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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 200 posts.
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Do the math on your stock options
Things you should know about stock options before negotiating an offer
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Conceptual Debt Is Worse Than Technical Debt
Definition. The consequences of making bad design choices when choosing concepts to model your product around. A conceptual or mental model…
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A better way to teach technical skills to a group
Thank for you sharing this method – it sounds great, and I’m keeping it mind for the next time I have to do some teaching like this (which doesn’t come up so often for me).
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How to hire the best people you've ever worked with (2007)
An archive of the best articles from Marc Andreessen’s now defunct blog
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Things I wish I knew earlier about Machine Learning
I’ve been working with Machine Learning models both in academic and industrial settings for a few years now. I’ve recently been watching the excellent Scalable ML from Mikio Braun, this…
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Demoralize Your Teams Quickly and Efficiently with Micromanagement (2010)
Apparently I’ve earned the dubious distinction of having become an expert in project failure. I’ve always had an interest in project failure—Jenny and I have been doing our “Why Projects Fa…
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Big Company vs. Startup Work and Compensation
There's a meme that's been going around for a while now: you should join a startup because the money is better and the work is more technically interesting. Paul Graham says that the best way to make money is to "start or join a startup", which has been "a reliable way to get rich for hundreds of years", and that you…
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My positive experience as a woman in tech
Women speaking up about the sexism they have experienced in tech is great for raising awareness about the issues. However, when no positive stories get out, the overall picture painted is bleak, which could scare even more women away .
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How I Interview
Technical interviews are terrible because we don’t know what we’re filtering for.
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Market Rate is for Lobsters
Ernie Miller is a values-driven engineering leader, conference speaker, and lover of people based in Naples, Florida.
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What I Learned From Blowing An Interview
Some time ago, I was a development manager with 23 reports spread over four teams.
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United Airlines Bug Bounty: An experience in reporting a serious vulnerability
About six months ago, United Airlines announced their Bug Bounty program and, almost immediately, it received a ton of press. Though I initially wasn’t interested in pursuing the program (mainly due to its popularity), I decided to take a look a week or two after its launch despite being late to the party. Shortly…
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On Pioneers, Settlers, Town Planners and Theft.
The rants and raves of Simon Wardley on Evolution, Technology, Economics and Business
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What I’ve learned from sitting next to a pro salesman
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Confidence Through Feedback, or Why Imposter Syndrome Is the Wrong Metaphor
Imposter syndrome is often presented as a personal failing. A lack of confidence, our wrong-headed beliefs not matching the reality of how competent we are, or worst of a flaw of our gender. Just...
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