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Frontend Interview Mistakes, Netflix's Crisis & Crawling in Data Science

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Frontend Interview Mistakes, Netflix's Crisis & Crawling in Data Science
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This week we bring you a true story of how a $200k developer ended up unemployed - left penniless in his quest to generate passive income. 
For the first time in a decade, Netflix has started losing subscribers and expects to lose 2 million more. “The streaming giant laid off 25 marketing staffers following the drop and is reining in spending.” What does this crisis mean for the future of the streaming platform?
Meanwhile, Airbnb announces that its employees are free to work remotely for as long as they prefer, without any effect on their pay. This comes at a time when employees at companies like Google are experiencing a pay cut if they choose to work from home.
In other news, writer Davis David outlines the role of web crawling in Data Science, provides a guide on building a web crawler tool, and recommends no-code web crawling tools for data science projects.
In addition, writer and front-end developer, Isak Solheim speaks about his experiences in front-end interviews and provides his input on what to do and what to avoid.
Don’t forget to check out the Featured Jobs section if you’re looking for opportunities as a Full Stack Engineer, Staff SRE/DevOps Engineer, and Senior Cloud Security Engineer. 
All this and more in this week’s edition of Last Week in Plain English.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that its Amplify Studio visual development environment for web apps is now generally available.
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Collection of scripts to automate your daily Python projects and tasks.
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How Netflix’s Crisis Could Turn into a Huge Opportunity or Leave Executives 'More Scared and Paralyzed than They Already Were.'
How Netflix’s Crisis Could Turn into a Huge Opportunity or Leave Executives 'More Scared and Paralyzed than They Already Were.'
Netflix lost subscribers for the first time in a decade last quarter and expects to lose 2 million more. The streaming giant laid off 25 marketing staffers.
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Featured Jobs
Founding Fullstack Engineer @ Utopia Labs
Founding Fullstack Engineer @ Utopia Labs
Utopia labs is the modern system for managing payments, accounting, reporting and more for DAOs
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Staff SRE / DevOps Engineer @ Trusted
Staff SRE / DevOps Engineer @ Trusted
Child care providers when and where you need them.
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Senior Cloud Security Engineer @ Tanium
Senior Cloud Security Engineer @ Tanium
Tanium is a security and systems management platform allowing real-time data collection at an enterprise scale.
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For more opportunities visit our jobs page.
How is Web Crawling Used in Data Science
How is Web Crawling Used in Data Science
No-Code tools for collecting data for your Data Science project
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Recently I was asked a few strange interview questions. They are different from the regular questions: these interview questions seem very easy, but they test your thorough understanding of JavaScript. How many can you answer correctly?
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Sentiment analysis of social media comments for polarity.
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The story of my interviews before getting hired as a self-taught developer and some valuable tips on what (and what not) to do.
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Airbnb to Let Staff Work from Home Indefinitely
Airbnb to Let Staff Work from Home Indefinitely
The accommodation platform also pledges not to cut staff pay if they choose home-working.
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A guide on using JavaScript array loop functions for developers.
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A parallel implementation of the bzip2 high-quality data compressor tool in Python.
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China’s Weibo will Post Users’ IP Locations to Crack Down on “Bad Behavior”
China’s Weibo will Post Users’ IP Locations to Crack Down on “Bad Behavior”
Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, told users on Thursday it would start to publish their IP locations on their account pages and when they post comments, in a bid to combat “bad behavior” online.
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