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by dnissley 5y ago
The problem is "something that shows on paper that you know how to program" is so easy to fake that this amounts to basically no filter at all. Literally anyone could go on linked in and copy+paste blurbs from other people's
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by dnissley 5y ago
It's a weak proxy for general mental ability, but it's also a signal for high conscientiousness -- someone willing to spend a couple months studying to the test is showing that they have the ability to work hard on something over
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by dnissley 5y ago
It's a conversation -- just ask. Clarifying requirements before jumping into coding sends a good signal.
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by dnissley 5y ago
There are lots of talented people in our industry who don't have formal credentials. We're kind of known for that. So if you insist on credentialism you risk eliminating a significant number of perfectly fine candidates.
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by dnissley 5y ago
Knowing that someone has the ability to grind leetcode for a few months is a pretty good signal of high conscientiousness. That's useful. If they can use what they learned to solve variations on the problems they previously solved it&#
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by dnissley 5y ago
They certainly do, but no salary is worth your mental health
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by dnissley 5y ago
Wait, why are you applying for "regular" jobs if you are decent at lc? Those jobs simply don't pay 200k+. There is only a small percentage of companies that do (maybe a pool of less than 1000?), and they mostly don't car
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by dnissley 5y ago
"Too low" is relative -- there's only so much talent out there at any given time, and it's generally going to go to the highest bidder. There is so much demand out there that many lower tier companies can't afford t
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by dnissley 5y ago
There are tons of repos on github that consist of nothing but solutions to leetcode problems. This is basically running the copilot model on it's training data -- of course it's going to do well.
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by dnissley 5y ago
This comes down to the fact that a lot of people dislike facebook -- it says nothing about their how well they are doing as a business.
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by dnissley 5y ago
This is all well and good, but how does one deal with the reality of Brandolini's law? At what point are we allowed to say "this is a bad faith effort, and I reserve my right to dismiss it on those grounds -- to hell with this non
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by dnissley 5y ago
What's your elevator pitch on how google is one of the most evil organizations? How did you become convinced?
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by dnissley 5y ago
The Real Story of “The Central Park Karen” https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/honestly-with-bari-wei... Remember the story about the off leash dog walker and the bird watcher in central park that went viral rig
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by dnissley 5y ago
re: section 230, it appears you've been corrected by others here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29667397 As far as whether or not these companies engage in censorship, I agree that they certainly do. It's j
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by dnissley 5y ago
Yeah, but this narrative is just as wrong and tired as the 'censorship' one. Companies are not obligated to carry your speech on their platforms, but we can and should be able to have a conversation about whether or not their meth
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by dnissley 5y ago
The three A's line up perfectly with the options presented in the influential book "Exit, Voice, and Loyalty". https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit,_Voice,_and_Loyalty
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It's perfectly legal/ethical, but it would not be open source at that point. Same as licenses that prevent companies from running the licensed product as a cloud service, even if the source is freely available to view or use in a
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by dnissley 5y ago
How about just reporting trades within a day or two of when they occur? As opposed to reporting months after the fact? Just publicize the order flow. This way there's no weaseling out of the fact that yes you did make such and such a t
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by dnissley 5y ago
Website: Do you surf the web? Choose: "Yes" or "No" Me: Yes Website: Every time you visit a website or use social media apps, you are being tracked and monitored. There is often no warning that this is happening. Choose:
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by dnissley 5y ago
Reminds me of Travis Morrison, lead singer of the indie band The Dismemberment Plan who were popular in the 90s/early 2000s. After his retirement from music he became a web developer who at one point worked for the washington post and
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And it's vegan!
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by dnissley 5y ago
A little late here, but here's a list I keep. These aren't strictly normal people, but I do consider all of their "cancellations" terribly wrongheaded: - Keith John Sampson (11/2007) - Adria Richards (3/2013) -
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by dnissley 5y ago
I think this is an apples to oranges comparison, since single episodes of tv shows aren't generally available to rent, unlike movies.
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I think this is almost a perfect example of someone thinking they're personally being assertive and someone else thinking that person is being an asshole. On the one hand, yeah, the original comment could have used softer phrasing, cou
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Sure, I'd agree with that. It's one thing to have grievances, it's another thing to be infected by a victim mindset where your grievances are always top of mind, keeping you from taking an accurate inventory of yourself, keep
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This is a very rosy view of rural America, to which I am a frequent visitor. Just a few dysfunctions off the top of my head: - Reactionary politics were born in rural America, urban America is just catching up these days. - The value system
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by dnissley 5y ago
Gell-Mann amnesia
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by dnissley 5y ago
re: top selling vehicles being pick ups -- there's a big asterisk there: A significant portion of those vehicles are barebones, super low-cost work trucks, and on top of that Ford (the top seller) lumps literally all of their F-series
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by dnissley 5y ago
Interestingly enough, there's been a reply by the Flutter engineering lead since you originally posted your comment saying they do plan to do something about this eventually: https://github.com/flutter/flutter&#x2F
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by dnissley 5y ago
Agreed. Any proposed solution to the student debt crisis that doesn't hold schools accountable is not a solution at all.

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