koliber

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by koliber 7mo ago
Yeah, hiring at entry level is great, because there are so many things that you don't need to check. It's WYSYWIG - what you see is what you get.
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by koliber 7mo ago
That's why a screening is needed. If people lie, it won't make me lower my standards. I'm dealing with this all the time in recruitment. It can be done. People lie all the time or don't read the requirements. You need a
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by koliber 7mo ago
Sometimes you can pay someone who has done this before, and you're both happy. The person is happy that their experience helps them get a job. The company is happy that you get someone with the needed experience. If I want to hire a dr
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by koliber 7mo ago
I don't think I was clear. There is a difference between knowing something, and believing it to be true. I know that sometimes I feel good when I wake up. I know people say that drinking makes you feel not good when you wake up, someti
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by koliber 7mo ago
Being aware, and being aware that you are aware are very similar things that are subtly different. I was aware that alcohol affects your next day, even a little. That's because people always say that alcohol is bad for you (surprise su
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by koliber 7mo ago
You seem exceptionally bright. Most people are not like this. This is why they are struggling. It sounds like you have a job, right out of college, but you're griping about not getting promoted faster. People generally don't get p
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by koliber 7mo ago
It sucks from both sides. I am on the interviewing and screening side and understand what you're saying. I also empathize with the people I routinely reject who don't understand why they were rejected. It's hard to see why yo
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by koliber 7mo ago
Be careful to make judgement calls like this. I've been running the same job ad for 2 years now, as a recruiter for a big Canadian bank. I've been laughed at for having ridiculously unrealistic standards. I've been accused of
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by koliber 7mo ago
Face to face tests of coding ability could work.
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by koliber 7mo ago
The problem is on both sides. Companies are sometimes too selective and too indecisive. Many candidates can't code well. I screen candidates all the time. I regularly meet Sr. Java Engineers who are not aware of the classes that exist
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by koliber 8mo ago
As with cold fusion, I think the answer is "it will happen", but no one can predict how soon.
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by koliber 8mo ago
Using vibe coding to build a small specialized tool for a small company that can be used instead of single feature of a commercial SaaS is doable and brings value. Using vibe coding to build something to replace an enterprise SaaS offering
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by koliber 8mo ago
This happens with human-generated executive summaries. They can omit seemingly-innocuous things, focus on certain areas, and frame numbers in ways that color the summary. It's always important to know who wrote the summary if you want
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by koliber 8mo ago
This kind of correlates with a wisdom I've heard before: You don't suffer from a lack of time, but rather a lack of energy. And actually, you don't suffer from a lack of energy, but a lack of activation energy. We colloquiall
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by koliber 8mo ago
Am I getting Steve's point? It's a bit like what happened with the agricultural revolution. A long time ago, food took effort to find, and calories were expensive. Then we had a breakthrough in cost/per/calories. We got
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by koliber 8mo ago
The article is gone, but going off the title here... If the easy stuff takes up 90% of the time, and the hard stuff 10%, then AI can be helpful. Personally, I can do "the easy stuff" with AI about 3-5x faster. So now I have a lot
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by koliber 8mo ago
There is a whole range of variants in between those two "artistic vs utilitarian" points. Additionally, there is a ton of variance around "artistic" vs "utilitarian". Artisans in Japan might go to incredible le
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by koliber 8mo ago
Sometimes you want an artistic vase that captures some essential element of beauty, culture, or emotion. Sometimes you want a utilitarian teapot to reliably pour a cup of tea. The materials and rough process for each can be very similar. On
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by koliber 9mo ago
Strange. Never had it happen regularly in the US.
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by koliber 9mo ago
Yes.
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by koliber 9mo ago
I've seen an interesting behavior in India. If I ask someone on the street for directions, they will always give me an answer, even if they don't know. If they don't know, they'll make something up. This was strange. I a
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by koliber 9mo ago
I am exploring ways to do it that fit my style. First of all, the limiting factor is my attention. Even when I really tried to do this in parallel I could not meaningfully run more than three sessions. I realized that some of the attention
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by koliber 9mo ago
You're right. However, all insurance needs to get more in premiums than it pays out in claims in order to be viable. The details will differ about whether there is some kind of bias for certain people to pay more and claim less. With s
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by koliber 9mo ago
Healthy young people are less likely to buy insurance than sick older people. But if only sick older people buy insurance the payouts per insured are going to be higher. That in turn causes high premiums. Insurance works if everyone buys in
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by koliber 10mo ago
I love the name. I’ve been doing this for a while. My name for it is super boring “todo archive” but I am renaming it next year. Keeping an archive of things I’ve done is great for my mental health. Occasionally, I even look search through
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by koliber 10mo ago
Some of the positive sunlight exposure benefits are trivial to see. - running around outside, because physical activity if healthy - spending an afternoon in the company of good friends or family - gardening, which can produce veggies that
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by koliber 10mo ago
No one needs to be kicked to do anything. Welfare payments are needed for various reasons. Some people are unable to work for various reasons and need welfare to live. Some people find themselves in temporary situations where the money help
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by koliber 10mo ago
I wonder what is the difference between the two groups as far as the rate of finding employment. Might be that the act of looking for a job is stressful. If the goal is to get people back to work, it might not make sense to optimize just fo
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by koliber 10mo ago
It's clearer if you deconstruct the conversation about Jira and then think about the washing hair and shampoo comment. It's a stretch, but when you see it is should make sense. I ask my team to clarify requirements better. They sa
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by koliber 10mo ago
That's like me trying to get my son to wash his hair and him responding by saying "We have shampoo in the shower." I am right and my son is right, but his hair is still not washed. I became a more effective manager and a bett

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