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by roland35 3y ago
Prototyping is fun but over fast - most programs spend much more time in the "maintenance" phase. Code is generally read more than it's written. Types make all that boring stuff safer and easier!
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by roland35 3y ago
It is always the thing you forget to unit test that causes the issue. Or the one code path that rarely runs, and causes a mysterious error once a month.
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by roland35 3y ago
I agree - it is convenient to use at first but it sure makes it hard to use an unfamiliar codebase!
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by roland35 3y ago
Have you tried buying a place in London?? Not sure if this is sarcasm or not!
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by roland35 3y ago
Maybe try getting an AWS certification. Just going through that process will definitely expose you to enough of AWS to answer any possible interview question, and would probably help get you pass any resume screening too. It worked for me,
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by roland35 3y ago
In my experience the only negotiation tactic that really matters is having an alternative offer.
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by roland35 3y ago
It can be a valid range - I've seen plenty of postings (internal at least) where the the seniority is flexible. Also a flexible location could also lead to a big range depending if you are based in NYC versus Iowa...
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by roland35 3y ago
There is a great video from CGP Grey about the similar problem of boarding an airplane: https://youtu.be/oAHbLRjF0vo Unfortunately, having flown many times, I just don't see humans ever being able to self organize to t
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by roland35 3y ago
Having worked in hardware, I can imagine most customers would 1) push the button, then 2) complain that their battery performance is reduced.
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by roland35 3y ago
Ear stink... I never knew my ears smelled so bad before I started using airpod pros!
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by roland35 3y ago
I graduated with an electrical engineering degree and have been doing embedded microcontroller code throughout most of my career, and have basically never learned algorithms. I decided to take some time and study specifically for interview
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by roland35 3y ago
I learned about lazygit recently from it's integration with lazyvim. The nice thing about TUIs is how it works anywhere - if I am doing work on WSL or a remote machine I can use the same tool with no issues!
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by roland35 3y ago
I think us pihole users are a tiny tiny minority! Even in my household my wife doesn't use the pihole I set up since it occasionally (maybe 1%?) does not work with some websites and apps. I have no problem going in and disabling it for
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by roland35 3y ago
I haven't seen this trend in US tech at least. Most other engineers I've worked with have gone to good state schools but very few have gone to top ivy or similar (eg MIT/Stanford). I bet you're correct with other industr
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by roland35 3y ago
Nice! I recently interviewed for a job which was a 45 minute commute - after driving out for the interview I just felt sad about potentially driving for 6+ hours a week after working remote for 4 years.
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by roland35 3y ago
Let's see if anyone is still commenting in a few years!
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by roland35 3y ago
I built my own pen plotter - it is such an engaging piece of technology! I hope to design a super size plotter someday, just need to find the time!
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by roland35 3y ago
I've had a good experience with ccls, although to be honest I haven't really compared it with clangd so I can't say if it is actually any better!
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by roland35 3y ago
I am currently at 24 applications, 3 interviews in progress, and 6 rejections (all at the initial application stage). Most of the applications are cold applies. From what I've heard 6:1 isn't a bad ratio - things are definitely n
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by roland35 3y ago
With less plugins and less custom configuration it becomes much easier to work in environments outside your home. Also it is more robust and less things break!
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by roland35 3y ago
I think jk is a bit easier to type but they both work well!
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by roland35 3y ago
Or, ya know, sometimes it's just fun to add a lime emoji to a text...
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by roland35 3y ago
Interviewing is a process that can make anyone, no matter how great they are, question themselves. Sometimes evaluators have some weird criteria that is important to them and you'll never know why!
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by roland35 3y ago
You didn't copy all the emojis! :P
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by roland35 3y ago
Dividends generally are not super useful to investors - you don't get to decide when they occur and when you pay tax. If you are in the accumulation phase of life this isn't really useful if you are going to be reinvesting the mo
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by roland35 3y ago
I've used a few different ways to track hardware files (specific to ECAD, Electrical CAD files) - SVN is actually pretty good! It has a central server where a user can check out files, change them, check them back in. It makes sense
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by roland35 3y ago
Many garages are not attached or people park on the street! Also level 1 charge is reeeeally slow. It works fine with my PHEV (only a 14 kWh battery) but would not be able to charge a fully used EV battery overnight
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by roland35 3y ago
The foam doesn't stay good for long, I think the car seats we had expired after 6-7 years? Also car seats can't be used after a crash, even if visually they looked ok. Maybe they could be refurbished (new foam, etc), but obviously
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by roland35 3y ago
That's awesome! At least in my limited experience developing health care hardware is much more challenging when there isn't a clear "regulatory path" that has been done before. Which makes it harder for completely novel
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by roland35 3y ago
Yup, some people just seem to have a hard time with evaluating candidates fairly rather than by some arbitrary guidelines inside their head. Of course if you're looking for a software jeopardy contestant maybe memory recall is importan

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