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by bsvalley 9y ago
2 reasons why you will OR won't be hired as an old programmer: 1- "programmer" is the entry level in a software/hardware company. Rising stars move up in the ranks over the years and take more responsibilities. Manager,
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by bsvalley 9y ago
1. This looks like a normal use case. It depends on your business, if you end up collecting more than just an email (e.g. SSN, phone #, etc.), then you can add a logic to prevent the creation of a new account from the same user. Otherwise,
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by bsvalley 9y ago
It's a good one, but it seems that there's a trade off with this design. Either you have to ask your users to enter all this information (not a good user experience), or, you end up with inconsistency in your model when you try to
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Ask HN: Should a login be a Username or an Email?
53 points by bsvalley 9y ago|66 comments
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by bsvalley 9y ago
--- USER TABLE --- | USER_ID | | USERNAME | | NB_FOLLOWERS | | TWEETS -> List of TWEET_ID's | | FOLLOWING -> List of USER_ID's | | FOLLOWED_BY -> List of USER_ID's | etc. NB_FOLLOWERS, FOLLOWING and FOLLOWED_BY are u
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Are you working Part time?
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Ask HN: iOS engineers, what is your salary?
2 points by bsvalley 9y ago|2 comments
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by bsvalley 9y ago
It's all about the money. Cost cutting such as layoffs, no annual bonus, no more free snacks, shutting down promising projects. When a company is doing well, it's usually the opposite.
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by bsvalley 9y ago
To "lead" engineers you need to be an engineer because you have to make technical decisions. To "manage" people (including engineers), it's totally fine to be a non-tech person. It's actually even better if you
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by bsvalley 9y ago
It's obvious right? More traffic and higher cost of living. Nothing really new...
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by bsvalley 9y ago
You are right. The suspension also includes h1b transfer too. I wasn't aware of that.
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Pitch it like a startup would pitch a 2-slide deck to an investor. Then wait for the questions. Let them run the talk.
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Then it's a no brainer. Start with your new employer, then apply to your friend's startup whenever they're ready. So you don't miss an opportunity with the big company. You can transfer your H1B as many times as you want
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by bsvalley 9y ago
#1 - Money/Risk management. You need a stop loss and a price target. Before you take a position on the market, know exactly how much loss you're wiling to take. Know exactly how much gain you're targeting. When you reach any
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by bsvalley 9y ago
How can you join a startup (idea stage) on an H1B? Cause make sure you can actually work legally for that startup before doing anything. Technically, you can't unless the startup is already established.
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by bsvalley 9y ago
"Super human"? I went to college 10 years ago to study computer science. Questions were sometimes way harder than that. Part of it is intelligence but it's mostly a memory exercise. Memorize 500 soluions then you'll crac
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by bsvalley 9y ago
It's a trade off, company versus customer experience. For a private company like Uber it's a no brainer. They should take the loss to make the user experience better and to acquire more users. Low cost and frictionless payment, th
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by bsvalley 9y ago
1. Hire Chris Lattner who just left Tesla to take over self-driving initiative. 2. Ask Chris Sacca to come out of retirement and to get more involved in Uber's strategy. 3. Find a COO like yesterday. 4. Shut down Uber eats and Uber rus
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Travis, if you're looking for a new adventure - I'm looking for a co-founder. Ping me ;)
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Take as many risks as you can now otherwise you'll be maxed out in terms of income for the rest of your life. You're young and can live for cheap. Startups, businesses, etc. Don't get trapped in the W2 lifestyle and big corpo
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Ask HN: How do you handle artificial lights in your office space?
3 points by bsvalley 9y ago|3 comments
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by bsvalley 9y ago
A solution would be to create 2 new categories on HN. "Tech talk" and "general topics". Then we should be able to subscribe to categories directly. Unfortunately, user feedback loses its powerful when a product is alread
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by bsvalley 9y ago
I'd travel for the most part as I get satisfaction from discovering different cultures and new parts of the world.
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by bsvalley 9y ago
The $13 billon deal includes Whole Foods + Real estate (400 stores)
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Real Estate - Whole Foods store locations are usually very targeted and nicely picked throughout the US, unlike Safeway's or Walmart's (in ghetto areas). The obvious reason is the expansion of amazon fresh. The least obvious reaso
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by bsvalley 9y ago
When Uber isn't in the news for sexual harassment or for conflict of interests with companies like Google, it usually fights against cities, countries and governments. Their CEO is on a forced 3 months leave he has been kicked out. It
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Look away from your screen, water your eyes by blinking 15-20 times in a row. Repeat every 10 to 15 minutes.
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by bsvalley 9y ago
You reached the point where you hate your project. It happens when you burnout after spending countless hours working on your idea. You already have the money to build a team, investors are backing you up. Take a 2 week vacation Alone (empt
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by bsvalley 9y ago
It depends on the size of the company. - big companies: it's all about eliminating fake Resumes. they only use your web presence as a background check since they already have their own hiring process in place to evaluate a candidate (w
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by bsvalley 9y ago
Here is the "how to find a job?" answer for you: 1. Build a network in the bay area 2. Ask details about their employers, work, teams, projects, etc. 3. Apply through referral

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