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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Don't look in Detroit just yet. The city isn't there (yet!). Look in Ann Arbor.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Wordpress.com
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
It really just sounds like the author has a vendetta against Google.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
No, the process is horrendous, especially for the competitive companies. Just look at Google's process: talk with recruiter, 1-2 phone screens, 5 on-site interviews, and then a couple phone calls with teams. All before you get an offer
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
The groupthink at HN can be very severe at times. SE Michigan (especially Ann Arbor) is a lovely place! Lots of similarities to SV - smart people, culture, great schools. Plus, insanely cheap. The area is going to be a hotbed for tech compa
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
SE Michigan does have more engineering degrees per capita than any other area in the country. Amazon already has an engineering office there. Google moving is just them trying to get ahead of the curve. The longer they wait to establish a m
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
For those of you in Seattle, what are your thoughts on the Seattle Freeze?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I'm not surprised that the interns got fired. Not because of the topic at hand, but because of the petition. In many ways, an organized petition could be seen as the beginning of union organization. Forget about opinions about unions f
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Does anybody think that this puts them closer to an IPO?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
The NDA is inexcusable. The food though...seems like everybody does it.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I've noticed that some people seem to way overprepare for Google interviews in particular. I get that they're hard, but how much practice do you really need for, say, a phone screen?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I don't know how I feel about these past few changes. Github is trying to compete more and more with LinkedIn. My user page is now becoming a resume, complete with summary and carefully chosen projects. Where does this end?
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
I feel like a similar argument can be said for any major engineering company. Most new grads heading to Facebook, Google and the like are doing grunt work. Unless you're working at a true startup, where you know everybody's name,
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
Is there not a chance they're planning on doing this themselves? They spent all that money on the Xfinity rebrand. At this point, Comcast is essentially Xfinity + NBCUniversal.
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by curiouscat321 10y ago
This is one of those times when Silicon Valley needs to step aside its rhetoric. In this case, Bill wasn't a mentor or a VC - he was a friend and confidant. And Ben's pain isn't from losing a mentor or a business parent - it&
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Amusement – Python package for theme park wait times (Disney, Universal and more)(astephen2.github.io)
4 points by curiouscat321 11y ago|0 comments
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by curiouscat321 11y ago
It's interesting that you put GM's partnership with CMU at the same level as Ford and Google. I don't think any major automaker has an in house effort anywhere close to Google. Most of them rely on suppliers like Bosch for th
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by curiouscat321 11y ago
The juxtaposition between Google and Facebook alongside Palantir seems strange. Is Palantir really a big, bloated company now? I would've assumed they would be listed by Uber, Airbnb, and Pinterest.
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by curiouscat321 11y ago
https://d1g145x70srn7h.cloudfront.net/images/videos/roadshow... For those of you who would rather deal with a standard video player.
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Silicon Valley (2006)(paulgraham.com)
2 points by curiouscat321 11y ago|0 comments
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A black man walks into Silicon Valley and tries to get a job(medium.com)
28 points by curiouscat321 11y ago|28 comments
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by curiouscat321 11y ago
At what point is Google going to officially become a consulting company? Right now, they seem to be playing arbitrage with engineering talent. They buy up engineers with large salaries and fancy perks. Those people, who now span almost ever
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by curiouscat321 12y ago
I've worked one of these $20k SV internships, so I'd like to give my two cents. I worked for a large startup that hired around ~100 interns - not a Google or Microsoft by any means. There is a relative meritocracy for these positi
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by curiouscat321 12y ago
Regardless of their corporate mismanagement and lack of a sound business plan, this is incredibly unfortunate. 111,800 people are going to be losing their jobs and many of them may have difficulty finding new ones. To everyone at IBM, good
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by curiouscat321 12y ago
I'm going to read into this way to much. You say that you're about to hire one. That sounds like you're fairly certain about this person's skills. But, you're ambivalent, hence the post. Are you looking for an excus
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Community Will Get Its Sixth Season On Yahoo(techcrunch.com)
92 points by curiouscat321 12y ago|19 comments
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by curiouscat321 12y ago
How are we supposed to believe them when they say that "there is no need for us to engage in a point-counterpoint with Netflix" If you won't challenge Netflix's argument, then it's your word against theirs. And one
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by curiouscat321 13y ago
There's a very good chance he's simply based on prominent VCs in general (Theil, pg, maybe a little Andressean).
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by curiouscat321 13y ago
Why would you need to pay SQL licensing costs? Couldn't you use their SQL storage platform (or Amazon's, or anybody else's)?
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by curiouscat321 13y ago
I'm back. Google Apps using SSO server. Anybody else?

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