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Surely you haven't seen taleo.

The numbers I've seen on blind are mostly accurate. The issue is that people only report on blind when their comp is at p95 of market. Making $350k is a bit of a trope on blind. Yo…

How about company that changes it's name for strategy shift?

> Facebook Messenger uses React Native. This is misleading at best, if not outright wrong.

> Hiring standards must have fallen if they added people so rapidly I have been hearing this about Meta / FB for the last 10 years. This line of thinking is overly simplistic. If a…

Whatsapp and IG

Almost certainly not. In aggregate - may be, but looking at individual user search history without strong business reason and approval would be a quick way to get fired. Generally,…

> Do FAANGs hire such old ICs? I can only talk about one of the letters in FAANG. Just my observation. We definitely hire 50+ or even 60+ people. In my experience, all of the inter…

> They are funded by the CCP First time I am hearing this. What's the source?

Honest question - was this sarcasm?

No. I know that my total expense in a given year will never exceed $X (Premium + out-of-pocket max). Worrying about every single transaction is not worth it.

You have clearly never worked in a large geographically distributed group.

Learn databases.

CPUID is just a bunch of flags used to discover the capabilities of your CPU: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPUID

If you are getting 9+ hours sleep, and finding time to exercise - you are not working too hard.

> This project is, very literally, stealing from me. That is, literally, not true. I have always had a safari subscription through my employers, but found the app to be unpleasant …

When there's proof, only one story is enough.

No this is not normal. The important thing you need to decide is whether you want to drag this through the legal process or simply cut your losses and move on. To get a lawyer to p…

Exactly. Apple refusing your app is an anti-trust issue. Local baker refusing you service is a civil rights issue.

Take a look at https://cgsql.dev/ . It's supposed to be a lightweight and strict type-checked data layer on top of sqlite.

Fortunately, I was an adult at the time the original iphone came out. (Although not in the US.) By then, market was already flooded with cheap Chinese phones with "touchscreen" whi…

To offer a counterpoint - this is a blog post made by Fred Wilson with the exact same title. Fred has the prerogative to title his posts whichever way he likes, and I would not wan…

I think OP could (should?) also sue the company for harassment and defamation if the ex-employer is badmouthing him around town which could have real career impact.

FWIW, we use https://cgsql.dev/ to solve the type issue, among others. I totally understand that this is not for everyone.