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   by muzani 5y ago

   For discussions and community, Stack Exchange seems to be rather good for everything except code. That includes food, movies, games, and religion. Religion is especially nice because the Q&A format forces people to cite scripture rather
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   by muzani 5y ago

   I'd love to hold a full time job but everyone makes it so hard. 1. Interview processes. Job applications involve a 30 min technical test, and don't even give a thank you. I bet my résumé isn't even read. A lot of people comp
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   by muzani 5y ago

   There are plenty and it happens over and over again. TikTok is notably one of the biggest recent ones. You build something that a few people really love, as opposed to something that everyone likes. Facebook did this with colleges. Pinteres
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   by muzani 5y ago

   It sounds like lack of trust. Throwing more money at the problem won't secure trust. You'd probably have to go the hard route, which is having some honest conversations with people.
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   by muzani 5y ago

   There are plenty of problems that haven't been solved. It's just that most of these are million dollar ideas and not billion dollar ones - VCs won't cover them. They're too risky to do as a team, but too big to do as a s
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   by muzani 5y ago

   Buying traction is always a red flag. A lot of startups put it under their marketing budget. It's worrying because now VCs will check everything to see that it's not fake instead of just believing you. I know a marketplace startup
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   by muzani 5y ago

   An analogy is sports training. Damage is caused by overtraining. But to the naked eye, overtraining and pro training look pretty much the same. Some lift 150 lbs easily. I can't work 8 hours a day, but plenty of coders can do 10 hours
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   by muzani 5y ago

   Quit job, write an app, make money off it. I might need another job while waiting for it to grow, but by the end of 5 years, it'll likely be way more than $20k in the bank.
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   by muzani 5y ago

   The product passion matters a lot more if you're doing research/design/UX. If you're more into development (implementation of the research), you don't need to care what it is With research, it's vague. Someone
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    by muzani 5y ago

    I think a lot of the existing SV salaries are there to hog all the talent from competitors. MS can't build a better Bing if Google hires all the search engine experts.
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    by muzani 5y ago

    This says it all. I've done it for half my career. The good part is that your pay is anchored on value. With full time jobs, they pay you as little as they can get away with. With freelancing, the work is usually not going to be finish
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    by muzani 5y ago

    I feel like a lot of people in the comments have not read the book itself, only summaries and reviews. The book does not strike me as ruthless and manipulative. It's a history book. It gives you Pattern A, what others have done in resp
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    by muzani 5y ago

    I used to read back when I was in college, studying electrical engineering. Someone thought it was an engineering book but the metaphor applies. You can know ohm's law and stuff but it's not enough to build giant robots. I think t
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    by muzani 5y ago

    Management
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    by muzani 5y ago

    Facebook. What does it do? Chat (for adults and kids), dating, blogging, marketplace, groups, stories, AR, image recognition, live feeds, YouTube-style videos, shopping, property rentals, Q&A, clubhouse-style rooms, COVID-19 info center
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    by muzani 5y ago

    I like the way it is. Sometimes it brings up UI/UX. Sometimes a story on modern assassination techniques. Sometimes something like crystal growth. It's quite hard to classify.
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    by muzani 5y ago

    A lot of them are still very applicable, such as "never outshine the master" and "concentrate your forces". Not all will be applicable at all times.
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    by muzani 5y ago

    Can you work really hard? Do you want to save the world? Do medicine. Median? Probably software. Where I live, a mid-skill software developer makes as much money as a manager in accounting or the owner of a small indie cafe. A software man
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    by muzani 5y ago

    This feels like such a strange question in 2021, like how do you use roads to improve your life. Is there something I'm missing here?
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    by muzani 5y ago

    JavaScript. Unsexy answer but it pays the bills.
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    by muzani 5y ago

    "Why do people always advise others to find a new job before quitting the current one?" There are a lot of jobs out there but the interview process can take months and after being exhausted from searching, you may well just acce
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    by muzani 5y ago

    Interestingly, the time I succeeded, I did 100 hour weeks. However , I think working long hours was a mistake. For one thing, it encourages bad habits - if you're working double the time, you should be bringing in another co-founder o
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    by muzani 5y ago

    I just took a glance at it and it seems substantially better than it was 2 years ago, in both content and design. Back then, it was full of bullshit articles and the site felt like it was made in Comic Sans.
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    by muzani 5y ago

    My picks: 1) Fintech. It'll be messy with the aftermath of COVID, moratoriums, etc. Combine it with new and old banking regulations, islamic banking, ways to finance the poor, bubbles popping, crowdfunding. Then you have crypto and ret
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    by muzani 5y ago

    It's about top 20% in Malaysia, which is #37 in GDP.
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    by muzani 5y ago

    "I was wondering if the community here, such as it is, has any tips for daily exercises or practices that can help me get back on track in a kaizen or incremental way a little bit every day." I recommend the book The ONE Thing, Ga
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    by muzani 5y ago

    I see interviews a little like pitching a startup or talking about a topic on stage. It's rehearsed, lime juggling. You'll do terribly for any significant role without some practice. God knows I have to rehearse the "tell m
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    by muzani 5y ago

    https://glassdoor.com
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    by muzani 5y ago

    I was sick one day. They negotiated it down to half a day sick leave, which I had no say in. There were a lot of other questionable actions in the past, especially with regards to how they treated other staff. And there were many more quest
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    by muzani 5y ago

    B. Job portal. Funny enough I applied on two sites without realizing it. They accepted me quickly from one, and rejected me from another. I've had a 100% ghosting rate from that other portal, including the company that hired me. That p