incognito_limey

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by incognito_limey 5y ago
This really hits home. I work at a recently IPO'ed unicorn that is doing extremely well and can confirm that in the early days (sub 100 employees when I started) we were more concerned with people who could ship software/solve rea
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by incognito_limey 5y ago
I'll just leave this here: https://twitter.com/lizthegrey/status/1464109933390036996
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by incognito_limey 5y ago
I currently work in a unicorn which recently IPOed and can confirm that I have the same experience as the author of this article. I also had a very similiar experience at my previous employer which was also a valley based company which IPOe
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by incognito_limey 5y ago
This also reflects how broken hiring is in tech. Leetcode and algorithm memorisation has very little to do with being a "good" developer. Can you communicate your ideas well? Can you understand and follow up when requirements a
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
So I guess pay as you go is too expensive for your org? Be curious to understand why you feel it's too expensive when it completely extrapolates any kafka management.
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
What a beautiful soul. We should all be so lucky to be remembered this way. I didn't know the man, but very grateful for DirectX and all the amazing experiences it's allowed myself and others to have. For many of us, games are an
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
As someone who is in another high growth start up, one of the fastest in the world (not hyperbole) I wish I could upvote this specific comment more: "The problem with growing as fast as Amazon has is that their talent bar couldn’t keep
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
Because I've experienced a lot of number fiddling to describe total comp. For example we offer you X equity at Y valuation, when the valuation is something they have made up internally etc. I want to know how much cash in hand I can
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
I think an additional piece to this, is to tell candidates what level they are interviewing for and the possible salary ranges, not total package, but actual base salary ranges. I just went through an interview process with AWS that wasted
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
What makes it difficult to look after? Genuinely curious. I've run it in production for years and its been pretty solid.
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
Not sure I understand the "large" comment. Painful to configure.. have you looked at CP-Ansible: https://github.com/confluentinc/cp-ansible High Latency: Kafka's latency depends on your configuration
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
Why is (no, kafka is never the answer)?
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
Myself and the Mrs. took free cycling lessons from the council a few years back with the idea we wanted to start cycling to work etc more. We decided it was too risky due to the terrible traffic. As a regular pedestrian, I've almost
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
I realise this anecdotal, but as a Londoner living in Zone2, I can actually see and feel the difference in air quality. The skyline is far clearer on average, and I definitely notice myself breathing easier, and I do not have asthma or any
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by incognito_limey 6y ago
Thanks for the info. I recently discovered this by running folding at home on my 16inch pro overnight, and waking up to my battery being at 5%. I suspect running the CPU full bore over night was too much for the charger to keep up with.
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by incognito_limey 7y ago
It's not deliveroo.
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by incognito_limey 7y ago
Thank you for the incredibly insightful comment. It's given me a lot to think about.
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by incognito_limey 7y ago
This is what I aspire to. Thanks for showing this is possible! It's something that I've been thinking about a lot lately, especially after reading "A company of one". That it's possible to make a good living with