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Parting Thoughts Amazon to Facebook

• SDE, L6, 5 YOE, 290K TC
• For SDE3 Promotion, Consider working on self-projects based on impact instead of projects defined by leadership. If a customer ends up using it, it looks good from a Think Big perspective. It is powerful to have management trust you with these side excursions.
• Don't Switch Teams. If you are happy with your team, work, and manager, having reputation in your organization compounds. Other managers will know your name and that you are good. This is worth a lot at promotion time.
• Get good at writing narrative prose for each decision you make. Make it visible across the org. If you don't have a document for your feature, it can be misunderstood as unimportant.
• Become social with your team. Laugh. Smile. Show yourself on camera. Tell jokes. Look for every opportunity to publicly call out your coworkers when they do something good. Defend your teammates. They are goin

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outdoors:
n01774750: tarantula
n01774384: black widow, Latrodectus mactans
n12267677: acorn
n03804744: nail
n01644900: tailed frog, bell toad, ribbed toad, tailed toad, Ascaphus trui
n07734744: mushroom
n02802426: basketball
n02165456: ladybug, ladybeetle, lady beetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle
n01944390: snail

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n02124075: Egyptian cat
n04067472: reel
n04540053: volleyball
n04099969: rocking chair, rocker
n07749582: lemon
n01641577: bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana
n02802426: basketball
n09246464: cliff, drop, drop-off
n07920052: espresso
n03970156: plunger, plumber's helper

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Challenge the Process

• Search for Opportunities
  • Seize the Initiative
  • Exercise Outsight
• Experiment and Take Risks
  • Generate Small Wins
  • Learn from Experience

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open System
open System.IO
open System.Diagnostics

let getImageLinks file =
    let text = File.ReadAllText file
    let links = text.Split "\n"
    links

let exec cmd = 

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Effective Engineer - Notes

• By Edmond Lau
• Highly Recommended 👍
• http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/

What's an Effective Engineer?

• They are the people who get things done. Effective Engineers produce results.

Adopt the Right Mindsets

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// declarations
int a;
int[] b;
Car toyota;

// we "declare" b as an array of integers, then "instantiate" a new array of integers with size 10 and "assign" it to b.
int[] b = new int[10];

// we "declare" toyota as a Car, then "instantiate" a new Car object and "assign" it to toyota.
Car toyota = new Car();

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// Primitive types:

// int for integer number: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
int n = 5;
// double for decimal numbers: 2.0, -1.3, .23
double pi = 3.14;
// boolean: true or false values
boolean isHappy = true;
// char for single characters: c, a, q, 1, !, $, \n
char c = 'g';

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public class HelloWorld {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    System.out.println("Hello World!");
  }
}

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import sys

args = sys.argv
assert(len(args) == 3)
_, input_file, ouput_file = tuple(args)

youtube_links = []

with open(input_file) as f:
  lines = f.readlines()