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by chadash 9y ago
I've asked companies for copies of all paperwork that I'll be expected to sign before starting. I just frame it casually before I accept the offer, like "hey, I'm very excited about this opportunity! I should have a fina
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by chadash 9y ago
I see a lot of stories/comments about not signing non-compete agreements on HN, so I want to throw in my own 2 cents. Many times, companies have standard paperwork that they want you to sign and they don't want to deal with the ha
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by chadash 9y ago
Sure, you can't be fired easily. But what about when it comes time for a raise or promotion? What about when you are interviewing for your next role? It's hard to imagine anyone getting punished for discriminating in these cases,
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by chadash 9y ago
To add to the other comments here, a recent high profile case of something similar was Bill Ackman shorting Herbalife. Basically, he shorted the stock and then went to the media with his research showing that he believed Herbalife to be a p
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by chadash 9y ago
I see bitbucket is not letting me push code. Is this connected?
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by chadash 9y ago
I think you and I are arguing semantics then. The very question "what do you mean by a string?" already indicates that you might be familiar with some of the differences between unicode and ascii, for example. In that case, I&#x27
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by chadash 9y ago
I'm assuming that you don't expect companies to hire everyone who applies and therefore some candidates are going to have time wasted. What do you think is a fair amount of time to expect someone to give for an initial screening?
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by chadash 9y ago
Of course the question is biased against certain programming languages. For example, in python: def reverse_str(x): return x[::-1] works. If you remember this notation, then you'll have this problem done in 30 seconds or l
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by chadash 9y ago
I'm not sure if you have ever been involved in the hiring process from the first stage of screening resumes, but my experience has been that when you post a developer job, many people will apply with very weak coding skills and those p
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by chadash 9y ago
Agreed. I've seen this a lot myself. Companies want you to jump through hoops for them, but the most qualified people for the job probably don't have the time, patience or desire to do so.
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by chadash 9y ago
There's no question that some questions are inappropriate for senior hires. For example, if someone comes in with a lot of open source work, I think it's probably wise for the hiring manager to devote some more time and personali
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by chadash 9y ago
As a hiring manager, I personally don't use HackerRank (or anything similar), but I'm thinking about it. My issue is that many of the people who I come across (most of whom claim to have backgrounds in CS) don't have even b
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by chadash 9y ago
For a much more in-depth article, I'd recommend Amia Srinivasan's review of two recent books about octopuses at https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n17/amia-srinivasan/the-sucker-the... . Of course, the books
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by chadash 9y ago
> Why not let the individual airlines decide? Airlines are free to allow pets aboard. But they've all made the decision not to allow it, except for a fee (and even then, only for small animals that go under your seat). Right now, th
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by chadash 9y ago
From the text of the Air Carrier Access Act [1] > You are never required to accommodate certain unusual service animals (e.g., snakes, other reptiles, ferrets, rodents, and spiders) as service animals in the cabin. With respect to all o
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by chadash 9y ago
Parent doesn't seem to be arguing that babies shouldn't be allowed on flights. Rather that people who don't like babies or dogs should find an alternative means of transportation.
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North Carolina Bill Penalizes Unreasonable Data Security Practices(pbwt.com)
2 points by chadash 9y ago|1 comments
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by chadash 9y ago
Some things are valuable because of their inherent utility. Soliris (which has the distinction of being one of the world's most expensive drugs) is valuable because it has obvious utility: it treats medical conditions and saves lives.
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by chadash 9y ago
I'll answer my own question first, but I'm interested in others' opinions. Some things I have noticed as a hiring manager / decision maker: * I see a lot of resumes for inexperienced developers that go two to three pages
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Ask HN: Hiring managers, what do you look for in a developer resume?
3 points by chadash 9y ago|7 comments
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by chadash 9y ago
As a consumer, Amazon is amazing in terms of breadth, price and ease of use. I'm not claiming that they have every product, nor are their prices always the best. But their selection is very good and their prices are typically very co
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Ask HN: Anyone have experience with NetSuite ERP?
1 points by chadash 9y ago|0 comments
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by chadash 9y ago
This reminds me of an episode of the podcast Weird Work where they interview someone who works as a bridesmaid for hire. For a fee, she'll help with wedding planning and go as far as flying out to act the part of bridesmaid in your wed
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by chadash 9y ago
I'd be willing to pay probably $0.25/article for what I read on NY Times and Washington Post. I'd be willing to pay anywhere from $0.50 to $20.00 for many of the answers I come across on Stack Overflow (depending on how certa
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Ask HN: Anyone withexperience using an ERP for distribution/warehouse management?
2 points by chadash 9y ago|2 comments
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by chadash 9y ago
The xrays are probably almost identical. The difference is that dentists simply charge much more in the United States. The median dentist salary in the US is about $150,000 [1]. In India, the median dentist salary is 344,000 INR, or about $
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by chadash 9y ago
Spoiler alert They conclude that Switzerland is the best system in the world. But different judges seem to have different priorities and it's clear that at least some of them are judging not the best healthcare system in terms of
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by chadash 9y ago
Complication is just a watchmaking term for what others might call features
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by chadash 9y ago
So using technology means not seeing your friends and family? Of course not. But a common problem I see is that people are glued to their phones/email, even when they are with family or friends. Before cellphones, there was the
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by chadash 9y ago
It might be a cliche one to pick, but I really really really enjoy Alan Turing's "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"[1]. This paper straddles the line between CS and philosophy, but I think it's an important read for

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