New comment by mescudi in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2023)"

Part-time

Location: Kazakhstan

Remote: Yes, English

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: kubernetes (k8s), docker, golang (go), python, postgres, cockroachdb, aws, gcp, linux, terraform, clickhouse, ELK stack, argoCD, ci/cd

Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nurtas-abdreimov/

Email: nurtas977@gmail.com

Used to wear many hats, including Infrastructure/DevOps/Software Engineer, also, partially took responsibilities of SRE.

New comment by agonza in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023)"

Monadical.com | Senior Full-Stack Engineers | Neural Network Developer | Technical Content Creator | Full-Time | Canada – Quebec | REMOTE

We’re a full-stack consultancy, committed to building software that outlasts us. We have a wide variety of interesting projects including building unified data formats for neuroscience labs to share data sets, developing custom medical software for doctors, creating platforms for real estate agencies, crypto, and more. We’re growing quickly and we’re short on engineering talent. We’re looking to hire people, who are driven and want to play a lead role in growing an exciting company. We have dedicated time for self-improvement, blogging, talks, and contribution to FOSS. Our goal is to be a workplace with a strong focus on learning, where client projects provide a base of capital for us to all work on dream projects of our own. We have an inclusive, transparent culture with a public company principles handbook.

See more info and apply here: https://monadical.com/team.html#careers

If you have any questions, drop us an email at apply at monadical.com

We’re looking for:

• Senior Full-Stack developers strong at Python and/or JS, experience in client relations, project management, UX, React. Experience with Rust, crypto, and mobile development is a plus.

• Neural Network Developer with an understanding of deep learning, ML/DL, and NLP.

• Technical Content Creator with a background in computer science/programming.

Perks

Some perks of working with us include:

• Work from home (we’re fully remote!)

• Flexible working hours

• Six weeks of paid vacation

• Competitive salary

• Time, funding, and support for self-improvement/blogging/talks/side-projects/FOSS contribution

• Strong culture emphasis on individual autonomy and impact on company direction

Rod Stewart says ‘farewell’ to late brother Bob after losing eldest sibling Don: ‘Two of my best mates gone’

Rod Stewart is saying “farewell” to his brother Bob, who passed away just months after their eldest sibling, Don.

On Friday, the singer took to Instagram and shared a photo of what appeared to be a program from Bob’s funeral service at London’s Islington Burial Chapel.

“I said Farewell to my Brother Bob today, with his coffin draped in a Rangers flag (life long Glasglow Rangers fan),” the legendary artist wrote. “We loved our game days up in Scotland together.”

Bob was 87.

ROD STEWART MOURNS THE DEATHS OF HIS BROTHERS: ‘I’VE LOST TWO OF MY BEST MATES IN THE SPACE OF TWO MONTHS’

“Now he joins Brother Don,” wrote Stewart. “Rest in peace boys. Two of my best mates gone within just a few months.”

Stewart is the youngest of five siblings. According to the Los Angeles Times, the singer has two living sisters, Peggy and Mary.

In December, the British icon announced on social media that he was mourning the loss of his brothers.

“It’s with great sadness that I announce the loss of my brother Bob last night, who joins my brother Don on the great football pitch in the sky,” he wrote on Instagram alongside an image that read “Rest in Peace” with a candle flame.

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“I’ve lost two of my best mates in the space of two months,” he shared about his “irreplaceable buddies.”

Stewart announced in September that Don had passed away at age 94.

“It has been a devastating 48 hours,” he wrote at the time.”We lost my brother Don on Tuesday at 94 and today we have all lost Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at 96.”

The queen, England’s longest-reigning monarch, passed away on Sept. 8 at Scotland’s Balmoral Castle.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II, LONGEST-REIGNING BRITISH MONARCH, DEAD AT 96

“The Queen has been an unwavering presence throughout my life and a great unifier,” Stewart captioned the post. “A shining star that will never fade in our hearts and souls. What a privilege it was to perform for her. My deepest sympathies to the Royal Family. God save the King.”

Stewart’s wife, Penny Lancaster, was a member of the police detail at the queen’s state funeral.

“With all that planning going ahead, you can never quite predict how the crowd is [going to] react and the dangers that might lay ahead,” the British model and TV personality told Sky News.

“But we’ve had great training and preparation and fortunately, everybody paid their respects in the proper manner, and we didn’t have any incidents to speak of,” the 51-year-old shared. “So I’m very grateful for that.”

ROD STEWART’S WIFE, PENNY LANCASTER, ON POLICING QUEEN ELIZABETH’S FUNERAL: ‘BIGGEST HONOR OF ALL’

Lancaster began volunteering for the force after appearing on the reality TV show “Famous and Fighting Crime,” where celebrities swap their day jobs with those of emergency service professionals. An inspired Lancaster went on to become a special police constable for the City of London Police in April 2021.

“This is the biggest honor of all, to be able to serve today on Her Majesty the Queen’s funeral,” Lancaster told PA News Agency. “We were in uniform by five o’clock this morning, and we didn’t know what time we will be working until. We just want to make sure that all the crowds get home safely.”

The star noted that despite her “long” shift, “I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.”

Lancaster and Stewart tied the knot in 2007.

ROD STEWART SHARES RARE CHRISTMAS PHOTO WITH FAMILY, INCLUDING 6 OF HIS 8 KIDS

Back in 2019, Stewart described how his siblings were always in his corner.

“I’ve got to tell you, these guys were instrumental in supporting me, helping me get into music, and just being there for me,” he told The Sun. “Whether it was football or washing my dirty underpants, I can’t speak highly enough about these guys.”

