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100-xyz

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Founder of toonclip.com
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100-xyz··on 50 Years of Travel Tips
Depends on where you are going. We did a trip to India and we got charged several fees when withdrawing from State Bank of India. It would have been even higher if we had allowed State Bank of India to the currency conversion. Do your research before heading to a different country.
100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2025)

  Location: San Francisco bay area

  Remote: Ok

  Willing to relocate: No

  Technologies: Java, PHP, Javascript, Ruby, AWS, AI

  Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhar-ramasami/
      
Ex-Meta, ex-CTO of 2 startups, Ind. Ist. of Tech alumnus

Extensive experience building teams, tech design, communication with stake holders and growing the user base

  Looking for: Director / Senior Engineering Manager / Engineering Manger

  Email: leisenming AT prononmail DOT com
100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2025)
Where do I email?
100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
Happy Money | https://happymoney.com | 100% remove | USA/Canada | Visa

Happy money is a unicorn startup in the fin tech space. We were vote by Forbes as the number 1 customer focused fin tech company by Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2022/05/01/the- top-100-most-customer-centric-companies-of-2022/? sh=46d086492b38

We are looking for a Salesforce developer. Please drop me an email, if interested leisenming AT protonmail DOT com

100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022)
Happy Money | Fintech | happymoney.com | Remote (US-based), Visa | FT | Full stack developers - Java/Python/Salesforce

Happy money is in the Fintech space and is a remote work company. The company is about 7 years old and is a unicorn. It has the energy of a startup. I am the hiring manager for 2 teams - one works in Java and Python and the second in Salesforce. Looking for developers for both teams. If you fit the bill or have questions, drop me a line: leisenming OF protonmail POINT com

Thanks

100-xyz··on Ask HN: Buying house – any disruptors I can use?
They will hide it in either closing costs or a slightly higher interest rate.
100-xyz··on Ask HN: Buying house – any disruptors I can use?
The commission paid by the bank is recouped by the bank by raising the interest rate slightly. One way or the other it's paid.
100-xyz··on Ask HN: Buying house – any disruptors I can use?
Thanks. Because it involves such a large investment and affects are life, I want to understand and learn it - so problem with overhead of learning.

Will research into the paperwork.

100-xyz··on Ask HN: Buying house – any disruptors I can use?
Appreciate your detailed pointers.
100-xyz··on Not so great experience interviewing at Twitter
Be happy at least you got to the interview stage. As you grow older, you won't even get to recruiter screen. Speaking from experience :-)
100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2021)
Location: Fremont, CA

Remote: Ok

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: javascript, node.js, PHP, Java, AWS, Laravel, MySQL

Resume: https://linkedin.com/in/sridhar-ramasami

Email: leisenming AT protonmail DOT com

Looking for Director of Engg roles. I have startup experience as number 2 hire. Also scaled a team from 3 to 30. IIT alumnus, work experience in India, China and USA

100-xyz··on The Seniority Roller Coaster and Down-Leveling in Tech
I was CTO of a small company and managed 20+ devs. Got down leveled to Engineering Manager even though the job I applied for was Senior Engineering Manager. They switched the title at the offer stage. I reluctantly accepted but now regret it. One, I think of them as crooks for this and I have disengaged from the work. Second, titles especially in management have a HUGE effect on future jobs. Before this job, I would at least be considered for Director of Engineering positions. Now, zero response.

Also, as others have mentioned, the current work is easy as I have done much more complex tasks. But at the end of the day, I won't be reaping most of the benefits.

Overall, not a pleasant situation to be in.

100-xyz··on Amazon CEO unveils 55k tech jobs in his first hiring push
Any one know how or where I can apply for an Engineering Manager position, please drop me a line leisenming AT protonmail DOT com
100-xyz··on Tech Interview Handbook
I went through a interview round recently and concur with your findings. Got me all the way to Google Hiring committee.
100-xyz··on Job-hopping heats up: 65% of U.S. workers are looking for a new job
Very true. And so the common idea among SWE's - the fastest way to a raise is to switch jobs.
100-xyz··on Job-hopping heats up: 65% of U.S. workers are looking for a new job
We are planning on moving and have done decent bit of research. In Fremont, rents have fallen, while smaller areas the rents are going up. In our apartment complex there are numerous empty apartments and a 2BR is 2100$. That's from 2400$ approx one year ago. We are looking at Reno and folks there say a similar 2BR house has gone up from 1200 to 1500. Now we are wondering if the savings is worth the lack of opportunity!!!

