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New comment by johnsberd in "The ‘Unfathomable’ Pursuit of Personal Tunneling"

johnsberd — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 14:02:46 +0000

Also make sure you call or visit the diggers hotline before you start to make sure you don't hit any buried cables. Not sure about outside the U.S. folks.

New comment by johnsberd in "4chan discusses HN"

johnsberd — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 02:58:55 +0000

That was the original title of this thread but someone changed it.

New comment by johnsberd in "4chan discusses HN"

johnsberd — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 00:41:51 +0000

There's a comment on there parodying this exact statement. Not that you're wrong, just that this place is pretty predictable in what we say and post.

New comment by johnsberd in "Latest prototype self-driving vehicles cruising around Mountain View"

johnsberd — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:35:46 +0000

Well if you drive around any college campus you'll quickly find the results of that.

New comment by johnsberd in "Google has quietly launched a GitHub competitor"

johnsberd — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:07:34 +0000

It's very annoying. To me a while of searching around to find the explore button also, which got grouped into that drop down. Hiding content in drop downs unnecessarily is very annoying.

New comment by johnsberd in "Why is it taking longer and longer to fill open jobs?"

johnsberd — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 11:22:22 +0000

This would be amazing if companies did this. Maybe something like this should be encouraged for the monthly who's hiring posts. I've noticed a few places starting to list salary range and it seems to be well perceived.

Ask HN: Thoughts on wonderlic test for interviews

johnsberd — Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:39:56 +0000

I had a company reach out to me about a job and they mentioned part of their hiring process involves taking a wonderlic test. I've never heard of them(the tests or the company) before this. Does anyone have any experience taking one for a software dev job? What should a good score be for someone taking this test? I see numbers all over the place online. The first try at it on a practice test I got a 20/50 and didn't finish all the questions in the allotted time.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9750219

Points: 5

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New comment by johnsberd in "How to Make Almost Anything"

johnsberd — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 21:29:35 +0000

Motorcycle exhaust mufflers are commonly made of carbon fibre but it really depends on what you're putting this on and how far down stream from the exhaust it is. I've seen a lot of heat barriers made from carbon on cars and motorcycles. Also hoods are often replaced for carbon in racing and a lot of people have exhaust manifolds directly below them. What usually happens is the carbon gets discolored from the heat but not much worse unless it's directly touching, but that's another can of worms.

New comment by johnsberd in "Ember.js 1.13.0 and 2.0 Beta Released"

johnsberd — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:07:23 +0000

Are people always using React with another framework or can you build out full applications with just React? Im looking to start another project and want to try React but not sure if it has everything I'm looking for.

New comment by johnsberd in "Ask HN: Have you started a company that has zero to do with software?"

johnsberd — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:25:19 +0000

I owned a few before getting into tech. I was a half owner of a limo business. I owned an auto repair shop. I also had a side gig with that doing fabrication for race cars. Later I started making metal furniture in partnership with the cabinet shop next to me. I also invested money I'm a friends motorcycle repair business but cashed out on that and my other businesses to get into the world of software. It was a lot of fun.

New comment by johnsberd in "Los Angeles Plays Itself"

johnsberd — Thu, 28 May 2015 00:22:09 +0000

I'm that person. For me it's all about cost. I rent a room in a house in the suburbs for $400mo where if I wanted to live in the city where I work it would cost me around $1k. I don't make a lot of money so even though my time is valuable, it isn't helping my bank account. Until I get a better job it just isn't an option to move into the city.

New comment by johnsberd in "Soaring housing costs forces talent to flee Silicon Valley"

johnsberd — Fri, 22 May 2015 19:38:52 +0000

I lived in Athens until recently. I work in Atlanta now, but I don't doubt you had such a big pay jump. When I looked (very briefly) at tech jobs in Athens they were all around 50-60k for senior positions (not much of a selection either obviously). Of course you can also get a 3k sqft house for under $200k around there.

New comment by johnsberd in "How I Hire Programmers (2009)"

johnsberd — Fri, 22 May 2015 10:26:14 +0000

I guess I have the opposite stake on this. I'm a junior dev and I've been interviewing multiple times a week for the last month and a half. I've gotten better at interviewing but I still mess up on something and remember later on what the answer was. Now I get passed on the job because I failed the interview. I would rather an employer take a little chance on me and let me prove that I'm a competent developer and a hard worker. I would rather prove that on the job instead of in an interview.

Edit fixed some typos.

New comment by johnsberd in "Ask HN: Why are Silicon Valley interviews such a drag now?"

johnsberd — Sun, 10 May 2015 14:20:16 +0000

That sounds absolutely awful.

New comment by johnsberd in "Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible to Break"

johnsberd — Thu, 07 May 2015 10:14:22 +0000

Do you work with the ibm infosphere streams?

New comment by johnsberd in "Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible to Break"

johnsberd — Thu, 07 May 2015 02:06:20 +0000

That was a fascinating read thank you.

Can you expand on why it was so shocking or maybe impressive by the Obama response. I'm confused what the significance of it is.