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“Lah ja” in Hindi means “take away”


That sounds more Punjabi. It is "le ja" in Hindi.



thanks!


  East of Eden - John Steinbeck
  Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
  The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
  Cannery Row - John Steinbeck
  Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl
  Deep Work - Cal Newport
  The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint
  The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck - Mark Manson
  Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
  Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person - Hugh Prather
  Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
  I Heart Logs: Event Data, Stream Processing, and Data Integration - Jay Kreps
  Kafka: The Definitive Guide - Neha Narkhede
  Effective Java - Joshua Bloch
  Algorithms - Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne


I've been looking forward to reading Steinbeck for a while. Thanks for this :)


I am very early in my career and would like to do something similar. Can you elaborate on how the travel experience benefited you professionally?


This Julia Evans blog post lists many questions to ask before accepting a new role : https://jvns.ca/blog/2013/12/30/questions-im-asking-in-inter...


For someone who is preparing for interviews, this is really good advice. Thank you.


+1 for interviewbit. But it cannot be completed in a week if OP tries to solve all the problems. Instead focus should be on solving few questions from each category.


Indian here. Based on my observations, in India, the ‘whatsapp group’ feature has become a medium for spreading fake news, political propaganda, religious propaganda, pornography and other such activities that have a negative impact at a massive scale. Whatsapp is the most prominent messaging service in India, and though the ‘groups’ feature has many positive usecases, its mainly used for influencing the (huge) illiterate population of the country. IMO, Whatsapp should step in, and temporarily turn off the groups feature in India ASAP, atleast until the deaths due to such fake news have stopped completely.


Indian here.

"until deaths due to fake news have stopped completely" will/should never happen.

You are asking for censorship by state. Not sure how/why anyone would ask for such a measure, instead of asking the responsible state govts in India to improve the Law and Order situation.

When there's is a hint of crime or a need for medical attention, in the US, first thing a person thinks of is calling 911.

In India, first thing a person thinks of is, how he/she can address the situation, because <insert emergency service here> will never reach on time nor be of any help.

Most riots in India flame up due to false news. Whatsapp is just a medium that is super efficient in spreading such false news.

Dont shoot the Messenger/Whatsapp etc. Ask for better reforms!


>has become a medium for spreading fake news, political propaganda, religious propaganda, pornography and other such activities that have a negative impact at a massive scale

One of these is not like the others.


maybe he meant illegal pornography. I've witnessed whatsapp groups where people share secret cam vids which were most likely taken without consent.


East of Eden. Timshel — ‘Thou mayest’


Hey Harj, congrats! Any plans to launch TripleByte in India, or for engineers from India who want to interview with Bay Area companies?


Due to visa constraints there literally is no point in doing this.


Yeah I believe Triplebyte will only accept candidates from countries that have an easy way to get a work visa in the US - Canada, Mexico, Australia and Singapore (I think). (I'm Canadian and am working at my current company through Triplebyte)


That's weird, I am also Canadian and my profile says that they can only proceed with my application with people who hold an US visa and/or work permit. I thought it was a mistake so I contacted their support team and got a reply saying that they can only consider my application if I live in the US.

Did you change your location to some city in the US?

How did you get your application accepted?

On the same note, Hired.com which seems to be a direct competitor, also has restrictions on the locations available for their recruitment process. In Canada, for example, they only accept people living in Toronto. Or people lying about their current location because they are planning to move there.


Hmmm, I applied about a year ago so maybe they've changed that recently?

Edit - their FAQ page says that they accept Canadians so maybe ask again?

"the companies we work with CANNOT provide visas for candidates unless they are from Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Chile, or Australia"

https://triplebyte.com/candidate_faq


I, for one, would love a good bozo filter for folks I interview for my team in India.


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