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On developer hiring

As you may or may not know, we have a job platform on Stack Overflow, aptly named Stack Overflow Jobs. We’re pretty meticulous about what is allowed and what isn’t allowed, and as a result our sales team needs to be pretty high-touch with clients.
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Author kasraPosted on August 30, 2016April 22, 2017Categories Thoughts

The process is part of failure.

If you’re a self-driven person, you might be like me and beat yourself up every time you fail at anything. I fail often, and when I fail I can get really mad at myself. On days where I fail at everything from getting anything done at work to losing at video games to even forgetting to eat, it’s a fun spiral. Continue reading “The process is part of failure.”

Author kasraPosted on July 12, 2016April 19, 2017Categories Thoughts

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Author kasraPosted on September 19, 2015January 28, 2020Categories Thoughts

Android Wear & My Daily Commute

tl;dr – I wrote an Android Wear app. The code’s here.

I really enjoy being in an air conditioned environment. Even more so during the summer. Continue reading “Android Wear & My Daily Commute”

Author kasraPosted on September 11, 2014April 19, 2017Categories Thoughts

Don’t rewrite code.

This is a story about Dave.

Dave just took his first Software Engineering job 4 months after graduating from college. He’s very eager to get going and to show his chops to the senior devs. Continue reading “Don’t rewrite code.”

Author kasraPosted on September 6, 2013April 19, 2017Categories Thoughts

Lessons Learned

I transitioned from intern to full-time employee on August 6, 2012. Tomorrow, August 2, 2013 is my last day at Fitocracy. One of these days I’m going to nail this whole “having the same job for more than one year” thing, and it definitely looks like Stack Exchange, where I start in four days, will be when I do that.
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Author kasraPosted on August 2, 2013April 19, 2017Categories Thoughts

My Self

I always jokingly refer to jobs I’ve had in the past as being from “another lifetime”. I never put much thought into it when I say it, but looking back I think I can definitively say that I’m not the same person I was a year ago, two years ago, or even six months ago. Continue reading “My Self”

Author kasraPosted on April 18, 2013April 19, 2017Categories Thoughts

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