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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
In 2019 I was an SE2 the thing that turned it around was reading this one book https://www.amazon.com/Stealing-Corner-Office-Strategies-Bus... . Based on the title of the book it's easy to misconstrue as a guide to usi
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I'm going to assume for this conversation we are talking about a software engineer that is able to build products very quickly and with relatively few major problems. At the end of the day I believe the common threads of these type of
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
If you’ve faced a lot of rejection in your career or life it can lead to self evaluation that is not accurate. A therapist, counselor, or career coach can help you get a better sense of your actual position in the world and what to do to im
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
Fun story I've shared here before, at my first job I got a 1%-2% raise every year for the first 3 years. On the third one I said, "if I don't get a better raise this year I will find another job". I got another tiny rais
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I was fighting all year to hire mid-level software engineers
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I have an Oculus Quest 2 and me, my wife, and my kids all love it. The biggest gating factor in our enjoyment is lack of content. If there were more AAA titles I would spend way more time with my oculus. It is the most immersive and intuiti
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
That's actually really interesting how subjective reading experiences can be. It's amazing that we basically had opposite reactions to these books. I wonder what is the best approach to sharing subjective reviews? It would be nice
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
As a counterpoint to the praise of "The name of the wind" I read it on an HN recommendation and didn't enjoy it. The writing, characters, and story were all boring and poorly constructed, I kept thinking to myself, 'This
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
There is a youtube alternative that some creators are using called odysee. https://odysee.com/ . It still has the dislike button.
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
"Although the detailed analysis by the Max Planck researchers in Göttingen shows that tight-fitting FFP2 masks provide 75 times better protection compared to well-fitting surgical masks and that the way a mask is worn makes a huge diff
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
Agree with this I think the other thing to consider is that this is probably a long term fee to help keep a niche business afloat. They probably can't keep enough revenue coming in to support the business long term just by device sales
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
There 3 Options: 1. Connect: $7.99 per month 2. Connect Lite: $4.99 per month 3. No Plan: but the device costs more I dug in deep to find the prices so others don't have to. Personally, I'm fine with this model a lot of the great
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I haven't seen this comment yet, so here we go. I live in a rural community of about 15,000 people, attend church, and sports for my kids and generally spend a lot of time with people in the community. These are people who don't t
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I wish there were a simple answer but it's a complicated cost benefit analysis that has to be done for each organization taking into account their objectives. But most organizations don't have that many options because salaries ar
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
A quick breakdown from my recent experience hiring for 5 software developer positions. Entry Level Engineers - Easy to find but expensive to train Mid level engineers - Difficult to find but minimal training required Senior engineers - Extr
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I have seen the greatest success in self organizing teams when they have a strong leader with clear values that enforces a vision. I think self organizing is a bit of a misnomer, it's more like self organizing within the system of chec
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I think your perspective shows one side of a continuum between Personal Freedom <----> Collective Safety. It would seem that at some point maybe in the 50's or maybe the 80's a majority of people decided the debate around th
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
Have you been around people who actually use trucks for work or leisure? They aren't just hitting the side of their trucks with 2x4's or dropping gravel from ten feet in the air like commercials. Lots of people use their trucks fo
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I didn't grow up poor but we didn't have extra of anything and we sure couldn't afford to lose a paycheck. The thing I find absolutely unbelievable and will never understand is when people quit their job and just plan to rela
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
I agree with all of your comment. However, I think many people presume the purpose of the HN comments section is to have a robust debate that helps the community arrive at some conclusion. I think there is a lot of value in comments that si
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by tenpoundhammer 5y ago
If your comment was some kind joke please disregard my comment. Sorry to see you getting down voted into the basement, I too am a devout theist. I don't think the nature of your argument being theistic is the primary reason you are get
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
I had the same problem my whole life up until about two years ago. For whatever reason my default mindset was that when I heard something I didn't understand or was curious about, I would explain my understanding and frame that against
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
I think attempting to hire people who are passionate is a by-product of an industry where it's been difficult to reliably hire software engineers at the level that the hiring manager's would prefer. There are a lot of problems wit
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
"Socialhome allows you to build a rich profile that federates across the federated social web. Your content will be available to millions of users that you can also follow and interact with their content." I think this is the prod
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
The software industry is starving for senior software engineers who can lead a team of software engineers. Brainy and skilled is where it's at.
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
As I manager I hear this sort of thing regularly, 1. Imposter syndrome, a large portion of developers have it and this could be you. Chances are if you have a job and continue to ship code to prod you are at least partially suffering from i
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
While monopolies are bad, I don't see what's listed in this article as monopolies. I see a series of small businesses that are more profitable when economies of scale are utilized. So, the small businesses are being bought up by a
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
The first question I have to ask myself about increasing taxes is, can the government do a better job of distributing these resources than whoever is doing that Job now? and what does better mean? Living in the US with the government that i
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
I thought I was terrible at time management but I was actually terrible at saying no. I would just agree to do everything for everyone and then realize there was no way I could do it and then do none of that stuff and work on something I ac
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by tenpoundhammer 6y ago
I do some hiring and we offer either whiteboarding or a take-home exercise, because of this exact situation. Anyone that you would enjoy working for would probably provide accommodations if you told them in-person whiteboarding gives you an

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