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Jun 9, 2021

The Renaissance Hobo

A serendipitous encounter in the Fall of 2013, outside of a post office, on a chilly September day — “Oh, he isn’t actually a hobo.” The lady behind the counter glanced out the window of the post office at the subject of the man’s inquiry. “He lives near here… comes here to pay his rent. He’s harmless. Quite eccentric, though.” Her explanation felt rehearsed, like she was a tour…

Life

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The Renaissance Hobo
The Renaissance Hobo
Life

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Published in Better Programming

·Jun 3, 2021

Building a Startup? Don’t Hire Junior Developers

Reasons why onboarding junior engineers may be unsustainable for young companies — People I talk to tend to be surprised (and often personally offended) when I tell them that my company doesn’t interview junior engineers. It’s an understandable reaction; a blanket policy of not hiring juniors implies certain negative things. It can imply arrogance: I think I’m so smart and talented that…

Programming

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Building a Startup? Don’t Hire Junior Developers Immediately
Building a Startup? Don’t Hire Junior Developers Immediately
Programming

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Published in Better Programming

·Dec 20, 2020

You’ve Settled in as an Engineer. Now What?

How to avoid the plateau and continue to grow — Congrats! You’ve settled in at your first job. You’ve made it past the initial wave of impostor syndrome and have some idea of what you’re doing and what you’re good at. You might’ve even received a promotion or two. You’re no longer wildly floundering every day and are able to…

Programming

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You’ve Settled in as an Engineer. Now What?
You’ve Settled in as an Engineer. Now What?
Programming

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Published in Better Programming

·Apr 9, 2020

Lessons I’ve Learned as a Grad School Dropout

You can be a great engineer without a CS degree — I dropped out of grad school in December 2015 after two and a half grueling years. I left with practically nothing — no first-author publications, no degree, not even a single completed research project under my name. I hated my life so much that to me, losing a quarter of…

Academia

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Lessons I’ve Learned as a Grad School Dropout
Lessons I’ve Learned as a Grad School Dropout
Academia

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Tim Hwang

Tim Hwang

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Software engineer at Persona (https://withpersona.com). We’re building the identity layer of the internet… and hiring! https://boards.greenhouse.io/persona

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