not_wyoming

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by not_wyoming 2y ago
Post: Car strikes, kills pedestrian at crosswalk Top post: Title is clickbait, driver didn't kill pedestrian on purpose. Pedestrian: <is dead>
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
> the vast majority of people who work in offices just push papers, go to meetings and other mindless bs I know this to be true for many working in software engineering. Conversely, > writing code is way more than reading and implemen
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
I don't think this is true. Most of the doctors and lawyers I know work at big firms with a publicly reviewable presence, but there's no practical way to review individuals at those firms.
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
I don't agree that those other professions aren't creative. If anything, the ambiguity behind what constitutes a successful brand design or convincing a client to buy your product seems to require more abstract knowledge to me (
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
I've never heard of a civil engineer being asked to design a blueprint in Autodesk with a more senior engineer watching them, or an accountant asked to calculate a department's P&L given 90 minutes and a folder full of Excel f
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
This explanation works for entry-level candidates but fails to explain why senior candidates are often expected to do similar exercises _in addition to_ any work experience they have. New lawyers, doctors, and CPAs have to demonstrate textb
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
That’s true for other roles, like an MBA grad that can discuss financial principles but can’t navigate Quickbooks or use Excel. From my admittedly limited understanding, many of those openings are filled based on resume and verbal interview
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
Yes and no! I was just rejected from a job because I used Python's heap functions and the interviewer didn't know what those were or how they worked. It's not the first time either, once got rejected for using namedtuples!
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
> From the employer side of things it only makes sense to get a feeling for someone's abilities other than an impression based on words alone. I'd like to believe this is true, but it fails to explain why candidates for other b
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
Those schools have not always charged $50k - that's a recent political choice. I'd point to student loan policy as the main driver [0]. Many bootcamps require full-time attendance, and many universities have part-time options. Fur
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
Yes. Most states have a system where students attend school, receive an education, and pay the school back using a portion of their income after graduation. They're often referred to as "public schools", and ISAs are often ca
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
+1 to this. I attended RC in winter of '18. It wasn't the best fit for my personal learning style, but it's an incredible program for the right person. I highly, highly recommend it to anyone considering going there. Some of
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by not_wyoming 2y ago
/Years/ ago, I tweeted something about how companies like Uber and Lambda were privatizing public services. ISAs specifically seem like a privatization of taxes. Austen Allred quote-tweeted me to his gazillion followers and caused
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by not_wyoming 3y ago
Non-competes, like so many other workplace rules, only apply below the C-suite
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by not_wyoming 3y ago
The government can also force companies to hand over data. Better that the data is never consolidated in the first place.
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by not_wyoming 3y ago
It's possible to admire the impact of Musk's products while also scrutinizing the things he says on Twitter
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Ask HN: How do you keep up with your shortcuts?
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