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by dabent 15y ago
The sheer desperation in his voice was almost enjoyable The first time I sent my resume out to recruiters, my phone rang nearly continuously for two days. I complained about it once to my wife. She said I should never be ungrateful for
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by dabent 15y ago
I've worked with third-party recruiters for many jobs I had while contracting. The pitch you mentioned can work, but only in the high-turnover world of contract consulting for big companies. This is NOT going to work for startups, or anyt
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by dabent 15y ago
His interview last year was anything but stodgy as well, with the movie "The Social Network" out and so much growth happening at Facebook. It will be interesting to see what he talks about this year - perhaps privacy issue in Europe? The o
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by dabent 15y ago
Paul Graham -> You have no hearts my name -> You passed out when you tried to play "say it"
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Why No One Company Will Ever Monopolize the Internet(mashable.com)
7 points by dabent 15y ago|0 comments
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by dabent 15y ago
That's interesting. I wonder what the trade off is between submitting a possibly imperfect application early, vs. a polished-as-possble entry on the last day.
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by dabent 15y ago
Judging by the flood of last-day applications, in spite of PG's advice to apply early, a reminder is still needed: http://twitter.com/#!/paulg/status/123509842412445696
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by dabent 15y ago
I assume you mean "I’m sure the phone will appear in a week or two" in reference to the iPhone 5. That's incredibly bold. Maybe this spring, but in two weeks?
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by dabent 15y ago
From playing on an Apple][ on middle school to typing this on a Mac - Steve Jobs certainly influenced me as a developer. So many times the world seemed to chase the designs he pioneered or pushed into the mainstream. Without his leadershi
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by dabent 15y ago
Someone downvoted this? Why?
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by dabent 15y ago
Santa Monica, CA (Los Angeles area) also possibly SF Bay area or other cities, but most jobs are in Santa Monica. TRUECar - Put simply, TrueCar shows consumers how much people actually paid for a particular new car in their area, then guide
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by dabent 15y ago
Some people do things like that and either seem seem desperate or overbearing while doing it. It's the rare individual that can remain confident and drive forward under such circumstances.
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by dabent 15y ago
I'm pretty sure this is the kind of event where purchasers make deals with manufacturers. You're right, it would be logistically impossible for that many shoes to be sold one at a time... http://nycfashioninfo.com/wholesale/market-weeks/C
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by dabent 15y ago
One thing I noticed in recent interview is that the problems often test if the candidate can think to use two structures or algorithms to solve a problem. Early on, I made the mistake of thinking of interview questions more as homework pro
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Car Price Comparison Company TrueCar Raises $200M+, Gears Up For IPO(techcrunch.com)
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by dabent 15y ago
Santa Monica (Los Angeles Area), California I started at TRUECar this week and just love it. TRUECar is growing fast and is looking for Python/Django and Java developers. They're big enough to avoid the perils of early-stage startups, but
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by dabent 15y ago
> Sivers and his former company have been spamming me constantly for the last 10 years. You mean email spam? IANAL, but if there isn't an "unsubscribe" mechanism, they are possibly in violation of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (at least in
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by dabent 15y ago
I flew in last fall and really enjoyed the experience. The the chance to meet a lot of like-minded people from all over the world (including one guy from Scotland) was worth it alone. The speakers were first-rate, including Mark Zuckerber
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by dabent 15y ago
Is going into CS a bad idea, or grad school? I have a BSEE and went to grad school for EE after a two year break. I forgot how much I loved software over my break and wish I had majored in CS for grad school. I dropped out of an MSEE prog
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by dabent 15y ago
This is an interesting concept, but won't keep out comments from the reasonably educated, but devious. Those often are the worst kind. It's usually possible to simply down vote puerile comments into oblivion, but one intelligent troll can
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by dabent 15y ago
The fact that I could see an eyewitness to that event was overshadowed by the huge cigarette ads. It reminds me of the current state of online ads, only it's huge banners for electronic cigarettes instead.
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by dabent 15y ago
I received: "The Websense category 'Malicious Web Sites' is filtered."
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by dabent 15y ago
It would be great to see Startup Row back. It's a great way to see all the great new things people are building with Python and for them to get exposure to boot.
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by dabent 15y ago
I was on Startup Row in Atlanta last year and was able to meet jnoller. He was a great host and it was a fantastic and well-run event. If you're coding in Python, it's worth checking out. Also, it looks like I will be back this year, not
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by dabent 15y ago
Is there a certain language you'd like to see the code challenge completed in?
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by dabent 15y ago
> Google had a working search engine and they were building their own hardware with less than 100 employees. But now Google has over 20,000 employees and is still hiring. It's possible that Dropbox is building on its core product and d
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by dabent 15y ago
I'm curious how this will stack up against groups in the National Foundation for Credit Counseling members. ( http://www.nfcc.org/ ) Then again, they may end up joining that group. I'm not affiliated with NFCC, but I understand they offer
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by dabent 15y ago
Many Type II diabetics need to test their blood sugar levels as well.
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by dabent 15y ago
I'm on the opposite side of the coin. I'd love to get a job outside the US, where I live, but I've got no idea how to handle visa issues. How did you handle them? My other barrier is language. I imagine I could work in England/Ireland, o
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by dabent 15y ago
That’s a lot of detail, but a very good explanation of what happened.

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