How to Think for Yourself

Re:How to Think for Yourself by username90 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @06:10AM (#25236926)

I learned that working at Google pays a ton and not that hard to get in there. So I learned to code and got a job at Google and made a lot of money thanks to HN. My life got a lot easier thanks to that.

I feel the value of HN is greatly reduced once you are more familiar with the industry. But to an outsider this site is gold.

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Re:How to Think for Yourself by webdev93 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @09:10AM (#25237579)

How is it not hard to get into Google? Sounds more like survivorship bias.

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Re:How to Think for Yourself by username90 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @12:25PM (#25238871)

I'm really good at math so I knew that learning the algorithmic thinking wouldn't be hard. All I needed to do was learn to program and learn algorithms. For people with a different skillset it wouldn't be as easy, but reading about it online made me realize that it wouldn't be hard for me.

I mean, when you read about interviews and the problems people struggle with you get a sense of what it is. When I read those I thought "That doesn't seem hard, I can do that!", so I did.

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Re:How to Think for Yourself by yawaramin on Sunday November 29, 2020 @12:34AM (#25243154)

What you are describing is exactly survivorship bias.

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Re:How to Think for Yourself by dahx4Eev on Saturday November 28, 2020 @06:42AM (#25237009)

Are there any sites that are gold for HNers?

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