foreverCarlos

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Honestly, never encountered that. In my experience bootcampers are usually self-conscious about their background. Maybe they behave differently at small companies/startups (my experience is at a big tech co)?

That still doesn’t make bootcamps a red flag. Also, there are many self-taught programmers who complete a bootcamp just to gain confidence, make connections, etc.

Hm, I think a counterargument to that is that there is always work, so not sure where that leaves you…

These "oscillations" are compatible in my view. Empathy does not equal enablement - a maxim that is at the core of a lot of confusion in the modern-day culture war. Hearing the opposing view, communicating in a kind and responsive way isn't supposed to lead to an implementation of false ideas.

Trump is a sociopath who quite successfully exploited the anxieties of millions of people... but their grievances do matter - it's in all of our interest to lift everyone up, not dismiss or even humiliate half of the country. However, we should also recognize that Trump is not the way to accomplish that, he does not offer any solutions, he just mirrors and magnifies the worst parts of the human condition.

Thanks for your analysis. To clarify my earlier remark: there must be something _personal_ that is at play here. While political, social, cultural dissonances are all often very visible and clearly externalized, personal grievances and deep confusion can be left unseen.

(Again, to be sure - not talking about your dad specifically since I am just a stranger on the Internet.)

I am hinting at depression of a kind a person experiences late in their life when all hope for change and personal growth starts to fade away. But I also don't want to limit the discussion to this observation only, there are other emotional and intellectual hardships involved: resentment, unhappiness, feeling of injustice, etc.

I don’t think many people left those days TBH. I personally saw how 2 large RN efforts have been rolled back to native at a big tech company. I don’t know whether RN is gaining traction or is stagnating - would love to see some stats.

Yes but in reality this is in addition to 3 leetcode grinder interviews.

Question #3 offers a great opportunity to make the interviewer feel very uncomfortable. Tell them your bad habit is sticking boogers on your keyboard.

Questions like #5 are some of my least favorite. I don’t know if it’s only prevalent in the US, but can we stop throwing around phrases like “why are you the best” or “what is your super power”, etc. Not only this makes me cringe, it also leads to an uncomfortable moment since I always reply that I am not the best and don’t have super powers.

I would feel grateful for this question. It would allow me to quickly reject this company and move on.

I am not trying to nitpick - just giving my honest feedback. This submission is not for a technological breakthrough that I would admire from a theoretical perspective.

This problem has been solved many times over the last decade or so. So claiming that _this_ is the future and not the more established (and smooth!) solution has to be supported by at least some evidence.

Depends on the user’s expectations, I guess. The demo you linked does not feel close to native yet. Lots of reflows, small shifts, inconsistent rough animation… even for a web app it’s not smooth enough (iOS Safari)

Security cameras in universities seem to be accomplishing… nothing. I am getting very frequent emails (2-3 per week) from one of the top US universities with blurry unusable screenshots of perpetrators stealing items, breaking in, assaulting students, etc. Makes me think - should they not invest into better security instead?

In an ideal world - yes. But seeing how overworked professors and other staff members already are in top universities, I doubt this is top of mind for them. There are courses with hundreds of enrolled students, weekly homework, practical projects, etc. IMO somewhat centralized DS tools are more suited to handle this load than an individual contributor (a professor in this context).