Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by toomanybeersies » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 5:34 AM UTC

dbasedweeb wrote: post #19

eldavido wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a really important lesson to internalize (the first one). In order to change peoples' minds, they have to want to see that they're wrong. I think certain personality types are innately more disposed to the sort of introspection necessary to evaluate one's beliefs and throw out what's wrong. Really it comes down to how much you care about truth. Coming from the hard sciences, it's surprising how far you can ge…

This is a really important lesson to internalize (the first one). The second is too! I’m telling you, peanut butter is an amazing savory ingredient! You don’t have to go full Hemingway (peanut butter and onion sandwiches), but at least satay is the way. Peanut butter is especially good when it’s spicy. Plus yes, the other stuff, but I just can’t say enough about peanut butter.

I love peanut butter and tuna sandwiches.

People always look at me like I've got a second head when I tell them about the wonders of peanut butter tuna. They don't understand for some reason.

It's basically a poor mans satay tuna.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by gunnyguy121 » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 5:43 AM UTC

Some math, some coding, some physics, and way more about Abraham Lincoln than I'll ever need to know(I'm still a student). Moving on isn't as easy as it seems.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by gunnyguy121 » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 5:44 AM UTC

derwiki wrote: post #17

Happiness is a choice. I'm not saying bad things happening are a choice, often you're not in control of that; but you are always in control of how you respond.

"The problem isn't the problem, the problem is your attitude to the problem"- jack sparrow

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by gunnyguy121 » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 5:48 AM UTC

scottlegrand2 wrote: post #31

While money isn't everything, it does seem to change everything...

Having money isn't everything. Not having it is

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by serpix » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 5:50 AM UTC

Enough sleep comes before everything and everyone.

Optional typing (like clojure. spec, plumatic schema) beats static typing.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by serpix » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 5:55 AM UTC

throwaway713 wrote: post #37

Before we got married, my wife said she would move with me to California if I ever got a good offer from a major tech company. This year I got an amazing job offer, and my wife threw a giant fit, told me she's not coming, and said "I took a gamble and lost. I never thought you would actually get an offer". Now she's refusing to get a job, wants me to continue paying for our house that she's living in on the east coas…

Thank you for having the guts to speak out about your situation. It is quite easy for strangers to tell you what to do but real life is always more complex than that.

Listen to your body when you think about your options. It is way ahead of the thinking mind and already knows what feels best.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by sidcool » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 6:06 AM UTC

That pure technical prowess won't help you reach the next level. It's very important to know the right people, and even butter them. I always believed your works speaks for itself, but no, self-promotion is an important skill.

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Post by dagw » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 6:07 AM UTC

I spend way too much time doing pointless things on my phone (like this) and it's really hard to stop.

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Post by sidcool » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 6:08 AM UTC

excalibur wrote: post #57

"Give me liberty, or give me death" is admirable as a philosophy for precisely as long as your own life is the only one being wagered.

Very true, most people from western nations have this attitude: "Oh you live in a dictatorship? It's because of you. You should fight, die for your country. It's your fault"

They don't realize that survival instinct is a strong deterrent.

Re: Ask HN: What has the past 12 months taught you?

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Post by johnnybGawd » Fri, Jun 15, 2018, 6:23 AM UTC

jageen wrote: post #43

I fail two interviews one is from Google and one is from Facebook. now I am rethinking about my ability towards coding and algorithms.

I got rejected by Google even though I thought my coding interview went well. I bombed the interview with Amazon and somehow they gave me an offer as an SDE1 even though I wasn't a fresh grad and had 3 years experience.

My director refers to me as a rock star. My total comp this year is just north of $240K. I was promoted about 13 months in. I'm told repeatedly I'm one of the top engineers in my org and admired and reputable for my ownership, bias for delivery, and quality of work.

The interviews you passed or failed mean absolutely nothing. Any company who rejects you can fuck right off. Take it from me.