100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: The rise of never-ending job interviews
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100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
Strongly agree. Has been my experience as well.
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?
We are looking for SW engineers in the USA. Can you drop me an email leisenming AT protonmail DOT com? Thanks and good luck.
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you establish and maintain relationships with your first users?
Mine is an online animation editor that requires no coding or formulas https://toonclip.com
The first users came from a post here on HN and Product hunt.
For community building we have a Forum and a Discord server. Also our animations can be exported and shared on social media. As these animations have the ToonClip log,o it drives a decent bit of traffic.
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What would a Facebook that isn't evil look like?
If anyone is interested in getting together, brain storming and working towards a startup in this space - I am interested.
I particularly like "I'd like a system that acts as my own portal to all those systems, and allows me to follow people on the Fediverse, Facebook, Instagram, RSS feeds, you name it; and is easy to expand to support new things, but also gives me more control over my feed" by mcv here.
You can drop comments here or respond to me at sridhar AT toonclip DOT com
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul
I see decent bit of parallels with such cram schools and Leetcoding for FAANG applications.
I just completed a final interview round for Google and went through 300+ problems on LC. It improved my test taking ability a lot, but in the actual job will be completely useless. Similar to the Chinese children, this artificial testing is getting more and more competitive.
Just wanted to bring it up.
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you validate your webapp product/market fit?
I am still in this process.
My first launch was here on Hacker News, but at that time it was a prototype with no way to register and log in. Interest was very good. Then launched on Product Hunt where I got my first 20 registered users. Beyond that it has been posting the animations created on 4chan and other social websites.
I usually iterate on the features, look n feel etc. Try an idea, see if it sticks. If it doesnt, then discard it. I also have Discord channels that users can get help or chat on.
The product is an animation editor with no code or formulas https://toonclip.com
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is looking for a co-founder? (July 2021)
ToonClip.com | Remote
Toonclip.com lets users create animations in minutes.
Looking for a marketing cofounder who can help in getting more users and traction.
Email leisenming AT protonmail DOT com to connect.
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
Many tech roles open at Happy Money, such as Software Engineer, Principal Engineer, Full stack Engineer, Technical Project Manager ...[Remote | Los angeles]
https://happymoney.com/careers/
Happy money helps people develop better financial habits. It helps by creating customized plans to pay off credit card debts. We are approx 7 years old and 250+ folks. We are expanding now and are hiring a bunch.
I am an Engineering Manager and hiring directly for my team as well as for other teams. Please drop me an email if you are interested - leisenming AT protonmail DOT com
Also let me know if you have any questions,
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who doesn’t want to go back to the office?
I live in Fremont and had a job in Los Angeles. Had to fly in every week. It was exhausting. Then Covid came and got rid of the flight and commute. It was awesome.
But after a year of being cooped up with a wife and a 4 year old, I yearn to be back at the office about twice a week.
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Five efficient ways to destroy your tech project
Can add another one that I was guilty of for several of my past startups. Believe in 'Make it and they will come.' Those went absolutely nowhere.
For my most recent startup ToonClip, I do a decent bit of marketing on 4chan, twitter, linkedin and the traction though not great is much better.
100-xyz | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you have any promotional videos for your startup
Hey thanks a lot. Follow up question, if you happen to know the answer: how long did it take to produce that and how much money?
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: The Manager's Handbook
Thanks for this. I am reading the whole thing now.
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Which book/essay changed your life?
"Your money or your life?" this changed my life.
I went through the calculations in the book and it was eye opening for me. From then I did a 10 month 5000 mile hike and then lived in China for 10+ years. Absolutely made my life much happier and content.
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is bait and switch jobs common in IT
I am researching the company more and looks like they have a pattern of such behavior. They seem to be more show than substance
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Those who quit their jobs to travel the world, how did it go?
I left my job and decided to travel to China with the intention of staying for a couple of years. I got a job and the stay extended to 10+ years. I got married to a Chinese and now have a 4 year old daughter.
My suggestion - if you are thinking of it, go ahead and do it.
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do you create digital art? let's see it
I created a sprite and an animation of Michael Siebert saying the YC acceptance speech.
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2021)
Location: currently in SF bay area moving to Austin, TX
Remote: Ok Willing to relocate: Only to Texas
Seeking role: Senior Engineering Manager
Technologies: Agile, node.js, AWS, javascript, Java, PHP, MongoDB, MySQL, Python
CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhar-ramasami-76a226117/
Email: leisenming AT protonmail DOT com
20+ years of IT management and tech experience. IIT alumnus. Did a 10 month, 5000 mile hike of the Eastern Continental Trail :-)
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: Monolith First (2015)
I work for a small company that uses microservices architecture. The product is simple where a user registers, enters preferences, selects from courses and submits a form. A monolith would be doable with 5 good engineers. Instead we have about 50 engineers+QA releasing bug filled code.
The company's design philosophy is based more on what is fashionable that what is suitable.
100-xyz | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to self-learn graphics programming?
I was in a similar journey while working on my startup ToonClip.com which deals heavily with graphics.
There are 2 different areas. One is the geometry and the math. Second is the libraries that make the graphics.
What was fun for me, was thinking of an idea eg. make a circle move along a given path. Then evaluating the different libraries to see how to achieve it. Then, when the libraries themselves needed modification, jump into the mathematics, geometry and algebra. I did not read books but just looked up articles and videos that cover the topics of interest.
Its a lot of fun that combines math, art and programming.
Wish you lotsa success and fun :-)
Google took 3 months. 1 month was from the virtual onsite final interviews to the Hiring Committee decision. It was a miserable month and even my wife hated Google by the end.
Second was for a Director of Engg position at a mid sized company. It took 2 months and finally I had to force them to answer. It was a company with weak leadership and it showed in their inability to make a decision.