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New comment by MarketingJason in "1 in 5 Japanese Workers in Their 20s Turn to Resignation Agencies"

MarketingJason — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 02:55:51 +0000

Reading this, I was assuming that this behavior was enforced by reference checks for new hires being commonplace. However, the few sources I found in a quick search make it seem like asking/requiring references is a more recent practice due to western influence.

I'd guess it's just guilt and shame?

New comment by MarketingJason in "How America's universities became debt factories"

MarketingJason — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 17:44:56 +0000

I ran a coding bootcamp school that had both your typical pay-upfront and later added an option like you outline. I can't speak for all programs, but schools use an affiliate third party lender for those "free" loan programs.

It was relatively new for us when I left, so I never saw the aftermath. I know it worked out well for some students, but my biggest concern was ensuring payments only kicked in if the job was "in-industry or field". My logic was the value isn't there if you go to a coding bootcamp only to not use the skills.

I was still worried they'd basically ask "do you use a computer?" and consider it in-field.

Another issue here is we had folks just looking to up-skill and the value return was harder to gauge if they were returning or continuing to work their job. This was mostly limited to our part-time program so we didn't offer the delayed-loan for it.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Saddling up on the high seas – the cyclists powering 50-MPH yachts"

MarketingJason — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:08:58 +0000

In the video someone else posted, it's said that the hydrofoils are independently powered https://youtu.be/Gvkx6oF_Zyk?si=PXTcckfCQzPZYmrR&t=660

New comment by MarketingJason in "Saddling up on the high seas – the cyclists powering 50-MPH yachts"

MarketingJason — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 18:03:10 +0000

Interesting. My first thought was "isn't it wind powered? What are they powering?". Turns out anything below the water line like the hydrofoils are independently battery powered. The cyclists are pedaling to pressurize a hydraulic system that is used to trim and adjust the sails as opposed to the teams working hand crank systems to make adjustments directly. I guess I am just surprised they need that much potential energy for the sails-alone. I'd imagine it's a careful balance between building and storing the energy needed for the next series of adjustments without going too-far and exhausting the crew. Based on the focus on increased wattage output and not increasing resistance with constant output, it sounds to me like they are powering a generator for pressurizing a reservoir versus pressurizing the reservoir directly.

New comment by MarketingJason in "COSMIC Alpha Released"

MarketingJason — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:27:08 +0000

I know it's a little thing that's probably customizable, but I can't see anything in the screenshots except the inconsistent menu bar padding.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Against all odds, an asteroid mining company appears to be making headway"

MarketingJason — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:16:24 +0000

I'm no rocket scientist, but to me it makes sense to try and redirect asteroids to enter our atmosphere. The only thing I'd seek to "mine" on the asteroid is H2O, Hydrogen, or something that could be immediately converted to power/propulsion by the unit-itself.

I guess one risk would be introducing unknown biological or chemical nastiness. Another would be how precise we could be to target open ocean/desert/etc.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcodes"

MarketingJason — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 21:31:40 +0000

I'm not sure this is true. Most (~80%) large venues are owned and operated by Live Nation, who also owns Ticketmaster. They also have exclusivity agreements with hundreds of others.

It's, in effect, a shell operating as a scalper and a customer service disruptor. This has very little to do with the artist beyond selecting venues.

New comment by MarketingJason in "FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations"

MarketingJason — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:17:33 +0000

"you will also receive free updates until such a time Version 3 is released!"

This is what stops me. I've experienced too many instances of a full version upgrade with a sunset on previous versions.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Ask HN: How close is too close to live to a large fracking operation?"

MarketingJason — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:27:15 +0000

I understand and grudgingly accept the risk to the drinking water. My concern is the airborne pollutants (carbon from the generators, expelled gases, VOCs) that are a certainty and how proximity relates - how close is too close.

Ask HN: How close is too close to live to a large fracking operation?

MarketingJason — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 16:29:57 +0000

Auroa, Co. We've been fighting a proposed fracking operation (160 wells on 10 large pads) for a year since it was proposed shortly after our moving into the neighborhood. Ultimately, the application will likely pass and operations will commence. The nearest well will be just over a 1 mile away with most between 1-3 miles and it's likely some wells will drill under us.

My wife is deeply concerned for our family's health - mostly about the VOCs. She's ready to move as soon as the plan is approved. I'm a bit more willing to wait it out a bit and judge the impacts before taking that step. I can accept a dip in home value, a bit of traffic, noise, risks to ground water, etc. However, when all we see is articles about respiratory issues, skin cancer, etc it's harder to justify staying.

The issue is if I search for anything related to health and proximity to fracking operations, it's all very negative. There is one study (https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.1307732) I found that compares health effects from <1km with <2km but it's hard to see the baseline since it doesn't really compare <2km with >2km which would better reflect our situation at being 1-2 miles away.

