wkimeria

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by wkimeria 3y ago
This right here! It makes for a sane, friendly culture, and junior team members also get to learn during the code review process.
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by wkimeria 3y ago
Laughs in recognition Early in my career, I had a code review with 2 Senior Engineers who absolutely hated each other. The code review session ended with them screaming at each other and them almost getting into a physical fight. Till toda
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by wkimeria 3y ago
Wow! I have almost 30 years in tech and thankfully have never run across that. But I can see how that could be a thing for other companies/industries. Every place I have worked I have given 3 week notice, and every potential employer h
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by wkimeria 4y ago
This is why "rubber duck debugging" works. I've had good luck explaining any thorny technical problem to any inanimate object on my desk. Often times, the mere act of doing this makes me really pay attention to my assumptions
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by wkimeria 4y ago
Let's start here (yes, it happens to white people too, but a lot more to black people) Wrongfully jailed: Records detail more than 500 mistaken-identity arrests in Denver in seven years https://www.denverpost.com/2012&#
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by wkimeria 4y ago
> 8) He was very funny without being mean. Sort of like Cosby before we found out what Cosby was really like. I shouldn't laugh but this right here is gold. Also, love all the points you laid out.
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by wkimeria 4y ago
I'm originally from Kenya. We used to have a joke "If it happens in Africa it is called corruption. If it happens in the US it is called lobbying". I remember seeing a chart of how much money a Senator had to raise every week
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by wkimeria 4y ago
That's closing the barn door after the horsepower has escaped. I will see myself out.
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by wkimeria 4y ago
Oh yes. Absolutely. Sit and listen to the feedback. If you do not agree with it, DO NOT ARGUE!! (for context, I agreed with 80% of the feedback. The 20% I did not agree with, I did not argue, just made a mental note to be better at explaini
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by wkimeria 4y ago
I also left out one piece of info. I am pretty senior (Staff Engineer), so it is possible that companies are willing to invest that level of effort for more senior engineering roles and less for more junior roles. Also, being rejected sucks
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by wkimeria 4y ago
Have you tried contacting them to ask? Some companies are open to it. A couple of years ago I interviewed with a number of companies. Two companies I really liked rejected me after a full round of interviews. It hurt, but I decided to try s
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by wkimeria 4y ago
I enjoyed that article a hell of a lot more than I thought I would (which would also explain why one of my favorite courses was Philosophy). And you see the absolutist Utilitarian argument he is making used in economics. For example, Larry
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by wkimeria 4y ago
It is wild to see the passive language being used about her murder by the US mainstream media, but not surprising.
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by wkimeria 4y ago
I have not faced that level of rudeness, and I do think for something so egregious it is totally valid to terminate the interview (while explaining why), but I'd be curious how the other interviewers handled it. If that happened I woul
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by wkimeria 5y ago
I don't think this is an accurate comparison. A more apt one would be; $400k/yr with no social safety net, no national healthcare, and obscene housing costs so you end up in an area with good schools, work like a dog with little a
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by wkimeria 5y ago
I didn't know that, but that makes sense.
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by wkimeria 5y ago
I think this is more clear cut than unlimited PTO policies that companies tout (I try and avoid working for companies with unlimited PTO because it often translates to "what your boss determines is appropriate, and if they think it is
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by wkimeria 5y ago
I work for a company that offers 4 months of parental leave and generous PTO, and time-off for people dealing with COVID in their family. I am thankful for that. I am also acutely aware that I am a small slice of a pretty privileged group (
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by wkimeria 5y ago
Ok, this is really cool! (I also love the ruthlessly iterative mindset)
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by wkimeria 5y ago
There was a notorious road in Wilmington VT that was known for targeting out of towners in the mid to late 90s. It was a 35 MPH road that abruptly changed to 25 MPH. I'm from MA. I was in the area camping and I saw the 35 MPH speed li
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by wkimeria 5y ago
There are a lot of towns like this in America. Towns where the sole source of income is traffic tickets, and often that revenue stream comes from a disproportionately black and/or poor population (this was the case with Ferguson MO. Th
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by wkimeria 5y ago
This made me lol! I have a story, names protected to protect the innocent (and guilty). Many moons ago I worked for a company. I was a Senior engineer and we were hiring for a Principal engineer. We had a candidate highly recommended by som
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by wkimeria 5y ago
This man can tell a story. I laughed out loud at > I looked back and there was a hyena loping towards me, a huge bristling monster with a maniacal grin and terrifying jaws. In situations like this it is vital to stay calm, avoid eye cont
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by wkimeria 5y ago
This article is absolutely terrific. I think this advice can be used for any type of high stakes meeting at work.
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by wkimeria 5y ago
I think this article gets it right, I do see a gradual downward trending of DSLR usage Context: I consider myself a serious amateur photographer. I own a Nikon full frame DSLR (D750) as well as a slew of Nikon professional prime an zoom len
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by wkimeria 5y ago
I suspect there is a correlation between companies that have a culture of letting engineers change roles/departments (and a clear process for doing so) and retention/average tenure.
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by wkimeria 5y ago
Exactly this. Washington Post had an article sometime ago about software used in sentencing/parole that consistently judged black defendants more harshly (recommended longer sentences than white people for the same exact crime and rec
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by wkimeria 5y ago
sighs in "all the damn time" Privilege is real, a little anecdote. I'm black, I've had quite my shares of DWB stops and bad cop experiences (I detailed some of them on Twitter and in this subsequent interview). That Tw
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by wkimeria 6y ago
This Our trusty 2007 Honda Civic developed a cracked engine block after 11 years. I was ticked off because this was due to a manufacturing defect that made Honda extend the warranty to 10 years. While I fought with Honda to cover the cost o
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by wkimeria 7y ago
We have a 2018 Mazda 6 and a 2019 Honda Odyssey. The Mazda does have the little wheel (it's down near the gearshift) and in addition the touchscreen on the display screen is disabled when you are in motion (which I think is a great ide

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