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hdkmraf commented on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023) · Posted by u/whoishiring

hdkmraf · 2 years ago

Location: Spain

Remote: Can be remote, can be on location, no preference

Willing to relocate: Yes, within Spain

Technologies: Mostly Python ecosystem. Comfortable with Azure, GCP or AWS. Mostly machine learning, data science and AI stuff

Résumé/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hdkmraf

Email: rafael.perez@eol.solutions

hdkmraf commented on Ask HN: As a programmer, how do you know if you're a good one or not? · Posted by u/dvnguyen

bb88 · 7 years ago

You're asking the wrong question. You should be asking "Am I an efficient or effective programmer?"

  Do I get things in on time / under budget?
  Do I avoid common programming pitfalls?
  Do I solve more problems than I create?
  Do I see simple solutions to complex problems?
  Can I refactor terrible code to more easily maintained code?
  Can I avoid terribly written code in the first place?
  Can I effectively communicate with people in order to get the answers I need without wasting their time with needless questions?

Then you know you're effective when:

  You're asked for help often.
  You're the go to person by the boss.
  You're often asked for your opinion for engineering decisions.
  Your opinion holds weight with others.

hdkmraf · 7 years ago

Wow, this is such an eye opener. I have always considered myself an ok programmer, but always struggling with trying to be effective.

Your four points on effectiveness happen to me on a daily basis, but I tend to see them as annoyances, mind you, I rarely refuse to help and advice. This gives a whole new light and meaning to all those interruptions.

hdkmraf commented on Signaling in tech is some fucked up shit (2016) daiyi.co/blog/2016/11/30/... · Posted by u/luu

expertentipp · 7 years ago

Isn’t using Java, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, and neural networks for a TODO iOS app the same?

hdkmraf · 7 years ago

This made me burst in laughter. I am indeed using Java and Elasticsearch, and no PyTorch, but Spark for an app I am working on. Way more complex than it should be.

hdkmraf commented on Surviving Your 40s nytimes.com/2018/05/04/op... · Posted by u/dsr12

DataWorker · 8 years ago

Are you the person you were at 22?

hdkmraf · 8 years ago

Full metal-head in his 30s here, gotta admit I am a much different person and much happier now than when I was 22, sometimes I would like to go back in time and punch my younger self. The body is failing already, but the spirit is getting stronger.

hdkmraf commented on The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone theatlantic.com/magazine/... · Posted by u/johnny313

tayo42 · 8 years ago

Exit to what? It'll be really hard to get paid anywhere near what software jobs pay?

hdkmraf · 8 years ago

Farming

hdkmraf commented on Amazon data science interview questions mldatageek.herokuapp.com/... · Posted by u/onerousraisin

rothbardrand · 8 years ago

It appears that the current generation of "hackers" seems very keen to work for a big name company-- Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook. As someone who has worked for many startups and several of the above named companies, please let me give you a bit of advice:

- A big company on your resume has no outside value to your prospects.

Seriously. There's not "hey well he worked for amazon so we know he's good" free pass in the future for having Amazon on your resume.

There might be a "well, she wasted 3 years at amazon and we all know that's a hellhole so we can get away with abusing her" signal though. (Amazon is a hellhole, I spent 2 years there, in retrospect I would have been better off walking the day it became clear they were using cult methodology.[1])

It took me many years to find my calling. Once I did then my career direction was set. I'll only be working for companies in this industry going forward, because it really is my calling.

Take a job that maximizes your creativity and ability to contribute.

Don't chase big money or big names. The two almost never go together, anyway.

[1] Magical Phrases are a key indicator of cult methodology. Also known as "thought terminating cliches" they are multi-purpose sayings that are used to invoke company ideology and shut down dissent. At amazon there are things like "It's day one!" and the like. Every time I've seen these cult signals at a company it turned out to be a toxic work environment.

A good question to ask in interviews is if they company has any slogans all the employees know.

hdkmraf · 8 years ago

I used to be contacted by Amazon a lot around 4 years ago, to work with their data science team. At the time I was busy helping build up a startup (and a data science team), so always turned them down, I always put my people first. The startup turned out to be quite profitable, they are up and kicking nowadays, I am very proud of my time with them.

Nowadays I am looking for a new permanent position (have been freelancing for a couple of years). My wife happens to be a headhunter and knows how most HR and internal recruitment teams think and work. She tells me with Amazon in my CV many more doors would open. I don't regret turning them down, I know for sure had I accepted to work with them I would have never met my wife, who brings me more joy than any job would ever do... But I can't help to wonder...

hdkmraf commented on Diversity Crisis in AI fast.ai/2017/08/16/divers... · Posted by u/backpropaganda

hdkmraf · 8 years ago

As an old AI researcher, I was expecting some words on how everyone and their grandma try to solve every "AI" problem applying neural networks nowadays, and how other algorithms (e.g. nature based, genetic, hive minds) are not even given a glance anymore.

Instead I get some racial and sexist controversy... Disappointing...

Edit: We have a diversity crisis in AI indeed, but it is in everybody thinking and trying to solve things the same way. Give a chance to other algorithms, not just what the big guys shove down your throats.

hdkmraf commented on Ask HN: If you were to switch career, what would you do? · Posted by u/bsvalley

hdkmraf · 9 years ago

Herder.

Most likely taking care of goats.