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This report was not functioning because of some poorly written code by an old developer who was overly focused on abstracting things away. I fixed it this morning by doing some straightforward Eloquent queries and using a new Collection method called Transform that uses a callback to change each item. Worked well.

My last blog post was a long one about how I came up with TestedRecruits.com. I am now trying to ask for feedback from some prominent folks on Hacker News prior to submitting it. I may also test out running some AdWords or Facebook ads to it as well. We will see.

TLDR:

• Story of my journey through the world of recruiting
• Tips for companies on how to quickly vet candidates
• Tips for applicants on how to get hired
• Email me to use my skills test interviews for free

I sat down and rubbed my damp palms on my ill-fitting old suit. I looked around for my interviewer in a Starbucks on the ground floor of the Accenture building in downtown Seattle.… read more “I Hate Recruiting – So I Made It My Business”

Laurel had a minor surgical procedure yesterday. Afterwards, before I fell asleep, I imagined to myself what it would be like if she died. I could barely touch on it before my eyes brimmed with tears. I don’t think I could imagine anything worse, not even my own death.

 

 

I am extraordinarily fortunate to have married Laurel. She has been the perfect partner for me. She is sweet, intelligent, reasonable, kind, sexy, and treats me very well. Being with her has made me a much better person; I’ve stopped drinking, I treat people better, my old anger has slid away, and my business is booming like never before.… read more “In Praise of Laurel”

America has severe problems with special interests getting too strong of property rights and harming the public good. A few examples of this:

• Tech companies can patent software design (which is just simple processes). This prevents competition from entering the market and allows abuses like patent trolling. Software should never be patentable.
• Pharmaceutical companies can patent drugs and hold onto those for many years.

… read more “Fixing Income Inequality By Fixing Property Rights”

Getting this new house setup has been kind of a pain because it is impossible to get contractors out to help right now. I have been trying to get the Crestron guy to come and fix the system and install it on my computer, I need the original builder to come explain what they did with HVAC, I need to get the floors fixed and lots of other stuff.

I am planning on updating the architecture for TestedRecruits (The new name for ProvenRecruits as that one might be taken).

Basically, I would like 3 regions – Singapore, Oregon, East Coast.

I want to use Route 53 to automatically direct traffic to the region with lowest latency.

I want to use RDS or Aurora as the MySQL db instance and have a master in Oregon and read replicas in the other regions.… read more “AWS Architecture I Think I Want”