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klogwon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)

  Location: India
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes
  Technologies: Systems Engineering, Basic electrical prototyping, Shell scripting (Bash), scientific programming (C, Python, MATLAB)
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A37IsS_kBqwYGWBG9eK4l2FYTHzh7b4i
  Email: vishwajeetx@gmail.com

Hello! I am Vishwajeet. I am an EE who also holds a degree in liberal arts. I have 3+ years of experience working on integrating electro-mechanical sub-systems to train control networks. I am returning to work after a career break. My core strength are system analysis and integration, scientific research, engineering strategy, and managing teams.

I am looking for work including, but not limited to: Hardware Systems Engineering, Technical Program Management, Product Management, Consulting, Sales, Founder's Office/Chief of Staff, Teaching (Math, Physics)

klogwon The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017

This interview with Rana X Adhikari from Caltech who is involved with LIGO does give a perspective on the technical difficulties in carrying out such precise measurements and eliminating noise: https://blog.ycombinator.com/the-technical-challenges-of-mea...

Also to me, it seems that Barry Barish got his share of the Nobel more as he was the leader of the LIGO project and less due to his direct involvement with some experimental or theoretical work as is the case with most Nobel prize. Am I wrong in saying that? Also if this is true then has this occurred in past also when someone was awarded a Nobel prize more because of their leadership in starting a project or an institution then their direct involvement with the actual work?

klogwon 2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythm

Can someone explain what is the feedback mechanism to self-correct the clock? This biological clock like any other clock will deviate from the true time after a while, maybe weeks or months; so what is the self-correcting mechanism in the biological clock?

klogwon Malta – Alphabet X’s latest grid-scale energy storage technology

Even I first thought of this while reading about this plan. But may be this is more about cheap and long term storage of electricity. Lithium ion batteries are expensive and also Lithium is limited. But I would definitely like to know how this idea stacks up against the idea of pumping water to a high altitude place and then using it as a battery.

klogwon Homeschooled with MIT courses at 5, accepted to MIT at 15

I remember him from Brilliant.org, saw him solving problems there.