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    kway avatar kway 1 year ago | link | on: Ads?

    I think this is a good idea. High-quality ads (such as job postings) will compensate you more reliably (and effectively) than a donation based system.

    I enjoy reading lobste.rs, and I want you to enjoy running lobste.rs.

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      kway avatar kway edited 3 years ago | link | on: What are you working on this week?

      I work on a retail SaaS product, so I’m watching my scale planning and testing bear fruit. Currently pushing over a million requests per minute to over a million concurrent users. I haven’t thought about the rest of my week yet.

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        Einar avatar Einar 3 years ago | link | on: Caml Trading - Experiences with OCaml on Wall Street

        This seems like a nice company to work for.

        As a comp sci student, I am curious to know what kind of salaries one could one expect in this trade. Anyone?

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          kway avatar kway 3 years ago | link

          Jane Street is an excellent company, and their compensation packages are quite fair. If you’re interested in the intersection of tech and finance you’d do quite well to work at a company like Jane Street.

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          kway avatar kway 4 years ago | link | on: Advice for first time managers

          2) Doing some work is fine, but don’t allow yourself to become a blocker, and make sure to leave the most rewarding work for your team.

          4) I’m a big fan of First, Break all the rules It’s evidence-based, and it provides great foundational perspective. My boss gave me a copy of it, and I remain grateful.

          6) Nearly every stage of hiring is harder (and more time-consuming) than I would’ve guessed before I was a manager. Treat it seriously or you’ll end up with an undersized team and/or bad hires.

          10) I prefer organized hack days to 20% time. If something interesting comes out of the hack day, it can easily be promoted to a real project.