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Title. I have loved Sam's writing over the years. He deserves more exposure.

Would love to see some small intros. Any links/sources you may suggest?

Amen

By definition and practicality, schools and fields of work will remain a pyramid i.e. at any given time, there will only be a few fields and colleges that "give advantage", being a…

But then such schools that predominantly work on ISAs, will pre-select for good students, who are most likely to succeed and also for industries where the compensation is higher. R…

Very much this. A couple of more points to add: 1. There was a time when the pay distinction between working for big companies and small/mid was clear and present. But these days, …

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There are usually several of these $10K ones, especially from angels the founders like and want to have a longer term relationships with. Also, most initial development is either o…

Probably better to hack/FLOSS. But there is a severe lack of structure there. Very easy to get started and get distracted, work on suboptimal projects and in general, never get val…

For that level of experience, and a great interview performance, big-5 easily cross $225k/yr in total comp. Often much more.

Thanks! Will consider. With that comment on pricing, we just want to deter people who think this can be done cheaply.

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Amen. Wish more people understood this.

When asked about salary, people often assume that's a loose ask, and mention their total cash compensation i.e. including bonus. Not including equity though. Bonuses at many compan…

Elephant in the room, IMHO, is the technical interview process. In software engineering roles at big/desirable/fast-growing companies, the interview process favors faster (by defin…

tl;dr for me: You’ll need to think deeply about the world and invest years of concerted effort into building a good intuition for thinking about the future. Even then you’ll be rig…

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[Disclaimer: I run http://Interviewkickstart.com ] Thanks Aline. Excellent article, as always. Not that any interview process is perfect, but another reason why the current process…

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