bradlys

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961.
by bradlys 4y ago
In order to avoid catastrophic climate change (hard to say we even can at this point) - we need anything we can get. Nuclear is part of anything we can get.
962.
by bradlys 4y ago
The thing is - when you get rid of gas stoves you can get rid of almost all other gas appliances. That’s literally the only thing keeping gas in most homes in the USA and continued in new construction. When you add in gas water heaters, hea
963.
by bradlys 4y ago
Except this has never happened within the Bay Area. Even in the 2008 pop, it never was that bad and you got your money back by 2011.
964.
by bradlys 4y ago
This seems really out of touch. ICs absolutely despise interviewing. Half of my current team has expressed that they want to quit but isn't going to because they are so afraid of interviewing again. Many are coming up on 1-yr ten
965.
by bradlys 4y ago
> IMO, so long as you are transparent about the pros and cons of the position, it's perfectly ethical and reasonable. How often are people genuinely leaving companies because they think it's a great environment but it's j
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by bradlys 4y ago
It is lying. It is deceit. We just dupe people new to the industry about these tactics. It's only the veterans who know that every person and company is completely full of shit. Startups have "aspirational" speaking where the
967.
by bradlys 4y ago
Legitimately wonder why people find this so so hard to understand. Has no one ever been a manager? Have you never worked with managers who had to do these things? I've known many managers who admit to having to do all of these thin
968.
by bradlys 4y ago
This is a great way to put it. Lying is 100% part of the game with employment. It continues even when you're still at the workplace. Are really people so asinine to believe that hiring managers aren't lying through their teeth the
969.
by bradlys 4y ago
Again - if you lived in HCOL... You'd understand.
970.
by bradlys 4y ago
~70% of eng is Asian within SV. About half are Indian. Other half is Chinese. It’s a very prevalent problem. A lot of people come from India and keep their cultural values - including caste discrimination. It’s a small issue in the genera
971.
by bradlys 4y ago
I’ve never had a single class with less than 30 students except for ones where the students dropped out mid-quarter. (Ironically one of my smallest classes was one that was for 65+ students but the instructor was so bad that we had less tha
972.
by bradlys 4y ago
Me. Just want a good severance package. Already been planning for it and going to hopefully get them to convert. I know what buttons to push. Just start calling management out in larger meetings. ;) Making it clear that people don’t know wh
973.
by bradlys 4y ago
In a capitalistic system - yes. She’s won and there’s fuckall you can do about it. If you wanna play by a different set of rules - gotta change the entire landscape. No one is going to do that.
974.
by bradlys 4y ago
Having come from a poor rural background - I have no intention of going back. The brain rot that exists in those communities is beyond toxic. At least there's a chance in cities of interacting with someone reasonable. I have no inten
975.
by bradlys 4y ago
Because most people don't want to live in the middle of nowhere. Especially if you have an Ivy League degree, come from an upper class household, and like to be surrounded by similar. SV isn't full of the same type of people t
976.
by bradlys 4y ago
Problem is that often gasp the high compensation doesn’t follow to BFE!
977.
by bradlys 4y ago
If you could buy an acre on $125K~ year - I don’t think you live in hcol.
978.
by bradlys 4y ago
May as well throw in cardboard box with that kind of straw man.
979.
by bradlys 4y ago
How does rent going up relate to eating out?
980.
by bradlys 4y ago
I find it weird you mention taking on debt and financing these purchases that way. It’s typically the best way to purchase anything as long as the rates are good. In fact - most people who are financially literate would say it’s completely
981.
by bradlys 4y ago
I think his point is true even in smaller teams and environments. Unless you’re forced to be together like in the military - I don’t see people relating to one another as soon as that context breaks apart. The shared moral fibers are impo
982.
by bradlys 4y ago
> Probably the biggest thing that shocked me as an adult is how many people still act like teenagers. This still continues to surprise me. I see many people into their 40s, 50s, and 60s acting no different than if they were in middle sch
983.
by bradlys 4y ago
YMMV. I found that least in SV - people are so guarded that they’re rarely ever going to be vulnerable even with anyone new they meet. Maybe it’s the crowds I keep meeting but everyone is uncomfortable with even talking about what they want
984.
by bradlys 4y ago
Study leetcode and system design. Interview elsewhere. It's literally that simple. I'm being extremely honest.
985.
by bradlys 4y ago
Considering it was a top 10 school - sounds like quite an ignorant statement. Most of my peers are at FAANG, founded companies, etc. (as am I obviously) Many of us are still quite competent. The “professors” were just horrible.
986.
by bradlys 4y ago
The problem is that leadership is also the same type of person. I’ve found that leadership is often more troubling than any ICs.
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by bradlys 4y ago
I’ve interviewed at hundreds of places all within SV - I can say quite confidently that they’re almost all the same. There are some minor variations but they’re almost all completely forgettable by the end of the day. If they have something
988.
by bradlys 4y ago
As someone who has done the interview rounds at FAANG and many dozens of other companies in SV - you either work in algorithmic work or got lucky with your questions. The questions that are asked have little to no basis in my daily work as
989.
by bradlys 4y ago
As someone who “cheated” - it was a requirement to pass classes. “Professors” (researchers and post-docs who hated lecturing) were in a constant arms race against the students. We were assigned problems routinely that we would ask the profe
990.
by bradlys 4y ago
Simplistic messaging apps aren’t really a good model to run off of. Designing WhatsApp and Instagram are common system design questions because they’re trivial in comparison to design Uber/Lyft, etc.

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