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David Albrecht
Personal blog · davidralbrecht.com/notes · on HN as eldavidocareerprogrammingbusiness
David Albrecht's personal blog at davidralbrecht.com covers career, programming and business. Since 2010, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Primus inter pares – David Albrecht”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-13, and you can follow it by feed.
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- Primus inter pares – David Albrecht2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2018-07-14
What Hacker News says?
I agree 100%. Another point: we're actually talking about strategy (Stratechery/MBA worldview) vs. operations (build the best product, do things well -- HN view). This is a well-worn argument in business circles and it's funny to see it manifest here under a different name. http://www.davidralbrecht.com/notes/2018/09/strategy.html Hackers are operators :) I get the sense that strategy vs. operations matters differen…
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on “Instagram’s CEO”Submitted The future is distributed (2018) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionKind of a hodgepodge: Rack up experience. It's much better to be working than not working. It is much better to have 2 years of experience and learning vs. 6-9 months looking for something perfect -- this is especially the case for juniors. Just take the first job you can get. Also, don't underestimate how much the rate of learning differs between various workplaces. Try to work somewhere that invests in people, esp…
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on “Ask HN: What is your best advice for a junior software developer?”Submitted Primus inter pares – David Albrecht as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSimple: nobody has time. Due to capital availability [1], the SV/SF ecosystem is highly optimized to favor spending money over time. That's why you get much-more-expensive WeWork over private office leases, everyone wanting to pay 2x as much for very senior staff, and few companies able to build a good content marketing brand. Patience is a huge competitive advantage, if you can manage it. [1] http://www.davidralbre…
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on “Ask HN: Why not more hiring of junior devs, then on-the-job-training?”Submitted Failing to get started with HealthVault, or how to discourage platform adoption as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI went to China a few months ago and had similar thoughts: United States There's a lot more to say, but overall, the trip made me very optimistic about the future of the United States. China's cost advantage is disappearing. A 1.5-hour boat ride with a bit of transportation on both ends was almost $100 (US), and that was after we'd haggled them down. At those prices, cost advantages aren't a slam-dunk, and the dista…
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on “American Entrepreneurs Who Flocked to China Are Heading Home, Disillusioned”Submitted Cheapo heuristics: how small business gets by as a story · 1 points
HN discussionKeep the needs of the audience in mind. More: http://www.davidralbrecht.com/notes/tags/engcomm.html
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on “Ask HN: What are the things keep in mind while giving/preparing for a tech talk?”Submitted Disruption at Microsoft: A front-row seat (2009) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionNo. I have an undergraduate degree in computer engineering (basically this stuff) but do mostly software these days. You're better off going deep in one or the other, either how to design this stuff or the algorithms/math/CS-heavy parts. I've written a lot about this on my personal blog. http://www.davidralbrecht.com/notes/2018/06/specialization.h... http://www.davidralbrecht.com/notes/2018/10/python:-the-new-...
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on “Ask HN: How to get started developing with FPGA?”Submitted Facebook - the challenges of scale as a story · 1 points
HN discussionYour suspicion is well-founded. Here are some thoughts on this topic--I wrote an entire blog post on it: http://www.davidralbrecht.com/notes/2018/06/primus-inter-par...
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on “Ask HN: How to be found as a technology co-founder?”