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Being just a grunt engineer in a product firm I can't imagine being able to spend multiple years on one project. If it's something you're passionate about, that sounds like a dream…

Because LLMs works like how system 1 does, with heuristics such as pattern matching, frequency heuristics, etc. The fall back to coding stuff works not because it's doing system 2,…

I agree. As an engineer the recent layoffs in hindsight felt inevitable because I was working with product managers whose careers rely on them shipping new features every quarter e…

Thanks for the answer. I honestly don't know about the photo thing. LinkedIn itself has a photo of the person and I would assume companies at least check a candidate's linkedin pro…

I think this write up is a good resource for those who got called into at least an interview. I wonder how does one improve if the rejections come even before a single interview? A…

By working continuously for more than 24 hours. I'm Indonesian and there are stories of polling places running from 7am to 9am the next day, not counting the hours they spent setti…

A possible counterpoint to that is that walking away from people has a price and it may not be easy to find people who accept you for who you are - especially if you perceive the m…

It seems like all of these social networks have considerable negative externalities that is mainly caused by us humans being inconsiderate jerks.

A fair valuation may not be the same as market valuation since you can always bid for a stock high if there's a greater fool to buy it off you. This is what bubbles are made of - a…

If food deliveries are made using the same driver fleet as the transport business then it is actually essential to squeeze more revenue per driver hours. Having the fleet there onl…

I shouldn't think so. Early in my career I work in some consulting company that prides themselves for working their engineers until late at night. Never again. A real strategic adv…

When people with equity asks regular employees with salaries to work their ass off unsustainably it is just very insensitive to the inherent difference between them. If owners and …