Would anyone be able to share any authoritative information or studies that more directly relate to our proximity regarding health effects?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40547048

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New comment by MarketingJason in "Meta Reports First Quarter 2024 Results"

MarketingJason — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:30:26 +0000

Why the drastically lower effective tax rate? I don't see an increase in operating expenses enough to make that big of an impact and I'd expect the increased income to raise it.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2024)"

MarketingJason — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 02:31:45 +0000

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, CSS, Kubernetes, MySQL, Postgres, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Dynamic engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability. Served as de-facto Product Manager of payments, assets and identity.

Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.

Looking for Engineering Management, technical project management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.

I also have a strong desire to get back to a focus on the code as a backend or full stack engineer, and less managing the team/projects. Even as an EM/TPM, I still found myself putting up PRs often because I really enjoyed it. I'd happily consider a more junior engineering role where I could be a bit more of an IC. In a past life, I actually franchised a coding bootcamp and brought it to my city in an effort to eventually learn the skills myself. I did so after 4 years of building it up, but I have found my unique experience in marketing, business development and more tends to move me into positions of managing teams and working with stakeholders quickly.

- apologies for the life story!

New comment by MarketingJason in "Ask HN: Who's getting their job applications rejected?"

MarketingJason — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:49:19 +0000

I can relate. Two days ago, I found a perfect match in a niche but complex fintech sector I have experience in as a Engineering Manager and IC. I applied with a tailored resume and cover letter that addressed every single point and desirable skill in the job listing. I found the hiring manager and emailed them an intro where I briefly re-iterated my alignment with everything in the job details. I even got someone I had worked with previously to refer me to an upper-level manager at the hiring company.

I saw over 100 people applied for the role, but it's hard to imagine many (if any) other folks had the same direct experience with everything the role entailed. Yesterday, I got a cold rejection email. I was shocked enough to reply asking for any feedback on why I was not being considered based on how well my experience and achievements matched the role - I don't expect an answer.

I am also seeing a high percentage of cold rejections at later stages in the process than I am used to. Where the last interview step was usually down to 1-3 candidates, it's now down to 3-8.

It's just my opinion, but I think the huge volume of applicants is leading to them to go way beyond the job they are hiring for. Like, they post a position for a front end engineer with 3 years React experience and they end up with a 10+ year FS engineer, a FE engineer who worked for 7 years at Facebook, a BE with 8 years experience and 2 years of FE/FS, or a contractor in RU with 10+ years.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2024)"

MarketingJason — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 21:28:05 +0000

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, AngularJS, Coffeescript, CSS, HAML, HTML5, JavaScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Redux, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Other Skills: Engineering Management, Project Management, Technical Project Management, Career Coaching, Mentoring, Agile, Kanban, Roadmapping, Banking, FinTech, Medical, Incident Management, Platform Support, Product Support

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.

Looking for Engineering Management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, senior management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2024)"

MarketingJason — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 22:50:22 +0000

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, AngularJS, Coffeescript, CSS, HAML, HTML5, JavaScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Redux, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Engineering Management, Project Management, Technical Project Management, Career Coaching, Mentoring, Agile, Kanban, Roadmapping, Banking, FinTech, Medical, Incident Management, Platform Support, Product Support

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.

Looking for Engineering Management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, senior management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.

New comment by MarketingJason in "[dead]"

MarketingJason — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:03:17 +0000

I've been hunting (as so many people are, now) for a new role in Software Engineering. A recent online application for an Engineering Manager role had only one question outside the usual demographics/race/disability ones: "How important is empathy for an Engineering Manager?". My answer, in a nutshell, was "not very".

New comment by MarketingJason in "Culture Change at Google"

MarketingJason — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 15:12:48 +0000

I'll bet many people were willing to pay that if executives and managers had there kids there. Daycare can provide unique kinds of networking and job-security/promotion options.

New comment by MarketingJason in "The failure of self-checkout technology"

MarketingJason — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:02:26 +0000

The weight check slows the whole process down and I find I have to make sure I grab items with the cart-side hand or the system thinks I am trying to drop the item in the bag without scanning.

Worst of all is the receipt check after the process - looking at you Costco. It feels like checking pockets in a diamond mine. If I am going to be doing all the work to save the store money they should loose the right to check it.

Regarding that last point, has anyone tried brushing past them or refusing? I doubt they can detain or stop you without evidence. I guess the worst case is they could ban you or cancel a membership.

New comment by MarketingJason in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2024)"

MarketingJason — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 14:56:22 +0000

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, AngularJS, Coffeescript, CSS, HAML, HTML5, JavaScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Redux, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Software Engineer with most recent experience as Engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability.

New comment by MarketingJason in "New Wave Sci-Fi: 75 Best Novels of 1964–1983"

MarketingJason — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 20:05:58 +0000

Hyperion was awesome. Canterbury Tales-style narrative focused on a group of pilgrims on a crazy planet steeped in legend set against a galaxy-spanning empire that is being threatened by a faceless looming external threat. As if that wasn't enough, the pilgrims are threatened from within by mystery, murder and betrayal as much as they are hounded by the immortal blade-covered daemon they know they are eventually destined to face.

Each pilgrims tale is unique and told in a different vibe - from pious and regretful to vulgar and indifferent.