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I tried it. Already benefitted. Thanks for putting this together. Let us know how we can contribute, if any, to the features/code.

Thanks again.

and for audit. Audit/Compliance is one of the worst yet valid reasons to introduce complexity, redundancy and all sorts of costs into projects. It's also why some people earn a living out of it purely.

There is nothing here imho. It's just mastery of crafts, how often/much you practice (not just rote learning) and I guess to a smaller extent, natural proclivity/talent.

Just wondering, was it any good? Would you say it played a big part in passing whiteboard coding and landed your current job? Asking because I'm thinking of doing it myself..

And yet, when you're "right" you can be very wrong. E.g. during a heated discussion, you really feel truly charitable, selfless and sacrificial and want to help the other party out of their self-destruction/unveil the self-deceit. You're truly rooted in absolute truth and righteousness. You're doing an excellent job inside until.. you screw up royally on the execution or picked a wrong choice of medium/channel e.g. WhatsApp to express your intentions or to render assistance. It can even be your choice of words or things beyond your control. And then it's all downhill from there. No amount of right intentions saves anyone except when it's coupled with near perfect execution.

How then do we execute our intentions (truly charitable) ones to bring about the maximum efficacy? Experience.

Sometimes, you need to take a step back to take 4 steps forward. Sometimes you need to be wrong to be right. It's like fishing/kite-flying, sometimes you need to lax sometimes you need to roll it in.

It's an art. Some can never truly master it.

Thanks for confirming! Have always been doubtful.

Yeah, everyone's thinking they are the next FAANG and they need to copycat their interview style. Coupled with the fact it's so easy to outsource technical interviews to leetcode/hackerrank, they'd be thinking why not?

Well, you might really have to play that game if you do come across THAT company which you are really interested in and they unfortunately, practice leetcode style interviews. Then you'd be glad you are already prepared for it than not.

The last time I had a chat with someone from a FANNG like company, the consensus was that it would not be unreasonable to be grinding algo/leetcode for 6 months to ace that FAANG interview.

However, my personal experience with a tech interviewer at FAANG is that the technical interview holds the same weight as other non-technical rounds (not sure if he's BSing me) and for good reasons. He is aware how broken coding interviews are but to be fair to FAANGs, they don't have a shortage of good applicants. The only way they can sieve/filter fast enough is as such. He is also acutely aware there are good engineers that they may lose simply because they can't perform during live coding but it's a trade-off atm. There just isn't a perfect solution. And he also reminded me that there are many applicants who didn't make it at first try only to succeed on Nth attempt. They don't discriminate applicants who retry and generally see it as a positive trait (grit and interest in company).

On this note, you'll have to ask yourself if investing 6 months to a year is worth the effort of acing only 1 part of the interview? Also, why FANNG? Introspect. Is it just for the brand on your resume? You ready to be a cog in a giant machine? Or it's genuine interest in their work or you need that paycheck? If so, go for it.

How about startups around your area?

You mean unpopular?

Hey c'mon, back in elementary school, every cohort has at least written about their favorite past-time during writing classes. Just because the subject/title is the same, it doesn't mean the writing is the same. Every writer ends up with a style of their own and as a teacher, it was mostly a joy to read. ;) The only reason why there isn't a 1000th tutorial on Favorite Past-time is because there wasn't high speed, unlimited internet back then and students weren't allowed to use the computers back then. ;)

Haha, no. You can still copy-pasta and also blog about it as real content. C'mon, how else can I feel good about my shitty self?

Because they have no young kids

Livelihood aside, how the heck do you go from being a dev to becoming proficient in reverse engineering? Are these stuff all self-taught through years of tinkering/interest before it becomes a profession?

I can already imagine the amount of technical barrier and knowledge gap one needs to fill even before getting started..

Holy shiet. It's impressive.

How about pinned sites that have not been accessed for > 7 days? I neither use the app nor visited the site for e.g. 2 weeks.. what will happen to e data for e pinned site? Apple is being vague here.

Care to share the online resources that helped you the most? I'm also trying to trade stocks but am fearful of the current market outlook esp with the possibility of an impending pandemic.

Can someone EIL5 what's so wrong about Chrome?

I hate to be in your predicament. Software dev mixed with workplace politics is such a mess. Coupled with non-technical upper management that can be easily manipulated. I don't think the cure is simple and difficult, there probably isn't a silver bullet.

Not sure about that. Too many chefs spoil the broth. And in most cases, if this one single engineer has the proven track record, I'd give his opinions and decisions slightly higher weightage but at the same time, dictate that he run through his decision making process with the rest of the team. Think of it as forcing him to communicate/knowledge share so that the rest of the team can keep up, learn or simply be convinced. Otherwise, the session serves as a Q&A for the rest of the engineers to shoot. It makes this 'rockstar' a more wholesome engineer in the end, whether he buys it or not. Communicating well is more difficult than perceived, and it's definitely a critical competency to master if you want to really call yourself a rockstar/10x techie.

Family != Self. It's akin to saying I can be my own spouse or my own kid. Is the Christian tripartite, God being the father, son and holy spirit a simple enough idea to you or any layman? Can God be God and also be man at the same time? I can be independent enough and but may still have family depending on me. You may want to define 'independent', surely it's not simple enough yet.

Can we not whimsically redefine words that are already well-defined or at least explicitly state how you want to use it if you're going to make a generic statement with it else stick to it's common meaning.

To this I say, we simply love ourselves more than we love others and you don't have to beat yourself up on that.

Somewhere, there's someone that loves you enough to accept you for this. ;) Everyone needs family, even Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent.

I struggle with this. Often, I find myself asking why should the primary purpose of my life be providing for the lives of others? I should spend my life living for myself to the fullest and in so doing, hopefully it enables me to provide for my family and if not, at least I have little regrets.

Of course, if I choose to have kids, then this course would alter. I would have to shoulder the responsibility of being my kids' sole provider til they are able to fend for themselves. If I'm married and have taken the vow, then I would abide by my spouse til death do us part. I would also without a doubt, see my aged old parents whom did not managed to save for retirement well into their golden years.

All that above is only when I have made the conscious effort to start a family. Otherwise, providing for one's family cannot be the motivator for starting a firm and letting all else - things pertaining to my self-interests and ambitions take a back seat don't seem logical to me at all.

I know reality is crushing. I also know I have the power to think and to change things. I will not succumb.

Can you explain why if it's anything about people, it's a red flag?

If anything, the social aspect of a job is equally or more important in my search for a job.

Because sometimes they excuse themselves after leaving you with the test script. Some don't bother sitting through with you the entire session, especially if he or she is just a HR personnel and is simply tasked to administer the test.

Can someone please eli5 how fundamentally different it is as compared to traditional software engineering?