the_jends

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by the_jends 8mo ago
Being just a grunt engineer in a product firm I can't imagine being able to spend multiple years on one project. If it's something you're passionate about, that sounds like a dream!
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by the_jends 2y ago
Because LLMs works like how system 1 does, with heuristics such as pattern matching, frequency heuristics, etc. The fall back to coding stuff works not because it's doing system 2, it's because there are many instances of system 2
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by the_jends 4y ago
I agree. As an engineer the recent layoffs in hindsight felt inevitable because I was working with product managers whose careers rely on them shipping new features every quarter even when customers stopped caring about them years ago (they
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by the_jends 4y ago
Thanks for the answer. I honestly don't know about the photo thing. LinkedIn itself has a photo of the person and I would assume companies at least check a candidate's linkedin profile in which case they will see the photo of the
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by the_jends 4y ago
I think this write up is a good resource for those who got called into at least an interview. I wonder how does one improve if the rejections come even before a single interview? At that stage companies typically will not give you any reaso
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Apple's new iPhones are triggering people with trypophobia(indy100.com)
1 points by the_jends 7y ago|0 comments
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What watching Endgame taught me about products (no spoilers)(medium.com)
3 points by the_jends 7y ago|0 comments
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by the_jends 7y ago
By working continuously for more than 24 hours. I'm Indonesian and there are stories of polling places running from 7am to 9am the next day, not counting the hours they spent setting up the polls. The main reason it became so grueling
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by the_jends 7y ago
A possible counterpoint to that is that walking away from people has a price and it may not be easy to find people who accept you for who you are - especially if you perceive the more disagreeable side of yourself to be the more authentic.
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by the_jends 7y ago
It seems like all of these social networks have considerable negative externalities that is mainly caused by us humans being inconsiderate jerks.
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by the_jends 7y ago
A fair valuation may not be the same as market valuation since you can always bid for a stock high if there's a greater fool to buy it off you. This is what bubbles are made of - and once the music stops valuations will return to the
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by the_jends 7y ago
If food deliveries are made using the same driver fleet as the transport business then it is actually essential to squeeze more revenue per driver hours. Having the fleet there only to serve transport is inefficient because driver time is f
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by the_jends 7y ago
I shouldn't think so. Early in my career I work in some consulting company that prides themselves for working their engineers until late at night. Never again. A real strategic advantage would trump hard work every time.
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by the_jends 7y ago
When people with equity asks regular employees with salaries to work their ass off unsustainably it is just very insensitive to the inherent difference between them. If owners and top executives were doing an amazing job directing the compa
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Why people buy(hackernoon.com)
1 points by the_jends 8y ago|0 comments
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Growth Hacking vs. Value Hacking(medium.com)
2 points by the_jends 9y ago|0 comments
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Can companies have cognitive biases?(medium.com)
1 points by the_jends 9y ago|0 comments