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StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)

Chatkick's (https://chatkick.com) suite of products are helping hundreds of customers improve their recruitment and hiring process. Chatkick's flagship interview intelligence platform offers distributed teams a way to asynchronously review and collaborate on candidate feedback.

Our current openings can be found here:

- Lead Software Engineer, Recruit: https://jobs.chatkick.com/chat-kick/detail/5f454c8813a3d1001...

- Software Engineer, Interview Intelligence: https://jobs.chatkick.com/chat-kick/detail/6100344bd809e9001...

- Data/Product Analyst: https://jobs.chatkick.com/chat-kick/detail/610033f4d809e9001...

StriverGuyon The rise of never-ending job interviews

We are looking to solve this over at Chatkick (https://chatkick.com) if anyone is interested in working on this problem.

StriverGuyon Cuomo Aides Spent Months Hiding Nursing Home Death Toll

For some reason no one wants to talk about urban density. Comparing populations is not apples to apples.

New York was also the first hit in the world and most medical treatment/handling wasnt really understood when NY got hit with the brunt of the virus in March 2020.

StriverGuyon Robinhood now has a 1-Star rating on the Google Play Store

This is a bit of a dense question - but being shut out of trading a stock doesn't physically threaten someones life. So not exactly analogous to the twitter situation you are clearly alluding to.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: What are you working on?

Trying really hard to scale a newsletter/resource/community site in the startup space with a former colleague of mine. Some of you may have seen it around here already: https://boringstartupstuff.com.

StriverGuyon Airbnb to Block and Cancel D.C. Reservations During Inauguration

Attempting to topple the legitimately elected US president comes with consequences. No matter the reasoning. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Edit: It is interesting to see my comment downvoted. Taking part in such acts and not expecting consequences is naive at best.

StriverGuyon Stripe bans Trump campaign

but actually...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Germany_(1939%E2%8...

StriverGuyon Boring Startup Stuff

OP here - thanks for the suggestions. Definitely plan to put info about the writers behind this. We just started in early September so initially we were hesitant but I think its important to show credibility.

The archive is available (https://boringstartupstuff.com/newsletter) and can actually be found in a link on the landing page :)

And agreed, boring startup stuff isn't really boring at all. It's what makes the early days of a company an interesting challenge.

StriverGuyon New ‘Meow’ attack has deleted almost 4k unsecured databases

If you have ever used Mongo Atlas, you would understand why people use mongo. The administration ease that the platform provides is unmatched by any other DBaaS I am aware of.

StriverGuyon Joe Rogan Is the New Mainstream Media

Considering Joe has millions of listeners I would say he is mainstream, but then again I am probably talking to a wall by making this comment.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: How does one improve their product thinking skills?

Talk to people about products they use and the processes they have around those products. Honestly, human interaction is the only way to fundamentally improve product development processes.

StriverGuyon Cloudflare CEO pledges to double 2020 internship class

good product, growing market, good stewardship, growing revenue, high margin...

StriverGuyon Ask HN: What problem would you pay someone to solve for you?

Hire a consulting team. They will hold your hand through the whole process and save you buttloads of time.

The whole process is not cheap and can run from 20k to 100k+ depending on your org size.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2020)

Next Caller (YC W14) | New York, NY | Full-time | Onsite & Remote | https://jobs.lever.co/nextcaller/

Next Caller is in search of a software engineers to join our team in New York City. Next Caller helps businesses fight criminals, not customers, by safely passing through legitimate callers and identifying suspicious interactions. Using VeriCall™, businesses have the opportunity to stop phone fraud before it starts. With our real-time RESTful API, Next Caller verifies good callers and detects spoofed calls to make your business Spoof Proof™ - flagging high-risk calls within milliseconds of the first ring

At Next Caller, we are driven to provide the highest quality products possible to our end customers. Our engineering team plays a pivotal role in making our mission to provide a positive customer experience through real-time call verification a reality.

- Software Engineer, Product: https://jobs.lever.co/nextcaller/0c85e171-5f3e-4cef-9efa-a3e... - Software Engineer, Analytics: https://jobs.lever.co/nextcaller/c96aac53-0c0b-452b-829a-856... - Software Engineering Intern, Summer 2020: https://jobs.lever.co/nextcaller/5daffa14-fc1d-40dd-8cf2-1fa...

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2019)

Next Caller (YC W14) | New York, NY | Full-time | Onsite & Remote | https://jobs.lever.co/nextcaller/

Next Caller is in search of a software engineers to join our team in New York City. Next Caller helps businesses fight criminals, not customers, by safely passing through legitimate callers and identifying suspicious interactions. Using VeriCall™, businesses have the opportunity to stop phone fraud before it starts. With our real-time RESTful API, Next Caller verifies good callers and detects spoofed calls to make your business Spoof Proof™ - flagging high-risk calls within milliseconds of the first ring

At Next Caller, we are driven to provide the highest quality products possible to our end customers. Our engineering team plays a pivotal role in making our mission to provide a positive customer experience through real-time call verification a reality.

- Software Engineer, Product: https://jobs.lever.co/nextcaller/0c85e171-5f3e-4cef-9efa-a3e... - Software Engineer, Analytics: https://jobs.lever.co/nextcaller/c96aac53-0c0b-452b-829a-856...

StriverGuyon Today’s Top Tech Skills

Regarding your 2nd point: commercial grade NoSQL db's can do all of these things now. I think the notion that they cannot is from the v1-2 era of Mongo about 7 years ago. You should read the Dynamo white paper and subsequent documentation on write consistency, transactions etc. and also look at the feature set available on Mongo V4.2.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Which stack will get my MVP API off the ground fastest?

