swman

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   by swman 5y ago

   Where u based now?
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   by swman 5y ago

   You have to really find that content, because if you have a specific topic in mind you can definitely find a recent informative video on it. For example currently leading a big technical project where all the tech is new to me. Just went on
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   by swman 5y ago

   I live close to Los Angeles so here’s my take. Even where I live an hour away there is a sizable homeless population. Most people who enter homelessness leave it within a couple of weeks. That’s because these are people like you and me who
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   by swman 5y ago

   For me none of the FAANG are as prestigious as I used to think. They’re solving some interesting problems for sure, but for what end goal? Money is easy to make, and I’m not interested in giving my skills and time to these companies. Easy m
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   by swman 5y ago

   Either way, excuses.
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   by swman 5y ago

   If you want to actually empower people, just do it. These companies have billions in cash reserves. If you don’t want to wire me that money, then at lease use it to set up A shadowing program for ex cons to spend a month with one your engin
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   by swman 5y ago

   Every problem that business solve, even if it is "technical", is still a business problem. Nobody cares about docker, until businesses (that might be in retail/healthcare/cruise/whatever) realize they can use docker
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   by swman 5y ago

   Yeah. Coding is the best thing I discovered in my life. Im just sad that I was in my mid 20s when I started. I get to be a “god” or creator and make what comes to my mind. Pretty cool.
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   by swman 5y ago

   Is this true? Can’t you be banned from the store?
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    by swman 5y ago

    I just imagined a AT-AT looking robot with a elephant trunk hose walking around cleaning… That would be dope.
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    by swman 5y ago

    Runescape and World of Warcraft :) I learned about contracts and hiring people when I was a 9 year old running a lobster fishing company with contractors haha.
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    by swman 5y ago

    I think it really depends. I have way too many personal anecdotes of people I knew from back in the day (middle/high school) who gamed like 8 hours a day. Most of those people were _addicted_, and a handful went on to drop out of colle
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    by swman 5y ago

    Kyoto. I love Japanese society, it is complete opposite of the disorder and chaos I encounter in my daily life living in California. People leave leave their bikes outside without locks. I had my bike stolen within a few months of buying on
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    by swman 5y ago

    I think it makes sense. For example, Erlang is a kinda weird (to me) language. Back in 2017, I went through a book on Elixir + Phoenix, and then spent some time going through Erlang topics. I mostly spend my day on mobile app and backend pr
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    by swman 5y ago

    :wave: Do you use Cassandra for all your access patterns or do you use something else (elastic search or something) also? I'm just curious as in my professional career I recently switched to platform engineering from full stack mobile&
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    by swman 5y ago

    At discord scale (global), I'd assume keeping things in sync even with R/W + global replication needs would be quite difficult.
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    by swman 5y ago

    Focus on the problem at hand. Know a wide variety of tools and use the right one for the job. At a senior+ level it shouldn’t be that hard to pick up new tools to add to your tool box. I think both are personally good bets for the next 20 y
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    by swman 5y ago

    Move to SF or LA
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    by swman 5y ago

    Either SF or LA
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    Ask HN: How useful is it to live in a city?

    8 points by swman 5y ago|11 comments
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    by swman 5y ago

    I feel like if anything they've figured out a way to capture and use massive amounts of energy in something super small.
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    by swman 5y ago

    Maybe they are jaded that they grinded leet code for two months only to be working on boring problems. I’ve also worked with people who are against trying something new or take forever (thanks processes) to do simple things. It doesn’t equa
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    by swman 5y ago

    Does the mini brain think or feel? Very horror movie like to think about
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    by swman 5y ago

    Here's my opinion as a casual person who watched a few youtube videos on this. The only one we have full agency/control over is ourselves. Everyone individually will do what they want, so you can't really change society the w
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    by swman 5y ago

    We all have an expiration date. As long as you haven't reached it or have any debilitating health problems, it isn't too late.
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    by swman 5y ago

    I’m having a hard time transitioning because idk what our management is doing. Have a good track record and done all the management training. Starting my own company instead.
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    by swman 5y ago

    Wikipedia
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    by swman 5y ago

    IMO if you’re capable you should start your own business that adheres to the values you mentioned. If you’re FI might as well craft the future you want instead of hoarding the potential capital. If you hate mega corps then start a company a
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    by swman 5y ago

    I don’t think they meant lifestyle app devs/founders lol
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    by swman 5y ago

    True. I was making a simple blanket statement that for most VC backed companies you can be sure the end goal is either acquisition or successful ipo.