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I only know about him because of Renaissance Technologies, which is renowned in some circles as being extraordinarily hard to get a job at. They're known for sn
by nilkn 12y ago
I only know about him because of Renaissance Technologies, which is renowned in some circles as being extraordinarily hard to get a job at. They're known for snagging repeat Putnam Fellows. Last I heard Reid Barton ended up there.
- zeeshanm 12y agoI know him since he was math department chair at my alma mater!
- tomp 12y agoThe Putnam Competition questions seem very interesting. http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/ http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/
- whatusername 12y ago2546 days ago.... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- kooshball 12y agoThat's a pretty funny thread. Near the bottom you see this guy talking about his startup ideas and Drew Houston replies and asked him if he wants to help with Dropbox. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088
- whatusername 12y agoAnd of course -- Colin's tarsnap is still essentially the same as it ever was (a brilliant technical solution with awful marketing) - and Dropbox is one of the jewel's in YC's crown. (See this recent post on tarsnap: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7523953 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7523953 )
- chaoxu 12y agoI know him because my independent study professor for analysis canceled his meeting with me because Simons took half of the math department for a cruise vacation. Well, I was happy. I didn't finish my hw that week. :)