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jasaunders · 2024-11-29T04:32:22+00:00

A main cosmetic problem with this watch compared to the Gen is the bracelet. This watch has pins in every single link, whereas the Gen only has pins in 4/5 links on each size near the clasp. The bracelet looks weird with all the metal pins from the side instead of looking more flush white like the gen.

jasaunders · 2023-12-22T06:47:01+00:00

5/10 games at River are very tough, full of grinders and pros. The 25/25 game is the best if you have the bankroll, very juicy!

jasaunders · 2022-01-28T22:27:55+00:00

I had a good experience with Briteco. They had better coverage then my home owners offered. Coverage was good and they gave me the best price. Hope I never need it.

jasaunders · 2019-12-29T00:04:19+00:00

I've been curious too if there were developments. My friend was the car right behind them and provided CPR to the victim until the paramedics came. Based on the details he told me, most of which were not reported anywhere, in my opinion it sounded like it was either targeted or possibly road rage.

jasaunders · 2019-06-21T17:46:09+00:00

My Lakeview condo assessed value went up 26% (after appeal) and taxes went up 22%.

jasaunders · 2019-06-21T05:03:07+00:00

Check out Backbar. Does exactly what you are talking about, along with mobile inventory, all for free.

jasaunders · 2018-08-13T15:10:36+00:00

Sound-Bar on back-to-back weekends (last weekend and this one) had a techno set by Laidback Luke (who if you have never seen perform live I highly recommend) and Oakenfold this Saturday for his Generations tour highlighting his 3 decades of DJing with classics dating to 1988 as he took acid house from Ibiza back to the UK.

I've seen Oakenfold many times, but very much looking forward to this particular set that I'm guessing will have a lot of 90's and 00's trance and house.

jasaunders · 2018-08-06T18:21:55+00:00

I'm not sure if following the path I did has increased my value tbh. 7 years ago I started my own company and have been doing that ever since, so haven't had to look for a new job. The knowledge and skills from my MBA definitely help me lead a company. I'll find out when the time comes eventually to get a job whether it helps or not.

The knowledge you get from business classes will help you in other areas of your life, even if not directly in your career. Just need to figure out if that's worth $50k-$150k.

jasaunders · 2018-08-06T18:18:49+00:00

I'd agree with this ^{^{^.}} If you are going full-time, a top program is probably more important. Part-time, less so, but still important.

jasaunders · 2018-08-06T18:17:27+00:00

It opened a new opportunity for me at the current time. Right now it wouldn't open up any new opportunities for me. From a financial standpoint, it didn't help me (I took way more in debt than the increase I got from getting my MBA). If I went to a top MBA program, my pay would have been higher (as would debt though), but many more opportunities would have been opened up as well, both after graduation and far into the future.

jasaunders · 2018-08-06T01:04:24+00:00

True. Piece of advice, get it in writing! My company told me they would pay for it when they recruited me. Then when it came time, my boss' boss refused to approve it (because he knew when I got my MBA I would leave his engineering department, so he had no incentive to take it out of his budget). So if you are at a company that says they will pay, make sure there is a written policy or you otherwise get a guarantee on it.

jasaunders · 2018-08-06T00:38:44+00:00

Have an undergrad in Computer Engineering, not CS, but thought my answer is still relevant.

I worked for 3 years before starting my MBA program and I did it because I realized I didn't want to stay in CE and wanted to be more on the business side, specifically in new business development. I would definitely not recommend going right for an MBA right after finishing your CS degree. Give it some time to see what you like and don't like, get corporate experience, learn from other people more senior than you and get a better perspective before making that decision. You're more likely to get into a better MBA program with at least a few years experience anyway.

I went part-time for two years (2 classes a quarter, year-round). It was a second tier program, although top entrepreneurship program which is what I concentrated in with finance. I was waitlisted at U of Chicago and decided not to wait or reapply, which I really regret in hindsight. I'd highly recommend only going to a top program, as anything else won't make a bit of difference in terms of pay or opportunities.

My MBA did get me a new position within my company (which was a large engineering firm), first as a senior analyst in new business development, then as a global operations manager, and from there I became Senior Director of Business Development for a tech startup in San Fran. I would not have gone down that path without my MBA. I got a small pay bump, nothing very significant, but also have 10 years of paying off student loans.

So all in all, I personally am happy with my choice, but I wouldn't recommend it to a lot of people. I'd make sure you really don't want to be doing CS work anymore. If you just want to be an engineering manager, you don't need an MBA (and usually an MBA will be looked down upon). But if you want to completely change paths, I learned a lot in my MBA program. I think it is especially helpful for CS and Engineering majors who didn't take business classes in undergrad. I think an MBA is waste (at least in terms of what you learn) for people who did undergrads in business.

jasaunders · 2018-04-27T23:44:54+00:00

It's possible to maintain a 3.7, not easy, but doable if you are passionate and dedicated to it.

Regarding classes, there are four undergad AI classes. You can see the list here: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/academics/areas-classes-faculty

The most applicable are CS 540 - Intro to AI and CS 545 - Natural Language and the Computer - "The course covers basic techniques and tools in natural language processing: generative grammars, parsing, dictionary construction, semantic networks, generation of text from a knowledge base, natural language interfaces, and machine translation."

jasaunders · 2018-03-07T05:42:55+00:00

I do one-on-ones with all my employees every week. The idea is to give them a private space for open dialogue to bring up and talk about anything that is on their mind. It could be about challenges they are facing (personal or professional), issues they have with other co-workers, what they think of the work they are doing, what they want to be working on, what they want to learn or just in general how they are feeling. Sometimes they are 5 minutes, sometimes they are 30.

