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Re:LLVM 10.0 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @05:19PM (#22679128)
you always could, no? Just tell cmake to use clang to compile
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019) on Monday August 05, 2019 @05:15PM (#20619055)
Microsoft | Principal Engineering Manager | Redmond, WA | Fulltime | Onsite

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/671627/Principal-Eng...

Microsoft understands the complexity of work management and is committed to providing software and services that help our customers manage through all of that complexity. Project and Planner are key to our company’s long-term work management strategy and our engineering team delivers a range of customer-ready apps and services at scale while working to ensure we deliver a coherent task experience spanning all of Microsoft software and service endpoints (Dynamics, ToDo, Teams etc).

Responsibilities The Project and Planner team, part of the Office organization, is seeking to hire an Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for our core Project Scheduling Engine and the Windows Project client. As a leader of this team:

You will manage a team of experienced engineers as part of larger Work Management investments. You will be responsible for delivering a highly reliable, secure and performant scheduling component underpinning Microsoft’s Project Management Cloud services. You will also own all aspects of engineering and shipping our Windows Project Client application in partnership with the larger Office engineering team. You will be part of a standalone business where engineering work is tightly bound to our business and growth priorities and objectives. You will use customer feedback to drive improvement and innovation in our products and ensure that customers are succeeding with our software and services.

Qualifications Applications should have 2+ years of experience managing a software engineering team as well as a passion for C++, for solving complex problems and for delivering quality results.

Basic Qualifications:

A Master’s degree (or a Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of work experience equivalent) in computer science or a related field. 7+ years of experience with coding in C and C++ 7+ years of experience creating, shipping and evolving large commercial software components or products at scale.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Re:The C++ Build Process Explained on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:55PM (#18455897)
Qt docs, python docs, cppreference, code synthesis odb

Ask HN: Is there a software to visualize and modify a graph?

In the past year there have been multiple times where I really needed a tool to visualize and modify a graph. Ex: visualize a complex build pipeline, visualize c++ include graphs, visualize inheritance graphs.It would be great if the tool also enabled me to have some sort of way to see properties of each node/edge in the graph.Things I tried:Python - networkx is great but the rendered graphs...

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1. Go to “chrome://flags” in the URL bar and hit Return/Enter

2. In the search box at the top, type in “autoplay”

3. Look for “Autoplay policy” and pull down the submenu, then choose “Document user activation is required”

4. Relaunch Chrome for the setting to take effect

It does work all that well, but it is something...

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2018) on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @06:16PM (#16066408)
Microsoft | Software Engineer 2 | Seattle WA | Full time, Onsite

Microsoft Project, with over 20 million users, is dedicated to providing every Project Manager in the world, the tools they need to effectively manage projects. For over three decades, Microsoft Project has been the industry standard in Project Planning for companies of all sizes. As a business, Microsoft Project continues to be one of the most profitable products for Microsoft.

As a Software Engineer on our Team, you will have the opportunity to work in small, self-organizing crews, made up of Software Engineers and Product Owners, with a mission to bring the best project management capabilities to our users on both the PC and the Web. Delivering strong results will require you to engage with the wider engineering community across Microsoft Office.

Key responsibilities:

- Design and develop new features and capabilities in C++ for Microsoft Project.

- Enable key new scenarios like Co-Auth on both the PC and Web.

- Collaborate with engineers in Dynamics and VSTS, enabling deep integrations across the broader Work Management offerings from Microsoft.

- Learn from and contribute to the vibrant community of engineers across Microsoft Office.

Knowledge, experience and skills:

- 3-5 years of experience in designing applications in C++

- Experience in working on a large codebase

- Understanding of Windows based Native Applications

- Ability to work collaboratively in small self-organized teams

- BA/BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Apply directly here: https://careers.microsoft.com/jobdetails.aspx?ss=&pg=0&so=&r...

PM me if you have questions

Ask HN: How to best donate money to opensource/linux?

My company has a match program and I want to donate money to a good opensource cause and/or Linux itself.It seems like the linux foundation would be a good cause, but my company program does not have a profile for that 503c and I cannot find details on their website on how to donate.Anyone has any tips and/or can help me?

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