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mxmpawn

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About mxmpawn

Software engineer.

aapjm87@gmail.com

Recent public activity

  1. story
    Ask HN: Performance review coming up, when to ask for a raise?

    We have an annual performance review period, in the one from the previous year I was thinking about asking for a raise but I didn't do it because my boss told me he talked with the…

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    Ask HN: Offer to start a data/AI division in a traditional software company

    Hi folks, I’m a software engineer and I’ve been building AI related products for the last five years. I had a meeting with the company owner (ex work colleague) some days ago, the …

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    Ask HN: Which kind of tasks should I be doing to be better positioned?

    I've been working at a new job for about two and a half months as the first data scientist of the company and now my boss wants to look for another one. I was given the option to c…

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    Comment #34412321

    That's something I have to talk with this new customer, I'll try to start with a reduced amount of dedication and then increase it if needed as the project evolves.

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    Comment #34412279

    Happy to chat, my mail is in the profile

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    Ask HN: When to make the jump to freelance/consultant?

    I'm working full time as a data engineer/scientist but I also have one ongoing customer (a previous employer). Another previous employer is launching a startup and has recently pin…

  7. story
    Ask HN: Do you listen to technical content while driving?

    I'm preparing to interview for one of the big software companies. I've to spend some time every week driving to some places and it'd be nice to learn something while at it. Is this…

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    Comment #30572416

    Leetcode questions were never brought up in the interviews I've had for the time being. There were the kind of questions I've mentioned in the OP and some code exercises.

  9. story
    Ask HN: Getting software skills when you have almost no time

    I'm working as a data engineer and I realized I lack some skills when interviewing for a new job: design patterns, good practices, object oriented design, query optimizations... On…

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    Comment #28785210

    Yes, I'm not really thinking about doing freelancing hands on work. The only possibility would be to help them come up with a high level solution, as I had built a very similar pro…

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    Comment #28777725

    Update: I've (politely) declined the offer and told them to 2x the number if they wanted to bring me in. They've asked me if I can work some hours for the rest of the year in order…

  13. story
    Ask HN: How do you deal with a low ball salary offer?

    A friend of mine is starting a position at a new startup whose founder is a former colleague of him. He recommended me, we had a quick interview and I've already received an offer.…

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    Comment #26648283

    I really appreciate your (and everyone) help. I've always knew I was behind some things but this real world experience slapped me in the face and now I'm trying to readjust. My man…

  15. story
    Ask HN: I've realized I'm a bad software engineer and I'm over 30, what's next?

    Hi folks, I've been working as a software engineer for about 10 years but always in small companies with few or none programmers or as a freelancer. I've been able to always have w…

  16. story
    Ask HN: Is it possible to programatically interact with online chatbots?

    Hi folks I was wondering if there's the possibility to write a bot that interacts with other bots/human agents from several online sites. I tried to come up with ways to do it but …

  17. story
    Ask HN: Leaving a secure job for a remote contract position

    Hi folks, I've been interviewing for several weeks looking for better income and challenges. I'd need to work as a contractor because I am living in South America and all the inter…

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    Comment #24931583

    A different situation brought me to a similar experience. I have a good professional network but it's mostly local (Argentina). I've been planning to live here all my life but it's…

  19. story
    Ask HN: Getting out of the expert beginner path

    Hi folks, it's time for me to look for new jobs but I've realized that I've been constantly following an "expert beginner path". I'm pretty lost about what to do next so I need you…

  20. story
    Ask HN: When to notify your employer you are going to leave?

    I decided I'll resign by the end of the year and I'm thinking if it's better to tell my boss about it now or to tell him when the resignation date is close. If I tell him now is go…

  21. story
    Ask HN: Have you moved to another country?

    Hi! I'm a fellow hacker from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The country is in a long process of continuous decadence and this pandemic made the things even worse. Along with the daily ch…

  22. story
    Ask HN: Does it make sense to keep working at my currency devaluated job?

    I'm Software Engineer with a focus on AI from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I've been working locally for many years earning something like $3k or $4k usd per month but since last year …

  23. story
    Ask HN: Best tech to process a real time data stream using low hw resources?

    MercadoLibre is the Amazon of Latin America and has an open and official API (https://developers.mercadolibre.com/) where anyone can request data about the transactions made on the…

  24. story
    Ask HN: How would you start something similar to Fast Forward Labs?

    Fast Forward Labs (now part of Cloudera) was something like a research lab building prototypes "focus on taking technologies that are just becoming possible, and making them useful…

  25. story
    Ask HN: Help choosing path to an AI company

    Hi folks, I’m a software engineer and I’ve been building AI related products for the last five years. I’ve been looking to start my own business and here are now two possibilities …