So rents in large metros are going down and rents in small areas are going up.

100-xyz··on Home Prices Are Now Higher Than the Peak of the 2000s Housing Bubble
Sincere question - can you point me to such markets where interest rates can wiggle up and down without having as dramatic an effect on prices?
100-xyz··on Ask HN: Small companies, how do hire without Leetcode
Thanks. It sounds like a solid plan.

Out of curiosity, how big is your company? How often do you interview? Approx what % of the candidates get an offer?

100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
Happy Money | Sofware engineers all levels | Full-time | Remote, Visa | https://happymoney.com/careers

Happy money is changing Americans relationship to debt by helping them create good financial habits. We are trying for an IPO in a couple of years.

I am the engineering manager and love the working atmosphere.

Tech stack: Python, Java, Salesforce

You can apply directly or drop me an email leisenming AT protonmail DOT com

Only looking for folks physically in the USA.

100-xyz··on Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since the dot-com era
I discovered Blind recently and agree it's an awesome resource.
100-xyz··on The rise of never-ending job interviews
I have recently been through this.

Google took 3 months. 1 month was from the virtual onsite final interviews to the Hiring Committee decision. It was a miserable month and even my wife hated Google by the end.

Second was for a Director of Engg position at a mid sized company. It took 2 months and finally I had to force them to answer. It was a company with weak leadership and it showed in their inability to make a decision.

100-xyz··on Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
Strongly agree. Has been my experience as well.
100-xyz··on Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
We are looking for SW engineers in the USA. Can you drop me an email leisenming AT protonmail DOT com? Thanks and good luck.
100-xyz··on Ask HN: How did you establish and maintain relationships with your first users?
Mine is an online animation editor that requires no coding or formulas https://toonclip.com

The first users came from a post here on HN and Product hunt.

For community building we have a Forum and a Discord server. Also our animations can be exported and shared on social media. As these animations have the ToonClip log,o it drives a decent bit of traffic.

100-xyz··on Ask HN: What would a Facebook that isn't evil look like?
If anyone is interested in getting together, brain storming and working towards a startup in this space - I am interested.

I particularly like "I'd like a system that acts as my own portal to all those systems, and allows me to follow people on the Fediverse, Facebook, Instagram, RSS feeds, you name it; and is easy to expand to support new things, but also gives me more control over my feed" by mcv here.

You can drop comments here or respond to me at sridhar AT toonclip DOT com

100-xyz··on China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul
I see decent bit of parallels with such cram schools and Leetcoding for FAANG applications.

I just completed a final interview round for Google and went through 300+ problems on LC. It improved my test taking ability a lot, but in the actual job will be completely useless. Similar to the Chinese children, this artificial testing is getting more and more competitive.

Just wanted to bring it up.

100-xyz··on Ask HN: How did you validate your webapp product/market fit?
I am still in this process.

My first launch was here on Hacker News, but at that time it was a prototype with no way to register and log in. Interest was very good. Then launched on Product Hunt where I got my first 20 registered users. Beyond that it has been posting the animations created on 4chan and other social websites.

I usually iterate on the features, look n feel etc. Try an idea, see if it sticks. If it doesnt, then discard it. I also have Discord channels that users can get help or chat on.

The product is an animation editor with no code or formulas https://toonclip.com

100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder? (July 2021)
ToonClip.com | Remote

Toonclip.com lets users create animations in minutes.

Looking for a marketing cofounder who can help in getting more users and traction.

Email leisenming AT protonmail DOT com to connect.

100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
Many tech roles open at Happy Money, such as Software Engineer, Principal Engineer, Full stack Engineer, Technical Project Manager ...[Remote | Los angeles]

https://happymoney.com/careers/

Happy money helps people develop better financial habits. It helps by creating customized plans to pay off credit card debts. We are approx 7 years old and 250+ folks. We are expanding now and are hiring a bunch.

I am an Engineering Manager and hiring directly for my team as well as for other teams. Please drop me an email if you are interested - leisenming AT protonmail DOT com

Also let me know if you have any questions,

https://happymoney.com/careers/

100-xyz··on Ask HN: Who doesn’t want to go back to the office?
I live in Fremont and had a job in Los Angeles. Had to fly in every week. It was exhausting. Then Covid came and got rid of the flight and commute. It was awesome.

But after a year of being cooped up with a wife and a 4 year old, I yearn to be back at the office about twice a week.

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