garphunkle

hace 12 mesesdiscuss

I thrive in high-stress situations (for short periods of time). Examples include hardware validation before a large production run, putting out literal fires in manufacturing sites, and working in foreign countries to troubleshoot/rework bad hardware. I do fine in live coding interviews, they don't feel much different than being alone at an editor for me.

I was interested by the author's statement: "Working memory is the most reliable proxy (I know of) for fluid intelligence, your ability to reason, solve novel problems, and think abstractly." and the linked study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21037165/). My working memory is not so great, but it degrades less under stress.

Question worth considering for hiring managers: do you prefer stress-capable employees, or greater working-memory employees? Is my model a false dichotomy?

garphunkle

hace 2 añosdiscuss

Shout-out to Violet Crown, PHENOM, Breakfast Club, UNITED, Night Owls, and all the other great cycling clubs in Austin! Wonderful community that I still miss.

Have you tried swapping bikes with your buddy? Are you two the same height/weight? Who has the more flexible spine? It would be fascinating to measure aerodynamic efficiency for two riders on the same bike. Is the more variation within populations, or between populations?

garphunkle

hace 2 añosdiscuss

Try using the Silca Tire Pressure calculator set to "Gravel Roads". This will give a safe PSI recommendation with a nod to comfort. I would ride 28mm GP4000s around 75 psi on a training ride with lots of chip seal

garphunkle

hace 2 añosdiscuss

I'm not sure if steel frames make a significant difference in comfort. If we measure comfort as deflection or vibration, then tire choice will have orders of magnitude more importance. When you have two springs in series, the combined spring constant is dominated by the weaker spring.

I race on a carbon frame with 30mm tires, and commute on a steel frame with 38mm tires for what it's worth.

Bike weight is irrelevant on flat roads. We should be obsessing over Watts/gram of drag, not Watts/kg if you're not a climber

garphunkle

hace 7 añosdiscuss

  Location: Philadelphia, PA or Austin, TX
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: Yes, to Austin or Philly
  Technologies: C++, Embedded, Python, Jenkins, ARM, Bluetooth, OpenThread
  Résumé/CV: https://tinyurl.com/y3vl7o9a
  Email: [email protected]

Two years of new product development and working with the high quality internet of things platforms. I'm relocating to a city my significant other has job offers in.

Feel free to drop me an email for a phone or technical screen.

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