Hacker News: curiouscat321

New comment by curiouscat321 in "A modern 35mm film scanner for home"

curiouscat321 — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 21:56:22 +0000

I’ve got a decade’s worth of 4x6 pictures and negatives from my childhood. Would something like this help me digitize them?

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Ask HN: Review my 2024 new grad resume"

curiouscat321 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:10:31 +0000

You should have several resumes. Your SWE resume should focus heavily on your technical abilities. Your PM resume can talk more about this other stuff (not an expert).

As it stands, I’m not sure who would be hiring somebody with a founder/manager profile like yours.

I think you do have enough technical experience. You just have to sell it.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Ask HN: Review my 2024 new grad resume"

curiouscat321 — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 03:38:59 +0000

What kinds of jobs are you applying for? Your first job talks more about the business side of starting this startup than your technical experience.

I think there needs to be an emphasis on your technical proficiency and less about the status of your startup. Are you even interested in a job given your startup?

New comment by curiouscat321 in "DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome"

curiouscat321 — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:45:28 +0000

Who would possibly buy Chrome? Letting any of the large tech companies purchase it (the only possible buyers) would just give someone else monopolistic power.

Chrome can’t exist as a standalone business without being even more consumer hostile.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Change in the number of tech workers moving into major US cities"

curiouscat321 — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 20:32:36 +0000

Wrong link.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "How Michigan grew its startup ecosystem"

curiouscat321 — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 03:09:48 +0000

The ceiling is so much higher in coastal cities though. I moved right after college because I wanted to become rich. There’s not a strong path in Michigan to become rich (or even nationally upper-middle-class)

New comment by curiouscat321 in "How Michigan grew its startup ecosystem"

curiouscat321 — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 23:29:57 +0000

I grew up in Michigan and I love seeing how the ecosystem has grown.

Talent retention is a major problem for the state. The brain drain really stems from the University of Michigan. I don’t think there’s a public state university in America that sends so many of its graduates out of the state after graduation. The data is a little sparse, but the career center estimates something like 66% of all graduates leave post-graduation. In Computer Science, it’s like 75% (and I think that’s low).

The fact is, those graduates are the ones that attract jobs and startups. We talk about how egalitarian tech is. But, the fact is that companies want to hire graduates from premier colleges first and then settle for others later (at least for new grads).

Michigan’s economy is so automotive dependent because companies without a Michigan presence can’t hire UMich grads in state en masse. Nobody wants to create a new office out-of-state to hire new graduates from other schools.

I’m speculating that we tend to hear more about startups from top-tier college graduates because those graduates have a bigger cushion thanks to their degrees. A UMich/Harvard/MIT graduate can very easily fall back on their degree to get a regular job if their startup fails. (Yes, I realize there’s a socioeconomic component here as well)

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Ask HN: Do you think what Shopify did to Amazon be done by someone to Netflix?"

curiouscat321 — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:52:54 +0000

Shopify provided a strong alternative to Amazon, which is the dominant player.

There are plenty of strong alternatives to Netflix. Disney is looking to be the strongest at the moment.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Ask HN: Do you have a personal secret software?"

curiouscat321 — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 02:28:37 +0000

I think you’re overstating what this “secret software does.”

Those organizations are willing to invest money into software that makes them better at what they do. It’s not magic, it’s not secret. It’s just that at large organizations, it’s easier to justify writing pieces of software that have seemingly-small impact because that total impact is so large at their scale.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Detroit train station renovation still moving ahead in pandemic"

curiouscat321 — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 07:47:01 +0000

I would love nothing more than for this to be true. It just isn’t.

A fancy new office building doesn’t change the fact that Ford’s culture, poor salaries, and bureaucracy will scare away top talent.

UMich grads don’t stay in Detroit post-graduation

curiouscat321 — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:54:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/john-gallagher/2019/01/10/michigan-engineering-graduates-jobs/2500831002/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18877428

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Cornell Graduate School Helped Make New York Appealing to Amazon"

curiouscat321 — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 17:26:32 +0000

Automotive doesn’t pay well by tech standards. Amazon’s engineers in Detroit are paid far better than their automotive counterparts.

Detroit has a good tech talent base, but sadly, it isn’t up-to-par with the coastal tech hubs.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "StockX Is a Stock Market for Nikes and Rolexes"

curiouscat321 — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:47:23 +0000

On a different note, StockX is a Detroit-based startup. It's awesome to see the area's tech scene begin to thrive.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Why you're having trouble hiring"

curiouscat321 — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:36:28 +0000

Why do you say that? As somebody that was briefly looking for a job in SE Michigan, I found the salaries much lower (even with COL taken in account)

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Will Tech Leave Detroit in the Dust?"

curiouscat321 — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 21:10:35 +0000

Agree with all of this. The Metro Detroit area is diversifying itself better than it ever has.

The biggest problem I see is recruiting talent. The University of Michigan has established itself as a west-coast feeder school.

I personally left the area post-graduation and got a job at a FANG company. As much as I’d love to move back, I just can’t find a job that pays anywhere remotely near what I make on the west coast.

Apparently, salaries are starting to rise, which can only be good for the area as a whole.

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Will Tech Leave Detroit in the Dust?"

curiouscat321 — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 21:00:41 +0000

For a company that’s trying to automate an industry (Shore), I’ve ancedotally heard nothing good about their technical stack and technical talent.

How Struggling Dayton, Ohio, Reveals the Chasm Among American Cities

curiouscat321 — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:48:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-struggling-dayton-ohio-reveals-the-chasm-among-american-cities

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17961342

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Dude, She’s (Exactly 25 Percent) Out of Your League

curiouscat321 — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 17:44:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/08/online-dating-out-of-your-league/567083/?single_page=true

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17735318

Points: 40

# Comments: 9

The Share of College Grads Rises in Rust Belt, Sunbelt Cities

curiouscat321 — Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:43:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/06/the-geography-of-talent-shows-a-gaining-rust-belt-and-sunbelt/563615/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17404223

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by curiouscat321 in "Grand Rapids has become a midwestern economic star generating industrial jobs"

curiouscat321 — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 06:23:47 +0000

As a UMich grad, most of us left because of the low salaries. It’s appalling how little software engineers make in the state and how much companies complain about an inability to find talent.