cmahler7

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by cmahler7 9y ago
not sure if they have their whole handbook public but Zapier posts a lot of good stuff about how to run a remote startup
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by cmahler7 9y ago
but is it web scale?
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by cmahler7 9y ago
Slightly off topic but I think Brave New World is more relevant in today's world than 1984. Majority of people couldn't care less what our government does as long as they have Netflix, Facebook, and their drug of choice. You shoul
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by cmahler7 9y ago
As a younger millennial I have no desire to move to silicon valley and I can speak for most of my friends as well. In my opinion silicon valley has lost it's allure and really has no appeal over any other tech hub, and honestly has mor
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by cmahler7 9y ago
there is data on the subject and it is simply not possible to be more productive in an open office with distractions. It's impossible with the way our brains work
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by cmahler7 9y ago
or he's a smart guy who put himself in a good position for success by getting into great schools and then making connections with the right people while at Google. You don't make the consistent home-run investments he has through
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by cmahler7 9y ago
silicon valley has filled up with the types of money chasing individuals who would have once become investment bankers on wall street and brought similar morals with them
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by cmahler7 9y ago
You think a company like Google would be able to implement a non-subjective and fair interview. Their current process must cost them a lot of talent
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by cmahler7 9y ago
they're cheaper because they can subsidize their fares via VC money
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by cmahler7 9y ago
I think this is why the media focuses so much on race and democrat vs republican. Divide and conquer. Keep the people at each others throats instead of at the people who are actually responsible
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by cmahler7 9y ago
paying a fair tax rate would be a start Do you really think Google should be paying 3% tax?
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by cmahler7 9y ago
you can educate people as much as you want, the majority aren't going to be able to become engineers and physicists. Unless we can get to the point where we can manipulate genes to increase intelligence that's not a solution to th
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by cmahler7 9y ago
majority of people simply won't be able to help with the complex problems that push human progress forward. What do you suggest we do with them?
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by cmahler7 9y ago
Not really, only 1/3rd of millennials have degrees. Meanwhile there are tons of trade jobs that don't get filled because there's a stigma against it.
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by cmahler7 9y ago
We're at the point where the United State can either become utopia or dystopia. Automation can either allow everyone to do whatever they want with almost unlimited leisure, or continue as it has destroying the middle class and consolid
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by cmahler7 9y ago
there's things called scholarships, worked well for me and lots of other people. The problem is that easy student loans has made it so people who should have never gone to college are now going and flunking out after a few semesters of
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by cmahler7 9y ago
based on some studies I've seen, human judges are terrible due to basic human nature, so I'd like to see something happen to make things more objective. Of course, the algo would have to be open, as opposed to the proprietary soft
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by cmahler7 10y ago
I don't think it has. Tech has allowed for massive consolidation not possible in the past, in almost every industry. Media is now controlled by a handful of global corporations rather than independent outlets Tech is the same, Amazon w
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by cmahler7 10y ago
I really hate the way tech is trending. Startups have basically become free market validation for the tech kings. They can just wait to see what works, then copy it and kill the startup that did it first. With tech more than any other indus
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by cmahler7 10y ago
no disrespect to doctors but you really don't have to be that smart to become one. It's more about being willing to take out 300k in loans and stay in school until you are 30+ years old.
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by cmahler7 10y ago
can they? Their valuation is entirely based on self-driving cars, if they fire everybody and give up on that it's over for them.
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by cmahler7 10y ago
I had kids on my high school football team taking roids just to make varsity. Meanwhile on my team at the D1 level there were guys who barely lifted weights and looked like greek gods. The same thing can be seen programming as well. Some pe
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by cmahler7 10y ago
Most people don't realize there's a difference between shyness and introversion. Shyness implies you want to interact with people but some sort of anxiety is blocking you. I'd say the majority of "introverts" are ju
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by cmahler7 10y ago
I agree, gig economy is just a symptom. College grads aren't working as baristas and Uber drivers by choice, it's because the economy is absolute garbage and has been for nearly a decade now.
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by cmahler7 10y ago
let them eat cake (delivered by grubhub)
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by cmahler7 10y ago
it will be hard to find an uber if drivers get tired of being ripped off
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by cmahler7 10y ago
aim it at SEOs if you want to make money, broken link building is a pretty big strategy in the SEO world
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by cmahler7 10y ago
look up kodak and the digital camera. They had the tech in the 70s but didn't want it to cannibalize their film sales. They're bankrupt now.
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by cmahler7 10y ago
I'd say this is one of the most important things for startups and entrepreneurship as well. Too many people get emotionally invested in their business or idea instead of listening to the facts.
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by cmahler7 10y ago
hate the artist, not the art. You don't have to like Thiel's political beliefs to admit he's smart as hell.

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