The Infamous SCSH Scheme Shell “Acknowledgements”
4 by pcr910303 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Saturday, November 30, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Pride and Paragon: Virginia Woolf on George Eliot (1919)
Pride and Paragon: Virginia Woolf on George Eliot (1919)
3 by CrocodileStreet | 0 comments on Hacker News.
3 by CrocodileStreet | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Friday, November 29, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Burning Out
Ask HN: Burning Out
14 by burning_out_101 | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Burning out as an early stage start-up employee. I’ve been employed there a few years, worked miracles, but getting recently getting some poor feedback. Confusing situation. Wondering if I should just quit? Is career salvageable? I solved the business’ biggest issue. Start-up was founded to do X, founders couldn’t figure out how to do X, I was asked to do X. Under enormous pressure I single handily figured out how to do X, conducted all the R&D, built the prototype, supervised the engineer and release. Its still a prototype, but solves one of the industries biggest problem. Non-founder team lead is unhappy some minor issues have slipping in the chaotic process of getting this to market. I’m doing several different jobs and do everything. My solution is going to change the market, the idea is worth millions of dollars, likely more. Founders are very please, but getting poor feedback from team lead. Team lead has hindered more than helped, gives conflicting advice, blows hot and cold, has created a toxic environment etc. Admittedly some minor things have slipped through the cracks, but much of this comes from my team lead playing politics, creating silos and conflicts etc. My team lead is grinding me down with their constant nitpicking and I really just want to go and do something else, anything else, work in a bar or something. Considered going to the founders with the issue, but I can’t see how this can be resolved beyond creating a new role or transferring out of my area of expertise. I did a sanity check and have reached out to others. Lots of others have take issue with my team lead as well, so its not just me. I’m pretty burnout, and definitely in need to some time out before moving on. I don’t think I’d come across very well (or as sharp as I usually) in interviews at the moment without a break. Anyone been through anything similar? Anyone have any advice?
14 by burning_out_101 | 6 comments on Hacker News.
Burning out as an early stage start-up employee. I’ve been employed there a few years, worked miracles, but getting recently getting some poor feedback. Confusing situation. Wondering if I should just quit? Is career salvageable? I solved the business’ biggest issue. Start-up was founded to do X, founders couldn’t figure out how to do X, I was asked to do X. Under enormous pressure I single handily figured out how to do X, conducted all the R&D, built the prototype, supervised the engineer and release. Its still a prototype, but solves one of the industries biggest problem. Non-founder team lead is unhappy some minor issues have slipping in the chaotic process of getting this to market. I’m doing several different jobs and do everything. My solution is going to change the market, the idea is worth millions of dollars, likely more. Founders are very please, but getting poor feedback from team lead. Team lead has hindered more than helped, gives conflicting advice, blows hot and cold, has created a toxic environment etc. Admittedly some minor things have slipped through the cracks, but much of this comes from my team lead playing politics, creating silos and conflicts etc. My team lead is grinding me down with their constant nitpicking and I really just want to go and do something else, anything else, work in a bar or something. Considered going to the founders with the issue, but I can’t see how this can be resolved beyond creating a new role or transferring out of my area of expertise. I did a sanity check and have reached out to others. Lots of others have take issue with my team lead as well, so its not just me. I’m pretty burnout, and definitely in need to some time out before moving on. I don’t think I’d come across very well (or as sharp as I usually) in interviews at the moment without a break. Anyone been through anything similar? Anyone have any advice?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What Are You Thankful For?
Ask HN: What Are You Thankful For?
4 by japhyr | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I think this gets asked most years, and I always enjoy the threads that come out of it. I am thankful for a family that I enjoy spending the holidays with. I am thankful that I had a safe childhood and got a good education throughout my life. I am also thankful for the HN community. People dump on this site sometimes, but over most of the past decade HN has been an overwhelmingly positive part of my life. Thank you to everyone for what you bring to the community here.
4 by japhyr | 3 comments on Hacker News.
