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Google DeepMind | Research Scientist, AI for Code | Full-time | Mountain View, CA, USA Hello! We are looking to hire a Research Scientist with experience in AI for Code and an inte…

In the last year and a half, several recent or soon-to-be CS grads have reached out asking for advice on things like if they should do a Master's degree instead of battling the cra…

Hi everyone, a few months ago I made a reaching-out post[1] and happily found several like-minded people :) 5 of us just recently completed a 6-week "cohort" that was similar in pr…

I'll be moving to the countryside soon and have the good fortune to be able to build a custom home. What sort of things would you want in your dream home? Don't worry about persona…

I'm shocked at how many of the responses here describe ambush interviews, I did not know this was a thing! Thanks for sharing :)

To be fair, I've forgotten how to do basic recursion (and a lot of other basic stuff) while coding with no one watching me haha. Thanks for sharing!

Wow! It's amazing how much stuff can come back around in the tech world... A nice reminder to not burn bridges :) Thanks for sharing!

Context: I was just listening to the latest Soft Skills Engineering[1] (a podcast I highly recommend, by the way!) and they were consoling a junior eng who bombed an interview by s…

I see some senior engineers with years if experience having trouble finding anything, and the market seems somewhat saturated with talent after the recent layoffs. I'm curious to k…

LeetCode (a website with a lot of practice programming problems that are similar or identical to some companys' interview questions)

You're gonna love EveryDaysies (not a joke)

This is good advice - to clarify, when I said "DIY" I meant "DIY for him" haha. Wix has gotten a few votes here, sounds like that's the way to go. Thank you!

Thanks so much! Based on recommendations I'm between Wordpress and Wix right now. Wix seems to be slightly more user-friendly, which my plumber friend will really appreciate, but m…

This is a great idea, thank you!

A plumber friend has asked me how to make a basic website for people to see on Google search results, which as a SWE of >10 years lands right in the middle of "Things it sounds lik…

Mine are English and coding :) Poems are definitely impressive, but they land like a cheap party trick unfortunately.

Hi everyone, I'm generally very impressed with ChatGPT* and want to convey the magnitude of it to some friends in various other fields (medicine, teaching, stay-at-home parent, etc…

You are correct, thanks so much!

Agh sorry, I'm not very good with computers... Fixed now!

I switched from being a SWE of ~10 years to a Research Engineer at DeepMind, so while it is difficult (as other comments have noted), it is absolutely doable. I wrote a blog post a…

(not OP) Montaigne is not a Portuguese-sounding word or name, seems more French to me, but "montagem" is a Portuguese word meaning "montage" which sounds generally like what are de…

Congratulations! I can't speak to bone density, but if you stick with it, you'll see big improvements throughout your life: better mood, better sleep, more focus, meeting new peopl…

Hi, your comment really resonates with me. I pursued playing beach volleyball in the US at a professional level for several years, and though I was never a top-10 US player, I coul…

I'm passionate about creating a community of people who pursue long-term excellence in their jobs or vocation (whatever it may be) with extreme intensity, e.g. eating/sleeping righ…

Meta-advice: When reading advice collection posts such as this one, find the first one that really resonates with you, then stop reading. The brain can't absorb several life-changi…