties play nice, each one gets a smaller payoff. If one is an assho
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by angarg12 7y ago
Thanks a lot, the point is lost a bit if you don't have the entire conversation.
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by angarg12 7y ago
At first I expected a list of Google services.
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by angarg12 7y ago
> "When money is not at the forefront of your mind when you're doing your job, it allows you to be more passionate about what motivates you," she says. I spent the first several years of my career working in academia for a
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by angarg12 7y ago
A colleague told me an anecdote tangentially related. He was working on a service and managed to hack together some code that barely worked. His manager came around and a conversation like this unfolded. Manager: How is your project going?
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by angarg12 7y ago
Might you be mistaking seniority with 'tenure' or years of experience? In my company simply staying around long enough doesn't make you a senior. You need to demonstrate that you are working at the next level to get promoted,
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by angarg12 7y ago
I used to be open about my salary, until it went wrong. In my first two companies I would openly share my salary, which worked in my favour since I was underpaid. In my third company, where I had one of the higher salaries, it didn't w
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by angarg12 7y ago
> I now schedule meetings specifically at the times of the day when I’m least productive. It doesn’t take a ton of energy to sit through a meeting I'd say that if you can just sit through a meeting and do nothing, you should really
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Ask HN: What can I do at home to grow professionally?
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by angarg12 7y ago
I appreciate giving more visibility to burnout, since I suffered from it in the past, but is this piece an article or PR for this woman and some random app?
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I recently moved to a new team, and the project I've been assigned to was handcrafted and built by ‘gut feeling’. I'm not familiar with the tech and tools and I'm having a hard time getting onboarded. I'm exploring the p
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by angarg12 7y ago
Anyone working in the industry knows that the fact that software works at all is flabbergasting.
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Many people do, particularly after getting passed for a promotion once or twice. My anecdotal evidence is that it is harder to get promoted to L+1 than to get hired at L+1.
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by angarg12 7y ago
Just to add to your awesome comment, many of these companies have compensation policies that discourage retaining talent. I'll give an example of a certain FAANG. - Initial offer sets your comp for your first 4 years. - If stock outper
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by angarg12 7y ago
Humblebrag much? I spent the first 7 years of my career in the public sector. Talk about a career killer. If you are concerned about getting a job elsewhere, just study and do online coding exercises like crazy. That should land you a job a
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by angarg12 7y ago
I can imagine how many software products come get to this state. At some point someone makes a poor design decision, and that sets a precedent. Or programmers can't be bothered to clean up and refactor their code, and it adds over time
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by angarg12 7y ago
Are programmers overpaid in the first place? When we look at eye popping salaries, they usually belong to senior+ engineers in top tech companies in selected geographies. I know far more programmers making just above average wages rather th
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by angarg12 7y ago
There was recently a post in HN called "There is too much stuff". It revolved around the massive amount of unnecessary physical goods we need to shift through to find what we are looking for. I believe the same thing happens with
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by angarg12 7y ago
A little bit offtopic, but are people really going ballistic over Netflix speed up feature? Has no one ever noticed Youtube has supported this since forever? Or that most video players have this feature? I also seem to remember plain DVD pl
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by angarg12 7y ago
Growing up in a working class family I never had access to luxury goods. In the last few years, thanks to a middle class job and a switch on my mindset, I had the privilege to be able to indulge in better quality goods than ever before. Aft
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by angarg12 7y ago
Lengthy but worthwhile article about a similar situation: I Found the Best Burger Place in America. And Then I Killed It. https://www.thrillist.com/eat/portland/stanichs-closed-will-...
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Can't blame people for playing the game. * Many companies have bonuses tied to individual performance goals. * Climbing the ladder is competitive and, again, tied to individual merits. * It is ingrained in our language and mentality. W
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My wife was a freelancer teacher for a few years. Her earnings moved between 'being able to pay rent and little else' to 'not being able to pay the rent'. Not able to see a way forward and with the market getting more cr
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I though this was a piece about how modern society pressures us to be good at everything, and how we are optimising ourselves to death. Boy, was I wrong.
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You might not need to compete with Google, but I see an opportunity there. Pay average Bay Area salaries to full remote workers in low CoL areas. Most likely top tech companies have no offices there, and even if they do, chances are you p

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