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In my experience, it depends on the company. At Facebook, 90% of my peers were younger than me (I was 30). At LinkedIn, right now, many of my peers are around the same age or older…

I agree with this and was wondering the same thing. Would love to see randomized studies comparing a) control, b) sauna c) exercise d) sauna + exercise. On the other hand, anecdota…

Wondering the same thing. I learned about DeFi recently and am now curious to learn more about smart contracts, the underlying code and everything surrounding it.

Go to the gym! With a bit of commute it could fill up to 2 hours of your day and have a plethora of benefits. Once you get into the whole "getting better than yesterday" thing, it'…

That's crazy, I'm so sorry you haven't regained your senses the way they were. My friend is experiencing exactly the same results many months after having Covid. Doctor prescribed …

We tried doing this at Facebook few years ago but decided not to bother due to an insignificant effect on user metrics like TTI (time to interaction), FCP (first content paint), et…

We should probably amalgamate this with the one we have at https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/

ReasonML is a good transition from JS to something like OCaml

Yep. Both are stage-1 proposals: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-optional-chaining https://github.com/tc39/proposal-nullish-coalescing Recently started using optional chaining in …

This is much needed. The extension has been broken for our team for a couple months now. No clear resolution. The Flow suggestions in an editor are basically unusable right now.

I think that was the motivation of https://js.foundation

I was on an infra so the "product" was improving both developer experience and user experience. Thing is — as a senior engineer, you're encouraged to do work that spans across mult…

I was E6 at Facebook for 1.5 years. Left due to a combination of not finding the right team/project and constant pressure to work on something impactful rather than fixing existing…

I agree that TS increases barrier to entry for contributors. However, it's very different from Coffeescript. It offers better program correctness via types whereas CS was mostly su…

This is such an underrated comment. I love this style of code reviews and it's the one I've experienced best discussions with. It goes in line with assuming that you, as a reviewer…

I'm wondering why homelessness is not as large in NYC? The prices here are as high as in SF. Is it due to the slower rate of a price increase? Colder weather?

As mixmastamyk said, it's exactly the same as the gym (I work out ~5 days a week too and I started from being the least athletic person in school/college). I hear people say — I'm …

Nice breakdown. I would add that money comes with responsibility and it's the money/responsibilities ratio that really matters. I was at a top-tier tech company (the one that's get…

I'm at FB office in NYC and I agree with your points. MPK always has that more chill vibe and is less dense/quieter. The NY office has gotten much better though. Many engineers are…