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by avensec 2y ago
One differentiation I find is that, I typically respond to questions or ask a question. In that way, I don't believe it was part of the problem, but demonstrated a pattern of improvement, I'd love to see (I responded to a direct q
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by avensec 2y ago
There are lots of replies; I'll add my theory. Threads aren't conducive to conversations that build psychological safety and trust. A natural conversation of curiosity/questions, in 1:1 or small group settings, doesn't e
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by avensec 3y ago
Reading through the comments, I'm quite shocked to see how many deterrent conversations are happening without any understanding of the underlying tech stacks being tested. Testcontainers can be fantastic, especially when you are facing
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by avensec 3y ago
> senior management in many companies is basically a high school clique. Behavioral problems that would get normal people fired are sometimes tolerated in VP, C-levels, even directors sometimes, and working in such environments is trying
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by avensec 3y ago
This mantra has served me well for the past five years: My phone is there when I need it, not when the infinity of the internet wants my attention. My work/friends/family have gotten used to the full-time Do Not Disturb. They can
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by avensec 3y ago
re: COVID part. The conclusion leaped to is likely inaccurate and not what he meant by the ambiguous "experts" remark. Their company was involved more in the supply and distribution of COVID vaccines, based on data collection of C
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by avensec 3y ago
Soft tools for people. Some individuals need training on how to manage remote vs in-person effectively. General discourse likes to identify the older generation as the ones who lose object permanence. The "if they aren't in a seat
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by avensec 3y ago
I was in a similar introspective state of my life when someone recommended "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl. To anyone reading the comment wanting more, I'd recommend the book. The audiobook is only 4h 45m.
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by avensec 3y ago
This is well-stated and appreciated positivity. It is disheartening to see the detractor/logic-leaping replies that followed. Thank you for writing it.
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by avensec 3y ago
Really appreciate this link. I used a LG C2 as my monitor and I've been having trouble with HDR content in W11/Chrome for years. I always end up using Edge or otherwise for Youtube HDR, and this helped me debug.
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by avensec 3y ago
Point well made, but I think they were trying to correct the usage of Responsibility. Responsible = Who does the work, which, of course you can outsource.
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by avensec 3y ago
This likely belongs in the Who is Hiring post @ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37739028 . Good luck on your search.
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by avensec 3y ago
I read it as discourse related to a binary proposal without any nuance. The root being "Whose responsibility is it to keep track of accomplishments: The Manager or the Individual?"
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by avensec 4y ago
Seems pretty darn clear after watching one of the Youtube TITO videos. Same steering wheel, same design on the air vents with different inserts, same entertainment cutouts, etc..
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by avensec 4y ago
As the parent, just wanted to give a quick reply with thanks. My reply here is meta given the topic, but I almost didn't submit my original comment because I've seen how these threads go. Any additional information in my comment w
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by avensec 4y ago
I am a Director-Level in Engineering/QA/Quality Engineering. I currently lead a team where our ratio of Female Indian women is higher than any other engineering group at the company. Every Quality Engineering team I have been apar
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by avensec 4y ago
If you are marketing to the right audience, then ignore the fuzz. In my experience, most solutions aren't marketing to the correct audience. In the Quality Engineering/SDET realm, I get dozens of emails a week for low/no-code
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by avensec 5y ago
> I wasn't convinced I actually had the skillsets they needed for what they were offering, their tech interview was a take-home assignment and at most an hour of reviewing it. I didn't feel like I had earned it. "Feels lik
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by avensec 5y ago
Yes, but in a different way. I work in Quality Engineering, and the scope of maturity in testing distributed systems has been exhausting. Reading other comments from the thread, I see similar frustrations from teams I partner with. How to e
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by avensec 5y ago
One of the reasons we test is for confidence. If we can't trust a test, it isn't providing value. It may give negative value due to the time required to inspect the failure or general erosion of trust in the test suite. One patter
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by avensec 5y ago
I appreciate the article for visibility as we could always use more knowledge and partners in the Quality Engineering space. Just recognize that these are relatively low-hanging fruit/early maturity concepts in test engineering. Are yo
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by avensec 5y ago
Similar but different. I recently closed out a Quality Engineering/CoE position and conducted two awkward phone screens where the "candidates" were running sales pitches for their side-gigs. The discussions started normally,
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by avensec 7y ago
Webcache since it is now removed. You can still see the strange reviews, but this cache does not have the "Amazon's choice" label. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HeZP55...
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by avensec 8y ago
Preference for semi-open team spaces, but not as far as offices-for-all. If the choice was binary, I'd choose open. My team has an open area, but it is semi-closed off from other teams. There were two desks which would have had their m
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by avensec 8y ago
- Many well known people in tech are charlatans. This is something I learned first hand in the previous year. I joined a company that purposely seeks out known entities in a specific space. These are people I've seen do tech-talks and