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sdflkdon How I got my dream job in the tech industry without a CS degree

Getting employment opportunities through professors (outside of research) doesn't really apply where I am from.

sdflkdon Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?

Where does it say it's uniquely awful instead of simply awful?

If you read the article there is data too, btw.

sdflkdon Why I’m throwing out React and going back to Angular 1.x

> No one (besides us engineers) knows or cares what Facebook is running on. Same with many other productions (not only software) out there (when was the last time we cared exactly how an Oreo cookie was made?).

Except for the people that complain about performance?

sdflkdon The 10,000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth

> I think the most part of the talent is that your brain likes doing given thing. You enjoy it. That is, unless somebody is forced to, she's unlikely to spend 10K hours on something she doesn't like.

This feeds into the myth of passion equating talent/skill, which has been incorrect in my (admittedly short) experience. I can think of more than a few athletes who had no passion for the game but were phenomenal players.

sdflkdon Show HN: Nomouse

https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion

This plugin solves the curly brace issue. I find if there is something you find repeatedly annoying, there is probably a plugin to solve it. That or you suddenly have an interesting side project!

sdflkdon Massively Interleaved Sprite Crunch – C64 Demo Effect (2016)

Re Re #2, isn't that what Microsoft has promised to do? I can't pull up articles right now, but I will if I remember.

sdflkdon America's Reverence for the Bachelor's Degree

The most important lesson I learned in my first year is that if you want something, you're going to have to get it yourself. The world won't babysit you like it did before. Would be nice if I didn't have to pay $20k/yr for the opportunity to learn, though.

sdflkdon America's Reverence for the Bachelor's Degree

Probably because professional experience has little to do with academic experience. I know many brilliant software engineers but not all of them are prepared to prove NP-completeness.

sdflkdon America's Reverence for the Bachelor's Degree

You're not supposed to learn ideas in depth in your undergraduate. It provides a foundation and exposes you to many different topics. That is it. If you want to learn in depth you should go to graduate school or start learning on your own.

sdflkdon Oh, you’re with them? (2016)

Because women should not have to "forgive, forget, move on" when it comes to being disrespected and having their career held back.

sdflkdon Ask HN: Should women fight differently?

You're implying that what is loudest (social media) is what is being done most.

sdflkdon Introducing Cloud Functions for Firebase

Masochists, no?

sdflkdon YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can’t get US visas

Other theory: having a family is a choice. Being of X nationality is not.

sdflkdon YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can’t get US visas

Not much to do in Waterloo. It's good if you're introverted and just want to game/do projects/self-improvement after work, though. Which isn't that bad thinking about it.

sdflkdon YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can’t get US visas

I agree! Canada needs to continue giving depressed wages for the same/more work to its talented citizens and then just complain passive aggressively when they move down south.

sdflkdon Nevertheless, She Coded

Yep. I go to the top university in Canada (wrt being employable in technology) and work with/know many qualified females. I can say that there is only one (out of ~25) that claims she has never experienced any sexism.

sdflkdon Scrimba: a video format for communicating code

Why are you trying to move away from Github, out of curiosity?

sdflkdon Launch HN: Penny (YC W17) – a personal finance coach

FWIW some people have foreign (Canadian) Google Play accounts (for example) but still live in the US.

Or maybe it's just me?

sdflkdon Amper raises $4M to use AI to write music

> Let me put it this way - a large reason I listen to The Weeknd is because of the interesting lifestyle and excess that he portrays through his branding, his music videos, and his whole persona/vibe.

A large part is the evolution of the persona too. Following his growth as an individual has been amazing (although House of Balloons is still my favorite project).

sdflkdon The Story of Firefox OS

Except for packing the wrong Wi-Fi card in some models.

sdflkdon How we secretly introduced Haskell and got away with it

They really should be able to.

sdflkdon Nintendo Switch review: pure potential

Unless you like the amazing exclusives Sony often has...

sdflkdon ‘The American dream is not working out here’

Examples?

sdflkdon ‘The American dream is not working out here’

What is the ATL market like for entry-level developers? Is it that salary isn't adjusting accordingly or that rent costs are catching up to the increased wealth?

sdflkdon Inside Uber’s Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture

Been in 4 SV companies and only some FT's work more than 40. Usually the ones that do are leads or really invested in the company.

sdflkdon Why I Don’t Talk to Google Recruiters

> I don't think you have to be unusually good at algorithms. I basically read some Wikipedia articles and spent a few hours in the hotel cramming Algorithms in a Nutshell, and I managed to squeak through.

Either a lie or you are unusually good at algorithms. People work > 50 hours on Leetcode, CTCI, etc. to try and get a job at Big 4. A couple of hours just reading Wikipedia articles isn't even close to the amount of effort people put into 'gaming' the system these days.

sdflkdon Design Patterns – A comprehensible guide

Agreed. Anyone who thinks this hasn't played enough with FP languages.

sdflkdon Ask HN: I’ve been applying to a million jobs

The ego on HN gets me every time. I quite like his designs.

sdflkdon YouTube Cancels PewDiePie Show, Pulls Channel After ‘Death to All Jews’ Stunt

> This is a dangerous path as well. Should a conservative business owner be able to fire anyone in their company that supports abortion?

> Should A trump supporter be able to fire anyone in their company that supported Hillary?

If they can give a good reason like it influencing public perception and damaging business, then yes.