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by GFischer 10y ago
Maybe for regulatory aspects in the U.S. (deflect lawsuits or something) Outside the U.S., my only experience with MIT graduates was them being hired on the spot. Almost no interview.
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by GFischer 10y ago
Unfortunately, that's what academic credentials are for. Only, you have to take several years off your life and get into debt if you're in the U.S. And, not every company will value your credentials anyway (if you're an MIT o
873.
by GFischer 10y ago
Thank you for being so open and sharing the actual spreadsheets. It makes things a lot clearer for us dreaming for an acquisition someday :) - even though I worked for a company that went through an acquisition as an employee and even gave
874.
by GFischer 10y ago
Good points. I wonder about that as well (although as a user I hate all that stuff tied into Office365).
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by GFischer 10y ago
The company I work for also had this problem, and solved it by using a third party provider (Absorb LM - https://www.absorblms.com/ )
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by GFischer 10y ago
Last batch, it took them a little over two weeks to submit their e-mails, some people had to wait longer (maybe the last-moment applications). I applied on March 25th and received the rejection e-mail on April 11th. So keep working and try
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by GFischer 10y ago
Good to know. Sorry about the mistake.
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by GFischer 10y ago
I haven't taken it, sounds interesting. I did read a comment from someone who took it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12518725 They're very light. Since they don't carry any weight you'd at l
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Ask HN: Adding a side project/startup to LinkedIn when employed full time
3 points by GFischer 10y ago|0 comments
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by GFischer 10y ago
The actual application process helps, undoubtedly, and I also recommend everyone to fill it, so you know how to answer those questions. But don't expect to get in if you're "not quite ready". The last time I applied, the
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by GFischer 10y ago
I saw an article about Portland and how smaller houses and outbuildings are forbidden in the U.S. Also, people in the U.S. have ridiculously large houses (except in S.F. and New York). 800 square foot is huge, the average 2-bedroom apartmen
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by GFischer 10y ago
Usually, technical blogs are vehicles to sell a product or service, or promote the author. I'd prominently add how to contact the author for consulting opportunities. That's certainly going to give you orders of magnitude more bus
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by GFischer 10y ago
We're on Hacker News - maybe he should do the best of two worlds - apply to Y Combinator! It's the top "MBA for startups" :)
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by GFischer 10y ago
I wish I knew :) . I only can tell you from my experience that the MBA program is not a surefire way to improve your salary - maybe the top MBA programs ARE surefire, but they're also really expensive and hard to get into. If you can g
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by GFischer 10y ago
I certainly hope the next big ideas come from outside the Silicon Valley, but financing to make them grow is still very concentrated there. Almost every single entrepreneur I've met here in Uruguay and Argentina hopes to go to SV to ge
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by GFischer 10y ago
Well, extrapolate from India. The article doesn't mention it at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country#India The article also fails to distinguish between dairy livestock and meat livestock. I
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by GFischer 10y ago
Other sources: http://www.wsj.com/articles/qualcomm-in-talks-to-acquire-nxp... (paywall) http://www.forbes.com/sites/tiriasresearch/2016/09/30/quacom...
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NXP Semiconductors explores sale to Qualcomm: sources(reuters.com)
1 points by GFischer 10y ago|1 comments
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by GFischer 10y ago
Yes please. More thinking outside the box (even if it's for stuff like this :) ).
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by GFischer 10y ago
The article looks interesting, but it definitely doesn't match the submitted title.
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by GFischer 10y ago
This had a pretty extensive discussion a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12534296
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by GFischer 10y ago
Don't worry that much. I've seen two YC-funded companies that are similar to my own side project, and both failed to gain traction. As the others said, I'd worry a lot if there was NO competition (and it will be funded, count
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by GFischer 10y ago
Before anyone chimes in, yes 5 million in 300 million is the same as 50.000 in 3 million. What I wanted to mention is that there are a LOT more cars it the U.S., and the average US driver drives a LOT more than the average Uruguayan driver
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by GFischer 10y ago
Wow, yes, there are a LOT less accidents in the U.S. According to other statistics, there are 5 million accidents, for a population of 300 million. In Uruguay there are 50.000 accidents for a population of 3 million, and with a LOT lower av
895.
by GFischer 10y ago
I don't know where you're getting that data, but it's incorrect, at least here in Montevideo, Uruguay, and in Brazil. Source: I worked for an insurance company for 8 years, and part of my job involved updating casualty models
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by GFischer 10y ago
About 1), that depends on the country. Everywhere but in the U.S. (and a few other exceptions), managers make vastly more money than ICs.
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by GFischer 10y ago
Is that new? I don't recall a demo video field the last time I applied, and guidelines specifically advised against producing the application video.
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by GFischer 10y ago
Expected Value. How big the idea is :)
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by GFischer 10y ago
I'm not from YC, but I think that's actually a big plus for them. I've seen many companies for the last few batches that already had substantial investment.
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by GFischer 10y ago
YC actually has a new MOOC lined up. Maybe encourage group work in it? https://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-changes

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