I think this gets asked most years, and I always enjoy the threads that come out of it. I am thankful for a family that I enjoy spending the holidays with. I am thankful that I had a safe childhood and got a good education throughout my life. I am also thankful for the HN community. People dump on this site sometimes, but over most of the past decade HN has been an overwhelmingly positive part of my life. Thank you to everyone for what you bring to the community here.
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What should be taught in high school?
Ask HN: What should be taught in high school?
9 by NiloCK | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm an educator with a CS / programming background. There's a possibility that I'll be moving into the 'Information and Communications Technology' role next year at my medium sized high school (grades 9-12, ~700 students, diverse student population). My jurisdiction's curriculum in this area is not well developed, and there are no standardized tests to prepare for. I'll have an amount of freedom in deciding course content that's unusual for high school teachers. What would HN have the modern western high school student learn with respect to "Information and Communications Technology"?
9 by NiloCK | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I'm an educator with a CS / programming background. There's a possibility that I'll be moving into the 'Information and Communications Technology' role next year at my medium sized high school (grades 9-12, ~700 students, diverse student population). My jurisdiction's curriculum in this area is not well developed, and there are no standardized tests to prepare for. I'll have an amount of freedom in deciding course content that's unusual for high school teachers. What would HN have the modern western high school student learn with respect to "Information and Communications Technology"?
Thursday, November 28, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Uber’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’: Shared Driver Accounts
Uber’s ‘Dirty Little Secret’: Shared Driver Accounts
7 by JumpCrisscross | 0 comments on Hacker News.
7 by JumpCrisscross | 0 comments on Hacker News.
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Quiting Big Tech, what is it like?
Ask HN: Quiting Big Tech, what is it like?
10 by throwaway1m | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've spent the last decade in two FANG companies, and I've got to a high level where my total compensation is ridiculous. The problem is that it bores me to tears, and I don't want to do it anymore. At first thought, maybe I am burned out? However, I can still come home and write code for a side-project, so I don't think this is "burn-out". I don't know to be honest. I think the best description is that I am cynical of the "mission", and I can't connect my work to people I care about. How do I know what the source of the problem is? However, I wanted to pose two questions. First, what is the environment like for exiting high-level former-FANG employees? Second, what are some of the surprises post-FANG that I would be in for if I wanted to start a company? Thank you for your time.
10 by throwaway1m | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've spent the last decade in two FANG companies, and I've got to a high level where my total compensation is ridiculous. The problem is that it bores me to tears, and I don't want to do it anymore. At first thought, maybe I am burned out? However, I can still come home and write code for a side-project, so I don't think this is "burn-out". I don't know to be honest. I think the best description is that I am cynical of the "mission", and I can't connect my work to people I care about. How do I know what the source of the problem is? However, I wanted to pose two questions. First, what is the environment like for exiting high-level former-FANG employees? Second, what are some of the surprises post-FANG that I would be in for if I wanted to start a company? Thank you for your time.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Monday, November 25, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Any front end engineers transition to ML/AI engineering? What's it like?
Ask HN: Any front end engineers transition to ML/AI engineering? What's it like?
17 by baron816 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a frontend engineer and I really enjoy it, but I do feel like there isn't much more for me to learn or room to grow. I've been thinking about trying to start learning ML, but I'm not sure I'd like it. Seems like it would be very different from what I'm currently doing. My interest in it at the moment is money related, but I'm confident that could change once I really get in it. I'm also confident that my company would give me the opportunity move into a relevant role, so long as I knew what I was doing. What I'm most interested in knowing is what the day to day work is like, and how different is it from every other software engineering job?
17 by baron816 | 1 comments on Hacker News.
I'm a frontend engineer and I really enjoy it, but I do feel like there isn't much more for me to learn or room to grow. I've been thinking about trying to start learning ML, but I'm not sure I'd like it. Seems like it would be very different from what I'm currently doing. My interest in it at the moment is money related, but I'm confident that could change once I really get in it. I'm also confident that my company would give me the opportunity move into a relevant role, so long as I knew what I was doing. What I'm most interested in knowing is what the day to day work is like, and how different is it from every other software engineering job?
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How would you bootstrap a space company?
Ask HN: How would you bootstrap a space company?
