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by bpchaps 11y ago
Blech. "Do your time" is right. Just about every recent college grad I talk to complains about how miserable their student loans are making them. Things like, "I would leave this job and do something more interesting if I di
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by bpchaps 11y ago
This is actually one of the reasons why I and a lot like me advocate not going to school. There aren't enough non-judging peer groups focused on learning. The ones I've tried looked into tend to avoid the uneducated cranks. Havin
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by bpchaps 11y ago
You should be impressed by professors from all sorts of colleges from all sorts of fields from all over the world already :). The internet's a beautiful thing. So many free lessons and academic papers to choose from.
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Just curious, if I may.. how old are you? My generation was told without question that we need to go to school. Parents, family and teachers all repeated the same thing over and over again. Yet, the folk my age I've talked to all say &
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by bpchaps 11y ago
I dropped out after two years of college and don't regret it even for a second. These days, I'm: -Doing data analysis with pandas on parking tickets just because it's fun and it helps people. -Freelancing for HFT firms and d
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Hah! Yeah, right. Money corrupts more than you think. Just look at Ricky Hendon, for example. He contracts his "services" to mayoral candidates and charges a heavy, heavy penny. Hell, there's a conversation on facebook wh
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Ah, that probably explains it... The resources spent on making this might just explain why qt has been so difficult to install! ;)
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Agreed. I do some minor parking ticket civic work in Chicago and found that when talking about things like painfully misleading signs, the painfully overwhelming response is, "We shouldn't protect the dumb. It's not my fault
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Hm.. I worked at a bank whose shortened name rhymes with "Damn'l" that did a LOT of things similar to this article to get younger candidates and college students onto their teams. A few personal examples.. 10k startup bonuses
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by bpchaps 11y ago
How about just a personal incentive to be kind to others? http://eprints.keele.ac.uk/1422/3/hamilton_mccabe_org_2016.p...
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Could there possibly be a chance that with your majestic IQ might make you a bit biased on the subject? Mind you, I have a uselessly high IQ, too, and I still think they're are an insult to hard working and bleedingly knowledgeable peo
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by bpchaps 11y ago
You throw money at these sorts of companies to build knowledge and skill. You're investing in the future's economy and not the now's. It's selfish to think otherwise. Why does making money have to be intrinsic to helping
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Yeah... I should've been more clear. I mean to say that the poster I responded to is focused more on money rather than, "Holy shit, we landed a fucking rocket from the sky on a fucking barge in middle of the ocean. Fuck yeah!&quot
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by bpchaps 11y ago
And here lies the problem.. edit: By problem, I mean the strong push for P&L over Making Shit Better.
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Sure. I was sent to a referral-only recruiter in finance who had a hard time finding positions for me. When I told him I got a job and how much I'd be making, he said that little gem and skulked away. Haven't heard from him since
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Problem is, if you don't even know where to begin and you just need a few ways to fill in the gaps that the rest of us have already done. Your advice is still good, but it seems more valid for experienced workers. Also, in my defense,
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by bpchaps 11y ago
I didn't run from google because I didn't need to! Their hiring process is so full of shit that between the interviewer and the recruiter, they somehow managed to forget two phone interviews which I left work early for both times.
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It was at home and during a time when I was more interested in learning to interview than getting hired. Also, having legit ADHD, makes those sorts of tests utter hell, especially considering it was timed and that I have a comical lack of s
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by bpchaps 11y ago
That's definitely a possibility. :)
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by bpchaps 11y ago
I'm not looking in the same field anymore, so.. Yes. Really. :) But yes, other people did know what type of boss he was. The last recruiter I worked with said, "You worked for X? That guy was fucking mental..."
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by bpchaps 11y ago
It's akin to needlessly using technology to solving a problem or requiring someone to write a hugely time consuming code sample. Sure, theoretically it's a great idea, but since they're never done right and they never address
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Easier said than done. Being hired means you also wrap up all the other ties with the other companies you're working with. You effectively have to start over. Also, considering how small some fields are, doing this could be pretty da
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by bpchaps 11y ago
All of these are reflections more on the company, through the interviewer. This list isn't just for startups.. I'm not sure where you get that idea. My worst experiences have been at large companies. The worst was Google ;). If no
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Yep, the big companies especially. Maybe mistakes isn't the right word. "Constantly fucking up" might be better. The left hand almost never talks to the right hand and miscommunications happen all the time. One example - It
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Experience, mostly. I have a high IQ (so I'm told) and when I work at companies like these, they're managed like absolute hell. Metrics for miles and using technology rather than proper management to manage people. Building socia
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by bpchaps 11y ago
According to a psych test research program, I have a very high IQ. Not sure what it is until the program's over, but apparently I beat all of the doctors and grad students involved. Not bragging, just making some anecdata. That said, a
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by bpchaps 11y ago
Agreed. That list is definitely surface level and should be taken on a case by case basis. My recent employment adventure turned me cynical. My then-soon-to-be boss seemed great during the interview. He was technical, his questions were int
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by bpchaps 11y ago
-If respect isn't reciprocal, run. -If you only get canned questions, run. -If questions are machine gunned without any followups, run. -If the hiring/interview process is needlessly complicated, run. -If they give you an IQ test
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by bpchaps 11y ago
One of my good friends asked me to make a touchscreen interface for his car's HVAC system.. so there definitely are interested folks out there. :)
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by bpchaps 11y ago
It's funny how a discussion about social classes turns out this way. Downvotes instead of an actual non-vague response? Pssshhhh......

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