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by swimorsinka 9y ago
Hiring someone who doesn't work out is unbelievably expensive. It can be a disaster for your team. When we hire someone, we have no way of knowing if they'll be the life-long learner type who will aggressively consume new knowledg
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by swimorsinka 9y ago
Author here: I don't believe anyone is inherently inferior. Given the same amount of time invested, I think everyone has a shot at performing well. But a computer science graduate typically has 4 years under his or her belt in an engin
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by swimorsinka 9y ago
That's the point :).
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Avoid the Pitfalls of Ego Driven Development(thinkfaster.co)
3 points by swimorsinka 9y ago|0 comments
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by swimorsinka 9y ago
Yikes, you're giving me déjà vu. I did exactly what you're thinking of doing when I turned 25. Google was my first job out of school, and I worked there for 3 years. I also had a mentor at the time who was encouraging me to stick
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by swimorsinka 9y ago
Ironically I just did this using Go and a 32 core machine processing ~50 compressed gigs per day [1] [1] https://thinkfaster.co/2017/05/big-data-with-golang-instead-...
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Big Data with Golang Instead of MapReduce(thinkfaster.co)
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by swimorsinka 10y ago
I would have liked to see a discussion of "maximizing shareholder value".
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by swimorsinka 10y ago
I'm careful about suggesting meditation to my friends because I think it's different for everybody. For me, I've always had high anxiety. OCD is essentially anxiety when you boil it down to its core. That means I carry around
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by swimorsinka 10y ago
Agreed. At this point, I use meditation, exercise, omega 3 supplementation, and therapy all in addition to the mental attitudes I discussed.
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by swimorsinka 10y ago
Author here. Thanks for all the comments, I'm surprised to see so much interest here on Hacker News. I figured this would be one of my posts that collected dust. For the record, my way out of this happened to be psychological, but that
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Command Line for your Inbox(chrome.google.com)
3 points by swimorsinka 10y ago|0 comments
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by swimorsinka 11y ago
Author here: This Comment made me seriously LOL.
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by swimorsinka 11y ago
I think it's also a misconception about how products get users. Going into this thing, I really thought it was all word of mouth. After all, that's how Google exploded. And I didn't realize that 99/100 people might not l
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by swimorsinka 11y ago
Author here: and I agree. I just didn't want it to turn into a big spiritual discussion :).
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Lessons from a Failed Tech Startup(thinkfaster.co)
99 points by swimorsinka 11y ago|37 comments
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Does everyone know that being an employee at a startup is a worse bet?(thinkfaster.co)
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by swimorsinka 11y ago
Take a look at Glassdoor. What you're saying is accurate, but where Google, Facebook, etc really take off is in equity compensation. In my case at Goog, I started off with a small equity grant, vesting over 4 years. So after the first
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by swimorsinka 11y ago
Any advice on how you did this?
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by swimorsinka 11y ago
We all complain when NBA players strike over salary concerns. But it's always relative. If someone who does the same thing as you at a similar competence level, and they make 2-3X what you make, naturally you're going to feel agit
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Beware of the Silicon Valley Cult(thinkfaster.co)
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Should you follow your passion?(thinkfaster.co)
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How would you get a job at one of the top tech companies today?(thinkfaster.co)
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5 Attributes of the Engineer I Want to Hire(thinkfaster.co)
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3 Ways Job Swapping in Tech Can Hurt You(thinkfaster.co)
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Show HN: One Coding Problem in Your Inbox Each Day(onecodingproblem.com)
5 points by swimorsinka 11y ago|0 comments
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How to avoid the software salary ceiling(thinkfaster.co)
86 points by swimorsinka 11y ago|79 comments
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When your startup turns to an Emotional Nightmare(thinkfaster.co)
5 points by swimorsinka 11y ago|0 comments
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How to drive 20,000 hits to your Tech Article(thinkfaster.co)
2 points by swimorsinka 12y ago|0 comments
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Can you make “big money” as an employee in software?(thinkfaster.co)
53 points by swimorsinka 12y ago|82 comments

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