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by peruvian 6y ago
Once you pass 3-4 years of experience, it is not difficult to get at least a recruiter interview and phone screen in the US for a standard software engineer role. And that's with YOU applying — people get messaged by recruiters on Link
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by peruvian 6y ago
HN never gets tired of the interview debate. I've seen the exact same set of comments for years now.
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by peruvian 6y ago
The problem is nowadays a lot of companies don't reward loyalty. In the US coastal markets, you are hurting yourself by staying at once place for 5+ years (FAANG and some big corps excluded).
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by peruvian 6y ago
Reminds me how some forums aren't allowed to have apps in the App Store due to porn, as well as the Tumblr porn controversy. Reddit has more porn and NSFW content than almost anywhere else.
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by peruvian 6y ago
Yep. I hate interviews as much as everyone else but I'll take grinding Leetcode or Interview Cake for a month or two over having to deal with law school and the bar, for example.
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by peruvian 6y ago
The unfortunately reality is that most office workers, even tech ones, are so alienated from the results of their labor that it is easy to rationalize their jobs as meaningless.
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by peruvian 6y ago
Because labor is a liability to most companies.
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by peruvian 6y ago
The issue is most companies don't want to be greener pastures - which usually means they don't want to promote or give raises internally too often. No idea why.
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by peruvian 6y ago
Anyone who has spent a substantial amount of their free time on internet forums will laugh at this article with cynicism. It's not wrong per se but I've found most people come to online forums to blow off steam or waste time, not
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by peruvian 6y ago
That's nice you and your wife have fun doing DoorDash. It's not as fun if it's paying your rent, feeding yourself, or your kids depend on it. Your use case is the ideal use for "gig work", but much like the proverbi
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by peruvian 6y ago
> why does no one care? Because most people just want a check every two weeks. No one wants to rock the boat. Office workers, even tech workers, are so removed from the result of their labor, it's hard to get motivated about anythin
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by peruvian 6y ago
It sucks but like with any streaming site - it depends what they have permission to stream. Just because they have the rights to a Blu-ray release doesn't mean they have the rights to stream it. This is where physical discs and pirates
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by peruvian 6y ago
A lot of games were hardcoded for a specific FPS. Even modern-ish ones!
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by peruvian 6y ago
I wouldn't code projects at all anymore but probably scripts or small things in Python or JavaScript when need be.
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by peruvian 6y ago
False dichotomy. I'm sure Stanford cruses its CS students with theory and math already. Nothing wrong with a course that is purely practical and can help people get a job. Most employers would rather see "built and iOS app" i
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by peruvian 6y ago
I don't think it's or me. I'm the kind of person that doesn't mind going to the office and having work thrown at me. Being in charge of finding clients and work to do would stress me out.
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by peruvian 6y ago
I'm aware of 4chan archives - I use them all the time, but at least stuff under "anonymous".
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by peruvian 6y ago
I run a script called "shreddit" I found on GitHub that edits and then deletes your comments. It's configured via a YAML file and you can whitelist or filter stuff that you want deleted. I do this every few months. It's
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by peruvian 6y ago
Forget trans jokes - just typical gay jokes were common until the early 2010s.
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by peruvian 6y ago
Some friends who were planning on starting a family "sacrificed" a year or two at a FAANG/FAANG-like and had a nice nest egg/savings before conceiving.
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by peruvian 6y ago
Nothing beats ranting about the company or your boss with a few coworkers on a Friday evening.
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by peruvian 6y ago
If the royalty went away and the UK took possession of its lands, castles, and holdings, it could make a killing off tourism to those private or semi-private residences. Other European countries that are no longer monarchies do this just fi
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by peruvian 6y ago
Companies overhire devs after raising money so it looks like they're doing a lot of interesting stuff. PMs and managers need to find stuff for these devs to do, hence they come up with overcomplicating their existing tech, redesigns, e
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by peruvian 6y ago
Agree. A lot of founders and would-be CEOs are power hungry freaks, and they have been for most of their life.
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by peruvian 6y ago
Media has been fully untrustworthy since Operation Mockingbird.
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by peruvian 6y ago
I've found the Amazon app to load very slowly when the LTE connection isn't great, which is often the case in bookstores, at least where I live. I agree with the grandparents comment. I just use a list in Apple Notes.
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by peruvian 6y ago
If you have something to show, sure. In my experience most engineers, even "Big Four" ones, have empty Github profiles.
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by peruvian 6y ago
People are more likely to chime in if they hate it. I think most people are happy or content with React - but honestly, it doesn't matter. Nearly every job listing I've seen or applied to asked for React experience (if the positio
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by peruvian 6y ago
A ton of people still use RSS, they just don't know it. For example, podcasts.
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by peruvian 6y ago
It's what I like about the movie. I grew up with classic Looney Tunes and Cartoon Network cartoons. The humor is often nonsensical in the same way.

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