lambda_func

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by lambda_func 7y ago
I guess this boils down to difficulties in building strong relationships remotely. I would definitely recommend traveling occasionally to build relationship with your remote folks.
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by lambda_func 8y ago
Some stuff you can build to learn more about distributed systems (you can start simple, do research, and then iterate to build a more comprehensive solution): build a distributed file system, a distributed lock server, a consensus algorithm
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by lambda_func 8y ago
You can start with Prof. Ken Birman's book "Guide to Reliable Distributed Systems: Building High-Assurance Applications and Cloud-Hosted Services".
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Ask HN: Best resources for relational database implementation
1 points by lambda_func 8y ago|0 comments
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by lambda_func 8y ago
Queueing theory. Computer systems have plenty of queues at different layers, and queueing theory helps understanding their behavior.
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by lambda_func 9y ago
I haven't seen such bullshit for a long time. Lots of negative claims with no serious data backing up any of these claims looks totally bullshit and amateur.
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by lambda_func 10y ago
I would always choose the company with smarter people, it will be better in the long run I think (learn from them, push your limits, grow your network with smart people and their network, etc.)
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by lambda_func 10y ago
Nice writeup. My favorite part is >> simply practiced interview questions for about three to four months, every day, from morning till night. I then had three phone interviews around November, which I passed. It's interesting (&a
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by lambda_func 10y ago
Absolute bullshit. All these tech companies are totally crazy about their interview processes as if they are really working on ground breaking stuff.
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Ask HN: What is it like to work at LinkedIn as a software engineer?
1 points by lambda_func 10y ago|0 comments
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by lambda_func 10y ago
As someone who has gone through software engineer interviews with top Silicon Valley companies, what I see is that the process is biased towards 1) people with lots of time and good memory (so that you just work for several months to churn
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Ask HN: Top things to focus on in an on-site SWE interview at Google/FB?
1 points by lambda_func 10y ago|0 comments
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by lambda_func 10y ago
+1 it's getting slower over time, I made a switch to gmail too.
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by lambda_func 10y ago
Watch Erik Demaine's dynamic programming lectures in this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSX2U_ZE4Huk19DPn34oZ... I learned a lot from them, he gives a methodology and some rules of thumbs for approac