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oumua_don17

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About oumua_don17

* A polyglot programmable programmer.

Note: Any comments on this site attributed to me are my opinions and not those of any current, past, or future employers/clients. Consider yourself so notified.

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    Sorry, not hiring currently but rest assured I've bookmarked this comment and will reach out when we do. I'm an IC and have three more engineers working alongside, so a very small …

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    Nope not on ITA. I work at the intersection of HW and SW. Lisp is valued for its strengths and I haven't come across any tool better to explore complex problem space. Of course, th…

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    >> said: lovely, but I ain't using it at work. Says who, you? Wrong. I use Common Lisp at work. edit: and not just use as in a side toy, design and writing software in CL is my pri…

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    >> need to pay for questionable courses You're absolutely wrong here and without backing it up with strong justification. FWIW, I work at a FAANG as a HW/SW GPU Engineer, have enou…

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    If you really want to learn from first principles, I'd recommend writing a software renderer without any graphics API. If you're looking for a course, see [1]. Next up, extend the …

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    >> Arguing with your boss in private Never do that if you're working under a toxic boss, in which case arguing in public is better if at all but one should anyways be working hard …

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    There's also Modern System-on-Chip Design on Arm textbook by David J. Greaves and it's available as a free download [1]. [1] https://www.arm.com/resources/education/books/modern-so…

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    Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/4630570/RUNNING_TRAIN/

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    And probably a prototype deployed to production!!!

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    From my experience, you become a lisper truly when your Lisp image is running for days on end, you miss the live editing power and loathe the exception handling system in other lan…

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    The Chip War

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    Why should I tell if it's supposed to be hidden? :-) But here we go, Common Lisp for rapid prototyping at my FAANG job, so I'm actually paid to do that!!! edit: minor typo

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    >> spending cash on vacuous bullshit and being unhappy at work ... I don't find anything incorrect in your response per se but I hope those weren't your assumptions about my situat…

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    How'd you handle the no compete and whatever you do is ours clauses pretty much the norm at FAANG's?

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    I didn't mention other things like I'm living well within my means, no BS expenses except spending on leisure travel ensuring it's comfortable, no mortgages. I'm working in good te…

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    Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG?

    I’m currently at a FAANG company and have achieved FIRE, but I’m finding it hard to walk away from the golden handcuffs. Those who did it, how did you do it? What did you move onto…

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    Is there an option to buy this book as a pdf?