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mburst

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About mburst

I'm a staff software engineer @cruise. Formerly staff engineer @imgur. Checkout my blog at https://www.maxburstein.com/ or challenge yourself to some logic and programming puzzles over at https://www.problemotd.com/. If you're in to Dota download my app at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teamtol.livedota. You can reach me via e-mail at my HN user name @maxburstein.com

We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible. -Vince Lombardi

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    Location: San Francisco, Bay Area Remote: Yes, open to onsite, hybrid, or fully remote opportunities Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Python, Django, TypeScript, JavaScript, N…

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    They pop up every now and then. Wouldn't say it's a common thing. Fwiw the overlap between a random tech meetup and HN users is probably pretty high. I've gone to a few in SF from …

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    It was a good time for sure. I worked there 7.5 years before leaving. Still keep in contact with a lot of people from that job. On the first work day of the month there are hiring …

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    I've gotten a job through HN which has turned in to friendship if that counts. Every now and then meetups popup too which are cool

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    I believe it's US remote only. It can't hurt to apply though. The recruiting team may have other roles that are more globally available that they can point you to.

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    You can reach me in the email from my original comment or my profile. My first and last name is in my hn profile

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    Sorry to hear that. If it's for the role in my link or another product eng role let me know and I can have someone look in to it for you. If not the recruiter you're talking to is …

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    Comment #37747524

    Awesome to hear you're interested! You can apply directly through the website there with your resume and someone from our recruiting team will reach out if there is a fit

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    Cruise | Full Time | San Francisco or US Remote | See links below for pay ranges Cruise's ridehail team is looking for software engineering talent with backend, frontend, or full s…

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    Cruise | Senior React Native Engineer | Full Time | San Francisco or US Remote | $166,600 - $245,100 + bonus + equity Cruise's ridehail team is looking for a mobile expert to come …

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    I started working on a project to solve this exact issue https://github.com/mburst/protomolecule . I haven't spent too much time building out other frameworks, but the first framew…

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    It's times like these when I'm appreciative of the simplicity of the HN tech stack. Was talking to some people on discord when it went down and then noticed some other websites wer…

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    I really enjoy my pbt key caps. Programmers spend all day at the keyboard and the oils from their fingers wear down the key caps and make their keyboards look terrible. PBT feels b…

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    I thought the same thing, but I found it hard to find views of inside of the apartments I sampled from the article. A lot of the apartment websites just talked about the amenities.…

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    This reminds me of the Internet Explorer antitrust issue. Eventually Microsoft had to give users a choice on start up. Not sure if it directly led to better browsers or not, but it…

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    I've been running Flux https://justgetflux.com/ for over a decade now. Windows has something similar built in, but it's not as good as Flux in my experience. Flux has the ability t…

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    So cool to see all the different free services out there for getting in to web dev. I remember having to do graphic design work growing up to afford a shared hosting plan on my mom…

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    Yea my first programming job was translating word docs to accessible html for universities. The jobs around section 508 compliance seem mainly government related

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    I would recommend trying to study up on Section 508 compliance https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/index.html . It's a set of rules that all government orgs in the US must follow f…

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    1. Mickey Mouse will enter the public domain 2. An eSports league brings in more revenue than MLS (Major League Soccer). 3. Still no Half Life 3 4. Self driving personal cars aren'…

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    It's because the email field has autofocus="autofocus" I believe