In what context would I want to have a social media in an app where I am investing? So others can see how much money I am losing? Or in the context of gaining money, broadcast myself for scammers?

I wonder how many engineering resources went into this. What was the KPI to build this? Stickiness? I guess getting likes or comments send push notifications. This seems like a very unnecessary feature.

I had my first Google team matching interview last week. I thought it went OK but also felt the interviewer was kinda harsh. Anyway I haven’t heard back since then from the recruiter. Wanted to know what’s the timeline to hear back like and what are the next steps involved?

Note: I have NOT gotten through hiring committee yet. That will happen after I match with a team according to the recruiter.

Got a call from my recruiter (they are really vague so couldn't ask them much), saying there's a HM who was interested in my profile. Got a "fit call" round scheduled on my Calendar with them. I am assuming it's a team matching interview, since I already got positive feedback from my interview loop.

What do I expect from this? Is it like a full interview or just a general chat?

Also, I have not gone through hiring committee yet. Apparently my team match is happening first. Does the hiring committee result change based on which team you're matching with, or what the HM said about you? Because I think there are some other teams that are a better fit, but I don't want to delay the result since Google is quite slow with candidates in my experience.

I cleared 3 rounds of interviews for a position at Google. I was supposed to have my final Googliness interview but my recruiter told me that the team is likely to proceed with an internal candidate.

They said that I still got positive feedback and that they would try to find other openings for me to finish my Googliness round, after which they will send my candidacy to the hiring committee.

Wanted to know if this was common at Google? And what’s the success chance of converting these to offers?

The recruiter told me my interview results are valid for 12 months. I haven't gone through hiring committee yet.

For context, I’m currently at Amazon.

I like the concept of a Nuzlocke but don't think I can enforce this ruleset on my self. Is there a ROM with the rules baked-in?

Also if there's retroachievement support then I'd be even more interested in giving it a shot!

I am a "new" Resident Evil fan, really getting into the series after RE7 (I say "new" in quotes because RE7 is like 9 years old at this point but hey relatively new I guess). I just finished RE9 and I had a general observation about how the first location in these games is generally the best, and consequent locations are worse in comparison or don't have the same draw.

Examples (spoilers for these games):

• RE7: The Baker Estate is so good but then the greenhouse + shipwreck are not able to follow up on the labrynthic level design of the Estate
• RE2R: The Police Station is absolutely one of the GOAT locations in all of gaming. The sewers and lab do not even compare
• RE8: The Castle was so good but again the remaining areas like swamp & factory don't match it on aesthetics or vibes (the cabin was good though it was too short)
• RE9: The Care Center again was so good, with both wings + floors. The city again felt drab by comparison

I think the only game which has a killer second half is RE4R (which remains fun & memorable from start to finish). RE3R didn't even have a strong first half, forget a strong second half. 😞

Many have told me that US interviewers are easier to impress than Indian ones, for FAANG companies. Indian interviewers have a higher bar and/or go into power trips more frequently. Is it true?

So I am a new RE fan (joined the club post-RE2R).

From my understandings of games I have played, there are really two categories:

• Core exploration/survival horror: RE2R, RE7, RE9 (first half)
• Combat & action focused: RE3R, RE4R, RE8, RE9 (second half)

I really like the first type of gameplay, when you're in an unfamiliar location and slowly discover its geometry, unlock doors, clear enemies, conquer the space. I loved doing it with the RPD in RE2R and the Care Center in RE9.

Are there are other similar games like this? And yes I have beat all FromSoft souls-like games (because they have a similar approach to dungeon exploration).

I am 28M, earning well in a top tier company, done with all my education, generally life is going well. Only thing left is marriage.

I am in the AM space via my parents and they found me a girl who checks all my criteria except for the height.

So, I am 174cm (a little over 5'8") and this girl is 157cm (a little below 5'2"). Generally even in the past I have a preference for women around my height, minus at most 4 inches, i.e., 5'4" is generally the shortest I have dated. It is just a personal preference for me, please do not bully or judge.

Anyway this girl is like more than 6 inches shorter and it looks a little weird in my opinion, that's more than an entire head shorter and I need to look down a lot. And not like she will wear heels all the time, especially when we are home together.

The girl is otherwise really good - good attitude, education, family background, etc. I am just unable to get past this mental hurdle of height! Am I being unreasonable here? If yes, are there ways I can get past this for myself?

I am also a little worried about the height of my kids. I have seen sooo much height discrimination for men who are 5'6" or shorter. Would not want something like that if I do have kids. Although I agree this may be a little overthinking.

The 5-layer AI cake ofcourse refers to:

• Apps
• Models
• Infra
• Chips
• Energy

I want to invest in essentially 1-2 companies per layer. I don't have any good ideas about companies in energy or in models yet (models especially because only Google is public though investing in them is a proxy investment for Anthropic and same for Microsoft with OpenAI I guess).

Also, with the Apr 29 financial reports coming, any suggestions where to put in some money before the reports?