I would clarify this in the HN post. As it is right now, it looks like this is a remote first role when the reality is it is a hybrid role. Just because you might be willing to make an exception doesn't make it a remote…
Some of the most important work that a good manager does goes unseen by their team. I've been a manager and now I'm an IC so I've seen both sides. There is a lot of shielding and pushing back that managers do to protect…
I can definitely relate to this. I worked at a startup where the founder learned this the hard way. We were trying to sell to government agencies. He insisted on a pricing model that meant we had to go through complex…
I hear that narrative a lot and I think it does a major disservice to the people interested in entering the field. Are there blue-collar workers making huge sums of money? Yes. Are most blue-collar workers making huge…
Do you have more documentation somewhere? If so, I’d suggest making it more easily accessible. I couldn’t find any on the site and the support link just takes me to discord. I’d be more inclined to sign up if there was…
That was why we used an at home euthanasia service for our dog. He hated going to the vet and had to go multiple times a week toward the end. We didn't want to have him scared and stressed in his last moments. Look into…
This is the reason why I refuse to pay for any work travel expenses with my credit card. I once worked for a company that had a similar travel process. When I was asked to travel, I insisted that my VP have his…
That's super helpful to hear. I'm also making the move after 3 years in management. Being able to be done at the end of the day is something I'm really looking forward to but it's going to take some time to get back…
I'm in the process of transitioning back to an IC role from a management position and that was one of the biggest factors. As a manager, the level of stress I felt just became unbearable. I'm wrapping up my management…
The concern could be a brain drain. If lots of your early employees cash out and leave, you are potentially losing a lot of historical knowledge and expertise at a time when you are trying to build up to a successful…
I was a lead at a startup that was acquired and the acquisition process would have probably sunk us if the acquisition had not gone through. We were in the middle of raising our next round when the offer came through.…
One practical benefit for the well-off is having people in close proximity who can staff their local restaurants, shops, schools, etc. It's much easier to hire and retain staff for your business when your pool of…
Not necessarily. They're describing the benefit for me. I only really use these services during the work week for lunch. My wife and I both work from home and sometimes we didn't make something in advance or stop at the…
We had this challenge when we moved into our house. Our current vet was over 30 minutes away and we have to take our dog in 3x/week for fluids. Our new neighborhood has five vet clinics. Four were not taking any new…
This is a really great point. My brother-in-law went to film school and did exactly what you described. He networked with his professors and peers, worked on lots of projects, used the software and equipment available…
This is spot on. I had a coworker who was in the reserves and the commitment was significantly more than what they say in the brochures. He was often gone for weeks at a time. This made it really difficult for him to…
I think you need to clarify what you mean by at rest. You mention browser history but it's not clear to me if you mean that it's encrypted in the browser. If you mean it's encrypted within your data store on your…
I interviewed at Microsoft around 2010 and had a horrible interview with a Principal Engineering Manager in Bing. He was my last interviewer of the day and the interview started at 5 PM. I had been there since 10 AM and…
I also find that I'm more confident in the manufacturer to actually ship the item properly. On several occasions I've ordered something expensive from Amazon only to have it arrived beat up and damaged. When I've…
When I was a kid I shared the second Red Alert CD with my friend. We used the Modem multiplayer option to dial each other directly to play 1:1. So many great memories.
I have experienced the exact same thing. In fact, the worst person I have ever worked with consistently aced interviews wherever he went.
