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Ask HN: Should I checkmate my employer?

50 points·by owow123·vor 4 Jahren·94 comments

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owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
This is my one and only gripe with "gen z".

Phone calls take 1% of the time to communicate complex ideas, I dont have to write documentation level explanations and I can hear your responses / tone and dynamically adjust to fit the conversation.

My feelings on this are especially prevalent at work, I understand more in an informal setting.

We have < 25's working in sales who HATE phone calls... it will be interesting to see how they make it in the future. The current "senior" sales reps go to the pub or play golf with clients & suppliers every now and then. I guess only the metrics will tell.

That being said if I have to text anyone > 40 I basically cry because they cant express any level of emotion over text and their over use punctuation I interpret as blunt.

God getting old is hard work (im only a > 25 < 30 something).
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Meh, since 2017 - on a monthly DCA strategy (with no sells), annualised returns are;

- BTC 15%~

- ETH 35%~

700% cherry picking the data / lacking info on the trading start.

(Above numbers assume you buy at open price 00:00 first of every month)
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
I feel my like CV justifies this, an exert being "enables directors to make short term decisions" (every "point" has something like this).

This is why I'm abit confused as to why I haven't go a responses :(
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Seems you like put real effort it to this response, so thank you :)

I'll read, digest, and apply it all tomorrow, thanks again!
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Whatever I've built is not ready for NH.

Bask in your glory, truly amazing job :)
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
I write a open source desktop environment, supported by spice-html5, and I'm impressed (its survived the NH "hug of death") - this is true sourcey.

Amazing job OP :)
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
If you have a job in the USA please post / message me the link, i'll happily apply :)
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
No.

They could do infrastructure, kind off, not code - no chance (I like them as a person but they depend on me to teach them how to code)

Hire "younglings" (star-wars) is my remit.
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
This isn't true.

I've got one person under me and have done for 3-5 years.

Most have enjoyed working under me (so I understand it), most resignations have been for bigger opportunities / bigger cities / bigger money (1 out of 4, and TBH I missed they wanted more money - this was my fault).

My current "report" seems very happy (though I expect them to leave soon, not for money but they are far more interested in another industry and tech challenges that come with it).
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
This is an interesting take on my writing style.

I will certainly apply this to my CV, perhaps my personal statement is to "aggressive" (here I am doing it again).

Thank you.
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Truth be told i've only hired juniors - this is half my problem.

I've never hired at the level i'm applying and have 0 to compare against.
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Ive put "tech lead" because I developed + orchestrated everything (code, severs, "internal services" (AutoDesk (AutoCAD, Revit), MS Office, ETC).

You think that's to much?

Technically my job title is "Director of IT" but I dont go to enough board meetings to justify that title.
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
I love that the control is "cringe", you must of had a blast scraping and rating posts!

I don't know if "I took my clothes off and started a new job." is even cringe as much as its an unintended?

I dont do alot of linkedin - do people actually post things like that?

https://imgur.com/a/zJuIKbQ
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
> political press photographers aren't hired for originality!

Yes they almost definitely are, what else would they be hired for? You wouldn't watch the same news everyday (even if it feels that way)

> the number of training epochs has dropped dramatically

So? Lets imagine a documented nurodiverse person (lets use a photographic memory) "snapsohts" a famous "works" and then sits in a room, after 5 years training, to produce "some work" are they free of copyright claims? Have you not seen the nurodiverse person who draws the entire New York sky line from 1 helicopter ride?

Your approach seems non-sensical, 1 epoch - 10,000 epochs, it doesn't matter - its still a copy / derivative work (which may exempt it, fair enough).

Personally I think all current AI work is just copyright on steroids, DALL-E outputs Shutterstock logos given the right input and Githubs co-poilt is just a lawsuit waiting to happen (implying anyone has the funds to actually sue Microsoft these days, the T&C's of Github must be incredibly broad).
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
What framework are you operating under? Every single "moral framework" is valid. Its dense to think otherwise, even "proof of money+taxes".

The only proper response to this is read a philosophy book until you find one that sticks with you +2 years after you read it.
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
Love how they condensed the first SQL query example onto one line and then gave their example over multiple, deliberately making the SQL hard to read and obscure.

What about N-N relations? How hard has doing LEFT / INNER / OUTTER JOIN become - is learning SQL really to much for the modern dev (Somewhat sincerely asking)?
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
They tried to ban peeing in porn, they didn't get it through!

Side note: a bunch of kinksters turned up outside parliament and starting peeing on each other in protest - gotta love the UK
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
There are very few people who can relate to your problems, though HN is probably the best place to find people who can.

How casually you say "6 figures in AI for big tech" - you are in the 1% of tech people, its going to be hard to "fit in" no matter where you are.

Bay Area, London, Asia (as broad as that is) - anywhere with a major stock exchange will see you right.

Its all about how much you publish / tweet (and get "fan boys") and who you work with.

Its a lonely world, I cant imagine Einstein worrying to much about it - though maybe he did.
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
> 2 hours after 3, 5, and 7

> 0 2 3,5,7 * *

We gotta stop crediting junk as interesting.
owow123
·vor 4 Jahren·discuss
> 2 hours after 3 5 and 7

> 0 2 3,5,7 * *

Not great