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by ativzzz 7y ago
Bad UI design has nothing to do with your coding framework of choice, it has everything to do with the design. Most programmers are not good designers. I cringed a bit at the background color of the OP's blog. There's a reason tha
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by ativzzz 7y ago
What I meant is that you can find an example in nearly every business of some person (or group of people) getting "screwed over", which is of course subjective. So subjectively, you could make the case that every business is &quot
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Impact meaning my impact on the product, not my impact on humanity as a whole. I get more satisfaction from a larger impact on a product that affects less people than less impact on a product that affects many more people.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
I've made a few rules for myself regarding working in tech: 1. Do not work for a company where tech is not their primary product. If you are only a cost center, you will be treated like a second-class citizen. 2. Work for a smaller com
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by ativzzz 7y ago
By this logic, every company screws over everyone and business is bad overall.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Other than these experts, what kind of companies do C developers work at? How does the compensation look like compared to doing web development?
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by ativzzz 7y ago
People who don't know what a file is need to take a computer literacy class before they can jump into something like programming. An IDE is fine to hide programming related magic for a beginner, but if it needs to hide things like a fi
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by ativzzz 7y ago
I've noticed this trend in companies with Indian middle managers who tend to aggressively pursue hiring outsourcing firms (like Accenture) to bring in offshore Indian resources, and the project inevitably fails. Every time I've se
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by ativzzz 7y ago
The only way you are going to exceed FAANG compensation at an average-ish company is if you go into senior management at that company, which is a completely different career track. You make it sound like being a web developer at a non-FAANG
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> I've often posited among friends in the industry that it's partly due to apathy and mismatched expectations. College students go into CS because they expect a good paying job, not because of any specific aptitude or interest.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
> Good companies understand that people move on, and don't assume that someone is hired in to a role forever. Once you realise that hiring is an expensive process that you will always be doing you then you can optimize it appropriat
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Ok cool, so how do companies adjust their hiring processes and be able to objectively measure what makes you a qualified candidate?
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by ativzzz 7y ago
It's common to all nations, period.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Why aren't IE users considered more when thinking about accessibility? The best practice is to incorporate a11y accessibility standards to accommodate the small percentage of users who use screen readers and/or have color blindnes
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Tons of non-tech companies drug test, and they have lots of tech roles.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
How about the other symptoms you didn't list? > Having the urge to avoid things that trigger anxiety > Feeling weak or tired > Trouble concentrating or thinking about anything other than the present worry > Having trouble s
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Why not? The mayo clinic defines anxiety as a medical disorder: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anxiety/sympt... . Why shouldn't doctors help patients manage it?
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Large amounts of money offer much more tangible freedom than a moral victory, and can lead to many more moral victories down the line. Alternatively, people just like money. I'd much rather take whatever large amount of cash to basical
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by ativzzz 7y ago
This cartoon I found on the Colombia subreddit describes this inequality: https://i.redd.it/vpdqwhnawmo41.jpg
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Well it's more like using the tools other developed to help you solve your problems faster. If you're spending more time understanding the tools you're using, reconsider your tools.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
A lot of posts that are "more or less facts" are spoken with a certain connotation, which the posters sometimes are not even aware of. I see a ton of "why is this post downvoted?" edits when someone just says facts, but
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by ativzzz 7y ago
It's all opinion based. When I first started WFH a few years ago I would sometimes go to a cafe/coworking space. Now, I never do, I much prefer to stay at home.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
It depends on your app, see https://play.google.com/about/monetization-ads/payments/
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Your comment mirrors my experience with external recruiters during normal times so I don't really see myself using recruiters now.
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Ask HN: How do you feel about job hunting?
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Just an FYI, there are no emails to contact nor any information about how to apply for any of these positions you described anywhere on your website that I can see.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
> Do not forget that you represent a small minority of tech literate people. You're right haha, plus I'm more of a minimalist so I just want to have less stuff in general.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Is this not what a search engine is for? When I want a good or service I'm interested in buying, I can search it, do my research, and/or find a place to buy it. I only want advertising when I explicitly opt into it. Otherwise, I n
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by ativzzz 7y ago
Yes, we should do this and send them to the essential jobs to keep society afloat, like working at a GameStop store.
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by ativzzz 7y ago
The article states amazon is trying to hire 100k new employees right now for its warehouses.

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