They say patience is a virtue, and a desirable quality. In a world where we are constantly inundated with notifications, news with hidden agenda, angst, vitriol, and on occasion actual information, it seems as if everyone and their grandmother is becoming diagnosed with A.D.D of some sort or another. Throughout my life, I ve seen [ ] The post On waiting and patience first appeared on Jay Huang .
How many people have read the 10 page internal memo written by ex-Googler James Damore in full? Understood the document in its entirety? Acknowledged (not necessarily accepted) the point J.D was making with a clear mind, without immediately jumping to conclusions? Not forming an opinion merely based on for-profit news sites that titled it the [ ] The post About the “Anti-Diversity Manifesto” first…
I find this is a question that comes up very quickly to business owners looking to hire a developer/freelancer. Why would you hire a developer from North America when you can outsource to someone in India or China? I briefly touched upon this in a previous post about things you should know about freelancing, and I [ ] The post Outsourcing overseas first appeared on Jay Huang .
Working as a consultant, I m used to providing suggestions and identifying bottlenecks in businesses. It s part of the job. I command the rates I do because these clients have seen the results I ve delivered, understand I very much care about their business, and want them to be as successful as possible. They have problems or goals for [ ] The post Giving feedback first appeared on Jay Huang .
It all started back when I was still working at SAP. A few colleagues mentioned Amazon was opening up another office in Yaletown. I believe it was in January 2013 or so. I wasn t very interested at first, but after hearing about it a couple times, I gave it some more thought and decided it [ ] The post My Amazon interview experience first appeared on Jay Huang .
I had no idea what I was doing. It was my first time using GitHub. I had an account for a while but didn t have any code to open source. All of my freelance work is bound by NDA, as is the work I ve done at my 2 previous full-time positions. I decided to give [ ] The post Pushing code to GitHub as Linus Torvalds first appeared on Jay Huang .
2 days ago, the latest post about my experience at my previous job hit the front page of HackerNews. It s been a while since I left that job, and I held off on writing the post for as long as I could. Partly because I was busy, partly because I was trying to stop from [ ] The post The HackerNews effect: Hitting #2 on HN first appeared on Jay Huang .
I quit my my last job after a little more than 2 months. Why? Did I jump into a position I was not excited about? No. In fact, I faced major struggles trying to persuade myself NOT to take that offer (and ultimately, failed). I had been looking for a job after my second contract [ ] The post A culture of beer and overtime first appeared on Jay Huang .
Just a quick post about some issues I ve been having with the recent update to Chrome Canary. Ever since updating to Version 31.0.1613.1 canary Aura this morning, I ve noticed my computer was extremely unresponsive. I mostly ignored it for a while and tried to get on with doing my work, but about an hour or so [ ] The post PSA: Do not update Chrome Canary to Version 31.0.1613.1 canary Aura first…
This past weekend, a close friend of mine disappeared off the face of the Earth. Well almost. She was on the brink of suicide and had cut off all communication to the outside world. Cell phone, dead. Emails, no response. Facebook, no response, Skype, offline. Apartment, nobody. A whole slew of problems, compounded with having [ ] The post RCMP need to stop dealing with mentally unstable victims…