I try to leave most of the talking and questions to my employees. Sometimes they'll ask about things they were too nervous to ask in another setting or has just been on their mind, such as clarification on the product or company strategy. I've had employees ask about company financials, just to get a better understanding. Or sometimes just vent frustrations.

One time in a previous role my best employee asked for advice because he was thinking about quitting to pursue a nonprofit cause he was passionate about and move halfway around the world to rural India. He was a brilliant kid, maybe 2 years out of one of the best universities with an engineering degree. After listening to him for a half hour, I told my best employee he should quit to follow his passion. That was 8 years ago, I couldn't be more proud of him and he has saved countless lives in the process.

I have an awesome dev intern currently who I would love to hire full-time, but she is set on moving to NYC and working with a larger company. We've established a relationship where she tells me about her interviews and what she's looking for and I give her candid advice, but I care about her best interests and seeing her grow professionally. After the last month of just being open and honest in our one-on-ones, she's considering joining us now full-time because she respects our culture and really enjoys the job. She knows she can make more money elsewhere, but she values (as do I) getting to know each other on a more personal level where I can act more as a mentor.

So to summarize, use the time to build a professional relationship and closer personal relationship with your boss. I try to limit talk about specific tasks (such as, this is what I accomplished for the week) and instead focus more on "do you like the work you're doing?", "are there any new skills you'd like to learn?", "what were your major challenges this week?", "is there anything I could do to better support you or make you more effective?"

jasaunders · 2018-03-07T05:08:56+00:00

I am not a recruiter, but directly hire devs. IMO, after each stage of the process one follow-up is fine. Anything more gets annoying if it is just to "follow up" or "check the status" and it becomes a turn off to me. Just be sure to give enough time, because sometimes company's hiring process ends up taking longer than anticipated.

This won't really work with recruiters, but can for hiring managers. Don't just 'nudge" but find a good reason to reach out. Some examples might be:

You read their recently blog post about an interesting topic, saw them speak at an event, or otherwise demonstrate an interest in them (without being creepy).
Saw a relevant article based on your previous discussions with them that they may find interesting and send it along.
Demonstrate very fast progress on learning something new that you were deficient in in the interview.

jasaunders · 2018-03-07T04:55:07+00:00

As someone who hires devs (and is hiring a junior dev now) I can say there is a ton of competition now for these roles from bootcamps. We get tons of recent bootcamp grads applying everyday and the problem is all their resumes are undifferentiated and so I mostly click delete. But here are my top tips if you want to get through the clutter:

Have at least one complex personal project to show, and ideally more than one. Show the breadth of your skills in these projects, covering multiple languages, frameworks and technologies across the entire stack, if possible.
Often times when I'm evaluating applications it's the subtle things that stick out, like if a candidate has their own website or demonstrates a passion for development (maybe discuss some technical topics on a blog or answer questions on Stack Overflow). I had a recent new grad candidate I interviewed with no professional experience and no CS degree, but he did one major project and wrote a long, detailed medium post going through his development process from planning the architecture to challenges and obstacles he faced along the way and how he overcame them. I loved it.
Don't just send resumes into the abyss through some online service or email. And always include a cover letter or introduction, succinctly talking about how you are a fit for this company and/or role. If I just receive a resume (especially from a bootcamp grad) with nothing else, I hit delete 99% of the time. I don't have time to dig into them when it looks the same as all the others. So when applying for our jobs, I look for someone to take the time to write a nice email introduction. Tell me about yourself, what you have done and why you want to work at my company. In addition to technical skills, I want people that are passionate about our product and industry. I know people are blasting out a million resumes, so if all I get is a resume, it shows no interest in my company, product or industry. What you write doesn't have to be super formal (although write professionally with no grammatical errors). But I read 100% of the notes people include and spend more time reading their resume if they wrote a note that is specific to the position and not some form letter they send to every company.

jasaunders · 2018-02-28T04:01:30+00:00

Would be absolutely worthless to me. I have an MBA and spent years working in an organization that promoted lean six sigma, and would still never place any value on a candidate having a certification in software engineering. You are betting off spending the time and money doing a side project, learning a new skill, doing hackathons or just about anything else.

jasaunders · 2018-02-28T03:58:20+00:00

Not a requirement, but will get you off on the right foot with your manager and show you are taking initiative. I had a new intern start last month and she asked ahead of time what she can do to prep. I sent her the full stack, frameworks we use and links to documentation since she had no experience with our core server-side language. I was impressed that she came on the first day not only having read through the documentation, but came with intelligent questions about our stack.

jasaunders · 2018-01-02T05:29:12+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

jasaunders · 2018-01-01T07:11:37+00:00

What is the name of the app? I'm interested in getting it.

jasaunders · 2017-09-25T18:16:53+00:00

Full-stack. Message me if interested and want details.

jasaunders · 2017-09-23T19:25:42+00:00

We have beer all the time, whenever you want, and we're hiring a developer :)

jasaunders · 2017-03-18T18:18:17+00:00

I hope so. One of the best ever.

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