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by 40acres 8y ago
I think it's reasonable to group these companies together if you're talking about wide trends and are careful to be specific when talking about certain instances. It's not wrong to say that "big tech" has contribute
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I get what you're saying, it seems that the opposite approach was used. Because of the higher expectations and compensation (higher pay grades got extra stock compensation per year) workers who underperformed at this high level were mo
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Thanks for the recommendation, I've been looking for books like this to better understand today and what our future might look like. I'm currently wrapping up The Robber Barons by Matthew Josephson and it's a really solid rea
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If you're a large company and want to execute mass layoffs it's almost impossible to due so without affecting a disproportionate amount of older workers. This is not to say that ageism does not exist, but the main goal of a layoff
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"Data is the new oil" is such a concise phrase to provide context regarding the recent controversies of big tech. If anything, I'd say data is more valuable than oil. For one it's "renewable", but also the insi
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by 40acres 8y ago
The specific questions don't have a hold in real life but the patterns behind them do. Most problems to be solved in computer science, with enough abstraction, have already been solved. I joined a new software development scrum at work
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I'm working on preparing for an interview gauntlet but in no way would I do 6 interviews in 6 days. A full day of interviewing is such a draining experience mentally and physically, after interviewing with Google in 2014 I just wanted
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WeChat utilitarian characteristics seem awesome, aside from it being a major commerce platform but I've heard of features that connect you to businesses, government, and other services that would be really helpful.
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I think this is good advice. I tried to read parts of CLRS a few years ago but could not wrap my head around the work. The mathematical prerequisites needed for CLRS gave me an end point to guide my self learning to focus on specific areas:
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I think developers complain way to much about the interview process. The fact of the matter is that it's very clear what type of questions will be asked for most technical interviews and there is a wealth of resources available to prep
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I really don't understand some of the pearl clutching in this thread when it comes to "re-bundling", you can get Netflix, Hulu and HBO for less than half of any non-promotional cable package out there (not including discounts
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Hmm, nothing too sexy. The most important code I've written was a tool to automate some business logic for schematics generation, hard to quantify the exact cost savings but it saves a couple of million/year (cost of writing off h
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Apple's resurgence was built moreso on great hardware than software, due to Jobs philosophy and the nature of hardware this naturally led to a more vertical / walled garden approach. The next "big thing" in tech is trend
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I think the 'trickle down' theory of economic works in principle but only when you choose the correct starting point for the trickle. Forcing banks to have a high level of reserve funds makes sense because in a down market or a cr
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by 40acres 8y ago
Agreed, tax policy overall is just an ineffective lever for growth. It may help on the margins (tax break to build a factory, tax break on electric cars, tax increase to fund national health and education programs) but it doesn't spur
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I don't have specific ideas, I'm not well versed enough in policy or economics to provide a specific solution. However in general I think the pattern of increasing R&D budgets, and smart deregulation is key. You need to provi
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by 40acres 8y ago
Once your economy gets to a developed state the only way to see a significant bump in growth is through innovation. Look at the top 100 counties in terms of real GDP growth, not a lot of Western style counties there. South Korea has a reput
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Everybody wanted our school kids to perform as well as those in Korea, but I wonder if anyone ever looked into the high rate of suicide among young Koreans?
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This article goes very well with the recent NYT "Relentless Parenting" story [0]. If you live in America, its not surprising that once you reach the age where you can think in-depth about your future and the consequences of "
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by 40acres 8y ago
I went to San Jose in 2017 and was surprisingly very bored. Compared to San Francisco, San Jose seemed like a sprawling, car dense, sleepy mid sized city in Florida with a little bit of big city characteristics thrown in. It really confused
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This is a double edged sword. China is increasing it's influence in Africa through it's debt and road .. ahem, I mean, belt and road.. initiative and is arguably the most influential great power in Africa. It's doubtful, even
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I recently finished S1 of Netflix's Narcos: Mexico, after reading your post the organization at the heart of the story comes to mind. A drug dealer who works for a single organization among many in Mexico unites (commoditize) the other
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I think we need to reassess how we treat data generated by users via phones, devices and our digital activities. We had the concept of private and public property long before intellectual property became codified by law. I believe that we a
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The one trend I'm sensing is that difficult human/technology problems that were once thought of as 'solved' are now becoming hard again. Think of microprocessors as a model, for years Moore's law was running smoothl
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Amazon must have a very decentralized recruiting methodology because I've been contacted by recruiters for Alexa at least 4 times. It seems like Alexa, Go, and AWS have massive staffing targets based on my interactions w/ recruite
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I believe in the theory that building "luxury" housing for high income workers frees up rental space for those with lower incomes. This is anecdotal but personally I know a lot of millennials who place a lot of weight on living do
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It appears to me that once a society becomes large enough a majority of the problems left to solve are collection action problems, I think the housing crisis in West Coast cities in particular is an example of a collection action problem. I
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Ah good point, especially in high CoL areas as well. I know a lot of well paid millennials who are ready to jump in at the sight of first blood. We're not trying to time the market per se since we're on track to reach our target f
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This is the big discussion right now, it definitely seems like some sort of downturn/correction is coming within the next 18 months. We'd like to buy within the next 5 years but are willing to stretch it out to a max of 7 (we&#x27
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I won't lie, I've been following the recent volatility in the market and economic slowdown with the intent to take full advantage of it with the end result of buying my first house. I graduated in 2013 and have lived in high (Bost

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