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by xcubed 12y ago
*downturn
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by xcubed 12y ago
Based on seeing the last crash- It's not really skill level that determines whether you keep a job. Having a good network and being able to hustle for opportunities are far bigger determinants. The quiet, 50th percentile engineer who h
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by xcubed 12y ago
Not surprising to me about Coinbase. A friend interviewed there and decided not to continue with the process as he was so turned off by their team. In particular he made a suggestion for improvement and they got very defensive.
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by xcubed 12y ago
Christian had time to write a book, but did not have time to update the blog. I would suggest that in the interests of the OKCupid business, updating the blog would have been a better thing to do than write a book. The blog drew many users
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by xcubed 12y ago
No I didn't get my metabolic rate measured. I was using estimates based on my height and weight, which told me I should be burning X calories a day. I used the low end of the range (despite exercising I didn't count myself as acti
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by xcubed 12y ago
I agree that it's hard to make healthy choices, but I think it's a bit more complex than that... I packed on an extra 20-30 pounds working in a catered, snack-heavy silicon valley company. I decided to change my diet completely. I
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by xcubed 12y ago
The difference is that with the Target breach, people knew that they would get their credit card $$ back.
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by xcubed 12y ago
Thanks for responding. I actually made the account because I haven't commented on hacker news before though I read it all the time. I just feel strongly about it so I had to write a response. I stand by my comment.
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by xcubed 12y ago
This is just awful. There's owning up to mistakes, which is very "trendy" right now, and then there's being a straight up terrible, unethical, incompetent person. It's a bit gross to reference Ben Horowitz, to try t