chrisabrams

Here it is, but it really does differ by organization.

You are a self-starter: you have the ability to take on a feature request from start to finish on your own. You have the talent of Senior level but you also have the ability to break down (and ask for) requirements and communicate effectively. When an important feature is coming up people want you to work on it!

LedgerX | New York City | Full-time

LedgerX is the first US federally-regulated derivatives exchange for bitcoin. We launched in October 2017 and to date, we have done around $500MM in volume. Now we are are growing our team as we scale our trading platform and build new products.

Roles:

- Senior Frontend Engineer

- Senior React Native Engineer

- Independent Contributor Frontend Engineer

- Independent Contributor React Native Engineer

Stack: TypeScript, React, React Native, Redux, D3, Node.js, Express, Styled Components

We won’t quiz you on algorithms and data structures that you’ll never use here. We prefer to discuss projects that you’ve worked and other relevant material related to the job.

We also provide training and a personal development budget.

If interested please fill out this form and our hiring manager (not a recruiter) will reach out: https://goo.gl/forms/q2EhfSKx1h1qkE1G2

We use Fly and can confirm this is a Stellar team. Definitely recommend.

Green Matters | Senior JavaScript Engineer | Remote or NYC | Full-time

Green Matters is a publisher covering important green verticals such as technology, energy, food & parenting. Our headquarters are NYC but we're a remote first engineering team (currently USA & Europe but pretty open to location).

This is a senior role and we're interested in helping you grow into an IC (Independent Contributor) if needed. There is a lot more to our operations than just https://www.greenmatters.com/:

* Help us grow our eCommerce tools.

* Work methodically with monitoring, alerting, logging and analytics.

* Continue to develop on our Content Management System.

We're in a great spot, we won't be throwing you into the fire. We've been growing steadily over the past two years and looking to expand our engineering team with another team player.

Our tech stack includes Node.js, React, Redux, soon to be TypeScript (you can help us), PostgreSQL, Redis, and Docker/Kubernetes. If you love GCP that's a bonus but not required at all.

No recruiters here, email the CTO directly if interested: chris.abrams@greenmatters.com

On a last fun note, while we may be Green-oriented, our team loves fried chicken.

Side projects are healthy just keep adding features here and there you’ll be surprised at what users gravitate towards ;)

I was a part of the first class that changed the AP test from C++ to Java. Our CS teacher had state winning teams for C++ and none of us passed the Java test :/ The communication and process for switching the test was handled poorly to say the least. It was pretty hard spending years looking forward to high school CS to learn C++ and then be denied that. To this day I’ve used Java for absolutely nothing but I do plenty of native compilation for JS/Python -> C/C++.

I would suggest looking into buying a small piece of land on the edge of town and request a title search (get a list of previous owners). There you will see the mess that currently exists. We can create the most efficient process in the world with great technology, but it will take a long time before we can have confidence that all of the past records are recorded. If your title company fails to notice a deed from 1912...

That's what the insurance is for. Even with the technology the insurance would still exist because it's silly not to buy the insurance. You are protected if the title company screws up with title insurance. In the future insurance would protect you from the "title chain" having bad data.

It’s wonderful tech that has saved us thousands a month. The lock in is very little as it’s running a JS function. We’ve written our functions so that the export to the GC function merely passes in arguments to another function that is required. We could move to AWS, Zeit, or anywhere else with little friction.

There are plenty of cities in the US where this is possible but they may not be as desireable. Europe has a couple thousand years advantage on the US in offering cities vs suburbs.

I’d second this. A jack of all trades that can finish a “multi” stack project is worth a lot at most companies.

They don’t exist anymore, they didn’t have what it takes :O

I once met a software engineer who said I was not full-stack because I didn't know how to add to the Linux Kernal. I once met a hiring manager who said I'm not front-end because I don't know how to vertically shard MySQL and "every front-end developer knows how to do that." Technology stacks differ per company and the definition of the title will also differ. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

What do you do when the recruiter contacts your current employer before you even provide references?

iPhones, model hasn't mattered. Flat Iron + GPS = location lottery for me anytime of the day.

