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swtf

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    Comment #14512006

    I'm dyslexic as hell. I'm pretty sure I can type. Even worse I'm a developer :)

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    Comment #14391225

    Well how should we exchange information then :)

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    Comment #14390893

    I'd love to meet some business savvy founders interested in a technical cofounder. Was that in the bay area?

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    Comment #14390888

    Maybe we should chat? I'd be interested in hearing about your ideas.

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    Ask HN: Where/How did you meet your non technical cofounder

    If you're a CTO or an engineer who found a business partner. How did you find them or how did they find you ?

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    Comment #14167623

    You just sound angry..

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    Comment #14166810

    > The number of developers today who assume their user base will grow, and optimise for that, when it's not required, far exceeds the number who assume their user base won't grow, …

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    Comment #14163706

    I don't think I'm convinced. But maybe I'm missing something ? You can't go on assuming user base won't grow. Also massive is not a quantifiable amount. There are certain threshold…

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    Comment #14163139

    Oh how I would love to hug you right now. My initial response to the team when I heard the proposal was that programming is an art form. There is a beauty how software is organized…

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    Ask HN: I can use your advice on Microservices VS Monolith

    Our current architecture at work is: |frontend angular| -> |Node.js MW Layer| -> |1 large microservice + 3 smaller ones all in Node.js| A new engineer on the team suggests that we …

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    Comment #14103649

    So* you're saying my issue here is just ego? Humm I can't say my ego isn't hurt but I'm just not sure if it's only my ego.

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    Comment #14103642

    I admit that I don't have that experience. What we discussed was me growing into that position by learning from the CEO, COO, and advisors. I met the guy twice we had some interest…

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    Ask HN: I'm very conflicted, what's your opinion

    Hello Everyone, 5 months ago I joined a startup as a senior engineer/ employee 0. During my interview I shared my goals with the cofounders of wanting to move into management and h…

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    Comment #14070088

    Depends on how advanced you want your routing to be I can see going with the from scratch rout, but that means you'll need to spend time writing unit tests.. You might as well fork…

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    Comment #14056653

    I just moved back here from NYC. I was working in automated trading. You want to apply to 2sigma and bridgewater. They value smarts over experience. You can also work for Chase, Ci…

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    Comment #14056425

    I started my professional experience at 18 I have indeed been through the struggle of proving myself to older members of the team who at first disapproved. Although now I feel like…

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    Comment #14056401

    I have to say yes, I have been mentoring and in fact leading the project. I can't disagree with the fact that hiring a 25 yo as a senior is scary.

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    Comment #14055127

    That's fair.

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    Comment #14055107

    So it's safe to assume you'd say no since they lack in the life experience section correct?

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    Comment #14054800

    Funny. Actually I am the 25 yo. I just didn't want a biased option from you guys.

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    Comment #14054559

    That's indeed what I intend to do I was wondering if others here would do the same.

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    Ask HN: Consider 25yo for senior dev position

    Would you do it ? He says he's been developing for 9-10 years.