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mewpmewpon Just did the Y Combinator interview: here are my notes

Have you tried Amazon interview questions? They expect you to follow the STAR method.

mewpmewpon It costs $1,800 to get an engineering job offer

These are funny thoughts actually. I have full-time job and also do freelancing. The last part is pretty flexible. I can always do more work and later bill it. This makes everything I do in life computable in monetary terms. I watch TV for an hour? It costs me 100usd - example, not my actual hourly rate. And I do not really get tired of work or coding, I just really want to watch that TV show. But it is weird to think that it costs me 100usd. This aspect actually made me hire a cleaning service and always order food in, because I can spend the time working instead of cooking, shopping and cleaning. Which I of course enjoy more as well. Not only is it temporary financial gain, but any extra time spent coding will be an investment towards mu future to make me a better coder. Of course it is a double edged sword. Hanging out with my girlfriend? 500usd. I also spent my last vacation fully freelancing. Of course I have goals to achieve financial indepence asap though.

mewpmewpon The benefits of a more asynchronous workplace

How do you know people expect you to answer immediately? I haven't noticed that expectation.

mewpmewpon Airline algorithms may be keeping you from sitting together

I would disagree that it is easier to assign seats next to each other compared to random. You would have to firstly check which of the untaken seats are next to each other in a continuous row. With random you would just have to pick a any unseated seat.