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Simone Brunozzi
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Simone Brunozzi's personal blog at brunozzi.com covers career, culture and programming. Since 2008, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 37 times, most often “How I got hired by Amazon.com”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked in HN threads on whether a university degree matters and on inequality and skin in the game. The comments do not discuss the writing; one says the site was not loading.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- How I got hired by Amazon.com2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2008-05-24
- Simone Brunozzi - How I got hired by Amazon.com2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-10-24
What Hacker News says?
This is my "getting a job at Amazon" of 9+ years ago: http://brunozzi.com/2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazoncom/ I hope you like it and find it useful. I think it's still relevant today.
Comment linking /2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazoncom/
on “How I went from failing every interview to a job at Amazon”Submitted Apple will Not buy Tesla for $75b in 18 months as a story · 51 points
HN discussionMy own story of how I got hired at Amazon, back in 2008: http://brunozzi.com/2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazoncom/
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on “Stories and Tips: Interviews with Facebook, Twitter, Amazon and Others”Submitted Accents, English, Arrogance, Success as a story · 46 points
HN discussionNot 100% related, but in 2004-2006 I was an entrepreneur in Italy, AND a full professor at a local university, teaching "Compilers and Programming Languages Lab" to students only a few years younger than me. For some reason, the budget for a full professorship (not permanent, but only 1-year long) was meager, I think it was ~1,600 Euros for the whole year. As a consequence, the usual corrupted nominations didn't hap…
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on “Anders Hejlsberg on Modern Compiler Construction (2016) [video]”Submitted How I got hired by Amazon.com as a story · 39 points
HN discussionI am copying this from a recent blog post that I've written. Hopefully it's good advice. Let me know what you think. 3) What did I learn? Now you might want to ask: after 500 talks, presentations, keynotes and the like, what did I learn? Many things, among which: 3.1) Somebody in the audience is smarter than you: no matter how smart, focused, sharp you are, you’ll always find someone who is smarter, more prepared, m…
Comment linking /2013/01/04/500-times-on-stage/
on “Public speaking for introverts”Submitted On Evangelism as a story · 11 points
HN discussionGood memories. I built the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Second Life [0] in 2007. I met Philip Rosedale in August 2007, he saw it and said it was the most beautiful building ever made in SL. Then, I found my job at AWS through Second Life. [1] Years later, the project became secondary to me. Unfortunately, there was no way to backup my creation, and I didn't want to give 300$/month to Linden Labs. (unfair art…
Comment linking /2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazon.com/
on “Returning to Second Life”Submitted Why Stallman is wrong as a story · 10 points
HN discussionIf anyone here is specifically interested in "tech evangelism" tips, I have been one for several years, and have written a few things about it - which cover, in part, public speaking; I hope you find these useful: 1) http://brunozzi.com/2015/04/30/on-evangelism/ 2) Related to "accents" : http://brunozzi.com/2013/09/02/accents-english-arrogance-suc...
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on “Ask HN: Good public speaking course/resources?”Submitted A better mentor manifesto? as a story · 5 points
HN discussionI wrote about the program a few months back: http://brunozzi.com/2015/08/22/estonia-e-residency/ (I hope you find it useful)
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on “Estonia's e-Residency Program”Submitted The rise of vertical accelerators as a story · 4 points
HN discussionMy own thoughts from 2015: http://brunozzi.com/2015/04/30/on-evangelism/
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on “What developer advocates do”Submitted Estonia's e-residency program as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI have an e-residency card. This is my experience, and thoughts: http://brunozzi.com/2015/08/22/estonia-e-residency/
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on “Estonia's E-Residency Program Is Growing Faster Than Predicted”Submitted On Evangelism (2015) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI had the privilege to work at Amazon for 6 years, and Jeff Barr was my first manager. I convinced him to hire me through Second Life - read the full story here: http://brunozzi.com/2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazoncom/ Jeff, congrats for this achievement! Looking forward to a 15 years anniversary soon :)
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on “My First 12 Years at Amazon.com”Submitted The Ugly Thing about the Hard Thing about Hard Things (2014) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI knew Second Life very well. In 2007, I built a perfect replica of the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi [1], met with Philip Rosedale in San Francisco, and almost cried when he told me: "This is the most beautiful building I've ever seen in Second Life.". I was very critical of Second Life at the time: I thought that most people were using it in the wrong way, and that the "gold rush" would soon bring problems.…
Comment linking /2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazoncom/
on “What Second Life got right, and no one else has since”Submitted Early Sunday morning random thoughts as a story · 2 points
HN discussionHa! I wrote a review of it [0], in case you're curious. [0]: http://brunozzi.com/2014/03/20/the-ugly-thing-about-the-hard...
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on “The Wrongful Death of Toussaint Louverture”Submitted How to improve Hacker News as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThe degree is seen as a benchmark, an easy early filter - you know someone with a degree has had the focus to knuckle down and study a subject in depth for a period of time. Frustrating for those who don't have a degree but have done the same amount of studying, if not more. But that's the way it goes. You're only 24. If it's bothering you, go get a degree. Otherwise, make sure you produce work that demonstrates you…
Comment linking /en/2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazoncom/
on “Ask YC: Why the degree?”Submitted How I got hired by Amazon.com (2008) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionWell, interesting anecdote: I found my job at AWS through Second Life, back in 2008: http://brunozzi.com/2008/05/22/how-i-got-hired-by-amazoncom/
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on “Fans of Second Life Hope to Bring VR Back to the Classroom”Submitted Why Stallman is wrong (2015) as a story · 1 points
HN discussion"On Evangelism" [0], written by me in 2015. I was once one of the few tech evangelists at AWS. I think it's worth a quick read. [0]: http://brunozzi.com/2015/04/30/on-evangelism/
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on “Principles of Software Evangelism”Submitted 500 times on Stage (2013) as a story · 1 points
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