smarmgoblin

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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
It’s more common than you think. I graduated in 2013 and can tell you there were minimal opportunities to learn how to operate a Linux command line (if you didn’t already want to). Most jobs will set you up with some IDE with the codebase p
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
Most definitions of coasting would involve not working hard.
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
> When it comes to Thinkpads and other similar laptops - get one without the dedicated Nvidia GPU. That is just a nightmare on Linux. Second this. I got a Thinkpad P1 off eBay (basically the X1C with a dedicated GPU) from a similar recom
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
I wonder, do you see this changing now that the strategy of growth-at-all-costs is, at least for now, receiving more scrutiny?
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
Unfortunately my take is probably not the whole story. There’s likely some grain of truth to this reporting in terms of a reduction in force being planned, but nobody is sure what form or strategy will be employed.
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
BREAKING: 6% of workforce will be ranked in the sixth percentile. This “news” is from back in May when the new performance management system buckets were released.
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
Did they really? I hadn’t heard about that.
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
I think it’s more of a trajectory than the current state of the world to be quite honest, but if you’ll engage with my more conspiratorial speculations — you can imagine software development would have to be one of the last activities to be
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by smarmgoblin 4y ago
> As a toy yes, or as a specialised tool for video or audio rendering I think this is a useful framing. Apple markets an appliance like a microwave or a refrigerator — both of those are computers in a sense but function only in a specifi
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
This is a great instinct and I recommend everyone do this. There’s a ton of resources on this, unfortunately subject to this predictable effect where spam proliferation easily overwhelms your ability to discover useful resources in reasonab
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
That’s wild! I’m not very good but if black offered me a draw in this position my thought would be “his pawn is faster, so why would he offer a draw? Unless he thinks he’s losing for some reason…” which would be the hint to look for the tac
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
No. I did attend medical school a while back though, when I certainly knew more about the specific reactions involved here.
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
Unfortunately most missle silos in the US are located in the rural midwest.
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
These are pretty often contraindicated in cases like this, especially when the patient is also managing anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds.
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
Google is only fully remote for a small subset of its workforce, and even then it has to be arranged using their system. In the right location though $300k is certainly possible. Unfortunately pay in this industry is largely determined by y
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
I have to agree. In this case it’s more an internal thing: I’m 32 and took a few years off software to pursue other things (where I spent most of my time writing software as fortune would have it), result being a lot of my colleagues are ha
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
Thanks for the advice and affirmation. I’ll stick to the plan.
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
Serious question, how do you deal with FOMO? I’ve been at FAANG for about a year, coming from startups and lower-paying companies before. Internally it’s nothing but complaints about comp and attrition, but to me it’s the best I’ve ever bee
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
Yes it’s a standard part of the interview cycle at Amazon. Usually two questions in an hour or something, and you code solutions which the test platform grades. They’re on par with leetcode easy IME, but I just find it to be a pain so I won
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
It was unpleasant but at the end of the day it was just one guy. What gets me is that every recruiter who reaches out (hundreds by now I estimate) wants me to complete their timed coding test to qualify to interview again. I found Google’s
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
Please don’t try the oxygen tank idea. It’s counterintuitive but 100% O2 isn’t good for you (unless you need it to get enough saturation, and the alternative is hypoxemia). You asked for weird tips, so here’s mine. Caffeine pills instead of
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by smarmgoblin 5y ago
I interviewed with AWS about a year ago. Knocked the programming/system design interviews out of the park, but it was clear the LP interviewer simply didn’t believe I was being truthful about the example I gave (included a period where