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by nixgeek 4y ago
Non-competes are entirely different to non-disclosure agreements. Someone can be covered by an NDA in California or Washington, the non-compete conversation is about whether an employee can go work for a competitor. Even if they move to a c
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None of the recent examples of unbundled multi-tenant CI/CD appear to have wildly successful exit stories, or even continuing to run with great growth and profitability stories. I’m thinking of companies like Travis with that comment (
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I found it by Google: “Shelly switches”. https://shelly.cloud/
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Having seen the effects of floods from appliances and plumbing, deploying sensors for water leaks is very high on my list of recommended “smarts” for home owners. Sinks. Toilets. Dishwashers. Washing machines. Being aware of leaks and catch
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Fridges and freezers don’t necessarily need built-in smarts to monitor, they draw power and are cold, both of which are observable. Monitoring power is more within the realm of the ‘average smart home’ (lots of Kasa switches are metered). T
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Apple announced M1 in November 2020 and the new MacBook Air M2 isn’t currently available to order in June 2022. It’s not accurate to say M-series iterations are annual. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_silicon
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Musk is not on the hook for $1B, Musk is on the hook for $44B. Delaware has significant precedent for forcing consummation of business deals in cases like these when the acquirer has the means, which Musk clearly does. https://ww
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No, it’s from Elon to his ExecStaff distribution list informing them of a policy change. They’re to execute and he will personally review exceptions. This means expectations for Tesla are now you work from an office or Elon must personally
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One quick example: combing through logs which can go back months or years can be expensive in time, especially if those are stored in something like Glacier and need to be pulled back into a system which permits analysis.
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Maybe that’ll change, there’s a new Sheriff in town as the saying goes? Bob was previously General Manager of AWS Elastic Kubernetes (EKS) which seemed to have a good reputation and to engage with its customers pretty well.
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That isn’t a very charitable take. It’s been 24x7 for them, the acknowledgement is most welcome, in my opinion. I’m not sure waiting until Monday 9AM Pacific just to avoid these type of comments would be the right choice. The internet is 24
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Heroku: We’ve Heard Your Feedback(blog.heroku.com)
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Great post, kudos! For two cents, I’ve been in leadership roles (VP, or VP-equiv) at three big/huge companies now (Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft) and I don’t even have a Bachelors degree. This is somewhat unusual but not a one-off by far.
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“Working at a startup is demanding. GitLab team members are often under a lot of pressure.” Isn’t being a $7.5B publicly-traded company the definition of not a startup?
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Netflix pays cash to its employees. If you opt-in to the Stock Option Plan that’s your choice (one thing I love about Netflix - you can Google all of this!).
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Looking at your comment history it’s not clear how many truly add value to the discourse on HN, they’re often “throwaway snipes” at things like Apple and macOS. It’s possible if you worked to change that and then emailed dang again they’d r
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by nixgeek 5y ago
I know Amazon hires in Vancouver (search their careers site using a location filter). Microsoft also hires in Vancouver and probably other Canada locations: https://careers.microsoft.com/professionals/us/en/l-
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For the wealthy these are called House Managers, and they generally oversee the work of either specialist contractors (working for a “job rate”) or full-time staff who handle cleaning, laundry, cooking and catering, gardening/landscapi
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Five minutes or five centuries, Ukraine is internationally recognized as a separate democratic nation (unlike, say, Transnystiria which is a breakaway from Moldova and is NOT recognized as a separate state by anyone who matters). I’m not su
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What about clients using DoH?
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It wasn’t a surprise attack by Russia — its been a possibility for several weeks. Many large organizations have been preparing for every eventuality including the heightened risk of cyberattack, likelihood of sanctions, disruption to intern
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Quite the opposite, interestingly, I’m usually in “Platform”-ish roles which touch or influence all aspects of the business, inc. building and operating services which do a couple orders of magnitude more than OP’s referenced scale (in the
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by nixgeek 5y ago
“Don’t focus on grades beyond what’s required to pass your classes” is tricky — a lot of College/Campus Hiring is selective about both the institutions they will hire from, and the GPA thresholds; if you don’t tick both boxes you likel
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Separating design and build from operate is antithetical to Amazon. It isn’t a “figure out” for a lot of companies including Amazon — it’s very intentional and seemingly unlikely to change. They’ve observed that they create a stronger cultu
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If you’re < 50% then your space planner will probably stop allocating you a permanent desk in the office. For many people electing a WFH option that’s the big change, but a “Work Site” change can trigger all sorts of other effects, tax i
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They’re incredible, in slow traffic I have no issue fitting into a space which is only 12” bigger than the BMW is in length terms, and everyone around me is impressed, particularly the driver behind, they often gesture congratulations about
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Most crawlers aren’t going to come from ASN which are populated with eyeballs.
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Not really sure 65 = L7. Probably something closer to 66/67 is a better match for Amazon L7/PE. Apples to oranges comparison of compensation. Source: Done both AWS L8 and MSFT Partner roles. Have hired and led teams with Principal
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I read this as the posting was for Senior and the offer extended was at a lower level, that’s not uncommon — Amazon particularly is somewhat famous for down-levels happening in interview debriefs. I don’t think Josh started as a Senior and
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While I’m generally cautious that “Years of Experience” isn’t a great reason to downlevel, I also wouldn’t expect someone to be a “Senior” after graduating (even with a PhD, and even if it were in Computer Science or a closely related field

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