It’s been several years since I worked there but if I remember correctly it was a little more complicated because these were basically subcontracts under one larger contract. The company had a huge contract agreeing to…
That was my experience when I worked at Boeing in IT. As soon as the contract was signed we got the most mediocre people. Occasionally we’d get someone good but as soon as the consulting company figured out that they…
Mistakes happen. I've never met an engineer who has never made a mistake. However, I have met brilliant engineers who have written incredibly complex software and have also managed to make some silly mistakes along the…
I used to work in IT at a Fortune 100 manufacturing company. IE versions hung around for a long time because there was a lot of software that was built with only IE in mind and only received the bare minimum of support.…
I would clarify this in the HN post. As it is right now, it looks like this is a remote first role when the reality is it is a hybrid role. Just because you might be willing to make an exception doesn't make it a remote…
Some of the most important work that a good manager does goes unseen by their team. I've been a manager and now I'm an IC so I've seen both sides. There is a lot of shielding and pushing back that managers do to protect…
I can definitely relate to this. I worked at a startup where the founder learned this the hard way. We were trying to sell to government agencies. He insisted on a pricing model that meant we had to go through complex…
I hear that narrative a lot and I think it does a major disservice to the people interested in entering the field. Are there blue-collar workers making huge sums of money? Yes. Are most blue-collar workers making huge…
Do you have more documentation somewhere? If so, I’d suggest making it more easily accessible. I couldn’t find any on the site and the support link just takes me to discord. I’d be more inclined to sign up if there was…
That was why we used an at home euthanasia service for our dog. He hated going to the vet and had to go multiple times a week toward the end. We didn't want to have him scared and stressed in his last moments. Look into…
This is the reason why I refuse to pay for any work travel expenses with my credit card. I once worked for a company that had a similar travel process. When I was asked to travel, I insisted that my VP have his…
That's super helpful to hear. I'm also making the move after 3 years in management. Being able to be done at the end of the day is something I'm really looking forward to but it's going to take some time to get back…
I'm in the process of transitioning back to an IC role from a management position and that was one of the biggest factors. As a manager, the level of stress I felt just became unbearable. I'm wrapping up my management…
The concern could be a brain drain. If lots of your early employees cash out and leave, you are potentially losing a lot of historical knowledge and expertise at a time when you are trying to build up to a successful…
I was a lead at a startup that was acquired and the acquisition process would have probably sunk us if the acquisition had not gone through. We were in the middle of raising our next round when the offer came through.…
One practical benefit for the well-off is having people in close proximity who can staff their local restaurants, shops, schools, etc. It's much easier to hire and retain staff for your business when your pool of…
Not necessarily. They're describing the benefit for me. I only really use these services during the work week for lunch. My wife and I both work from home and sometimes we didn't make something in advance or stop at the…
We had this challenge when we moved into our house. Our current vet was over 30 minutes away and we have to take our dog in 3x/week for fluids. Our new neighborhood has five vet clinics. Four were not taking any new…
This is a really great point. My brother-in-law went to film school and did exactly what you described. He networked with his professors and peers, worked on lots of projects, used the software and equipment available…
This is spot on. I had a coworker who was in the reserves and the commitment was significantly more than what they say in the brochures. He was often gone for weeks at a time. This made it really difficult for him to…
I think you need to clarify what you mean by at rest. You mention browser history but it's not clear to me if you mean that it's encrypted in the browser. If you mean it's encrypted within your data store on your…
I interviewed at Microsoft around 2010 and had a horrible interview with a Principal Engineering Manager in Bing. He was my last interviewer of the day and the interview started at 5 PM. I had been there since 10 AM and…
I also find that I'm more confident in the manufacturer to actually ship the item properly. On several occasions I've ordered something expensive from Amazon only to have it arrived beat up and damaged. When I've…
When I was a kid I shared the second Red Alert CD with my friend. We used the Modem multiplayer option to dial each other directly to play 1:1. So many great memories.
I have experienced the exact same thing. In fact, the worst person I have ever worked with consistently aced interviews wherever he went.
It’s been several years since I worked there but if I remember correctly it was a little more complicated because these were basically subcontracts under one larger contract. The company had a huge contract agreeing to…
That was my experience when I worked at Boeing in IT. As soon as the contract was signed we got the most mediocre people. Occasionally we’d get someone good but as soon as the consulting company figured out that they…
Mistakes happen. I've never met an engineer who has never made a mistake. However, I have met brilliant engineers who have written incredibly complex software and have also managed to make some silly mistakes along the…
I used to work in IT at a Fortune 100 manufacturing company. IE versions hung around for a long time because there was a lot of software that was built with only IE in mind and only received the bare minimum of support.…