maxehnert

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by maxehnert 6y ago
Since oil is making the front page here, if you're interested in the history of American oil industry, "The History of the Standard Oil Company" by Ida Tarbell is a fantastic read. It's also a great example of investigat
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Space Fence(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by maxehnert 7y ago|0 comments
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Space Fence(lockheedmartin.com)
2 points by maxehnert 7y ago|0 comments
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by maxehnert 7y ago
I was looking over pictures of this place last night actually. There's a national park there too which looks other worldly. Then of course I looked at flights and it's about 40hrs of travel and $1300 so probably not making that tr
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by maxehnert 7y ago
They're probably the largest hospital provider in the country. Looking at their wiki it says there's 152 hospitals and 1400 outpatient facilities. Plus all the other VA responsibilities they fulfill. It's a big organization a
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by maxehnert 7y ago
Now how are the bankers supposed to get any work done.
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by maxehnert 8y ago
This guy is still active on reddit too. If you look at the user profile. He's made a few posts over the years I guess on this. Also apparently he was a male model in case any of you think you might be so fortunate as to so day share hi
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by maxehnert 8y ago
When I used to work on turbo generators, the kind you find at power plants I saw carnage of what happens when those blow up. The retaining rings on the ends, typically a few thousand pounds were prone to breaking on older generators because
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by maxehnert 10y ago
You're right, I should have been more clear. I wasn't applying for junior positions anymore but most of the technique is what I did the last time I applied for jobs when I was looking for more junior positions.
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by maxehnert 10y ago
Thanks for the kind words. For cover letters, I think I'm using template more loosely and probably should have provided examples. The template part is for describing myself, however I still write out a paragraph or two specific to that
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by maxehnert 10y ago
I completely agree. It's incredibly frustrating to stop working on any side projects and stop learning any framework/library stuff to focus exclusively on algorithmic questions for weeks or months. That's why I tried to make
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by maxehnert 10y ago
I mentioned I track everything and try to apply in a small timeline to bunch interviews together. Most places want 2-3 phone interviews before anything else which at most meant leaving work a half hour early (I just go in early or stay late
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by maxehnert 10y ago
Hey thanks for the kind words. I wasn't sure how receptive people would be to this when I originally wrote it out but I'm glad some people enjoyed it. Hopefully it helps a few people.
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Don’t Get Attached, It’s Just Luck. My Interviewing Advice and Tips(medium.com)
155 points by maxehnert 10y ago|106 comments
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by maxehnert 10y ago
You can't 'retire' in the sense that you receive a pension with less than 20 years. Which means you were at least an E5 (you had to mess up a lot to retire as an E5). You are certainly higher than an O3 if you were an officer
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by maxehnert 10y ago
Copart is a good site for buying wrecked cars in various conditions. Otherwise try calling your local junk yards. http://www.copart.com/us/search?q=tesla
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by maxehnert 10y ago
No problem. I added a footer in the article stating it's satire.
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by maxehnert 10y ago
It's a satire article not completely reflective of my own life but more of a mix of people I know. (I'm the author)
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by maxehnert 10y ago
Author here. I'm actually from Milwaukee WI and currently living in KC. This was taking parts of people's lives I know and have met and throwing on a huge pile of satire.
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This Is Your Life in the Midwest(medium.com)
24 points by maxehnert 10y ago|35 comments
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V8 Optimization Killers(github.com)
4 points by maxehnert 10y ago|0 comments
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by maxehnert 10y ago
That was my life for a while doing field service in the power generation industry. Fall through spring are busy with work because power plants make most of their money in the summer so maintenance is done in the off seasons. so we'd ge
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by maxehnert 10y ago
They hijacked the way you open files now and from what I can see reading through release notes and commits there's no way of opening a file permanently without double clicking. With preview mode enabled I have to dbl click the tab and
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Stop Bringing Brand Wars into the Office(medium.com)
2 points by maxehnert 11y ago|0 comments
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by maxehnert 11y ago
Location: Atlanta, GA Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: JavaScript (ES6), MVC, jQuery, Node.js, PHP, Laravel, AWS, HTML / CSS, MongoDB, SQLite3 Resume/CV: [ http://bit.ly/1INW1Kk ] Gi
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by maxehnert 11y ago
Location: Atlanta, GA Remote: No Preference Willing to relocate: Yes Technologies: JavaScript, Angular, PHP, Laravel, jQuery, Sass, Bootstrap, Gulp, Mocha. Resume/CV: http://bit.ly/1INW1Kk Website: http://ma
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by maxehnert 11y ago
I used to own a repair shop before getting into software. I still do all my own maintenance on my vehicles and anything that needs to be fixed around the house unless I don't have the capacity to do so. I enjoy doing this stuff, I have
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by maxehnert 11y ago
Art of War is one of my favorites. Currently rereading The Snowball by Alice Schroeder and Eloquent Javascript