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imsofutureon One Hour Hire - Hacking Engineer Interviews

That does stick out like a sore thumb.

You shouldn't be hiring people because they have experience that matches your tech stack solely because they'll kick ass on the first week.

You should be hiring people that will kick ass 3 weeks in, and a year from now, and 5 years from now -- regardless of whether or not they currently have competence in the nitty gritty details of whatever libwidget you use at this exact moment.

imsofutureon Ask HN: How much would you pay someone to get you a job?

Zero dollars. Not to be flip, but someone else writing my resume wouldn't get me a job I'd want.

imsofutureon GNU APL 1.0

Or https://github.com/openj/core -- the GPL'd source to J. It's definitely not written in javascript, but you can use ASCII!

imsofutureon Why can a scam company raise $40 Million Series C + $76 Million Series B?

Let's not whitewash it though. That's a scam.

imsofutureon The CODE Keyboard

Whoa! Awesome, thanks!

imsofutureon Boarding Pass Redesign

What possible argument is there for that? I guess you can't fly Southwest either, since they take your boarding pass outright.

imsofutureon The CODE Keyboard

Also there's a lot of good-value Chinese mechanical keyboard imports (like the unbeatable Choc Mini).

NB one of the things you're paying for with the CODE is decent integration, I'm sure. I do have to USB->PS2->USB this Choc Mini keyboard to work with OSX (seriously!). It works fine though!

imsofutureon Defeated

I do that not because I would prefer to be patted down, but because it's a lot more obvious that I'm being subjected to an unreasonable search.

imsofutureon Defeated

They scan my naked body through my clothing. I consider that invasive.

imsofutureon Defeated

That's not a metal detector, it's a system designed to scan for tagged items.

My problem with the scanners is that they are invasive AND ineffective. They aren't protecting me, but they do train me to complacently subject myself as an innocent, not-charged-with-a-crime citizen to pre-emptive searches. That's just not alright by me.

imsofutureon Defeated

Absolutely it's a violation of my rights to be patted down. I choose that option so that other people may actually see and consider the rights that they're so casually giving up walking through the scanner.

imsofutureon GitHub is not your new résumé

Github is absolutely replacing resumes. It doesn't replace an interview, which is what the author seems to be getting at despite the title of their article...

imsofutureon I will not do a tech interview

What you just described isn't a 'tech interview' though, it's a 'bad tech interview'.

imsofutureon I will not do a tech interview

Sorry, but a negative reinforcement cycle of tensing up in a medium stress situation is exactly the kind of characteristic that I'm trying to screen out in an interview.

Stressful situations happen a lot more than never in the real world (and sometimes they even involve talking to people, like customers) -- I don't want to have coworkers who can't handle that.

imsofutureon I will not do a tech interview

Exactly. I am a very vehement opponent of quizzy, obscure-knowledge or high-pressure tech interviews. That said, I think a good tech interview is irreplaceable. I like to work through a complex problem with the candidate, oftentimes I don't know the answer, nor do I expect them to be able to finish the problem (this is made very clear) -- I do expect them to sink their teeth in and think out loud with me.

I would never hire someone who bowed out of a tech interview. If you can't handle thinking through problems in a collaborative, relatively low-stress interview -- you're not the kind of person I want to work with, sorry.

imsofutureon Why I left Google

But no more laudable, or noteworthy.

imsofutureon Why I left Google

Did you just discover you aren't your GPA or your job title? Gimme a break.

imsofutureon Did Goldman Overstep in Criminally Charging Its Ex-Programmer?

While stupidity isn't a crime, people like Serge manage to find their way around that obstacle.

It's pretty obvious he didn't have any malicious or illegal intent, but he definitely followed the checklist of 'things not to do when leaving a job'. Emailing yourself code? Seriously?

The whole thing is a travesty, but he walked right into it.

imsofutureon Edward Snowden asylum: Bolivian president's plane diverted - live coverage

I believe it's a Dassault Falcon. See: http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/fab-001

Still a good point, but a Falcon has about twice the range.

imsofutureon Wikipedia’s Emergency

Spot on. The power of crowds is immense, but it lacks the ability to focus for for sustained periods of time. Hence, experts.

imsofutureon Ask HN: I'm lost. Please help

Quit.

imsofutureon Hug vs. Handshake

Hugs are sexual harassment.

That's just not true. A hug could be sexual harassment, but so could a really dirty handshake. Let's not live in a world where we're scared of normal interaction.

imsofutureon Interviewing in Silicon Valley

If you think "Explain design decisions and trade-offs of different techniques." is a 'puzzle'... Perhaps that explains a lot.

imsofutureon Poll: At what price would you buy Google Glass?

> The same thing was said with smartphones and laptops you know.

And it's still true...

imsofutureon Dumped by Google

What are the best alternatives to Gmail?

imsofutureon An analog clock in your bash prompt on OS X

This is cutesy, but having a timestamp on your prompt is an easy-to-implement sometimes-lifesaver. Highly recommended, one way or another :)

imsofutureon Mike Pall: Ramblings on languages and architectures

At this point, why is there even a title field available?

imsofutureon Ask HN: How can I make an extra 30-50k a year?

Yes, first hand. Don't do it :)

imsofutureon Ask HN: How can I make an extra 30-50k a year?

Don't do this. Well, do this, but don't use your offer as a negotiating chip -- use it as a backup plan if you don't get a raise.

You will be the first up against the wall if you accept a counter offer to stay.

imsofutureon Bitcoin falls from $266

It's hard to treat this re-pricing as a huge crash given that it was preceded by an equally unprecedented boom.