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by calcsam 11y ago
Slice ( https://www.slice.com/ ) is a more mature startup that does the same thing. It was recently acquired by Rakuten.
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by calcsam 11y ago
Especially for more experienced positions, strong written communication is often "table stakes," positioning you as a competent engineer who can work well with others. One way to start: using "maybe" instead of "may
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by calcsam 11y ago
Not really. People are highly influenced in their choice of major by their peer group. Sending yourself (or your kid) someone where your (their) friends are going to be a bunch of mechanical engineers and CS majors is actually a fairly good
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by calcsam 11y ago
"Salaries are not just internally transparent at Japanese megacorps but so predictable that any middle-class adult in central Japan can accurately predict my salary history. I mention this partly to say that salary transparency by itse
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by calcsam 11y ago
http://whartoniteseekscodemonkey.tumblr.com/ (OP's username refers to Fuqua, Duke's MBA program)
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by calcsam 11y ago
Yes.
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by calcsam 12y ago
Do both. @Google, you will learn a ton about how software development should work. You have three more years before you even graduate. If your angels won't force you to work on it fulltime why would you impose the condition on yourself
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by calcsam 12y ago
Cached: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:J5cH6Ct...
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Slack’s Valuation More Than Doubles to $2.8B in Five Months(blogs.wsj.com)
4 points by calcsam 12y ago|0 comments
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by calcsam 12y ago
Not at all. No employer forces to list your starting year on your resume, anyway. Grad schools might be different.
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by calcsam 12y ago
Get to Silicon Valley. Ask questions later.
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Recycling Unused Medicines to Save Money and Lives(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by calcsam 12y ago|0 comments
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by calcsam 12y ago
Comments section considered harmful...
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by calcsam 12y ago
If you're lonely, you should join a startup with lots of other smart & motivated people. It sounds like your colleagues don't care -- which is reasonable, because what's in it for them? Startups are horribly lonely experi
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by calcsam 12y ago
"San Francisco is an assisted living community for the young." -- Startup L. Jackson https://twitter.com/StartupLJackson/status/40813723253330329...
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by calcsam 12y ago
I stayed at a startup where I was early way too long even when was clear we were headed into the ground. The most depressing five months of my life. If it's clear you're doomed now, you should leave whenever something better comes
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by calcsam 12y ago
Live in the East Bay. Use BART, Casual Carpool, or AC Transit Transbay buses. http://sfcasualcarpool.com/ Good candidate locations: in Oakland near Rockridge (safe, nice area & easy commute) or Berkeley (college-town fe
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by calcsam 12y ago
The Detour app has a great tour of SF taking you in the footsteps of some of the Beats and their contemporaries, including Ferlinghetti. Took it last week when my sister came to town, highly recommended.
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by calcsam 12y ago
The best tool is a tool that solves a pain point in your organization. Find the pain point, then figure out a tool to solve it. If it doesn't solve a pain point, no one will use it.
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by calcsam 12y ago
I'd suspect technical skills are more highly valued in crypto than in other programming domains. That may account for your differing perceptions.
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by calcsam 12y ago
We use HackerRank, which has an in-browser IDE that can runs pretty much every language, has highlighting, etc. I can't believe anyone would use Google Docs. Even if you don't care about your interviewees' experience, huge wa
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by calcsam 12y ago
Wow, an icon of my childhood gone. If you're an affected developer, shoot me an email & I'll be happy to put you in our pipeline.
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by calcsam 12y ago
Some investors spin doom and gloom as an excuse to lowball entrepreneurs they're offering to invest in. Shark Tank is a pretty good example of this, even if Cuban's not the worst offender on there.
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Hillary Clinton Had Own Computer Server for Official Emails(nytimes.com)
2 points by calcsam 12y ago|0 comments
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Scaling startups: the routinization of charisma(renderingwithstyle.com)
1 points by calcsam 12y ago|0 comments
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by calcsam 12y ago
No. No no no no no. Ask someone what their strengths are as a programmer. Don't ask them whether they are a good programmer. Let's say I asked you: "Are you a good person?" Well, compared to who? Compared to Mother There
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Visa Announces Acquisition of TrialPay to Expand Its Offers Platform(techcrunch.com)
6 points by calcsam 12y ago|0 comments
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by calcsam 12y ago
Quit your job. Find another one. Leave your current one off your resume. Mark Suster talks about this here: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/04/22/never-hire-job... "If you worked somewhere for 6
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by calcsam 12y ago
A friend who works for Reddit moved here from SLC with his wife 2 months ago. Email me and I'll put you in touch.
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by calcsam 12y ago
This would basically turn Apple from a payment processor (relatively straightforward) into a global tax collector (extremely complex). Think about how you would handle corporate entities. Do you handle pass-through entities like LLCs differ

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