smithrj

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   by smithrj 2y ago

   Pairing in Factorio for an hour could replace a round (or two) in an interview loop. I'm convinced it would produce much stronger signals for engineering teams on how folks approach solving problems in a collaborative/team setting
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   by smithrj 2y ago

   I used to think my burnout was from long hours, but I recently got a chance to work on a greenfield project at work and loved every second of the 60-70h weeks just building something really cool with a small team. The burnout nearly vanishe
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   by smithrj 4y ago

   They added it as one of the two new leadership principles last year I believe. https://www.amazon.jobs/en/principles
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   by smithrj 5y ago

   I recently switched from Gmail to Fastmail and have been really enjoying it so far, unfortunate they are having these outages right as I was getting familiar with the service.
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   by smithrj 5y ago

   This exists actually for software development. I went through the AWS Software Development Engineer Apprenticeship when I made a career change from Military & Government work into Software. Similar programs exist at Google, Lyft, and a