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Google's nit-picky interview process a turn off for some experienced coders(businessinsider.com)
4 points by dilemma 10y ago|2 comments
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by dilemma 10y ago
The NYT functioned as Bush's propaganda arm in the running up to the second Iraq war that has now cost millions of innocent lives. It is not a good publication.
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by dilemma 10y ago
Unemployment causes depression and other types of mental reactions that are classified as disorders or diseases.
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by dilemma 10y ago
I think Tokyo fits your criteria very well, too.
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by dilemma 10y ago
You are. This news item is about Walmart.
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by dilemma 10y ago
People who work at Walmart work only for pay. That study is on a different type of worker.
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by dilemma 10y ago
Facebook and Google are not comparable to Walmart. Don't even pretend they are. They supposedly do knowledge work, Walmart relies on unskilled labor - there's not much latitude in stocking shelves, goes traditional wisdom. Challen
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by dilemma 10y ago
Not revolutionary but definitely radical in today's environment.
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Deming’s Point 8 of 14 – Drive out fear(michelbaudin.com)
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by dilemma 10y ago
Agree. In general, administrators want fees for public services to prevent overuse that causes high costs for taxpayers, i.e. Hypochondriacs visiting hospitals once per week. But for public transportation, that doesn't apply. You canno
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Underwrite his mortgage and ask him to be the godfather of your firstborn.
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by dilemma 10y ago
I never said anything about your integrity but you inferred from my comment just like others will do from yours. The difference is the individual you're disparaging is a real person with a reputation. You, like me, are a throw away acc
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by dilemma 10y ago
Nonsense. It's because your industry is relatively new and hasn't established the same institutions.
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by dilemma 10y ago
So what you want to see from the author is a Mao-era self-criticism stating why Google were 100% right in rejecting him.
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by dilemma 10y ago
You are drawing a conclusion and you're making it public to discredit this person.
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by dilemma 10y ago
No, the policy/process DannyBee references is fiction. What's standard is what happens in reality. I'm clearly not talking about statistics. For your second point, DannyBee focuses his efforts on discrediting this seemingly e
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by dilemma 10y ago
>First, it is definitely standard process to tell him (if they didn't, that's a definite failure). Again, remember you only have one side of the story here. "Standard process" is what actually happens in the real worl
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by dilemma 10y ago
There are no outlets that are not blatantly one-sided. If you believe so, your perspective has been narrowed by a filter bubble so that even minute variations of the same message seem great to you.
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by dilemma 10y ago
The thing about the "echo chamber" or "filter bubble" argument is that it is always about other people . The actual title of this article says it all, "To Rescue Democracy, Go Outside" -- this is paternalistic
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The Post-Capitalist Executive: An Interview with Peter F. Drucker(hbr.org)
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Nike's Mark Parker on Imagination, Innovation and Art(anothermag.com)
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by dilemma 10y ago
Looks like you made your CV your cover letter and your LinkedIn your CV. The effect is that you used the mindspace otherwise occupied by the CV to tell your story - to brand yourself. There's only one you, but there's thousands of
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by dilemma 10y ago
>As long as companies think it good PR to even pretend to have a loftier goal, then there is incentive for creating and operating companies that actually do. This can only be good. Shouldn't we want them to have this incentive? Tran
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by dilemma 10y ago
This lacks content and looks a capitulation - an admission that he's lost, wholesale replacing the Jobsian persona he nurtured previously with a wholesome 'we're all friends' skit. The end is just bizarre, as if he'
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by dilemma 10y ago
It's very clear to me what the parent is saying. The people you give as example only got that recognition long after doing the work that established their career. In an interview process at the start of their careers this work had not
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by dilemma 10y ago
Yes, poor management is the cause of 1) and 2), and is unable to handle 3). Would be interested to hear more about your experiences with management teams.
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by dilemma 10y ago
Lee Smolin credits this monoculture with the lack of progress in the field of physics over the past decade, and the popularity of string theory, in The Trouble with Physics.
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Can possibly add that these platforms fail because they're designed to be unprofitable. Their competitive advantage is that they don't need to make a profit, being supporter by venture capital. When that dries up, few seem able to
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by dilemma 10y ago
Snapchat's interview process for software engineers is so difficult that nobody's ever been able to pass it.
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by dilemma 10y ago
>I have been thinking of Yishan-style CEOs for a while now, with board of directors tweeting often too. What does this mean?

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