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In Defence of the Technical Interview
Coding puzzles and their prevalence
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The most popular blog posts about career & management on Hacker News. 4,748 posts.
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An engineer's perspective on hiring
hiring in tech is broken and everyone knows it. what can we do better?
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Quitting a New Job
Two years ago, I did something that I’d never done in my career before- I left a job (at Nuro) only a few months after starting it. In this post, I want to explain what happened and what I learned from the experience.
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What is the best part about being a Software Engineer?
A week ago I saw an article on Hacker News titled – What’s awful about being a {software engineer, tech lead, manager}?. The article was spot on and it got a lot of attention. It also left me feeling…
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Skills Poor Programmers Lack
A friend and I had a discussion about the basic skills that are often lacking in experienced programmers. How can a programmer work for ten or twenty years and never learn to write good code? Too often they need close supervision to ensure they go down the right path, and can never be trusted to take technical…
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Take this on-call rotation and shove it
At some companies, it is expected that certain engineers will serve as part of a formal on-call rotation. On paper, this seems like a reasonable way to ensure the reliability of the product. In practice, it is a miserable burden and you probably won't even get paid for it.
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Becoming a contractor
How many roads must a programmer walk down before you call them a contractor? It’s been about three years since I went down this (bumpy) path, and I finally have the feeling that my contracting business is “bootstrapped”1. Here’s an account of my journey so far, hoping you find it inspiring! 0. Contents Articles about…
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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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Careers in security, ethical hacking and advice on where to get started
Many people will disagree with this post, not so much because it's flat out wrong but because there are so many different approaches one can take. It's a very subjective realm but I'm going to put forward some suggestions, make some considered arguments and leave it at
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Systems thinking as important as ever for new coders
I was at the Microsoft BUILD conference last week and spent some time with a ...
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The D.E.N.N.I.S. system: Résumé tips for Senior Devs
Swipe Right on Your Dream Job
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Oncall shift should be Tuesday to Tuesday
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Strange and maddening rules
There’s this popular idea among developers that when you face a problem with code, you should get out a rubber duck and explain, to the duck, exactly how your code was supposed to work.
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How to compromise your system with a job interview
The current situation on the IT job market is hard. So you are lucky when a recruiter on LinkedIn reaches out to you having a suitable match for a new position based on your prior experience. It might not be what it seems at a first glance.
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Quality is a hard sell in big tech
What the **** does that mean?
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Get a personal teacher
Want to learn something new? Get a personal teacher as soon as possible. If you don't have enough money to pay someone, find a mentor among your friends o...
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Interview success can depend on how you schedule interviews
Interview scheduling is one of the lesser discussed topics when to comes to cracking an interview. This is often overlooked but there are nuances to scheduling interviews which can help you perform better during the interview and succeed. Over a period of time, I have realized that your ability to interview well…
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The Secret Rules For Getting Hired
I'm going to let you in to three TOP SECRET rules for getting hired. These are the hidden techniques used by TOP interviewers… Never Tell The Candidates The Rules Of Success I read an infuriating blog post recently: "If someone doesn't send a thank you email, don't hire them". This is a great way to limit your talent…
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Choosing the Management Track
How the IC and EM tracks are different, and why I switched back.
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