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by roland35 3y ago
ADHD can make it hard to sustain attention while reading. I tend to also zone out when reading something even slightly uninteresting or in this case something (eg a Rust program) too dense.
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by roland35 3y ago
I've actually never gotten a job via my network (besides an "internship" driving a forklift in a warehouse), and have worked at startups and big tech companies just from applying on the website. I wouldn't discount it!
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by roland35 3y ago
That is a major problem in interviewing. Everyone has their own set of internal guidelines! I have worked on teams trying to improve our interviewing process, and one key goal was aligning everyone in exactly what technical and personal att
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by roland35 3y ago
Oh what a great idea! And maybe Google could make something to read all those!
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by roland35 3y ago
Best tool: macros. You can easily tie in gifs and memes into just about anywhere
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by roland35 3y ago
Nope started by Dustin Moskovitz who was even in the "social network" movie
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by roland35 3y ago
Eden definitely works better on a dev server and sucks on a laptop, especially arm based mac's (it's slowly getting better but still requires occasional reboots). +1 on the coding tools being great
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by roland35 3y ago
Sense is much less upfront to install - it is able to detect most large loads just by looking at the overall current and voltage going into the house via disagregation. It works pretty well!
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by roland35 3y ago
I don't think what you described is a promotion? M1 = IC6, M2 = IC7, etc as you said. As far as the number of directors and VPs, sure there are probably more but I would describe that more as "it is easier to get promoted as a ma
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by roland35 3y ago
Quality over quantity! Also three is greater than the number of game of thrones books released in the past 20 years...
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by roland35 3y ago
Forgot tech debt, most of the projects I have worked on have been outright cancelled!
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by roland35 3y ago
It's called "cost of market" at my company. Cost of market doesn't necessarily equal cost of living.. for example I make about 20% less in the Midwest than I would in New York or SF, but still way more than if I worked i
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by roland35 3y ago
I don't think anyone is blind to how expensive SF real estate is?? I mean at least every single person I know who lives there talks about it!
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by roland35 3y ago
What I recommend, and plan on doing unless I just retire early outright, is to downshift to a less stressful software job. I've worked at quite a few places where I was bored and the pay was low. This was a problem early in my career
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by roland35 3y ago
Be careful with the flight attendant career - good routes are seniority based, you are only on the clock during flights, and the pay is not great. I think it's one of those things that sounds more glamorous than it is (at least for a
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by roland35 3y ago
This sounds like fan fiction. I do my best work distraction free. Seeing expensive cars... have you met engineers? We are the biggest collection of cheapasses on the planet!
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by roland35 3y ago
This is so true. I have used a quest pro to watch YouTube and Netflix, and it's a great experience. My house weirdly has no good place for a TV, but with VR it's a much more immersive experience. Just need to get comfort and batte
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by roland35 3y ago
I recently stepped on my framework laptop and crunched the LCD screen. Luckily I was able to purchase a new lid (got an improved lighter and stiffer lid!) And new screen (unfortunately the matte option was out of stock). 45 minutes later I
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by roland35 3y ago
I wasn't trying to make any larger point about income inequality - just saying that employer matches do not contribute to your individual 401k limits :)
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by roland35 3y ago
This just is another example to me how absurd it is to use crypto as a practical currency. There is no recourse for compromising your private key, and no way to know for sure that only you have a private key.
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by roland35 3y ago
The 401k limit doesn't include money your employers match - so if they contribute $10k you can still put in $22.5k (2023)
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by roland35 3y ago
Haha I would but my mom is an toxic and abusive pain killer addict so I think I'll pass! But if your mom is nice yes you should call her!
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by roland35 3y ago
While that is true, I think it's also important to focus on the $100k ticket items and not worry about the $4 things in life. Getting a promotion has impacted my life more than any amount of frugality has. Also investing in low cost in
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by roland35 3y ago
I have a similar issue with my airpod pros. I believe it is a microphone issue, especially since they work in non-noise cancelling mode just fine.
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by roland35 3y ago
It never has gone up on good news before, so probably no!
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by roland35 3y ago
I totally agree with you. Being a kid was certainly one factor, but breath of the wild got a little boring and repetitive after a while. There was something fun about getting Nintendo Power and the guidebooks which sticks with me as well. S
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by roland35 3y ago
Getting a second mortgage is a big hassle and cost, especially if you don't have an income. You can get an asset backed mortgage but those are less common and can have higher rates. A HELOC is certainly easier but there's no guara
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by roland35 3y ago
There are lots of costs associated with owning a place beyond the mortgage. Paying off a mortgage with liquid cash is frequently not the most effective use of money since once you use money to build equity it is challenging to pull money ba
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by roland35 3y ago
Source: work at a FAANG which has had layoffs. There is still some hiring going on, but obviously very much reduced so just by the numbers it's going to be harder. I don't think actual $ offers are lower, if anything they will be
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by roland35 3y ago
This is how a startup can compete with Google!

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