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by wjossey 6y ago
Some countries have vote by mail. Many US states do as well. In the US our voting is on a work day, which is not given off by law. State politicians also control where polling locations are placed and how they are staffed, which leads to si
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by wjossey 6y ago
Oh, and regarding what type of companies. For me the primary factor right now is remote. I plan on being remote for the rest of my career. That’s my number one priority when looking at companies to join.
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by wjossey 6y ago
I’m on my fifth company of my career. Every job I’ve joined as an IC. My first job I got because I interned and they wanted me to join full time. My second job I joined as a straight SE. My third job was via an acquisition of the second com
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by wjossey 6y ago
Join companies with problems worth solving, add value as quickly as possible, and then find problems that you can tackle and start advocating to be granted the latitude to tackle them. Most companies and teams are thrilled to have people wh
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by wjossey 6y ago
Despite the answers below, it’s not an IQ question (I likely have an above average IQ, but nothing remotely special). If I see a problem, particularly in a business context (I’m not a trained scientist curing cancer here), I can solve it. W
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by wjossey 6y ago
This is my career so far in a nutshell. I’m an average programmer. I’m an excellent problem solver. I have an above average work ethic. I’m an excellent communicator. Basically, I combined all of these traits and found roles that leveraged
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by wjossey 6y ago
Lots of folks here saying “it’s impressive but...” The game was probably released faster than what one would expect from a super polished title, but the game is still extraordinary. The visuals are superb, the detail is spectacular (I can s
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by wjossey 6y ago
Other than GDP cratering in Q2 or massive unemployment, with incomes only remaining stable because we gave the vast majority of Americans $1,200 checks and $2,400 income boost if they were unemployed? We're not even in the first inning
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by wjossey 6y ago
Steve Lookner runs Agenda Free TV on YouTube, and does a great job covering these types of breaking events. Currently wrapping up a live stream of the arrests and searches right now: https://youtu.be/Db7ON82kBGA
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by wjossey 6y ago
Certainly not discouraging this, so thank you for pointing it out. I do the same, and sometimes I need to do something manually so that I can grok what configurations I need to define in terraform / whatever other tool I'm using.
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by wjossey 6y ago
This is the correct design pattern as of 2020. Roles + STS, and always be stingy when granting a role any permissions, both at the resource or API level. But, as others have said, the documentation at times is poor at best, and it can be ea
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by wjossey 6y ago
It’s possible, but you’d be better off spending the $50 on a true GPU in almost all situations and using it in lieu of the onboard graphics. Just from a lifespan perspective on the CPU, better to offload that work and not pin the CPU for ho
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Show HN: IHME Model Archive(covidmodelarchive.com)
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by wjossey 7y ago
The IHME model is proving to be wildly inaccurate on the downslope due to bad data coming out China. Their projections will continue to creep up in terms of deaths over the next few weeks because the predicted drop offs won’t be happening,
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by wjossey 7y ago
In fairness to the poster, this is the refrain you’d hear from many CNBC hosts all day, political appointees, etc. I’m old enough to remember the same positivity as the financial crisis unfolded, so I try to remind myself that public offici
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by wjossey 7y ago
Just because the cause of a crisis wasn’t financial, doesn’t mean that it doesn’t trigger a financial crisis. Financial systems are not impervious to medical disasters just because they aren’t financial in nature.
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by wjossey 7y ago
At least in tech, there have been waves upon waves of layoffs the last two weeks. Those jobs won’t instantly come back, even when the economy recovers. Beyond tech, many small business will never reopen. Their suppliers will now be over sta
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by wjossey 7y ago
Strongly disagree. Understanding your metrics is a key part of so many roles, from devops, to product teams, to marketers... Yes, you should be automating alerts whenever possible. Yes, you should be putting up key metrics in a visible plac
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by wjossey 7y ago
On the one hand, this would be great if it was all opt-in. On the other hand, this is nutty for any business running on low margins or with limited supply (and a sufficient customer base that they don’t need advertising to sell out). A lot
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by wjossey 7y ago
This is a wonderfully curated resource! Thank’s for putting it together. As you look to put things into practice from the resources you find here, I’d love to offer myself up to help in your learning journey. I run a 100% free mentoring ser
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by wjossey 7y ago
I had actually just tweeted about my woes dealing with email going to spam for no good reason from my GSuite account. https://twitter.com/dustywes/status/1228733404826333185?s=21 I’m planning on doing a more thoro
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by wjossey 7y ago
There are now a ton of websites where you can buy email addresses, like hunter.io (and many others). Getting emails isn’t all that challenging these days.
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by wjossey 7y ago
Correct. Not free. Quite expensive actually. If they reach out to you directly it’s costing them likely a few dollars per message.
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by wjossey 7y ago
I advertise a lot on LinkedIn- they aren’t selling your email address (at least not that I’ve seen). It wouldn’t be in their financial interest to do so. Their goal is to get you to do outreach on their platform, which requires use of credi
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by wjossey 7y ago
We were able to work with the local county sheriff, as well as social services, to get him forced into a hospital due to him being a danger to himself. In Ohio, where he was located, this is called a pink-slip law. He was forced to go to a
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by wjossey 7y ago
My father died in July of 2015 from alcohol, at the very young age of 60. He drank daily, and then slowly stopped moving due to other health issues related to back pain. After refusing rehab and other options, he eventually died at his home
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Every Startup Needs to Prepare for Its Downfall(wired.com)
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US Healthcare Expenditures Tops 3.6T Dollars in 2018(healthaffairs.org)
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by wjossey 7y ago
This comment is for anyone like the OP who is looking for resources beyond books. I run a free mentoring service for managers, and most (but not all) tend to come from the tech side of the world. My sessions are 45 minutes long, and I did o
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by wjossey 7y ago
All the more to my point. You’d have a pretty crisp answer if I asked you in a 1:1, what motivates you. No need for the introspection. But, you can’t expect your manager or anyone to know that about you unless you’re willing to share it. A

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