New comment by Demiurge in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2022)"

CarbonMapper.org | On-site in Pasadena CA. Remote from NC, DC, OR | Cloud Software or DevOps Engineer, Frond-end Engineer, Full-time, authorized to work in US

We are a highly impactful non-profit partnership between Planet Labs, JPL, California Air Resource Board, and many others, trying to map methane and CO2 emissions using hyperspectral data.

Our stack is mostly Python. IaaS using AWS CDK v2. Everything is remote sensing and GIS related. Any experience and knowledge of STAC Spec is a huge plus.

https://carbonmapper.org/cloud-software-engineer/

The frontend position is not yet posted, but it is mostly React.js, Gatsby.js, and MapboxGL. Any experience with front end GIS visualization is a huge plus.

if interested, feel free to contact me directly at pavel@carbonmapper.org

Credit Strong: Read This Before You Sign Up

Credit Strong is a Division of Austin Capital Bank. It offers credit building programs for both personal and business credit. Does it work? Yes, but not on its own. It can be a legitimate part of a credit building system. Is it worth it? The short answer is, it depends. It can, if you handle it properly.

Credit Strong Business Credit Builder

The credit builder program at Credit Strong is an account that combines a cash secured commercial installment loan and a commercial savings bank account. When you open the account, you choose the program you want. There are two different ones when it comes to the business credit builder.

The 5 year plan is $199 per month and the 10 year plan is $115 per month. Both programs report on your business credit report as payment on a $10,000 installment loan. However, you do not receive any loan proceeds.

Rather, the funds from the loan are deposited into the savings account as collateral for the loan.  You can not access the funds in the savings account for the life of the loan. During this time, the loan and payment activity for the loan are reported to commercial credit bureaus.  In turn, you are building the credit profile for your business.

Who Does Credit Strong Report To?

Right now, the business credit builder accounts only report to Equifax and PayNet. They claim plans to expand reporting for commercial credit to Experian and the SBFE soon.  It’s also important to note, they do not do a hard pull, or inquiry, on your personal or business credit. So, just applying for an account will not negatively impact your personal or commercial credit.

Who Qualifies for a Credit Strong Business Credit Builder Account?

To qualify, a company must:

  • Have a registered EIN
  • Be at least 3 months old
  • Be an LLC, Partnership, or Corporation
  • Have a physical U.S. address as your place of business

Individuals must:

  • Have at least 25% ownership of the business and a larger share of ownership than anyone else
  • Have other owner that owns 25% or more of the business individually
  • Be a permanent U.S. resident and at least 18 years of age
  • Have a physical U.S address inside the U.S.
  • Have a valid Social Security number (SSN) or individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN)
  • Possess a valid identification document like a driver’s license, state ID, passport or Permanent Resident Card- AKA a “Green Card”

Also, these accounts are not available in Florida currently, and some industries and activities may be prohibited.

Does Credit Strong Work?

This is a tricky question. In short, the answer is yes. It does help build your business credit score by reporting payments to business credit reporting agencies. It’s a little more complicated than that, however.

First, it takes way more than just one account reporting to build strong business credit. Also, there are more business credit CRAs than just Equifax and PayNet. If a lender pulls your business credit from Dun & Bradstreet or Experian, this account will not even show up. Therefore, it will not affect your business credit score on these reports at all.

That’s not to say the plan doesn’t work.  On the contrary, it can be very helpful. It just won’t work on it’s own. It works better as a part of a complete business credit builder process.

How Do You Get Your Money?

Of course, if you are making deposits into an account that you cannot touch, you are probably wondering how you get access to that money.  After the loan’s balance and outstanding interest is paid, and your account is closed, there is a  processing period of 6 business days before the savings account is unlocked. You can keep the funds in the account or submit a request to the customer support team to transfer the funds.

After the savings account is closed, remaining funds can be sent to the payment method on file via direct deposit.  That is of course, after interest and fees.

Can You Cancel Your Account Early?

What if you can no longer afford the payments? You can close your Credit Strong Business credit builder account at any time.   There is no  prepayment or early termination fee required. To close your account, you will need to pay any outstanding interest and loan balance using your linked payment method.

However, payments more than 30 days late will be reported as “late” to credit bureaus.  Also, using funds from a locked business account to pay off a credit builder loan will result in the loan being reported as “paid out of collateral.”

This is where some customers run into issues. Basically, what happens is, the funds you have in your account are used to pay the loan. It looks the same as if you put up another asset for collateral and the bank took it in payment for the loan. So, be careful. Once you start, it’s best to keep going.

Credit Strong and the Better Business Bureau

Credit Strong has a B rating from the BBB. There are a lot of bad reviews, but they are mostly related to the personal credit builder product. Furthermore, they are typically from customers that did not understand exactly how the product works.

It appears that most thought they could cancel and get the full amount of payments back at any time.  However, what they actually get is the full amount minus interest and fees. It’s important to understand all of the details before entering into any agreement.

Is Credit Strong Legitimate?

Yes, they are a legitimate division of an FDIC bank. They offer a product that can help you build credit in the name of your business. However, that is all it is.  The main benefit is that you build business credit. There are no funds for use. That is what they promise, and that is what you get.

This is a product that can and will help you if you use it properly and understand what you are getting. However, for it to do any good, it must be combined with other accounts that help build business credit as well. How do you get more accounts? The Credit Suite Business Credit Builder can help! It can help you set up properly and find vendor accounts that will help you build business credit and get things that you need for your business. This allows you to use your money, rather than having it locked away.

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