DiversityinSV

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Ask HN: End of the rope at 42- Thinking Coder School-Does it make sense?
1 points by DiversityinSV 10y ago|1 comments
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
I guess I missed the 'Fundraising' portion while being Latin American in the 'lessons' - must be because its so easy, right?
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
I'm not sufficiently white to qualify for a Medium account to tell everyone how I quit my 6-figure paying job at McKinsey, after graduating at Wharton, and my college roommate who graduated in finance gave me $5MM in seed money to star
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
I'm sure he is not tweeting from a notepad. Don't smartphones count as computers nowadays?
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
Any ideas how to get a refreshing sabbatical, reboot, invest in myself and seek new friends when the child support and alimony payments are due? anyone? anyone? Bueller?
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
Only good for specific tech jobs. For sales, marketing, product management, PR, HR, etc... they don't do squat. Prediction: All these 'hiring startups' will pop like a soap bubble and leave behind as much once their raison-de
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
Let's say it was strong empiric evidence (e.g. on event invites, I always saw this, SV event invitation emails had the lowest open/clicks vs. other parts of the country) Same email, different regions. Same result. I also get the r
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
I'm glad there is real data on this. I kept explaining to people that our email and social habits in SV are a complete outlier vs. the rest of the world.
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
The data is nationwide. But California proves this NOT to be the case. Sunnyvale/Mountain View have experienced 4 years of building new housing without limits, yet every year is more expensive. The new units (rental or for sale) are wa
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
Depends on what you do...it could take more than 6 months, and try being income-less in SV for a few months
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
Thank you for the 'mansplaining' and for reinforcing stereotypes that older people 'must not have been good at their jobs' and by showing your ageism proudly. You are doing us all proud TinyTim. You go boy!
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
This is so true. So so true I am in what I consider the 'top of my game' in user acquisition and digital marketing - My last company was acquired after two years thanks to a very quick quick growth. I have a decent resume with the
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
I don't agree. If Investors were dumb enough to add so much money to the seed round of this turd, they should (and will) learn better by losing all their $ than to ask for it back. VCs gave tons of $$$ to Color, to Secret, etc... and i
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
I agree with rmtx - show your Data & sources. The recent Supreme Court case on Affirmative Action (Fisher II) doesn't even present any SAT criteria reference in respect to affirmative action. More info below http://www.s
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
This note makes no sense. School source would equalize SAT differences. I doubt HBS would allow a 100 pt difference in SAT score for minority students vs. others. Instead, you can argue, despite normalizing for SAT score and for School choi
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
My last co-founder kinda soured badly on steady corporate world. I plucked him from Yahoo (before Marissa) and did a startup for a couple of years. When we closed shop, he tried to go back to the corporate world (Disney/BigCommerce) an
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
I'd rather have the money than be Prez. Thank you very much. I might even do a blog about my feeling of being devoured by the envious poors.
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
Noted. Yeah, my MBA is over a decade old and not an Ivy one. Guess the Diversity applies as long as you come from a few key schools & employers. It is as it always has been.
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
so sad that for anyone else wishing for an alternative, has to just 'work harder' somewhere else 'where you will be appreciated' by 'others like you' whether the distinction is race or class. But do 100% agree
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by DiversityinSV 11y ago
So Culture fit > Skillset and Requirements? That's why we are where we are diversity speaking. 'Culture' means whatever to whoever. Salary req'd were not discussed on interview. Recruiter said salary expectation was w
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Ask HN: Diversity in Action at FB Hiring – Yay or Nay?
10 points by DiversityinSV 11y ago|8 comments