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by dleslie 5y ago
I would love to see solid evidence that advertising for an established product is meaningfully effective at increasing revenue beyond the cost to produce it.
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by dleslie 5y ago
It's best known for its award-winning games and its digital distribution network. The alleged egregious overtime was acknowledged as a voluntary undertaking by several team members, and it seems as though the journalists didn't bo
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by dleslie 5y ago
Try to gatekeep all you want; but punks failed to defend their anti-corporate credibility and not only tolerated, but embraced corporate appropriation of their culture. They rode out punk's credibility while riding on boards from Zumie
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by dleslie 5y ago
Cyberpunk 2077 receives too much grief for its rejection of the mainstream state of affairs, making it quite punk. IMHO. The crux of the story, the full arc and conclusion of your character, is that you are a nobody who seeks to become an
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by dleslie 5y ago
There's a great deal more that I didn't state because I wasn't making an exhaustive list; you could do worse than by starting by looking at wikipedia[0]. I'm not sure why new ideas are a problem here, but I'd also a
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by dleslie 5y ago
The rise of TikTok is a recent example of how this isn't necessarily true. Prior to that, Snap Chat, Instagram, Discord, and even Facebook itself are all examples of disruptive new social networks that quickly surpassed existing incumb
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by dleslie 5y ago
Be warned: joining servers that relay other public servers is a quick way to unwittingly encounter pornographic content that is illegal to possess in many countries. The tech isn't safe outside of heavily moderated and/or small in
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by dleslie 5y ago
Necessarily is a strong word; there are assuredly many users of this tool who find it sufficient in its scope as it is, based on the project activity. If a user needs significant feature additions they can write them as a separate tool that
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by dleslie 5y ago
This one doesn't, apparently.
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by dleslie 5y ago
> What if they want to add a new feature that takes another ~1000 LoC? They don't. The LoC limit exists as much to avoid scope creep and maintain focus as it is about anything else.
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by dleslie 5y ago
They're also effectively out of reach of western regulatory reprisal. If a Chinese company ships a batch of garbage electronics to western markets that lead to a string of house fires there's basically no chance that anyone will b
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by dleslie 5y ago
> People sometimes seem to imply that if we could just select the most appropriate types of language, and only express our true, heartfelt feelings, then our language will never cause pain. Accepting the inevitability and utility of pain
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by dleslie 5y ago
This isn't an uncommon niche; it's not without reason that using meshes never really caught on in the Doom community, despite support for various formats having been in common source ports for decades now. Personally, I hate the l
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by dleslie 5y ago
Where I am, in BC, Amazon is recognized as a challenging but rewarding employer; one that compensates better than most and expects consistently strong results. I wouldn't consider that negative, really. Daunting, perhaps.
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by dleslie 5y ago
The dirty truth is that if a candidate thinks they can perform well in a role then, most of the time, that's true. It is exceedingly rare that people apply for roles that they know they cannot deliver upon. It's dirty because we l
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by dleslie 5y ago
It's not easy to find liars. It's easy to find who are underperforming. There's a difference between the two. Resume, references, and team meeting filters out almost everyone who needs to be fired. Folks who lie on their resu
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by dleslie 5y ago
The default option is simple: did the hire add meaningful value to the team? Very few people fail that simple test, in my experience; and folks who would have failed technical screenings would have excelled in subsequent performance-enhanci
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by dleslie 5y ago
Ah, you've got a gotcha bullet point question that you think is a killer technical ability question. But you're asking it in a completely abnormal situation, an interview. All you're testing for is the candidate's abilit
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by dleslie 5y ago
Those who lie on their resume in a harmful way are immediately apparent upon hiring, and so are quick to fire. Those who do not, are not, and aren't fired. It's really not the risk folks seem to think it is.
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by dleslie 5y ago
> It's not that hard to find a "sick" day, even if you don't have unlimited PTO. Yah, no. That's a ridiculous proposal for many people, particularly parents and anyone with any sort of disability.
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by dleslie 5y ago
5-6 hr onsite is a strong filter against folks who are presently employed; particularly those who cannot spare personal days or unpaid days for every interview.
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by dleslie 5y ago
In my point of view, most hiring requires a form of internship. No one drops on to an established team with full knowledge and experience with the internal tools, procedures and products. And yes, I lament that internships are so maligned.
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by dleslie 5y ago
FWIW, I was introduced to this method by others, and have used/been a part of this method at several companies now; and I find that each company where I have seen it employed has had remarkably low turn-over and high team morale. Much
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by dleslie 5y ago
There's a difference between: Foo Corp - Wrote Java on Bar project And: Foo Corp - Designed and developed infrastructure for Baz for Bar project (Java) A resume that doesn't give an idea of what some
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by dleslie 5y ago
I'm not advocating for hiring literally anyone. If they pass your credential requirements, reference checks, and team meet then they're already passing through significant filtering.
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I've hired more than my share, yes. Truly bullshit credentialing is immediately apparent to teams that receive new hires. In some places, it's fraud and actionable by the company as fraud. I don't think companies with billion
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Yah, and I expect they'll find that insufficient and find themselves considering 8-9 interviews! ;)
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by dleslie 5y ago
If it takes months to determine that someone is a bad fit for a team then the team has internal issues that need to be resolved. Moreover, if someone has the skills on paper, and the references to support that, then any tech screening is un
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by dleslie 5y ago
The response is to the needless growth in complexity of the hiring process; advocating for reducing that complexity is appropriate. You're tacitly expressing a concern that a fast hiring commitment would be riskier; but that's not
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Basically everywhere in NA has allowances for probationary periods with at-will employment. Moreover, prospective hires could start on contract. Morale is improved when team members feel like they have some control over their membership. It

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