cja23

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by cja23 7y ago
Horses, not zebras. But yes, there are a few zebras in the world also.
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by cja23 9y ago
Just in case you are not joking and for anyone not familiar with the terminology: Physics, and a lot of the hard sciences, are often broadly divided into "theoretical" and "experimental" halves. Experimental physicists d
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by cja23 12y ago
Yes! I think any good statistician would agree with all of that and emphasize the importance of how you present your conclusions. Forming "data-dependent hypotheses" is part of what most statistician's call "explorator
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by cja23 12y ago
As jeffmould said, simply not mentioning any degree is sufficiently honest, but will likely trigger the question from HR. If you want to be a bit more up-front, I have seen resumes with the words "coursework towards B.S."
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by cja23 13y ago
Push-ups are not necessary for football. As a football player, catching and running with the ball are more valuable than push-up proficiency. We don't teach every child math because we want them to become mathematicians or anything in
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by cja23 13y ago
There is not a linear relationship between technical skill level and "hire-ability". I would describe it as first a step function, i.e. there is a minimum level of technical skill to get an interview and be taken seriously. Then
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by cja23 13y ago
I've done daily stand-ups under the Scrum methodology that the whole team liked and found successful. In my experience, it goes best if the emphasis is strongly focused on getting the team members to communicate to each other and to th
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by cja23 13y ago
Bingo. In other words, HN readers, serious electronics hobbyists, anyone with even a little hardware savvy: these are not the target market. Intel is betting that they can steal/grow some significant piece of this market share based
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by cja23 13y ago
1. Technical competence: the candidate is unable to satisfactorily answer even the most basic questions about 1 or more of the technologies/skills listed on their resume. 2. Candidate ambitions / Job mismatch: this goes both ways.