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> “The tagline is, Do you want to be a machine learning ninja?” I don't really like the word, but I don't really give a flop either. I'm not sure how its bett
by lugg 10y ago
> “The tagline is, Do you want to be a machine learning ninja?”
I don't really like the word, but I don't really give a flop either.
I'm not sure how its better or worse than guru, rockstar, or any other lame word recruiters like to use to make us feel like the special snowflakes we are.
Which word would you like to see in place of 'ninja'?
- StevePerkins 10y agoI'd rather see all of those juvenile testosterone labels discarded in general. Sheesh... "Do you want to make the world a better place?", with a photo of Gavin Belson holding an animal, would make me more inspired.
- aoki 10y agoif it makes you feel better, i don't think you were supposed to be inspired. "ML Ninja" is just the name of the rotation program. if your team sends you, it's because they need someone to get the training, not because the program name makes it sound cool. i doubt the PM thought it would be public when she named it.
- nolepointer 10y agoConsider the turtle ...
- srtjstjsj 10y agoWhat are the juvenile "testosterone" labels? The article leads with a low-testosterone star.
- rhizome 10y agoThe word "ninja" in recruiting was almost dead before today.
- Animats 10y agoWell, if she's a black belt 2nd dan in a martial art, she's entitled.
- wavefunction 10y agoIf she's a 2nd dan then she'd be qualified at a high-level in taekwondo and wouldn't be entitled to call herself a ninja, who practice different martial disciplines.
- icebraining 10y agoExpert?
- paganel 10y agoBecause not all of us are ninja fans. I personally like the Shaolin masters more. And while we're at glorifying paid killers, why not go all the way and strive to be like the original Assasins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassins)? Granted, they were Muslim Shia killers that had a bad habit of also killing Crusaders (i.e. Christians), so that might not play out so well on a professional programmer's CV.