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The fact that people in the host-maching process at Google have resorted to begging on Hacker News, points to the abysmal state of that process.
by javert 15y ago
The fact that people in the host-maching process at Google have resorted to begging on Hacker News, points to the abysmal state of that process.
- carbonica 15y agoDid you notice that you were responding to a MS+PhD applicant? Placing him is going to be orders of magnitude harder than placing someone working on their bachelor's. If Google wanted to have him churn out features on Google Docs for a couple months, they could, but that'd be an enormous waste of a PhD.
- throwaway878 15y agoMaybe, but I'd be happy to do it! I can always parlay the experience into something larger.
- jjm 15y agoIf Google doesn't hit you up, dude I would surely look at some startups. In fact, I believe Fresh Plum is looking for some really good people!
- jjm 15y agoThats exactly what some do. Some work on protocols, backend efficiency, general coding, internal applications, and then spend their 20% on something 'really interesting'.