Kephael

15 ms·

91.
by Kephael 8y ago
They need to LeetCode and go work elsewhere, if they want to come back then Oracle will pay them market rates.
92.
by Kephael 8y ago
Amazon is subsidized by AWS. I'm sure the vendor relationships and existing supply chain have value too.
93.
by Kephael 8y ago
I was not referring to rank 15 -> 5, I meant that outcomes of students attending a rank 2500 school is typically not particularly good. It is literally impossible to enroll in certain majors at many quality schools despite being academic
94.
by Kephael 8y ago
Amazon will win because they will be able to compete on price and convenience. They don't have the massive overhead of the stores weighing them down. You're also forgetting that many young people who work in economically relevant
95.
by Kephael 8y ago
I've found checking out even with automated checkout to be a slow and a poor user experience. Kroger stores in Seattle illustrate this very well, waiting in line for 8 minutes just to pay isn't fun. Removing everything from the ca
96.
by Kephael 8y ago
I doubt they'll be able to compete on costs, on the retail front Amazon Go style stores are certainly the future. Legacy retailers (and grocers) are simply too labor heavy and their large retail footprint will come back to bite them. E
97.
by Kephael 8y ago
Internet ordering isn't where the real value is, it's in a logistics network from warehouse to consumer that is almost entirely automated.
98.
by Kephael 8y ago
The future of the grocery business is web based ordering and automated delivery to the buyer. Amazon will crush other grocers due to first mover advantage and their massive technology workforce.
99.
by Kephael 8y ago
You'd probably get more innovation in the US if you funneled more money to the top 50 or so engineering schools and forced them to take on more students. There are too many schools with "impacted" majors in worthwhile degree
100.
by Kephael 8y ago
I've only seen police openly carrying modern sporting rifles at LaGuardia. There are police and military openly carrying long guns in public in many European countries these days so I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised to se
101.
by Kephael 8y ago
This is LeetCode #10, this is a common question.
102.
by Kephael 8y ago
Amazon is a non-union company and they have almost single-handedly destroyed physical retail in the Western world. Amazon has created immense value for consumers and shareholders, Jeff Bezos would not be the richest person in the world if A
103.
by Kephael 8y ago
I have a very hard time believing a real CA salary is being paid to remote workers. For engineering at leading companies, seventeen years of experience would be over 400K TC. However, I could believe someone paying a remote worker on the lo
104.
by Kephael 8y ago
"Big N" companies have very arbitrary interviewing processes with hiring rates of less than 1%. There are local workers that can fill their job vacancies but they continue to make the process more and more difficult due to the num
105.
by Kephael 8y ago
Following this logic, anyone who lives outside of the Olduvai Gorge is not native.
106.
by Kephael 8y ago
H-1B visas aren't even given out to people with specialized knowledge, new grads are able to get them.
107.
by Kephael 8y ago
The only HQ is where the CEO sits.
108.
by Kephael 8y ago
This is ridiculous, you will be given a no hire recommendation by the interviewer at a FAANG company if you do not provide an optimal solution. This is very well documented on sites/apps like Blind and accurate from my personal experie
109.
by Kephael 8y ago
This is because of distortions in the student loan market. Risk is not being properly assessed and loans are being made when they should not be. Philosophy majors at non-top schools should not be given loans since it is unlikely they will b
110.
by Kephael 8y ago
The supply of technical workers is artificially limited by Leetcode style interviews. There doesn't seem to be an actual supply side limitation, especially not at the entry level.
111.
by Kephael 8y ago
College is very inexpensive but you must major in a degree that teaches you strong technical skills or at a school that signals that you are highly intelligent and socially adept. Racking up debt with out of state tuition at some unprestigi
112.
by Kephael 8y ago
The self driving car will go park outside of the city.
113.
by Kephael 8y ago
I never donate via proxy, I don't want to give some corporation a tax deduction on my behalf. I am sure they are doing this for PR purposes.
114.
by Kephael 8y ago
WooCommerce vs the largest e-commerce platform in the world? I've been to the Amazon Go store and took a close look at the camera arrays, these toy retailers are whistling past the graveyard.
115.
by Kephael 8y ago
It's common amongst my peer group at the school I attend.
116.
by Kephael 8y ago
That's absurd, you're much better off going to a reputable school, working hard, grinding leetcode, completing internships, and then getting a $150k+/yr TC job to start. You'll come out far ahead by going to a good schoo
117.
by Kephael 8y ago
It's very difficult to start your career at leading companies such as Google, Facebook, etc without going to a reputable school.
118.
by Kephael 8y ago
There are not unlimited new graduate roles at these companies, Microsoft was telling students they passed the interview but that slots were full at the school I attend.
119.
by Kephael 8y ago
I was told Amazon interns also had to pay $300/mo for not particularly nice corporate housing in the UW dorms. My understanding was this was in additional to the salary reduction.
120.
by Kephael 8y ago
I order necessities from Amazon and they show up the next day. If I walk to the grocery store, I can only bring back what I can carry. If I drive to the store or have groceries delivered by Instacart, I can bring comfortably get lots of gro

More ›