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by gvajravelu 8y ago
The Millionaire Next Door. I was raised in a culture where if someone has luxury items, a big house, and an expensive car, then they were rich. The Millionaire Next Door defined wealth in a different way for me. Wealth was no longer how hig
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by gvajravelu 8y ago
The service looks interesting, but this isn't a problem for me. I know what services I'm subscribed to and unsubscribe from the ones I don't want to receive. A bigger problem for me is services that I have already unsubscribe
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by gvajravelu 8y ago
Hi everyone! I created this site to learn how to calculate common SaaS metrics and to practice some JS skills. (I'm a C++ developer at my day job.) If you know of a group of people who might find this a useful tool, let me know who the
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Show HN: Calculate financial metrics for a subscription business(tanzaniteledger.com)
2 points by gvajravelu 8y ago|1 comments
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The End of the Beginning: Where We're at in the Internet(avc.com)
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by gvajravelu 8y ago
Great idea! Thanks for trying to make the world a better place.
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by gvajravelu 8y ago
Not a true documentary (since it was released as a TV series in episodes), but I'd say The Long Way Round. It documents the real life journey by Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman as they attempt to road trip from London to New York on
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
For software developers: 1. If you have trouble getting started on a project, just do something really small like add comments to your code. After that, you'll find it easier to do more difficult tasks. 2. git checkout and git diff are
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
I used the Termius app to ssh into my usual Linux development workstation. It was hard to use, but got the job done. It was convenient for doing technical support when I got overnight calls from work, but it was still pretty challenging for
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Ask HN: Software developers, what are your career goals for 2018?
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
Emotional intelligence. You will certainly need to work with other people and a higher emotional intelligence helps you work more effectively with other people. You'll understand your project's goals better, you'll work with
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
There are a few principles that make email effective: 1. Make sure email is the best way to communicate. Email is great when you or the recipient need to reference the material later. Email is also good when you don't need an urgent re
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
1. Great communication skills: Both for communicating with the people who report to you and for the people you report to 2. Understanding the business's goals: This will help you prioritize projects in a way that helps the business the
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
The book structure depends on your goals for the reader. Books that are for teaching a skill to a beginner generally follow a project based approach. You start with a basic concept and have the reader build a project. Then you go on to a mo
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
As a job candidate, I found cover letters helpful. They gave me a chance to explain exactly how my past work experiences and skills would be beneficial to the company. Now as someone involved in evaluating tech candidates for my company, I
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
An LSAT prep class. My test scores stayed the same.
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
What a great story!
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
The advice to dress for the job you want instead of the job you have is cliche but true. The company I work at is casual, hoodies and sweatpants are okay. Most people wear jeans and a t-shirt. I wear a button-down with the sleeves rolled up
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
The Millionaire Next Door is advertised as a personal finance book, but I found it useful for many other areas of life. The central point of the book is that most millionaires live ordinary middle class lifestyles. They saved a ton of money
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
Like itamarst said, it wasn't a technology for me either. Instead I got a 33% raise for applying my existing C++ skills to some finance knowledge I learned over a year. Basically, I learned a key part of our industry, built some softwa
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
For years I've networked with people without meetups or industry conferences. Some of these people are alumni from my university. Others are colleagues of my acquaintances. And more are just people from companies I want to learn more a
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
Write down a list of the grad schools in your geographic area. Read up on their websites about the programs you're interested in to learn their tuition, graduation rates, job placements rates, and salary information. Then go meet alumn
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
It will depend on your location, job title, the company, and your education background. The good news is that you can plug all of that into a salary calculator on Glassdoor or Indeed. I've also found talking to recruiters helpful in th
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
The biggest challenge of being a manager compared to a developer is this: Computers do what you tell them to, people do not. It's definitely a different skill set. Being an engineer is more fun from a day to day perspective. You get to
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
We look for junior developers who are "coachable": we can teach them the skills they lack and they will learn quickly. As a junior developer where I work, we aren't expecting you to know a lot coming in. But we do expect you
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
You should start looking for a new job by applying to companies directly and telling recruiters that you are "open to moving for the right opportunity." You're actually in a pretty good place. You have the option of staying a
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
I use Mint too. I don't worry about it too much as long as my net worth goes up, my salary goes up, I investment 10%, and I save another 10%. As my financial situation got more complicated with more expenses and larger income, I also u
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
One of my mentors, a former Fortune 500 CEO turned business school professor, told me it takes 2 years for an employee to become full trained in a job. I've found that to also be true for technical jobs. I've also found that it ta
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
As a new manager, the biggest transition you have to make is going from an individual contributor to a coach. Your success will now be determined by how well your direct reports perform. You can't do the work for them, but you can teac
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by gvajravelu 9y ago
The two resources I recommend are The Designer of Everyday Things ( https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/... ) and Designing Interactions ( https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Interacti

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