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by romanhn 4y ago
As opposed to starting a business in order to make the world a better place? https://youtu.be/B8C5sjjhsso
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by romanhn 4y ago
When I was getting RSU's, yes, I sold them off immediately under Rule 10b5-1 (allows selling of stock on a predetermined schedule so as to avoid no-trade windows and insider trading issues). My rationale was that I'm exposed to st
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by romanhn 4y ago
I wish I had a useful, repeatable answer here, but in my case it was basically all luck. A friend/ex-colleague had been recruiting me for years, but it was never the right time to take the plunge. Finally, everything aligned - the role
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by romanhn 4y ago
There is no right answer. At different times I have optimized for career growth (startup), compensation (FAANG), and currently work-life balance and flexibility (consulting). The only thing I would've done differently is that I didn&#x
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by romanhn 4y ago
Doesn't sound all that different from human comments, to be honest
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by romanhn 4y ago
Not exactly USSR, but I was a big fan of the very popular 1993 game based on the Russian "Wheel of Fortune" knock off show. The game participants were characters from classic Soviet cartoons. https://youtu.be/RlnsW
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by romanhn 4y ago
Not a very convincing article. I don't think risky VC investments are going anywhere. This downturn is just s blip in the big scheme of things, and as expectations of long-term economic growth are built into so many things we do (e.g.,
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by romanhn 4y ago
Theranos comes to mind. Reaching back a bit more - Webvan, Pets.com, MySpace.
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by romanhn 4y ago
Yeah, that one was doomed from the start. Hacks to hide the popup and automate pretend-browsing came out almost immediately. As a teenager with a lot of free time on his hands, AllAdvantage was a great way to make a few bucks while doing wh
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by romanhn 4y ago
What this will do is get the gears moving on finding a good-enough alternative that is not a ticking time bomb.
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Tell HN: Karma Farming Using ChatGPT
6 points by romanhn 4y ago|2 comments
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by romanhn 4y ago
Not joking at all, this really was generated. I have now wasted hours amusing myself and others with epic poems, rap songs, limericks, short stories and such. This thing is pretty incredible, especially how it has context about referenced o
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by romanhn 4y ago
Prompt: create a rap song about a guy named Roman writing .NET APIs Sure, here is a possible rap song about a guy named Roman writing .NET APIs: Verse 1: I'm Roman, and I'm a code king I write .NET APIs, and I do my thin
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by romanhn 4y ago
Sounds like a great example of dysfunction that you'd want to catch early in the interview process. And to be clear - this is definitely dysfunction.
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by romanhn 4y ago
If the hiring manager can't answer this question, that's as clear of a sign to stay away as you can get.
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by romanhn 4y ago
You have submitted multiple comments in separate threads with links to your post. This type of self-promotion is not welcome on HN.
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by romanhn 4y ago
The "cry it out" / Ferber method taught our kids how to fall asleep on their own and saved our sanity. It used to take hours to get a baby settled and one of us had to be there the whole time. By letting them cry for a bit (o
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by romanhn 4y ago
This is fantastic, thanks for sharing. Ben makes an argument that stock values are set by market activity (continuous buying and selling), rather than amount held. While the latter may be large for index funds (though apparently smaller tha
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400ft Tall Halloween Light and Drone Show(youtube.com)
1 points by romanhn 4y ago|0 comments
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by romanhn 4y ago
I think you're underestimating the complexity and surface area of the suite. There are hundreds of teams and 1000+ engineers (likely thousands) contributing to the Ads Manager alone. It's a beast, and considering how critical it i
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by romanhn 4y ago
I have an Oculus and am fully aware of what it can do, so seeing the bland Metaverse graphics is jarring. I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but a juicy one just popped in my head. What if the current Metaverse implementation is bad
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by romanhn 4y ago
You're missing the point of leetcode practice (as stupid as the practice is, to begin with). The idea is to recognize patterns in different types of problems and general solutions to those patterns. Brute forcing your way through hundr
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by romanhn 4y ago
Generally speaking, underperforming for two halves (so, a year) is very likely to result in a dismissal. Even earlier, if it's particularly bad. Senior Engineer (level 5) is considered terminal, i.e. you won't get fired for not gr
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by romanhn 4y ago
That's fair, I probably should've said "might thrive". That said, I've seen some impressive feats of cutting through the red tape or stepping up in areas outside one's expertise to get their project delivered.
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by romanhn 4y ago
This was my experience as well. Left a highly functional agile group (yes, those exist) and joined FB as an engineering manager. It was a culture shock, to say the least. The culture is that of individual performance, and all incentives ste
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by romanhn 4y ago
I imagine its wide use is residual, due to how prevalent jQuery was in the past. It is hard to describe how much of a godsend it was back when client-side coding meant dealing with quirks of major browsers and their different versions. It b
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by romanhn 4y ago
This is similar to saying "Facebook is fundamentally built on data collection, and social networking is just a side effect." Technically true, but not much consolation for all the social networks that didn't go all in on adve
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by romanhn 4y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but if I'm reading that link correctly, while the COVID vaccine is indeed mandatory (good), the flu vaccine is opt-out. It seems participation in the two vaccination programs is required, but in case of influenza
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by romanhn 4y ago
This is a good one. Just be aware that it is clothing-optional.
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by romanhn 4y ago
There's a video link under the picture, appears to be real. Though what they're looking at has that 90s CGI quality.

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