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Re:The Junior Hiring Crisis on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:28PM (#46129966)
Some hiring managers prioritize technical skill but its only one part of whether the interviewers "like" a candidate. There are infinite reasons someone can get turned down and only some of them are skill related.
Re:School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement (NBER Digest) on Tuesday December 02, 2025 @10:22PM (#46129940)
To expect children/teens to outsmart big tech companies putting billions of dollars into getting us all addicted to our phone seems... naive. Removing availability to a vice has always been a somewhat effective strategy to mitigate temptation, i.e. food, drugs, etc.
Correct, in my defense I did research if there is a more standard name before posting :)
While trying to decipher some questionably typed, cryptic project requirements a coworker said "someone should make a tool to improve project requirements." So I threw together a chatgpt wrapper with a query template in the time it took to finish the meeting.

I've been wanting to play around with some easy AI ideas so this was a silly way to practice.

Re:Ask HN: How to overcome job search exhaustion? on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:13PM (#33277723)
I was also going to suggest mock interviews, especially after 40 interviews and no offer.
Re:Ask HN: Which is the most useful job board? on Saturday September 24, 2022 @08:31PM (#32967882)
I second linkedin, in my experience it's been less cluttered with spam jobs and has the most relevant suggestions.
Re:Ask HN: Should I give up and get a job? on Thursday March 03, 2022 @12:50PM (#30544191)
Definitely both but likely starting by talking to your target demographic and then building an MVP if it seems like people would pay money for it.
Re:Ask HN: Should I give up and get a job? on Thursday March 03, 2022 @11:35AM (#30543188)
The fact that the idea isn't validated was also the red flag to me. I read the lean startup recently, I would recommend that to learn about validating product ideas as you build as to not get to a finished product that no one will pay for.