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by csnewb 9y ago
Flannel button-down shirt (untucked, sleeves rolled up), jeans, boots (Iron Rangers). On colder days I wear a bomber jacket. This is a really basic outfit that almost every mid-20's engineer in the bay area wears, but I still think its
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by csnewb 9y ago
Code Complete, Clean Code, and Debugging were profoundly educational to me as a junior developer. The Obstacle is the Way helped me deal with personal issues, but it's still a work in progress. The Joy of Less was a great introduction
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by csnewb 9y ago
I have equity but its garbage. I know I'm being severely underpaid but after college graduation I was desperate to take the first available job offer (the salary was actually 85k at the time). What's a reasonable salary to ask for
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by csnewb 9y ago
Job: Software Engineer, Experience: 2 years, Salary: $88k, Bonus: $0, Location: SF Bay Area
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by csnewb 9y ago
"Web Application Architecture" by Shklar and Rosen is a great resource for understanding the major components of a web application: http://www.ce.uniroma2.it/courses/PRSI/WebApplication.pdf
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by csnewb 9y ago
Are you talking about the metal band?
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by csnewb 9y ago
Out of curiosity, is past drug use considered an automatic disqualification? I've never been convicted of literally anything, my record is 100% clean. But let's just say college was a very experimental period of time. I'm int
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by csnewb 9y ago
I'm a shitty person but I schedule my phone screens either early in the morning before work (I come in at 10am), or during gaps in my work schedule, and I'll go to the parking lot and sit in my car for the phone screen. Luckily no
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by csnewb 9y ago
Highlighting and writing inside of books is criminal. For every book I read I made a Google doc and write down key ideas in my own words. I try to review these docs periodically to keep refresh my memory.
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by csnewb 9y ago
+1. Was recently in Berlin and Munich and had a similar experience. Also Oktoberfest in Munich is something that everyone needs to experience.
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by csnewb 9y ago
I'm in ArcSight/HPE now under Micro Focus. Does this news still affect us?
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by csnewb 9y ago
Developers are some of the biggest fucking assholes I've met. At least everyone I know has called someone else a fucking idiot at least once. I've been called that as well. No matter how intelligent, hard working, and productive a
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by csnewb 9y ago
Online resources are often shallow in content. I prefer to deep dive into a topic and truly learn it inside and out by reading a good book. Blogs and tutorials don't give you that deep insight.
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by csnewb 9y ago
Why do you think Code Complete is inadequate for learning about software design?
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by csnewb 9y ago
When I'm learning something new I try to take notes by hand or type them up. Every few days I'll rewrite what I learned from memory, as much as I can remember. Then I'll compare my current notes to my previous notes and fill
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by csnewb 9y ago
I'm not OP but where I live (Mountain View), libraries don't accept computer books published more than 4 years ago. I'm pretty sure the rest of the SV libraries are like that.
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by csnewb 9y ago
I use Facebook to chat with friends and organize social events but do not post personal content. LinkedIn is truly awful, my feed is flooded with recruiters complaining about candidates or posting cringy motivational stories.
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by csnewb 9y ago
2 cups of coffee a day. One after breakfast, but the coffee making process is a morning ritual. I buy specialty coffee (Verve, Four Barrel, etc), grind the beans myself, and brew them using a pour over method on the Chemex device. I'll
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Ask HN: Is the DEF CON conference worth it for security enthusiasts?
2 points by csnewb 9y ago|1 comments
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by csnewb 9y ago
Out of curiosity, how much information do you retain from all the books that you've read? Especially when reading technical books, do you take notes and review them later? I personally forget the majority of what I read and only rememb
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by csnewb 9y ago
In college we used the Kurose textbook: https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Networking-Top-Down-Approach... It explains just about every networking concept in grueling detail. However I don't remember anything I learned in
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by csnewb 9y ago
I mean, aren't those algorithms developed by CS professors/researchers/Ph.D's/mathematicians? As a junior developer I seriously doubt I'd even approach the problem the same way as the super smart person who dev
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by csnewb 9y ago
That was my thought while reading through it, but its basically just an algorithms textbook, which makes technical interviews seem even more daunting.
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by csnewb 10y ago
This is a great guide, thanks for sharing. Out of curiosity, how do other employed developers allocate time to study this stuff? Immediately after graduating from college I could spend 4-8 hours a day most days of the week reviewing algorit
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by csnewb 10y ago
I have a picture, my education listed (CS B.S. degree from top 30 university), prior internship (with short description), and my current position at a huge company in Silicon Valley (also with a short description). On average 1-2 recruiters
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by csnewb 10y ago
Instant Pots are AWESOME for meal prep especially for those who are bulking/cutting weight. In under one hour on a Sunday night, I prepared enough chicken, brown rice, and veggies to eat for lunch every day for a week (I don't eat
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by csnewb 10y ago
What kind of skill set are you referencing?
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by csnewb 10y ago
I work at a big company in Silicon Valley. Our "happy hours" take place during work hours, usually from 3-5pm. However most people use it as an excuse to leave work early to beat traffic on 101/280 (but let's face it, no
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by csnewb 10y ago
Every time I start a new project, read a book/tutorial/blog, or watch a lecture, I write down notes in a Google Doc. These notes are mostly bullet notes summarizing the main idea of what it is that I've learned (Feynman Techn
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by csnewb 10y ago
I know this is a broad question, but what skill set are security firms looking for in graduates/juniors? I have a year of experience in software development on a security product, and have done some basic security vulnerability assessm

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