pattern_shift

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   by pattern_shift 4y ago

   Yes, it produces content that baits your audience into keeping you top of mind and showing up to hang out with you when the email comes through, feeling FOMO if they don't join the hype train, etc. (a large share of which just goes to
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   by pattern_shift 4y ago

   I didn't say any of that, in fact I referred to Dan Luu here so that people would get the shorthand (Luu family has written that DS&A coding and whiteboard interviews are not predictive). The only reason you're picking this ap
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   by pattern_shift 4y ago

   Or better yet, one employer. Go follow Dan Luu's advice and educate/train/practice yourself into the top 10% of software developers, then get a FAANG job. That's the surest path to financial security and a safe, comfy up
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   by pattern_shift 4y ago

   This essay has it all around backwards. 1k true fans is a recipe for destroying your own creative life and devoting most of your time to sales funnel building, fomo emails and clickbait offers and bribes for mailing list signups, running ad