moosedev

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   UK at risk of falling behind in global hydrogen race(twitter.com)

   4 points by moosedev 3y ago|2 comments
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   by moosedev 3y ago

   I get it - you’re mocking the parent’s framing of this as a security issue. Perhaps it isn’t an issue for you, but in case it’s not obvious, calendar entry titles and descriptions can (and have) contained confidential information that would
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   by moosedev 3y ago

   Makes me wonder if this plan inspired the wacky nuclear premise of the 1970s sci-fi series Space 1999 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SpX8bVEmJo ) > The premise of Space: 1999 centres on the plight of the inhabitants of
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   by moosedev 3y ago

   I think you misread GP. That was the point they were making.
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   AI vs. Non-AI Software Engineer Compensation in Top Tech Companies(old.reddit.com)

   2 points by moosedev 3y ago|0 comments
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   by moosedev 3y ago

   The second half of the news, not mentioned in TFA, is that they are going to close around half of their offices worldwide "in the coming years": https://www.gamesindustry.biz/unity-lays-off-hundreds-more-c... No i
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   Software engineers are panicking about being replaced by AI(businessinsider.com)

   3 points by moosedev 3y ago|3 comments
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   by moosedev 3y ago

   I too(?) briefly interpreted the unformatted HN title as some kind of profound commentary on climate change (perhaps) or more generally our predisposition to destroying ourselves. "Huh, that's an original and oddly specific metaph
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   by moosedev 3y ago

   Interesting! What kind of company and technology domain is it? Assuming you don’t want to get too specific. My first reaction is that I like this idea, but maybe I’m biased because I feel I’d “pass the test” myself (and thus have one additi
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    by moosedev 3y ago

    I don't really regret quitting - I was getting pretty depressed at my previous job, and not working at all was a vast improvement. I perhaps could've persuaded myself to jump back in 3-6 months earlier, before the job market fell
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    by moosedev 3y ago

    Thank you. I think this is actually already me, but I need to get better (and/or more confident) at selling/marketing the “leg(s)” of the “T”. Particularly when it’s something I did more than a few years ago, but I know I still ha
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    by moosedev 3y ago

    Would you reconsider the stereotyping if I told you I’m a generalist who has worked up and down many kinds of stacks? It’s proving hard to sell generalist-ness to recruiters this round. They often lock on to the most recent specific domain
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    by moosedev 3y ago

    I’m not a citizen, but I’m holding out for a pure “tech” company for now anyway for various reasons. Thanks for the hint anyway - perhaps someone else will benefit.
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    by moosedev 3y ago

    Not just you. I would guess, optimistically, I’m averaging a 5% conversion rate of applications to recruiter chats/“stage 0 interviews”. That is, ~95% of applications yield silence or a generic email rejection without any human contact
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    by moosedev 3y ago

    I love this horrible, clever, horrible tech and this writing style. The first paragraph links to a related earlier post, and I can confirm it’s also worth reading in case you skipped it: https://cohost.org/cathoderaydude&#x2
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    by moosedev 3y ago

    I agree with your disagree. The very idea of "making sense" is a human construct. The universe doesn't care about making sense - to us or otherwise, except to the extent that we are part of it, and some of us care. There&#x27
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    Thanks for this - you inspired me to finally get a library card! Unfortunately I can’t find anything on ConsumerLab about my go-to unflavored whey protein powder (Natural Factors). I guess no news is better than bad news.
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    I had one this week! Not a total "bomb", but I'm claiming recency privilege in order to talk about it anyway. Did a full loop with a company notorious for asking Leetcode "hard" coding questions. I've been prac
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    I remember the same thing with magazines for 8-bit machines and later the Commodore Amiga as the user bases and readerships declined. But not just the thinner page count - sometimes your favorite magazine also switched to thinner (cheaper)
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    "Microcomputers" (or "micros" in the magazines of the era) is a fine term for these machines. It distinguished these affordable home/school/small business machines from professional workstations, minicomputers,
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    That was my first thought when I clicked on the website link in the Twitter thread -- expecting a disclosure/high-level info page in the fashion of the last decade of big-deal exploits with cute names -- and found only a tool the tweet
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    Senior Software Engineer is indeed the title for L5 SWE at Google. However, whether a "senior software engineer" title is considered "senior" in a general sense these days is debatable.
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    Elon sure reminds me of an inexperienced, over-confident (or "just enough experience to be dangerous") software engineer at times. One who has enough experience to see flaws in an existing (or "legacy") system and feel t
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    > As a manager who told folks that maybe they should consider what their main lane is: There's nothing wrong with learning a different lane. There's a lot wrong with showing up in a different lane as if you had all the answers.
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    In retrospect, it reminds me of the Amazon logo [0]. The orange swoopy thing evokes the Amazon A-to-Z "smile" (2000 onwards, although they had a more generic orange swoopy thing before that). Never noticed that similarity before.
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    Do they pay similar to US FAANG, though? That's the comparison sirsinsalot was making.
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    Wondering the same. Maybe they meant "US FAANG salaries" very literally, i.e. just the salary, not the bonus and equity... If they really mean US FAANG total compensation, my guess is quant trading firms.
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    Thank you!
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    Do you have any specific examples of this (or the fine print that implies it) for Rust? (Not sealioning[0], genuinely interested!) [0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/sealioning-int... . Edit: Just realize
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    by moosedev 4y ago

    I had a "reverse" system design interview at Amazon back in the 2000s. Possibly before the modern "forward" system design interview became so popular. I also remember circa 2012-2014 being required to conduct what are no