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I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by Etheryte »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #292
Etheryte wrote: post #152

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I don't really see how this is an issue, depending on the license text it's trivial to make the license apply in the same manner. As for winning, I think that's more of a US-centric view, if you sue elsewhere in the world there's plenty of courts that are happy to slap big tech.

Suing a major corporation still seems like quite a bit of work, and what's the end goal? Is it to humble a major company, or to get paid? Because if it's the latter, it feels like there are easier ways to do so.

This is obviously a subjective opinion, but at least in my mind, the point is to defend your rights. No one else is going to come along and defend you against the corporate steamroller.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by nomel »

senko wrote: post #64

The author should have just asked the friend of a friend for a warm intro instead of trying to go through the main gate. Sucks, but that's the reality of hiring (and getting hired) in tech in general.

> Sucks, but that's the reality of hiring (and getting hired) in tech in general.

If you’re in the inside, it doesn’t suck at all, it’s so much safer.

Hiring a new person, based on a few hours of interviews, and a resume half full of exaggerations and lies, is such a ridiculous gamble. Worst part is, if you realize they’re not a good fit, it’s sometimes incredibly hard to get rid of someone, more often not an option at all.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by pentamassiv »

nathan_douglas wrote: post #344
joelfried wrote: post #325

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Seems like it's time to remove links to outdated versions. Replace them with your resume?

I believe crates doesn't really allow that, partially so that people can't easily sabotage the supply chain like that :)

Correct, you cannot remove a version or the whole crate unless very specific criteria are fulfilled. You can "yank" versions. That prevents people from adding the version as a new dependency, but if you relied on it before it got yanked, your build will succeed.

I wouldn't delete old versions even if I could though. My goal is to publish a rock solid library that everyone can depend on and build awesome projects with

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by mv4 »

pizzathyme wrote: post #347
cnst wrote: post #232

> Through a friend of a friend, I found out that Anthropic had an open position in the team implementing the secret, unreleased feature of Claude Desktop using enigo. I wrote a cover letter and sent out my application. An automatic reply informed me that they might take some time to respond and that they only notify applicants if they made it to the next round. After a few weeks without an answer, I had assumed they…

In my 6 jobs in my career from college internship to startups to Big Tech, I have never gotten a job from sending an application into a site. It's always been through (somehow) tracking down a person to speak to and get a referral. I would recommend that here. There's no reason why Anthropic couldn't use your talents! See if you can find a friend-of-a-friend who is there, and then do a phonecall with them.

This is the right approach. Connect with a few hiring managers.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by jondwillis »

mv4 wrote: post #355

At least Max Howell (Homebrew) got an interview before getting rejected: https://x.com/mxcl/status/608682016205344768?lang=en In all seriousness though, the situation sucks. But there's still upside. Someone might reach out.

Not unlikely given the HN attention this post got… Anthropic’s small hit to its reputation prolly isn’t worth the $2xx-4xxk / yr. they should be paying this nice person.

Re: I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me

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Post by jondwillis »

yubblegum wrote: post #328
mystraline wrote: post #282

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> Are you telling the management of this outfit never looked into this phenomena? To counter, I think that HN is being used as a testcase to shove techbro and VC ideology across all of tech. And secondly, its some of the most potent tech market research. Its a textsearch goldmine. I believe YC knew what they were doing, and intentionally chose this course of action. I'm guessing you're not in the VC or founder club.…

> I believe YC knew what they were doing, and intentionally chose this course of action. Seems plausible. They certainly are not dummies. They just have a different 'value system'. So, yeah. (Thanks for lobsters tip. til.)

They definitely know now, even if it wasn’t the original intent.

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Post by OnlineGladiator »

smsm42 wrote: post #335
IncreasePosts wrote: post #102

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Building popular software doesn't mean you're a good programmer, especially since at that point Google was looking heavily at CS concepts and he admittedly wasn't good at that. It's also possible he would have been hired if he applied for L-1. A lot of people get an ego check applying to Google where they're a senior staff engineer or a CTO at a small company and get an L5 offer.

True but surprisingly grinding leetcode puzzles also doesn't mean you're a good programmer. In fact, in my decades-long now programming career, I've had to take many more decisions of the homebrew kind (e.g. how the thing is going to work, how the API is going to look like, will the users love or hate that feature, etc.) than the leetcode kind. And now I am thinking the former is even more important. If you get the l…

> True but surprisingly grinding leetcode puzzles also doesn't mean you're a good programmer.

I don't think anybody with a modicum of experience finds this surprising at all.

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Post by OnlineGladiator »

ryandrake wrote: post #288
skeezyboy wrote: post #246

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being a dick has not hindered there prospects. id argue dickheads are more prevalent in tech due to the prevalence of autism

Nobody is saying it hinders their prospects in general. They're just saying that "being a dick" is incompatible with a specific kind of job: one that requires collaborative and cooperative work with other people and navigating the social hierarchy of a company.

In my experience, it's the nice people that get fired and the assholes that get promoted. It's not exactly a secret that silicon valley is full of arrogant assholes.

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Post by rcxdude »

mystraline wrote: post #311
aidenn0 wrote: post #301

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> And until I'm independently wealthy, I too will license AGPL. If you're making money on my stuff, I want a cut. Simple as that. A. So much for "Not everybody has to be chasing money..." as missing the point B. What hubris to claim that just because you wrote something it is now "yours" in any meaningful way. The copyright lobby has infected everywhere.

So, what is your net-worth, in that you fight for freebies to corporations? What net worth should I strive towards so I can be nonchalant and passe about money? I'm certainly not there. Also more curious, is the AGPL doesn't affect humans doing stuff. It affects companies when they grab, modify, and host and not share contributions. Read about anti-TIVOization. That's why the AGPL. I'm guessing you know this, and why…

> So, what is your net-worth, in that you fight for freebies to corporations? What net worth should I strive towards so I can be nonchalant and passe about money?

I've seen people with un-stressed about money with net-worths that are orders of magnitudes below those that seem to obsess about it.

Your motivations are your motivations, if you don't like the idea of someone using your work to make money without giving you a cut, you can do you, but why is it hard to understand that other people might just not care that much about it (or, gasp, even find their work being used more rewarding than the potential monetary compensation)

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