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New comment by cam0 in "Things they didn’t teach you about software engineering"

cam0 — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 06:39:10 +0000

I had never seen that cartoon about the "dream job" before, but it's something I've thought about so many times as I've listened to people talk about their dream job or dream employer. It always struck me as strange to dream of labor / dream of being an employee - must be a cultural thing.

New comment by cam0 in "How Notion leveraged community to build a $10B business"

cam0 — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:17:50 +0000

Nitpicking but I think a "10 billion dollar business" is not the same thing as a "company valued by investors at 10 billion dollars".

New comment by cam0 in "What Should You Work On?"

cam0 — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 21:47:04 +0000

Especially when you look at the majority of startups getting funded or posting in "Who's Hiring" and the descriptions of what they do boils down to.. trying to solve some trivial problem.

New comment by cam0 in "Unix legend, who owes us nothing, keeps fixing foundational Awk code"

cam0 — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:54:21 +0000

Brian Kernighan is the type of nerd that you dream of working with AND having a casual drink with. I wish I had some friends like this (I don't actually know Brian, but have read/listened to a lot of his stuff).

New comment by cam0 in "Remote Work Is Hurting Productivity, New York-Area Firms Say"

cam0 — Sat, 20 Aug 2022 03:27:13 +0000

Surely many companies have no idea how to accurately measure "productivity", or simply have no good way to even go about it. If net income is increasing then stop whining about people working from home.

Ask HN: Do people treat you differently based on your location?

cam0 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 23:21:02 +0000

The prevailing narrative over the past couple of years is that the tech industry is now truly global. It doesn't matter where you live - you can start a company, get funding, or get job offers whether you live in SF, NYC, Taipei, Rio de Janeiro, or wherever.

Is there any real evidence that this is approaching reality, or is it mostly run-of-the-mill Twitter nonsense? Has anyone noticed an objective difference in how potential employees, investors, employers or colleagues treat or react to you / your company based on where you're physically located these days?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32527284

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by cam0 in "VCs are scared when they should be greedy"

cam0 — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 21:11:34 +0000

He works at a US fund (www.susaventures.com/), so most likely US observations.

New comment by cam0 in "U.S. Electric Car Sales Climb Sharply Despite Shortages"

cam0 — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:59:07 +0000

I definitely feel like I'm at a point of no return (to gas engines) after driving a Tesla for a couple of years. I drove a nice gas powered car the other week and the experience was akin to going back to my flip-phone after experiencing the iPhone. I do look forward to more, better electric cars on the market, but I've completely moved beyond the desire of owning a legacy gas powered vehicle.

New comment by cam0 in "Tell HN: I have the perfect job, why is it not enough?"

cam0 — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 22:10:21 +0000

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I find it rare for parents to share the non-glowing reviews, and it's refreshing to hear.

New comment by cam0 in "Meta slashes hiring plans, girds for 'fierce' headwinds"

cam0 — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 03:55:47 +0000

And this expectation is incredibly far fetched. It is betting on the reversal of many, many years of human habit which has become habit for a reason.

New comment by cam0 in "Three Arrows Capital Files for Chapter 15 Bankruptcy in New York"

cam0 — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 03:44:51 +0000

So Kyle Davies and Su Zhu likely have most of their personal assets domiciled in the United States?

New comment by cam0 in "Tesla customer gets new Model 3 with cracks"

cam0 — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 20:53:44 +0000

I love my model 3, but I'm glad I leased it. The electric motor is awesome, it's a blast to drive, charging is inexpensive and convenient. But the build quality is undeniably poor (for the entry level, base model 3). I've never been inside a model S or X - hopefully the $100k models are built a lot better than my vehicle, but if I hoped to keep a car for 8+ years I'd probably go back to a German brand.

New comment by cam0 in "Luna Cryptocurrency Collapse: How UST Broke"

cam0 — Fri, 13 May 2022 22:22:56 +0000

Agreed. People like the idea of getting rich. And if they happen to get rich, they like the idea of getting richer.

New comment by cam0 in "Luna Cryptocurrency Collapse: How UST Broke"

cam0 — Fri, 13 May 2022 22:15:22 +0000

Trading != Investing

I've hardly noticed inflation. Am I in a bubble?

cam0 — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 00:20:55 +0000

I hope this doesn't come across as too tone deaf, but as a tech worker in the Bay Area who drives an electric car, I've experienced a very insignificant impact from inflation so far. Inflation is clearly real and doesn't seem to be transitory, but even at 7(ish)% I honestly can't say I've felt it. I'm very aware of the $6/gallon gas signs around the city, but I drive an electric car and my power bill isn't noticeably higher over the past 12-18 months. Some of the coffee shops and restaurants I frequent have raised prices very slightly, but not enough to make any real impact in my quality of life or savings rate. Inflation news articles and discussions are more and more noticeable around me, but practically speaking my life is no different than it was a year, or two, or three years ago. Am I just in a bubble?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31065906

Points: 4

# Comments: 10

New comment by cam0 in "An argument for a return to Web 1.0"

cam0 — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 03:39:15 +0000

I can't tell if you're being serious? There is nothing about 'Web 3.0', at the least the current implementation, that is designed to serve the masses. The "new system" is purely theoretical and all of the blockchain-based products are expensive, user hostile, and generally just poor pieces of technology considering the state of software engineering in 2022.

New comment by cam0 in "I have never read a business plan or balance sheet"

cam0 — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 07:14:19 +0000

Clearly very smart, but I haven't heard or read anything from him that would classify as genius.

New comment by cam0 in "More than half of Bitcoin investors are in the red, study says"

cam0 — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:46:50 +0000

This is a snapshot statistic that is rather shallow. The more interesting point is the distribution of wealth in BTC. The majority of "investors" are scrounging to buy a fraction of a single bitcoin, while wealthy VCs, family offices, LLCs, etc etc are owners and are continual buyers of hundreds and thousands of bitcoins. Just think about how much BTC the Winklevoss brothers alone must own, and then add just two more people - Marc Andreesen and Chris Dixon. I'd love to know how much BTC these four men alone are in possession of...

New comment by cam0 in "Building real-time ETL pipelines with Apache Kafka"

cam0 — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 14:53:23 +0000

I wouldn't say that. Kafka is everywhere in the enterprise and it's adoption is still growing rapidly. This blog post is a decent overview for non-technical people at the very least.

New comment by cam0 in "Feds arrest couple, seize $3.6B in hacked Bitcoin funds"

cam0 — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 18:42:37 +0000

Her Forbes bio:

Heather R. Morgan is an international economist, serial entrepreneur, and investor in B2B software companies. She is an expert in persuasion, social engineering, and game theory.