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My last startup made the decision to change plans which cut benefits across the board as well. However, they made across the board salary increases to offset these costs. Great com…

The phrase 'hiring is broken' seems to have become synonymous with companies improperly judging candidates. BUT! This problem pales in comparison to the difficulty involved for can…

This is a scare-tactic article from 10 years ago quoting ANOTHER scare-tactic article from 10 years prior. The truth: The number of programmers has doubled every two years since th…

> It is not realistic to give an early software engineer defects within the first few months of a project assignment. So this skill area might not apply until a little later in the…

Your two points really don’t fit with your follow-up explanation. If you don’t believe finding information is currently trivial using Google, that’s going to be a tough nut to crac…

The recordings of my voice here from google home are rather scary. There's a good second or two of recording time before I say the words "Hey, Google"... which means it's just alwa…

Just as likely as an ordinary locksmith would be to help the same person out in the same situation I'm sure.

Note that this was just a settlement, not a 'won' case. As per me, I'll stand with the smart locks. They're better for everyone. For landlords: - change locks by adding/removing us…

No, I believe I understood the point you're trying to make, but I disagree with it. I've worked directly with several VIM devs on Enterprisey frameworks who were not held back by t…

When comparing vim and intellij, vim is a lot closer to the chisel, while intellij is closer to the chainsaw.

Only a sith speaks in absolutes. I have known several vim purists who are extremely productive in Java/Scala/Kotlin. I both understand and respect your preference for Intellij. But…

The usual HN refrain here is 'pay more'. And as a developer in NYC, I'd say this is accurate, but simplifies the problem a bit too much. Companies like their salary bands. Companie…

Their dog and pony show almost netted them $3bn. That type of payday might be worth a bit of scrutiny.

The two issues aren't mutually exclusive. The supply/demand balance for experienced engineers is such that many companies are (explicitly or not) choosing to go with less experienc…

No need to say 'bad', but there is definitely a shortage of experienced coders. - Competition/Compensation for experienced coders has risen sharply - There are many more inexperien…

There's already been tons of discussion here on HN about rewrites. But, for the love of programming, please seriously consider this gradual rewrite/strangler pattern/whatever you w…

I think the main pushback you're going to get here is that the next step isn't a purely decentralized use case. There are around a dozen or two banks that, if they were to come tog…

Have you worked at a big company, let alone a big bank? When you have 100k+ employees, it's immensely difficult to keep tabs on every. single. thing. that's happening. If a bank se…

Yeah, inheriting $50mm+ seems like more than enough to disincentivize risk and innovation.

Agreed. I hate misleading article titles.

I don't know about lacking ANY idea, but plenty of examples of individuals with an idea that most thought wasn't GOOD at the time. ie. look at Justin Kan and Twitch. The original i…

Yes, pointing out how vividly one ruined professional relationship sticks out in my mind really emphasizes that they don't matter.

DON'T DO THIS. - I don't care if the labor market is tight. - I don't care if you're an employer with 300 qualified applicants for a single opening. Being respectful and maintainin…

This article is right on. - Avoiding the daily news likely will NOT make you any less informed. - Avoiding constant media consumption will NOT give power to a central authority and…

Meh. For reference, I'm an expert level (~2000 ELO) chess player. I'd say only very casual players or nitpickers watch the movies and say... > "Ah ha! That is against the rules/wro…