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Remote-first companies that actively hire
Do you ever dream of working remotely in a place where you will thrive the most? Here's 82 remote-first companies that actively hire people worldwide!
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The most popular blog posts about career & management on Hacker News. 6,086 posts.
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How I got hired at a Y Combinator start-up without the necessary credentials
The latest and greatest in industry news, company announcements, and general topic conversations are all curated here.
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Working remotely with 150+ people
Work asynchronously, keep a single source of truth, avoid management overhead and communicate.
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A walk through Project Zero metrics
Posted by Ryan Schoen, Project Zerotl;drIn 2021, vendors took an average of 52 days to fix secur...
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How to write a cold email (2020)
Some tips on writing a cold email.
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"Can you solve this problem for me on the whiteboard?"
Jim is a great chef. He's too modest to say that about himself, but he's worked either as head chef or assistant head chef at a number of re...
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Haunted by my own projects
Sometimes the new and shiny thing is way more fun than the thing that I genuinely want to ship... later.
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Software Is Hard (2007)
"Software is hard," reads the quote from Donald Knuth that opens Scott Rosenberg's Dreaming in Code . The 400 pages that follow examine why: Why is software in a never-ending state of crisis? Why do most projects end up horribly over-budget or cancelled or both? Why can't we ship code without bugs? Why, everyone asks…
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How to write good prompts: using spaced repetition to create understanding
Using spaced repetition to create understanding
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Understanding the rationale behind a rule when trying to circumvent it
I mean, technically I didn't do it.
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AWS Training and Certification Portal
AWS Training and Certification can help you get more out of the AWS Cloud. The new AWS Training and Certification Portal allows you to access and manage your training and certification activities, progress, and benefits – all in one place: Previously, you had to rely on multiple websites to find and manage training…
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Bending over: How to sell to large companies
Selling to big companies can be lucrative, and small bootstrapped startups absolutely have the power to sell to the big boys. But it's a very different world than you're used to. Here's what you can expect and how to deal with it.
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How to Ruin a Company with One Bad Process (2014)
“Real quick, whole squad on that real sh*t 0 to 100, n***a, real quick” —Drake, “0 to 100/The Catch Up” I am a giant advocate for technical founders running their own companies, but one consistent way that technical founders deeply harm their businesses is by screwing up the budgeting process. Yes, the budgeting…
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Escaping surprise bills and over-engineered messes: Why I left AWS
Frustrated with AWS's complexity and cost risks, I switched to NearlyFreeSpeech for its prepaid model, ensuring financial control while keeping hosting simple and flexible.
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Intern at a YC Company
If you’re an ambitious undergrad or graduate student with an engineering background, YC can help you get an internship at a YC-backed company. You apply once, and your profile will be sent to over 50 YC startups that are looking for summer interns. The 50 companies participating in our Work at a Startup…
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AI is destroying my CS degree
I am a computer science student. I got a scholarship to study computer science and AI last year and I love it! It's something that I wanted to do since I was...
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Bad stuff going down at the American Sociological Association
I knew the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, the American Political Science Association, the American Statistical Association, and the National Academy of Sciences had problems. It turns out the American Sociological Association does some bad things too.
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Quitting your job to pursue your passion is a privilege
The privileges of the self-employed, inspiring, brave, courageous entrepreneurial class that pursues their passion.
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The Mediocre Programmer
The Mediocre Programmer is a book about the journey of becoming a better programmer. But before we can become better programmers we have to pass through being mediocre programmers. Mediocre doesn't mean a bad programmer --- far from it. It means lacking skill. As beginners we start our journey full of fresh ideas of…
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Silicon Valley hiring is not a meritocracy (2013)
Note: This post was adapted from an answer I wrote on Quora. EDIT: I’m working on something that I hope will make things better. Check out interviewing.io. I’ve been hiring people in some capacity for the past 3 years. First, I was doing it as an engineer, then as an in-house recruiter, and now as […]
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You don't have to sell your company to have financial security
Paul Graham thinks that startup founders need to sell their companies to get freedom and security: They want enough money that (a) they don’t have to worry about running out of money and (b) they can spend their time how they want. Running your own business offers neither. You certainly don…