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by fsk 11y ago
Hiring for "cultural fit" means "let our bias roam free". It makes me wonder why I bothered learning how to write software, if employers are going to reject me for being a "bad cultural fit". If you're di
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Techno-hipster idealists are your ideal startup employee. They're a perfect "cultural fit". They'll do great until they're 35-40, and then nobody wants to hire them.
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Doing well on a coding challenge doesn't mean I won't be screened out later for being a "bad cultural fit", which is one reason I see them as a waste of my time.
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The problem with all these proofs is that it'd take someone who already has a Math PhD several years of full-time effort to understand the proof. Because these famous problems were solved, there is now increased demand for Math PhDs wi
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That's a common fallacy. "Our business is profitable. Therefore, every decision we make is correct."
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That can be said of any organization. Think of a typical corporation. Some people are toxic (the 15% bad). Some people will try to do the right thing no matter what (the 15% good). But in a typical corporation, the toxic people will usuall
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by fsk 11y ago
Question #1: Do you like your current job? If it's a nice environment, you might regret finding another job where you get paid 30% more but it's a lot more unpleasant. Even if you interview and get a good vibe, bad things can hap
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That's why I've soured on coding tests. After lots of employers didn't give me an interview after a coding test that a KNOW I aced, that's poisoned the well for me. Now if someone gives me a pre-interview coding test, I
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by fsk 11y ago
Here's my problem with pre-interview coding tests: 1. The employer is just sending the coding test as a form letter to everyone who submits a resume. I can submit the test, ace it, THEN they read my resume and decide I'm a bad fi
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by fsk 11y ago
Spending half your annual vacation allotment on one job interview. Who would do that?
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I remember the guy who asked me, as a coding test, to write a program that connected to Interactive Brokers and executed VWAP trades. He got very angry when I offered to do it as a paid consulting project. If I did it for free, he wouldn&#
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by fsk 11y ago
MAME is great. I can play all the arcade games I used to enjoy when I was younger. Another good bit is MESS and the emulators for the older consoles. Retroarch is another good collection of emulators.
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by fsk 11y ago
As a founder, you only get to invest in one business at a time, so the high chance of $10M is worth more than the longshot chance of $1B. Even if the latter has higher EV, the former has higher average quality-of-life EV. Working as an emp
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by fsk 11y ago
I'm more interested in starting a business that has a 90% chance of being worth $10M than a business that has a 1% chance of being worth $1B. A business that has a 90% chance of being worth $10M isn't suitable for VC.
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>I work in the senior care market and I'm shocked there aren't more businesses being started around that market. It's absolutely huge with endless opportunity. But I guess that kind of proves your point... Senior/heal
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by fsk 11y ago
Once you start to "vet the workers", then you have the problem of "how are the workers vetted"? Those freelancer sites already have thin margins. If they start restricting their pool of workers and clients, it wouldn&#x
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by fsk 11y ago
Charge whatever you can find someone willing to pay. Increase your rates until you can't find someone willing to pay that amount. If you can't find customers at your rate, then lower your rate.
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You didn't give enough information to answer. Are you already an expert web developer? Are you a complete beginner? You sound like a complete beginner. Try making a simple website and putting it on the Internet somewhere. If you have
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>It also means that veterans who are willing to take minimum salary may find themselves priced out of the league since their minimum is higher than less experienced players. Actually, the NBA CBA has that loophole covered. If a veteran
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by fsk 11y ago
I applied to Fog Creek/Stackoverflow, and didn't even get a phone interview. They're the only example I know about, a business that has private offices and publishes articles about how awesome it is. I'm starting to thin
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by fsk 11y ago
I live in NYC, and moving to Seattle or California is not an option for me right now.
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"Up or out" makes sense for the military or a law firm or accounting firm. When a software company does it, then it's just needlessly churning employees. Of course, Microsoft always has plenty of recent college graduates eag
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by fsk 11y ago
I thought Microsoft was moving away from "every programmer gets his own office"?
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That's why it's so hypocritical and annoying. They really are just being cheap on office space, but they justify it with some nonsense excuse about how they are more productive environments. If proper offices make workers 10%-20%
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Whenever I see a startup in a coworking space, that's an immediate red flag.
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by fsk 11y ago
I'd like to find a non-open-office environment, but every single place I interview has them. Is there any way to find non-open-office environments? If there was a list of companies without open offices, I'd apply to every one on
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by fsk 11y ago
tl;dr paraphrasing The OP started out with a good manager and a good team. Then the OP was moved to a bad manager on a bad team. Stack ranking and "promotion velocity". Therefore, time to leave Microsoft. It's almost impossi
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by fsk 11y ago
"Have an emergency fund" is personal finance 101. It's kind of pointless to know enough to earn $100k/year, but not know enough to manage your money.
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"$10k+" is an abbreviation for "$10k or more".
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Yeah, I'd recommend 6-12 months in cash, with surplus savings in something liquid (like stocks) and a maxed IRA/401(k). An investment property isn't liquid, and it's also leveraged. If you're overleveraged, you&#x27

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