For the N queens on an NxN chess board, wouldn't you put them in a fibonaci spiral? Of course I can draw the board and explain it, but I have no idea how show that fibonaci formula modified for a chess board. Do you think that would be enough?
The moment someone suggest that their advantage is being older than someone else (that everyone under 30 is somehow stupid), I look for companies that will disrupt them.
Only a handful of formidable execs are not stuck in a bygone age, but are still scowling at these tech millennials pulling in millions of revenue because they used unorthodox business methods.
The previous generation needs to catch up. Adapt or begin dying at your own peril.
I think what you are describing is exactly that cause of remote work being a hot topic of discussion. It was really aggravated in the 00's with ads like "Mother of 4 makes $5,000 a Day Working from Home!". Now enough of those people found that it was a relative scam, or a niche field that they couldn't cope in.
I'm not sure how much of this is satire and how much is just jabs at the way things are. It reads a lot like "Cracking the Coding Career" or "The Lean Startup": a piece written for the older (35+) generation trying to understand this modern field that generates so much money. For instance, when you're working for a startup having kids is not an attractive option. Startup hours are nothing like a 9 to 5 and insanely risky. Not to mention the cost of living if you in the Silicon Valley area.
Why wouldn't the majority of your friends on Facebook share similar political views? That's surely a factor of why you are friends in the first place. You wouldn't share a political article to them with the intention of proving an argument. There isn't much debate to be had with them.
Why would you not use small apps that make small things convenient? This is brought to attention so often in the article but it's not even unique to Silicon Valley. It's common to a whole generation.
The constant use of social media also makes it painfully obvious that this article isn't following the life of an engineer.
Most of this probably is satire, but it seems in poor taste.
> I could see a lot of people on HN enjoying rock climbing. Each route you climb is essentially a puzzle to solve.
That must be why I love climbing so much. It requires such focus and determination, and there's an immediate sense of progression that isn't seen with weight-lifting. When I got home from college there wasn't a rock climbing wall near me and I don't live near mountains. So I started climbing concrete structures in the city parks. It eventually turned into a game about movement and finding the fastest route. Then I learned it was already a sport called Parkour.
I actually like exercising. I like being physically powerful. However, falling into a day job has kept me from exercising as much as I want. So I insisted on a standing desk at work. I just work standing up for approx. 7 hours and can do my usual exercises on the weekend.
The reason I refuse to work for Amazon is because they claim ownership of every side project you make on your own time, with your own equipment, just because you are employed there.