4 by markovian | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I am trying to find the ideal way to start a space business without immediately needing substantial financial resources. Create a space industry giant from scratch with little external funding.
4 by markovian | 5 comments on Hacker News.
I am trying to find the ideal way to start a space business without immediately needing substantial financial resources. Create a space industry giant from scratch with little external funding.
Sunday, November 24, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How do I understand the results of my job search?
Ask HN: How do I understand the results of my job search?
54 by definitegrunt | 43 comments on Hacker News.
I'm in the middle of a job search. Here are some stats: - 50 applications submitted - 21 no response - 3 no longer hiring - 11 rejected without interview - 15 first round interviews - 9 technical interviews - 2 rejected after technical interview - 2 onsite I have ~6 years of experience as a self-taught fullstack web developer with a bit more professional experience on the frontend, though I'm comfortable with both sides. I've had a senior level title. All of my performance reviews have been positive and I don't have trouble doing the work. My current CTO said that I was one of the smartest developers on our team of 20. I got similar feedback from colleagues at my last company and I was promoted there 4 times in 3 years. I blog regularly about programming, including posts that have been on the front page of Hacker News. I spoke at a conference this year. I have a decent amount of work on Github, including some contributions to well known open source projects. I feel like the numbers for this job search are not good but I can't figure out what the problem is. A large majority of the companies rejected me without an interview, either sending a form letter or not response at all. There hasn't been any feedback about why they're not interested in me. This has been especially true of larger, more well-known companies. I'm completely qualified on paper but there's no interest. I've also started to lose confidence for technical interviews. They feel so arbitrary. Some times I do really well. Sometimes not. But in both cases, I don't feel like my skills have been tested or demonstrated. When I do well, the stars lined up and when I don't, they didn't. The whole thing makes me feel increasingly insecure about my ability to build a career, even though I've demonstrated that I can do the work once hired. Is this the average experience or is there something going on here?
54 by definitegrunt | 43 comments on Hacker News.
I'm in the middle of a job search. Here are some stats: - 50 applications submitted - 21 no response - 3 no longer hiring - 11 rejected without interview - 15 first round interviews - 9 technical interviews - 2 rejected after technical interview - 2 onsite I have ~6 years of experience as a self-taught fullstack web developer with a bit more professional experience on the frontend, though I'm comfortable with both sides. I've had a senior level title. All of my performance reviews have been positive and I don't have trouble doing the work. My current CTO said that I was one of the smartest developers on our team of 20. I got similar feedback from colleagues at my last company and I was promoted there 4 times in 3 years. I blog regularly about programming, including posts that have been on the front page of Hacker News. I spoke at a conference this year. I have a decent amount of work on Github, including some contributions to well known open source projects. I feel like the numbers for this job search are not good but I can't figure out what the problem is. A large majority of the companies rejected me without an interview, either sending a form letter or not response at all. There hasn't been any feedback about why they're not interested in me. This has been especially true of larger, more well-known companies. I'm completely qualified on paper but there's no interest. I've also started to lose confidence for technical interviews. They feel so arbitrary. Some times I do really well. Sometimes not. But in both cases, I don't feel like my skills have been tested or demonstrated. When I do well, the stars lined up and when I don't, they didn't. The whole thing makes me feel increasingly insecure about my ability to build a career, even though I've demonstrated that I can do the work once hired. Is this the average experience or is there something going on here?
New top story on Hacker News: Tell HN: Digicert completed its transformation into Symantec
Tell HN: Digicert completed its transformation into Symantec
3 by huhtenberg | 0 comments on Hacker News.
