rachel-ftw

This is making me mad enough that I’m going to spend my weekend figuring out a media server and pirating movies.

If buying isn’t owning, pirating isn’t stealing. Fuck those guys.

It’s been 20 years since I’ve pirated shit, but here we are again…

Claude has a teacher mode where it will ask you questions.

I’m picking up game dev in my spare time. I’m not letting Claude write any of the code. We talk through the next task, I take a run at it, then when I’m stuck I got back and talk through where the problems are.

It’s slower than just letting Claude do it, obviously. Plus you do need to be a bit disciplined - Claude will gladly do it for you when you start getting tired. I am picking it up through, and not getting bogged down in the beginner ‘impossible feeling bugs you can’t figure out bc you’re learning and don’t fully understand everything yet’ stage.

Stories like this always feel a little bittersweet. It’s beautiful, but women would be in potential danger in situations like these.

And I say that as someone who has spent years the world traveling alone and isn’t afraid of humanity and agrees that the kindness of people is one of the most precious and Hope-building things in the world.

Kofile | full time | Front end & senior front end | 100% remote (US only, sorry no H-1b support)

Kofile: https://kofile.com/

Our application is a search portal for public records, built on modern dev stack with modern dev practices. Most government web sites are terrible - come help us build one that doesn't suck.

POC, LGBTQ folks, & women strongly encouraged to apply. We're actively working to build a diverse and supportive team!

Front End: • 3+ years of front-end engineering experience • Experience building robust React-based front-ends with Redux and/or hooks. • Strong fundamentals in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS • You have the skills to create a UI without the help of a framework like Bootstrap or Foundation • Experience with responsive design and mobile-first principles • Experience with web accessibility • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR relevant equivalent technical experience.

Senior Front End: • 5+ years of front-end engineering experience, with at least two years spent as a lead or senior front end engineer • Significant experience building robust React-based front-ends with Redux and/or hooks. • Strong fundamentals in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS • You have the skills to create a UI without the help of a framework like Bootstrap or Foundation • Experience with responsive design and mobile-first principles • Experience designing scalable, performant front-end applications • Experience with Javascript build tools like Yarn and Webpack • Expertise in web accessibility • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR relevant equivalent technical experience.

email rachel.ralston@kofile.us to apply or ask questions.

Kofile | full time | Front end & senior front end | 100% remote (US only, sorry no H-1b support)

Kofile: https://kofile.com/

Our application is a search portal for public records, built on modern dev stack with modern dev practices. Most government web sites are terrible - come help us build one that doesn't suck.

POC, LGBTQ folks, & women strongly encouraged to apply. We're actively working to build a diverse and supportive team!

Front End: • 3+ years of front-end engineering experience • Experience building robust React-based front-ends with Redux and/or hooks. • Strong fundamentals in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS • You have the skills to create a UI without the help of a framework like Bootstrap or Foundation • Experience with responsive design and mobile-first principles • Experience with web accessibility • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR relevant equivalent technical experience.

Senior Front End: • 5+ years of front-end engineering experience, with at least two years spent as a lead or senior front end engineer • Significant experience building robust React-based front-ends with Redux and/or hooks. • Strong fundamentals in JavaScript, HTML, and CSS • You have the skills to create a UI without the help of a framework like Bootstrap or Foundation • Experience with responsive design and mobile-first principles • Experience designing scalable, performant front-end applications • Experience with Javascript build tools like Yarn and Webpack • Expertise in web accessibility • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR relevant equivalent technical experience.

email rachel.ralston@kofile.us to apply or ask questions.

there are assholes at every job and there are two options here: Either they're controling pricks or they have an order of magnitude more information and you can't see what you're missing.

I think the key will be if this starts to be a pattern. Happens once? just a bunch of jerks. Find a new gig and ask some hard questions in your interview about how they handle disagreements/different ways of thinking through problems.

Happens again? Start to evaluate where you might be at fault and how you can grow. Is there another level of understanding you can seek or talent you can improve? Even if that's project communication and task management or another tangential but impactful improvement?

Maybe do that anyway if you have bandwidth.

No, it's not like that everywhere and you're not crazy. Start quietly working on your resume and networking.

I'm mostly seeking to get out of an autogenerated rut. Between Youtube and spotify I'm getting music chosen for me and I'm not sure how to escape. I feel like I can see through (hear through?) the algorithms that choose my next song. it's not distracting... it's just... flat feeling after years.

Though I enthusiastically that the beats of synth/retrowave have a lovely driving quality that let me pretend I'm in a science fiction book while I bring thoughts into reality through code.

ooooooooo yes

Great link, thanks for sharing @Can_Not

agree.

I love this advice because culture fit is one of my biggest concerns. As a queer woman entering the field (if it's possible) I'd want to avoid being somewhere that has toxic culture. I think that advice is really on point: don't sanitize yourself out of your personal brand so that companies that don't fit you will self select out. Again, if possible. :<

+1 for managing white space for legibility/easy scanning

yah, I think after the first job things will roll out much easier. It's always getting your foot in the door that's most challenging.

I've got commercial work experience as a designer and web project manager, but this is the first time I'm going after a technical position. So I kind of have experience.

I am just completing an apprenticeship, so I do have some production projects with users, which I hope will set me apart from other green jr. dev's

That's a good idea, different resume's tailored to different types of jobs. And the empathy piece of putting yourself in someone else's shoes. I'm finding it challenging to do that. I know tech leads as friends, but this is the first technical job I'm going after, so what does that person want?

It seems like there's a balance somewhere. Enough to communicate versatility and proficiency, but not enough to loose the signal in the noise. I like the leveling idea (expert/intermediate/learning). I'm all about taking out things that feel superfluous like the personal statement (isn't that the cover letter?) and references upon request (if they ask for references of course I'll give them, who isn't going to give references upon request?).

That's a good point. I've never been agains making well placed swearing part of a professional brand. It tends to communicate honesty* and takes people's walls down.

Though I'll admit that particular WTF doesn't add anything, and was mostly an expression of the frustration of embarking upon converting my existing marketing/design resume to reflect my current skill set.

*source: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/f...

That's a great idea, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks!

yasss high five

yeah, doing the thinking through who will be looking at it and tailoring it to their imagined tastes is a great thought.

awesome, thanks! ... this is my first time interacting with HN, is it a smart idea to share emails in comments? ...?

I have a background as a visual designer, so this is good advice. I used to have very visual resumes because it fit the field, but I'm realizing that would be not such a great thing in engineering.

That's a good point. It's just enough to get them to click through to the github/portfolio.