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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
1. The environment is generally positive, love my co-workers and I do a reasonable job as a platform engineer. 2. Would love to have more input in the direction of certain aspects of the product. 3. My #1 priority is work-life balance. It i
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
Subscribed to : - Snap Judgement (Story telling, with a beat. It's awesome!) - Criminal - Tim Ferris Show - Planet Money
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
What is your take on WealthFront so far as a product ? How has the investment experience been?
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
Just started with Betterment - pretty simple to use and acts as a blanket over investing. I experimented previously with individual stocks in the market, had reasonably good response. However, I cannot spend time on reading up and making in
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
I subscribe to NewYorker and try to get in some deeper reading of a few topics every week. I like their insightful journalism on a variety of topics, which is fun to know about and of course, their cartoons! Other than that, I use quartz on
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
Disclaimer : Not a sympathizer or anything of that sort. Just curious. Why should the AI be politically correct and be 'nice'/ state what is accepted by the larger part of the society ? Isn't it possible that Tay is just
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
1. Work Flexibility and challenging problems to solve. I love the work/life balance in my workplace as it stands. Work doesn't interfere with my life on weekends and in evenings. 2. There should be a clearer channel to communicate
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
Diversification and Appeal to learners across age groups [Education for adults]. IMO, building new courses in disciplines for which learning materials might not be readily available, but are important nevertheless, without diluting the stan
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
I worked for Amazon (2013-2014), fresh out of college. Title : Software Development Engineer (SDE I) Base : 98,000 Sign on : 50,000 (2 year period) Relocation : 10,000 (2 year) Stocks : worth $70,000 (4 years)
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
I did Creative Problem Solving through Coursera and had a great time participating in the class projects. There are some great tools which you can use in your everyday life to think innovative solutions to problems. The exercises were incre
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
General suggestions : - Make sure that the candidate has a really positive experience after the interview. That would mean being very courteous and not interrupting him when he/she is talking, etc. - When I interview candidates, I gene
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
- Hey there! Site looks cool, but on Safari, the text entry color is the same as the text box ? - A summary of the sentiment would be a nice to have as well! Cheers!
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
I love Airbnb - simple, straightforward and easy to use. Their app on the iPad needs some work though, but other than that their design is quite simple and easy to follow. Their customer support is awesome - the other day I had asked my ren
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
All the above things are possible only when the other parts of the interacting system - The Insurance System/Phone Contracting Company begin building relatively user/AI friendly interfaces. Majority of these (mundane yet important
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
The study does not account for the fact that some people simply choose to spend their free time by themselves and do not indulge in 'social' activities. Including the average size of the participant's social circle and how th
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Ask HN: Where do you get your reading material from?
2 points by blabla_blublu 11y ago|1 comments
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
- Snap Judgement - Ted radio hour - NPR's Hidden Brain - Planet Money
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by blabla_blublu 11y ago
[1] Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (almost through with this one - highly recommend it) [2] Quantum Enigma by Bruce Rosenblum, et.al
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by blabla_blublu 12y ago
Former engineer @ Apple - some insight from my side. There is no one culture that pervades through the entire organization. Some software teams are chill, some are not, hardware side of things can be long hours for people. Can't really