Do they stop the fare when this happens, and/or do you get out and end the ride?

Nice. I don't recall having a bad experience with ride sharing in Toronto :)

Where are located out of curiosity?

I would argue that your desired use case is a closer reality as it just requires adding a new option with lower score or similar. Increasing the quality is not as simple.

If you're in a suburb that should never happen. If you are in the NYC area for example, the GPS just really struggles between all the buildings.

What's more frustrating is when you are on the other side of a busy street, you wave to the driver or even call them to let them know you're on the other side of the street, and they just sit there...

Depending on where you are, that is not an option unfortunately. It is odd, some days uber black is an option, some days we can only choose between uber x and the black suv option.

Based on my rides recently I have seen the quality of drivers plummet on both Uber and Lyft. I'd be much more willing to wait (and maybe even pay) for a higher quality driver. Having a driver who cannot follow a GPS and takes you in a circle 3-4 times around the airport or does not speak English well enough to understand your request to stop on the right instead of the left like the GPS shows can be quite frustrating depending on the scenario.

I wonder if this is the first step towards offering a "limit" option. For example, where I live the average price from our house (Jersey City) to the mall is $7, but some days it jumps up to $15 or more. My wife and I usually choose to walk those days, but it would be nice to say "hey we want to go to the mall today, let's set a $7 limit and when that hits we'll go." For the flexible consumer it's easy to wait for a better price and not need to constantly look at the phone to see what the current market price is. The limit price could help create a queue which could provide a driver with a continuous supply of rides during non-peak hours.

They understand the mobile experience better than most brokerages, and they understand that mobile is where most users are spending their time.

There are plenty of places in my town that don't have online ordering or booking...this would (potentially) help with that...but really, I'd rather there be more tech be built around enabling theses companies to "be online" such as an online ordering or booking system. When I find a hair cut place, why can't I just book an appointment right from the Google Maps search? I'd rather have that type of convenience instead. Ironically they may add that at some point, and Duplex just calls on my behalf without me even knowing.

The population curve disagrees with you.

Start with mashvisor.com to get a good feel for what areas with fit the stragetgy(ies) you have.

Sure everyone should take into account their own situation, but assuming that most situation are going to pay the minimum each month...the author's math is very misleading.

Your property taxes and mortgage insurance are deductible where rent is not. If you look hard enough in NJ/NY areas you can find places where the principal is near the rent price and you deduct the rest. In the long run that works out to your favor.

Not everyone can afford such a situation and the new Trump tax changes don't help either. Just saying "I should rent" is irresponsible because you think you're bumping the state pension funds. When you rent you're helping an owner pay off their mortgage as well as the very taxes to pay that pension fund.

As a technologist who is a part-time real estate investor, this article, like many others, fails to take into account the context of the situations that people can face. There are plenty of situations where buying is better than renting, and plenty where renting is better than buying.

One major concept that breaks the traditional buy/rent arguments is that today we have the internet which creates a new type of opportunity: to work in a different city than where the company is physically located. This greatly changes the dynamic and enables new types of opportunities. Want to see the world? Then don't buy because you could live in 10 countries over 10 years for the same price (or maybe even cheaper depending on where you would have bought).

Point being, there are times where buying is the responsible decision, but renting can also at times be the smart decision. Don't let articles like this influence your decision. Make a spreadsheet, really dig into what are the pros/cons. I've helped many friends do this, and sometimes buying was the right decision, and sometimes it wasn't. What are your life goals? What are your investment goals? There are so many variables at play.

Do what's best for you. I rented for 12 years before I bought. If I had bought earlier, I would have been less likely to move...moving helped me advance my career more quickly but meant I rented longer. In the long run that was the right thing for me as I was able to buy a bigger place in a more expensive area (NYC vs Dallas). For others that might not have been important or necessary. Just because one person has a negative experience doesn't mean that you will to. The responsible thing to do is to understand what _you want_ and make sure you're making the right decisions to make that happen. Buy or rent based on that, not the other way around!!!

Interesting I made the opposite switch for the exact same reason.