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Self-taught as well. It’s a game. All the big name software co’s and the startups founded by former big name software devs like to play it. Heck, I’m starting to enjoy the game (primarily because I have exceptional pattern recognition skills).

I was failing interviews too until I picked up an undergrad CS algorithms book and read through the first few chapters on data structures and theory. Then I signed up for LeetCode premium. After a couple months of reading and practicing, I was getting an offer from every place I interviewed at. Now I’m at one of those big name software companies, and if I’m ever asked to interview a candidate—well, I don’t know what I’ll do. Maybe something with a binary search tree. I’ve literally never had to use that in 8 years of development. :)

I wonder if the infected squirrels will reinfect the growing rat population in San Francisco and repeat the cycle.

But many predictions ARE basically binary. I made so much money on the "Will Trump be impeached by the end of 2019?" question. I can't believe how many people put money on that.

I've made a ton of money in PredictIt just by betting from a GOP perspective (I'm guessing not many "investors" go that way, so the odds are skewed).

MTurk sucks. I need to have over a thousand video transcripts manually fixed, and so far, only about 15% come back even close. Most MTurkers submit the original, unmodified transcript, or something completely irrelevant. I have to use diffing software just to quickly scan each submission for scammers trying to make a quick buck. Granted, I feel like a scammer myself for paying so little (but the decision for payout is coming from above me).

Tedious development tasks.

Can someone tell me what letter "BigCorp" starts with? I'm scared because I'm looking at a job at a big corp., but I was under the impression that I could leave the office at 5pm.

Windows only. :(

I didn't even know Microsoft had an eBook store. Somebody in marketing needs to get laid off.

Anyone know how it performs on Mac?

The biggest change I can think of in my Python/Django development over the past few years is: print "" >>> print("")

""" ...unequal access to high quality education is a comparable injustice to unequal access to the ballot box and is "the clearest manifestation of the nation's caste system." """ The real caste system in education is those who can afford to send their kids to a high-performing private school vs. those who cannot. This solution only exacerbates that problem.

I felt the intro was a little off too. I hadn't even heard of PHP 8 until today.

I understood that "array expression" meant "associative array", and that the closest equivalent in JavaScript is an Object. But I don't consider myself a PHP guru.

1. Ask if they would feel comfortable recommending you. 2. Apply at a better run startup. 3. ??? 4. PROFIT!!

Seriously, I get the best recommendations and referrals from former colleagues at failed startups. We were in the trenches together. It forms a special bond—even if you don't always win.

Not just Silicon Valley–it's a West Coast thing. Go into any hip coffee shop in CA, OR, or WA, and you'll find a sea of MacBooks covered in stickers running brightly colored IDE's (and at least a few running vim).

The stickers are usually souvenirs from tech conferences, employers, cool startups, and hackathons.

WAT. A server configuration change? What kind of server configuration can affect presumably thousands of machines replicated across the globe? I'm trying to understand this.

Microsoft? I applied for a half dozen jobs over a week ago. Referred by an MS employee too. Still have heard nothing. Then I applied at Amazon this week and have two different Amazon recruiters reaching out to me. What does it take to get a hold of a MS recruiter?

My parents retired early too, and it looked like we were about to be in a similar situation, but then my mom caught a rare and aggressive form of cancer. It happened so fast. We are all still in shock. Don't take any moment for granted, and call your mom—even if you're busy.

This is an excellent question. I have yet to discover a good API based method. Let me know if you find one.

I won't argue that it's not exceptionalism. In fact, it is exactly that. Per mile flown, no other country compares.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielreed/2016/12/28/in-the-la...

Yep. That's a big one. It also helps to avoid flying over areas with widespread use of surface-to-air missiles.

Ok. Nope. I finally switched my google user, and I'm getting errors messages when I try to access my VM list.

I am having some weird issues trying to switch my account user, but I can access the console home page.

If you're trying to not die, the most important thing is to choose a reputable airline. One that hires and retains experienced pilots with rigorous training programs. (Most major US airlines meet this standard).

I would love to get feedback on my resume. However, I'm not entirely sure how to solve your exercise. Your HN account is only 5 days old. There is no twitter handle "@expopinions", and expopinions[dot]com is a new site with an article about hair products.

BTW. I'm a US citizen.

Ok. How about, "Show me your personal git commit log from yesterday?" That deals with most of 2 and 3—granted not all of the scenarios.

As for 1, there are many languages and frameworks that I wouldn't be able to say if they used best practices for, but I think I could generally recognize good vs. bad code with no prior knowledge of the language.

Thank you for the response. That's good to know. I don't understand why interviewing isn't just, "Did you work yesterday? Great. Open up your laptop and show me the code you wrote yesterday."

Thank you for clarifying. Yes. I meant Bachelor of Science.

That's kind of disheartening. I want to be a software engineer. I love writing code.