mikro

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Software engineer and entrepreneur. Worked at 7 startups.

https://twitter.com/hyperboloid

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcraigwilson/

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Comment · 9 months ago
Comment · 2 years ago
> Is tech really that uniquely sensitive to interest rates while the rest of the economy doesn’t care?

This is likely due to IRS Section 174 which changed how tech salaries can be expensed.

Comment · 2 years ago
It is insane how much time is wasted in the interview process for an industry where the wages are so high. What a waste of talent.

If AI can be used to improve the process on the candidate side, can the same be done on the employer's side?

Is there an interview process that deduplicates effort across multiple job interviews?

Comment · 2 years ago
The last time I job searched in 2020, it took 7 months. For me, it was the adoption of the leetcode interview process, even at startups. I'm not especially good at leetcoding, and at some companies you need to solve 4-8 problems. So it's just a strange stochastic process where eventually you pass them all, but it takes many tries.
Comment · 3 years ago
I enjoyed this book to practice game design:

Challenges for Games Designers: Non-Digital Exercises for Video Game Designers - Brenda Romero / Ian Schreiber

Comment · 3 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer%27s_principle

The heat can be reduced by factor of a billion or so.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Maybe it was a question about Grand Central Dispatch? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/DISPATCH

I also feel the same way about getting all but one question. I usually make it all the way to the end of a really grueling process before getting rejected.

Comment · 4 years ago

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