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		ljw1001 on April 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things I Learned from a Job Hunt for a Senior Engi... If only. Many companies hiring this way are Paul Graham's "mosquitos" whose role in the tech ecosystem is to have a one in 10 (or 100) chance of making it big, and are largely running on a cocktail of delusions and hype.

warrenm on April 30, 2018 [–]

They may be trying to be those "mosquitos" ... but they're still - on average - "average"

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