It was an open secret, linked from Microsoft MSDN page on code signing [1] - if you are to enter Digicert site through https://ift.tt/2rouyTl link, you'd get a 50% discounted offer on all certificates including EV code signing certs. Coupled with Digicert's US-based no-nonsense support it made buying an EV cert from them an absolute no-brainer. Recommended them more times than I can remember. Then they "absorbed" Symantec. First, the quality of the support took a nose dive. Live chat that used to be almost instantaneously available started showing queues of 10-15 minutes. Earlier this year the support started deflecting all sales-related questions to "your sales representative, who will get in touch with you shortly." What useв to be a 30 second chat to get the renewal price matched against the last year now turned into some painful bullshit that ended up with sales rep claiming no discounts were available, but he'd be willing to make a massive one-time exception of 5% off. But the /sysdev link still worked, the hope that these Symantec influences will blow over was still there. No more. The link now redirects to $600/yr pricing. Support is slow and useless, there are now industry-standard obnoxious sales reps, where none is needed, and so Digicert is all but Symantec now. What a shame I say. Just FYI. [1] https://ift.tt/2zppSeY
3 by huhtenberg | 0 comments on Hacker News.
It was an open secret, linked from Microsoft MSDN page on code signing [1] - if you are to enter Digicert site through https://ift.tt/2rouyTl link, you'd get a 50% discounted offer on all certificates including EV code signing certs. Coupled with Digicert's US-based no-nonsense support it made buying an EV cert from them an absolute no-brainer. Recommended them more times than I can remember. Then they "absorbed" Symantec. First, the quality of the support took a nose dive. Live chat that used to be almost instantaneously available started showing queues of 10-15 minutes. Earlier this year the support started deflecting all sales-related questions to "your sales representative, who will get in touch with you shortly." What useв to be a 30 second chat to get the renewal price matched against the last year now turned into some painful bullshit that ended up with sales rep claiming no discounts were available, but he'd be willing to make a massive one-time exception of 5% off. But the /sysdev link still worked, the hope that these Symantec influences will blow over was still there. No more. The link now redirects to $600/yr pricing. Support is slow and useless, there are now industry-standard obnoxious sales reps, where none is needed, and so Digicert is all but Symantec now. What a shame I say. Just FYI. [1] https://ift.tt/2zppSeY
Saturday, November 23, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: PIA bought by company known for distributing malware
PIA bought by company known for distributing malware
16 by rahuldottech | 3 comments on Hacker News.
16 by rahuldottech | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Friday, November 22, 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?
Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?
35 by newsbinator | 18 comments on Hacker News.
A lot of what hackers do takes years of building knowledge upon knowledge. That's also true for physicists, marketers, salespeople, managers, etc. Are there any quick wins that 30 ~ 60 minutes of intense concentration can generate? For example an average person, if focused, can learn to read (but not understand) Korean decently in under an hour. A person can also learn a few guitar chords and possibly play a carefully-chosen song in that time. But those aren't valuable skills in themselves. Do you know of any simple + valuable wins in your area of interest? ("valuable" intentionally left vague)
35 by newsbinator | 18 comments on Hacker News.
A lot of what hackers do takes years of building knowledge upon knowledge. That's also true for physicists, marketers, salespeople, managers, etc. Are there any quick wins that 30 ~ 60 minutes of intense concentration can generate? For example an average person, if focused, can learn to read (but not understand) Korean decently in under an hour. A person can also learn a few guitar chords and possibly play a carefully-chosen song in that time. But those aren't valuable skills in themselves. Do you know of any simple + valuable wins in your area of interest? ("valuable" intentionally left vague)
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: New Zealand to get 10 Gbps fibre to premises in 2020
New Zealand to get 10 Gbps fibre to premises in 2020
7 by kim_rutherford | 1 comments on Hacker News.
7 by kim_rutherford | 1 comments on Hacker News.
Monday, November 18, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Have We Abandoned Julian Assange?
Ask HN: Have We Abandoned Julian Assange?
9 by peter_retief | 1 comments on Hacker News.
The most influential journalist ever, his reputation smeared and possibly being slowly murdered.
9 by peter_retief | 1 comments on Hacker News.
The most influential journalist ever, his reputation smeared and possibly being slowly murdered.
Sunday, November 17, 2019
Saturday, November 16, 2019
New top story on Hacker News: Leaked contents of a forum of Nazis and white nationalists
Leaked contents of a forum of Nazis and white nationalists
5 by DyslexicAtheist | 0 comments on Hacker News.
5 by DyslexicAtheist | 0 comments on Hacker News.
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