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throwaway31337311/08/20241 replyview on HN

I don't think that "skin in the game" means what you think it means.


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gosub10011/09/2024

I meant it as a job-seeker proving they spent time doing a sample project on a real OS, such as QNX, instead of studying leet-code trivia and thinking they're ready for a job. As an interviewer, I would always choose the one who has skin in the game.