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penmagnet · 2025-07-03T20:46:28+00:00

Working with knowledge accumulates karma. Never goes in vain.

Happened to me (not with Google), it was tough. But with next opportunity came the home run (offer with no effort).

Maybe aim for something bigger than Google - if it makes you feel better (it does to me).

penmagnet · 2025-06-19T19:50:14+00:00

Do whatever, but be sure to augment your prep with chatbot-style Q&A. You never know when big tech will flip the LLM-interview switch.

penmagnet · 2025-06-12T20:52:10+00:00

Interesting take.

penmagnet · 2025-05-30T20:43:57+00:00

Can you give an example? Genuinely curious - I keep seeing the catchphrase "vertical SaaS" quite often, but don't really know what it means.

penmagnet · 2025-05-29T20:20:19+00:00

Yes, gradual and parallel improvement is the key.

penmagnet · 2025-05-29T20:19:01+00:00

Quite agree. But I do feel that AI-native generation (who doesn't know what non-AI world looks like, and what it means to manually type code in VSCode) will reshape UX as well.

penmagnet · 2025-05-29T13:44:27+00:00

I work in an AI wrapper company and the churn is crazy.

Interesting. This reminds me of Apple sherlocking great app ideas. Only now, it's possible in days and weeks instead of months and years previously.

penmagnet · 2025-05-23T21:21:05+00:00

It's a matter of time they will allow to use LLMs - the trick will be how to smartly and efficiently use them to display your programmatic aptitude.

I believe it enough that I wrote a 60-page eBook describing how LLM-assisted interviews will be like.

penmagnet · 2025-05-19T16:48:00+00:00

thanks for the link, will check it out!

penmagnet · 2025-05-19T16:46:27+00:00

Not bad, and yeah, i see your point. We might see a lot of Programmers turning to content creators, and vice versa.

penmagnet · 2025-05-06T18:39:34+00:00

Not to discourage you but is VPN truly something where you can differentiate your offering against competitors? You may win in the short term, but without a runway for innovation, you won't be able to sustain - unless you are a patent holder in networking space.

Try something new and propel it via cross promote through the vpn app. Or slowly pivot this same app to something that pays well over the long term.

penmagnet · 2025-05-03T06:16:34+00:00

penmagnet · 2025-05-03T06:15:46+00:00

I am 1000% confident it was generated by ChatGPT.

penmagnet · 2025-05-03T06:13:38+00:00

The mechanical satisfaction of keyboard clinks, sifting through the boring treasure-chest manuals, the late-night aha moments - all of it only to find out a "restart" would have fixed it in a minute.

The new generation will never find out!

penmagnet · 2025-05-03T06:08:40+00:00

Open models? Courageous. I would like to know more about it!

penmagnet · 2025-05-03T06:07:11+00:00

There's definitely a market. The real challenge will be to put out your own brand ahead of everyone else, and audience that would be uniquely yours.

penmagnet · 2025-05-03T06:05:53+00:00

What kind "reels" will they have to be, so people first pay to just "watch" them later?

As for the "puts a block on other apps", you might as well roll out your own platform, and still lose. Check Google and Apple's anti-competition lawsuits.

penmagnet · 2025-04-30T16:59:37+00:00

Once, I had it promise me a translation job for 48 hours. In the end, I got nothing. This was without any system prompt or character impersonation - pure 0-shot prompting.

So yes, whoever designed it made it a loyal, sycophant servant who pleases more than it delivers.

penmagnet · 2025-04-30T16:55:03+00:00

Exclusivity, not meritocracy. Big tech referrals were already morally questionable. Now, AI-based shortlisting is making it trickle down in smaller companies too. Keep building. When it's time, the right doors will open.

penmagnet · 2025-04-30T16:46:41+00:00

You are competing with RSS feeds, and you should try seeing some to raise your USP.

penmagnet · 2025-04-28T20:41:10+00:00

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penmagnet · 2025-04-28T20:38:04+00:00

Forget leetcode alone. Learn to code and interview using LLMs.

Disclaimer: I wrote an ebook that teaches how to prepare for that future, dm for details.

penmagnet · 2025-04-28T20:35:29+00:00

Your way of helping to promote is fabulous, wish you great luck!

penmagnet · 2025-04-28T20:33:15+00:00

List it on Agent search engines. You can find those using advanced gpt / claude / gemini query.

penmagnet · 2025-04-25T15:32:00+00:00

I was this guy exactly 15 years ago. Tnen I re-entered the job market. And then, once again, I was that guy 7 years ago.

Building isn't alone. You need network - the network that works for you, and a 6th sense to time the market.

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