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by gorpomon 5y ago
Hiring manager here-- we send out a coding assignment to do a small UI component. It has its hits and misses. Hits: 1. We suss out a lot of people who've been a senior engineer on their resume for years but aren't up to date on pr
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by gorpomon 5y ago
You're not saying what roles you'd try and go for at a big company. If it's robotics, I'm sure they'll assess your tehcnical knowledge and then not sweat the size/scale of your engineering work. If it's a
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by gorpomon 5y ago
A joke that could really only happen here, I happily give my upvote.
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by gorpomon 5y ago
This article makes a pretty poor case. My company uses and loves Ember.js. We're not using it because classes or modules are hard without it. Ember offers great built-in solutions for routing, writing componentized reusable code, and r
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I'm new to the UK and the gov.uk sites are a true breath of fresh air. I still wish they gave more context on questions, but the quality of the site and using their forms is excellent. The consistency is also amazing, every form I&#x27
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by gorpomon 5y ago
It's absolutely fine to leave. I interview people looking for roles shortly after taking a new job all the time. It's pretty common that the role they were brought on for was not as advertised or there were things like a mass exod
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by gorpomon 5y ago
Is this is a sad illustration of American's numerical illiteracy? Or is this just another argument for doing away with fractions and using a decimal system? This anecdote is a common one to share when the intent is to bemoan the intell
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I haven't played any Blizzard games since the early 2000's, but I was really excited to pick up the new Diablo 2 remake and catch up on what many have said is a classic. Gaming has changed, it's brutally monetized, online pla
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I'll keep that in mind. My original comment didn't quite clarify, but when I say those things I make an effort to not come across as insincere or like I'm reading a canned statement. Also, I try and clearly say what I value--
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by gorpomon 5y ago
That's a fair concern. We really try and avoid advancing anyone when we suspect might be rejected in the middle or end of our process. It has only happened once since I've been here. Again though, I have to lean back on that every
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by gorpomon 5y ago
On my team, I inherited an interview process with 7 steps. It's a long one for sure, and it's not a process I can change. But as a hiring manager I mitigate issues brought up in this article by doing a few really easy things: 1. O
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by gorpomon 5y ago
There's not a lot of context given about the behaviors exhibited in this interview, but as many others here have said, red flags abound in this anecdote. > But the problem was, that this guys manager was sitting next to him. If he d
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by gorpomon 5y ago
Certainly learning about TDD and trying to practice it has some benefits, it can really help you suss out some edge cases of your API designs. But at this point I've professionally done some level of work with around 200 developers and
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by gorpomon 5y ago
The article hits some spot on notes. The other missing piece is just how non-technical organizations can be out of their depth when it comes to the lifecycle of IT hygiene, vulnerability management and training its staff to be security mind
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by gorpomon 5y ago
I'm sure there's nuance in these scenarios the author describes. But not every blog post has to be an objective evaluation. This post is accurate in that it chronicles their feelings, and feelings happen regardless of external fac
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by gorpomon 5y ago
Jeff have you ever considered giving to specific people? It's quite ridiculous that college costs what you might give in a year, but $264,727 could concretely allow several people to attend college each year (state schools, community c
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by gorpomon 5y ago
You're not wrong, that scenario was in a Fast & Furious movie. I'm guessing it's something numerous parties are considering in some capacity.
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by gorpomon 5y ago
But everyone knows who Rory Calhoun is, he's always standing and walking!
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by gorpomon 5y ago
Even though more than the credited writer collaborates on a Simpsons script (as Swartzwelder says in this interview) it's fun to count how many jokes are packed into a John Swartzwelder episode of the Simpsons. I did it for several of
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by gorpomon 5y ago
An implicit good quality in an app is having it make you feel like you have super powers. For a brief moment I could see myself in Ibiza, taking over a gig on short notice and making it work by using this app. Bravo to the author.
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by gorpomon 6y ago
I love this question for its honesty. Frankly if I had a job I just needed technical competence on without much thought, I'd probably hire you. Our 1-on-1's would be brief and probably just be you demoing whatever hobby it is you
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by gorpomon 6y ago
Stag's Leap is fantastic, it was the first book of hers I read. It goes into her mental state after a divorce, but no matter how removed your life and its concerns might be from a situation like that, she manages to pull you in. I&#x27
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by gorpomon 6y ago
I've been an avid poetry reader for nearly a decade now, I went from not understanding why poetry wasn't a big part of people's lives to not caring one bit and I think this was a healthy evolution. Most poetry is bad. I have
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by gorpomon 6y ago
People might balk, but it's no joke how many actions a toddler can trigger on an unattended Macbook. They have a preternatural ability to drag, delete and find the text inputs.
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by gorpomon 6y ago
As a society we're just not being real about our digital divides. Your digital ability goes up and down in life, and the web HAS to be accessible to you at those lower points of ability: While caring for (or just carrying) a child. Aft
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by gorpomon 6y ago
It's disheartening to explain this over and over again, but these frameworks are a-ok because user's expectations for the web have grown astronomically. The complicated web is here because users insist on interaction, and if any w
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by gorpomon 6y ago
To anyone confused by $PATH, read "Unix for the beginning mage": https://lab46.g7n.org/_media/haas/ufbm.pdf I've taught at several bootcamps, and this is the first book I tell everyone to read. I te
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by gorpomon 6y ago
What I love about this story is that this is the tension of politics in a nutshell. What has happened here is what people would term "state capture", where someone uses the state to gain an advantage. Probably though, the solution
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by gorpomon 6y ago
No doubt most successful startups are built by selling useful things, not exploiting people, but as they grow and encounter new problems the exploitation happens. You don't _become_ a billionaire by exploitation, but it sure does help
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by gorpomon 6y ago
> When you tell my boss bad news before me, even with the best of intentions, I end up getting in a lot of trouble for not knowing before he did. Can you try to tell me first, going forward? I understand that this is a contrived example

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