This is the only correct answer.

StriverGuyon The Rich Do Pay Higher Taxes Than You

What evidence do you have to support that the article was false?

Additionally, what in the world does it have to do with the OP?

Bloomberg is a relatively moderate news source with a strong track record.

StriverGuyon At Booming Toptal, No Stock for Employees or Investors

Certain business models require high amounts of capital in order to create leverage/growth. Think of Uber, WeWork etc. All the founders made out fabulously rich due to the ability to leverage growth on the back of VC money. Organically growing, profitable business may never need to take outside money. It really comes down to the market and growth strategy.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Why are non-technical managers paid more than engineers?

I am not implying no technical skills are necessary to manage. The point is that hyper-technical skills in very specific niches seem to negatively correlate with people skills required to manage well.

Of course knowing enough about the product and space is important to make correct technical decisions as a manager. That goes without saying. The point is rather that the goal of a technical manager is not to come up with all of the answers, but put the right heads together to answer tough questions.

StriverGuyon Nearly all mass shooters have four things in common

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Why are non-technical managers paid more than engineers?

Number 2 is so hard for a lot of engineers to grasp. Technical knowledge does not translate to strong management skills. In fact, I would say at a certain point deep technical expertise becomes a hinderance on your ability to manage people.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Can you build an MVP in one week?

Maybe you are over-engineering for an MVP?

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)

Kard helps consumers maximize their credit card rewards programs while also helping our partners, card issuers, turn loyalty from an expensive, inefficient marketing channel into a profitable revenue channel. We are flipping an already $16B industry on its head, which comes with a host of interesting challenges, from refining our real-time recommendation algorithms, integrating with partner API's and building bank-level security and compliance tools.

We are looking for several engineering and non-engineering roles including:

- Senior Software Engineer - Senior DevOps Engineer

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

Perks to working with us at Kard • Flexible health insurance, including dental/vision • Retirement plans • Unlimited vacation • Work from home (or anywhere you like!) on Fridays • We're dog friendly, and have a labradoodle (Kobi) in the office every day

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Should I find a job or try to build a profitable project?

This completely ignores the true value of time. I would give up plenty of my own money for more time.

This is what drives people eventually hiring employees for their ventures and should not be undersold as a reasonable way to think about things.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2019)

Kard helps consumers maximize their credit card rewards programs while also helping our partners, card issuers, turn loyalty from an expensive, inefficient marketing channel into a profitable revenue channel. We are flipping an already $16B industry on its head, which comes with a host of interesting challenges, from refining our real-time recommendation algorithms, integrating with partner API's and building bank-level security and compliance tools.

We are looking for several engineering and non-engineering roles including:

- Senior Software Engineer - Senior DevOps Engineer

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

Perks to working with us at Kard • Flexible health insurance, including dental/vision • Retirement plans • Unlimited vacation • Work from home (or anywhere you like!) on Fridays • We're dog friendly, and have a labradoodle (Kobi) in the office every day

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

StriverGuyon Problems that people have that can be turned into meaningful businesses

Number 8 is a fantastic idea -- as a resident of nyc I would happily pay for this. Especially if you created family oriented packages/pricing.

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)

Kard helps consumers maximize their credit card rewards programs while also helping our partners, card issuers, turn loyalty from an expensive, inefficient marketing channel into a profitable revenue channel. We are flipping an already $16B industry on its head, which comes with a host of interesting challenges, from refining our real-time recommendation algorithms, integrating with partner API's and building bank-level security and compliance tools.

We are looking for several engineering and non-engineering roles including:

- Senior Software Engineer - Senior DevOps Engineer

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

Perks to working with us at Kard • Flexible health insurance, including dental/vision • Retirement plans • Unlimited vacation • Work from home (or anywhere you like!) on Fridays • We're dog friendly, and have a labradoodle (Kobi) in the office every day

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2019)

Kard helps consumers maximize their credit card rewards programs while also helping our partners, card issuers, turn loyalty from an expensive, inefficient marketing channel into a profitable revenue channel. We are flipping an already $16B industry on its head, which comes with a host of interesting challenges, from refining our real-time recommendation algorithms, integrating with partner API's and building bank-level security and compliance tools.

We are looking for several engineering and non-engineering roles including:

- Senior Software Engineer - Senior DevOps Engineer

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

Perks to working with us at Kard • Flexible health insurance, including dental/vision • Retirement plans • Unlimited vacation • Work from home (or anywhere you like!) on Fridays • We're dog friendly, and have a labradoodle (Kobi) in the office every day

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

StriverGuyon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2019)

Kard Financial | Senior Software Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer | New York, NY | Full-Time | On-site

Kard helps consumers maximize their credit card rewards programs while also helping our partners, card issuers, turn loyalty from an expensive, inefficient marketing channel into a profitable revenue channel. We are flipping an already $16B industry on its head, which comes with a host of interesting challenges, from refining our real-time recommendation algorithms, integrating with partner API's and building bank-level security and compliance tools.

We are looking for several engineering and non-engineering roles including:

- Senior Software Engineer - Senior DevOps Engineer

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard

Perks to working with us at Kard • Flexible health insurance, including dental/vision • Retirement plans • Unlimited vacation • Work from home (or anywhere you like!) on Fridays • We're dog friendly, and have a labradoodle (Kobi) in the office every day

Check out our postings at: https://jobs.lever.co/getkard