I'm self-taught and that brings with it some gaps in my knowledge. I know I bring some value to the table, but I also know I've got a lot to learn. I'd love to find an entry-level or junior SWE role to grow in.
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
Remote: Yes or Hybrid
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Technologies: Linux, PHP
Résumé/CV: https://bryanhoffman.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BryanHoffmanResumeMay2024.pdf
Email: bryanhoffman1@gmail.com
I'm self-taught and that brings with it some gaps in my knowledge. I know I bring some value to the table, but I also know I've got a lot to learn. I'd love to find an entry-level or junior SWE role to grow in.
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
Remote: Yes or Hybrid
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: Linux, PHP
Résumé/CV: https://bryanhoffman.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/BryanHoffmanResumeMay2024.pdf
Email: bryanhoffman1@gmail.com
I've been building websites since I was in grade school yet still I have no idea what I'm doing. Somehow I put together an interactive ROI calculator with Vue.js in a prior role but I also just learned that if you have an array of numbers 'nums' in vanilla JavaScript and call 'nums.sort()' it doesn't actually sort it in ascending order! I already got the executing 'rm -rf *' in production screw up out of the way. I'm looking for an entry level position or maybe something more junior than that. If you were entertained by this little spiel and you'd like to say "hi" send me an email! I'd love to chat with you.
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
Remote: Yes or Hybrid
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: LAMP, WordPress, Laravel
Résumé/CV: https://bryanhoffman.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Bryan-Hoffman-Resume.docx
Email: bryanhoffman1@gmail.com
I've been building websites since I was in grade school yet still I have no idea what I'm doing. Somehow I put together an interactive ROI calculator with Vue.js in a prior role but I also just learned that if you have an array of numbers 'nums' in vanilla JavaScript and call 'nums.sort()' it doesn't actually sort it in ascending order! I already got the executing 'rm -rf *' in production screw up out of the way. I'm looking for an entry level position or maybe something more junior than that. If you were entertained by this little spiel and you'd like to say "hi" send me an email! I'd love to chat with you.
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
Remote: Yes or Hybrid
Willing to relocate: Yes
Technologies: LAMP, WordPress, Laravel
Résumé/CV: https://bryanhoffman.xyz/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Bryan-Hoffman-Resume.docx
Email: bryanhoffman1@gmail.com
Why would we throw the conventional wisdom of a diverse portfolio out in this instance? Is how we invest money so drastically different from how we invest our time?
I was thinking the same, a generalist looks like an even way to divest ones talents. It's a good perspective that often is talked about in effective altruism, through 80,000 hours, the question is, how should one spend their career time. There are some institutions that seem to celebrate generalist(typically problem driven organisations, philanthropy, venture capital ), while some celebrate specialists (scale driven companies)
Consensus is not a necessary condition for truth. An idea can have no one believing it and be correct, and another idea can have everyone believing it and be wrong.
That said, it does beg the question: why, 12 years after that video was published, has the field not come to an agreement, if it is “pretty clearly” the truth?
One could come up with various explanations, including lobbying by big sugar, but it falls flat when you consider that the sugar industry is only a small fraction of the industrialized food industry, there’s plenty of lobbying and influence to go around.
At the end of the day, there are only a few things that are clear: junk food is bad, Americans eat too many calories, and could stand to eat more fruits and vegetables.
I don’t think I ever disputed that it can take a long time to reach consensus.
It’s quite clear that there isn’t a consensus on what the truth is, ergo the truth is out there on what causes obesity and it isn’t to be found within the current consensus.
However, do we take that to mean that sugar is the cause of obesity? I don’t see overwhelming evidence to that fact, so I personally don’t.
What we can take is that whatever the truth is, it is not “clear” nor obvious at this point.
> One could come up with various explanations, including lobbying by big sugar, but it falls flat when you consider that the sugar industry is only a small fraction of the industrialized food industry, there’s plenty of lobbying and influence to go around.
Are you saying that the sugar industry would be lobbying against larger industries with opposing goals? Or are you saying the sugar industry is just one of several industries who would like to use their money to push the blame around?
I am not well versed in the agricultural industry, but doesn't the majority of our mass produced sugar come from the corn industry which is absolutely massive and will obviously do anything it can to protect its sources of income (sugar, ethanol, alcohol, oil, etc.)?
I can’t say I have any special insider knowledge of food industry lobby.
My statement was to preempt the common argument that somehow the sugar industry is so powerful that it was and is able to divert all of our collective attention from it, when it is the real culprit.
The corn industry is a large industry, but so is the meat industry, dairy industry, processed food manufacturers, soy beans, etc. many of them, possibly even including corn, benefit from diverting attention away from their products towards sugar as the main villain. Even if sugar is a revenue source for corn, it pales in comparison for its main product: animal feed.
None of that is to say that I think any of the above industries I listed is “the culprit” I only list them to illustrate my point. Big sugar has lobbying power, but it is all too common that the simplest story gets repeated, “it’s all because of powerful lobbying group X”
No they are making the argument that people have been right in the past and it took forever for the community to find "consensus" on that position if ever.
So to doubt something is true just because "it's been 12 years and there's no consensus" is not necessarily a good rebuttal to something being true or not.
