evoneutron

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by evoneutron 6y ago
I recently made a career transition from SWE to DevOps/SRE role. The big difference is tooling - IaC tools like terraform/ansible/chef is a must because automation is key. Those are also like scripting languages (declarative&
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by evoneutron 7y ago
Markets are highly volatile and largely driven by emotions. The impact is not yet fully seen and will manifest in the next 6-12 months. In the short-term, cash is the most valuable asset. In the long-term, it doesn't matter as much.
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by evoneutron 8y ago
Might be a bit of a different angle to this, but this startup is fighting cancer by using drug-combination therapy approach: https://www.curematch.com
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Show HN: Machine Learning cluster setup (AWS)(github.com)
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by evoneutron 8y ago
That's basically what every white-boarding coding exercise is - pattern recognition based on computer science trivia. It's not illegal - every tech company does it.
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by evoneutron 8y ago
Either option seems pretty good. But it may be that option 2 is the best, if you can still find time on the weekends/evenings to work on the open-source projects
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by evoneutron 8y ago
While I learned Java in college it has never been my language of choice. For the last 8+ years I have written mostly in Java, professionally. I'd much rather write Python or C#, but I have to work in Java, at least for now.
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by evoneutron 8y ago
``Strong opinions that are often wrong. This coworker is senior and has worked for some high-profile SV companies so the words carry weight.`` That may be your opinion. What defines a wrong opinion? If he is senior and has worked for high-p
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Ask HN: Is there Show HN-like website for data-scientists?
2 points by evoneutron 8y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: How to be more productive during waits?
3 points by evoneutron 8y ago|2 comments
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Interview buddy to do mock interviews
2 points by evoneutron 8y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Where to find a buddy for mock interviews?
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by evoneutron 8y ago
not very good, don't move here if you're looking for tech jobs
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by evoneutron 8y ago
There are a few things to consider: One is - the point of diminishing returns. From my personal experience (which would depend on the geographical location and one's spending habits), that point is at about $100,000. In my 9-year caree
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Ask HN: Why do large companies work with IT work-force providers?
1 points by evoneutron 8y ago|2 comments
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by evoneutron 8y ago
in the US age may matter, race and gender not so much. Never worked in EU but I’ve heard Europeans are more racist
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by evoneutron 8y ago
so many haters on HN. maybe write smt useful yourself before criticizing the product
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by evoneutron 8y ago
I was doing consulting work for a small startup that had senior-level "architect" that was responsible for designing the software. He was producing a lot of tech debt. Instead of automating things he introduced a lot of processes
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by evoneutron 8y ago
Data science
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by evoneutron 8y ago
I think that depends on whether Python will exceed Java in popularity. But in theory, in 10-20 years any widely used programming language will have no intrinsic value and will have enough developers to not pay them 6-figure salaries. Devel
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by evoneutron 8y ago
Think about how many enterprise-level software apps have been developed in Java and will need to be maintained for years to come. Think about how much of such software is being developed now as you write this. While I like Python for its se
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by evoneutron 8y ago
It would probably take me less time due to not having the pressure of someone looking, but it might still take me ~ 30min. I think the general problem is that I don't deal with such low-level problems on a daily basis. I can write mult
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Ask HN: How to not fail on coding interview questions?
206 points by evoneutron 8y ago|126 comments