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rxsel

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news.ycombinator.com 4y ago

Ask HN: Do you have any condition like ADHD, and if so how do you manage them?

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: How to handle gap in work experience?

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: How do you organize your knowledge?

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: Which types of tech companies are getting acquired?

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: What's the Most Efficient Method of Learning Linear Algebra?

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: How do you plan software projects?

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: How does one become a better Software Engineer?

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github.com 5y ago

Dark Mode in GitHub Coming After 7 Years

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news.ycombinator.com 5y ago

Ask HN: Which “Tech Business Model” makes the most sense to you?

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: What weird or hard problems are you trying to solve?

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: What's your preferred method of learning something completely new?

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: How to Clean Digital Footprint?

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: Any Browser Extensions to Make HN Look Better?

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: How to efficiently learn Algorithms from scratch?

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: Should you stay in a loveless relationship for kids?

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news.ycombinator.com 6y ago

Ask HN: How Sound Is the “Teach Yourself CS” Learning Resource?

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WordPress 18 5 years ago

I personally think it’s cool you got to see all that in real time OG :)

Stripe for X 5 years ago

Respectfully, why wouldn't I study and strive to emulate the success of Stripe in my own industry? I think X for Y is just a quick and easy to get the point of your business across no?

This is such a shallow argument/opinion. It sounds like something said by someone so painfully unaware and insulated from the life being commented on. So instead, I’d be curious to know what your background and upbringing was like. I don’t think the child being mentioned would consider CPS a good option like you argued for in another comment.

Please share the questions. I always find it amusing that tech types seem to believe their idea of “basic X knowledge” translates across the board. I think it’s this attitude of “oh you don’t know what I think you should know” that proliferates the industry that is a major part of the problem. How do you handle folks that don’t have even the most basic form of formal “CS knowledge” but can still ship product? Do you just dismiss them completely over being able to have a water cooler talk about O(...) and some algorithm someone would never have to implement in that specific context? Seems like a premature optimization to me.

Sorry for the late response, getting used to submitting on here, but thank you, and I agree, higher education in the US requires grit to get through especially if you’re not the “school type” yet it’s the baseline most people use to gauge someone’s “potential economic value” an ROI and I frankly just don’t agree with that. Some of the smartest, proactive, and most creative people I’ve ever met have been “structured education” adverse.

Im a huge huge huge believer of there being a massive opportunity in disrupting education, and I mean beyond the “shoehorn tech into everything” approach.

Education in the general term is the literal liberating factor within an individual. The more you understand the world around you the more confident you become in that world.

That’s why I push all my people and anyone who is willing to listen towards tech and other industries that are more “merit based” on the spectrum. As well as gravitating towards well paying trades that can fund their future intellectual endeavors.

I can go on about education forever but I’ll just stop before I get carried away :)

Thank you for the kind words @jbhouse

Location: Remote, USA

Remote: Yes - Remote Only

Willing to Relocate: Yes but only to where I want

Tech: React, Vue, NodeJS, Any Deployment Platform, can learn anything in like 24-48 hours.

Resume/CV: Currently Sr Eng @ Disney (sounds cooler than reality)

email: roselpadilla@gmail.com

Laws of UX 6 years ago

The law says “make all applications and programs accessible, aesthetic, intuitive, and user friendly” but I think I see alotta engineers out here.

For context: No degree, Very comfortable (salary over 150, savings, family, etc) and in my mid 20s with 5 years of experience.

Here’s how I went from being generationally poor to that:

1) Taught myself the skill. Really put my head down and learned.

2) Demonstrate you know what your doing and have a passion for it (fake it if you don’t and just want to get paid) through projects, contributions, volunteering, having your own site with mentioned projects writing etc. You’re building an image here.

3) Literally get your foot in the door anywhere, doesn’t matter how bad. Mine was at a local web dev shop locally as an “intern” in a tiny office w/ 4 people.

4) Start racking up XP and use that XP as leverage going forward. I mean really sell it. And always talk up your previous experience.

People tend to care more about experience, ability to get shit done, and personality over education in this field.

But yeah that was my experience having been in the same boat.

Science solved this problem way before the shake weight.

Understanding some basic concepts in nutrition/wellness, such as macros and micros, calories, how Energy Expenditure (keeping you alive, walks, lifting weights, etc) and Energy Storage (Fat, Muscle, etc) all ties in with your unique genetics, body composition and lifestyle goes a long way.

Quick and dirty trick: be at a low Body Fat Percentage and have abdominal muscles (which we all do ha).

Hosting and the tech behind it, networks, etc. Is something I’m interested learning more about. Recommend any resources? Also, do people still care about college? This is a college dropout asking.