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by donretag 14y ago
I believe that any type of curation is still not the answer. The issue has always been passive candidates. How can you expose an opportunity to someone that is not looking? DA does not solve this problem. The only problem that it solves is
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by donretag 14y ago
Most of these new services trying to disrupt the recruiting market, such as Developer Auction and Pitchbox, are narrowly focused on Silicon Valley. Obviously, the issue is more acute in the Bay Area. They are still curated with a manual sel
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by donretag 14y ago
Very sad to see someone so young end their own life. To me it does not sound like his current legal situation was the reason so, but it was his overall mental state. But I must admit, I never heard of this guy. Not once. I have never used r
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by donretag 14y ago
There's a newsletter? Seriously, that is my response. Never knew one existed before this post. Perhaps marketing should be a goal.
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by donretag 14y ago
It is not the first time "betrayed" and "LinkedIn" were used in the posting on HackerNews: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4148915 When will people learn not to be completely dependent on a third-party, especially one like LinkedIn,
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by donretag 14y ago
What constitutes the north bay? I've been to Marin and Sonoma counties and like them both. I go to SF every now and then, but I just never stop in SV although I drive through it. My priorities are different from 1999. And while I no longer
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by donretag 14y ago
I remember my first trip to Silicon Valley in 1999. I have been to San Francisco before, but never outside the city. I had a job interview in Sunnyvale (I believe). Was super-excited since I loved San Francisco. As soon as I started driving
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by donretag 14y ago
One item to pay attention to is location. If someone currently works in San Francisco and choose to remain there, will a Palo Alto company be able to contact them? Is there a default radius? Perhaps someone wants to relocate, but only to sp
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by donretag 14y ago
This Italian band, which have a nonsensical name, should cover that song! http://www.supercanifradiciadespiaredosi.it/ The difference between Celentano and Enya/Sigur Ros/etc is that Celentano was trying to sound English and imitate a tru
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by donretag 14y ago
Too bad the version in the Play app store also requires a rooted phone: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lcis.seede... I've done so many Linux installs back in the '90s, that nowadays I appreciate anything that is plugin-
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by donretag 14y ago
Also this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4800972 I am very glad I don't work with web frameworks. It seems that they attract drama queens.
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by donretag 14y ago
Now only if Google App Engine would support the same. The amount of features that AWS release is astonishing given their size. Great work.
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by donretag 14y ago
"The medikit was actually really comprehensive ... that contained ... even morphine." I am surprised that it contained morphine. Pain killers would not help much in resolving whatever medical issue is occurring. Besides, is it not dangerous
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by donretag 14y ago
The employment problem is precisely why I do not think the housing market will ever "recover". Housing prices did not crash, they simply aligned themselves with current and forecasted salaries. Attempts at raising housing prices to "normal"
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by donretag 14y ago
I recommend the fantastic book: The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan. A good read even for someone not into mathematics.
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by donretag 14y ago
Does anybody actually "use" LinkedIn? Seems like most people just create an account, list their employment history and then just accept the occasional invite request. Does anybody actually go on LinkedIn and view their feed or write somethi
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by donretag 14y ago
I completely understand where the author is coming from and then some. I am also on the receiving end of many of those same emails. However, I actually live in California, in beautiful Monterey. Every single Silicon Valley recruiter does no
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by donretag 14y ago
Plugins are managed (quite nicely) via GitHub downloads. This includes official and third-party plugins. The official plugins can migrate elsewhere, but it will be difficult for the third-party plugins. http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/r
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by donretag 14y ago
Two data points. I've been using my Yahoo account for over a decade. Why should I switch? I would have to change all the services that use the email. I never get spammed on Yahoo, despite it being a very old account. I actually prefer Yahoo
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Microsoft accidentally reveals InfoNavigator, voice and touch-enabled BI tool(applieddatalabs.com)
1 points by donretag 14y ago|0 comments
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by donretag 14y ago
I agree, and I have been a developer for much longer. Coders block? Never experienced it. Creating the solution to a problem via code is easy, finding the correct design/implementation is much harder. I tend to write code first, refactor la
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by donretag 14y ago
The theremin was also invented in the 20th century, so the "only instrument" claim is false.
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by donretag 14y ago
That has always been the assumption. When the first few Coursera courses finished, a few top students were offered chances to interview at certain companies.
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by donretag 14y ago
The add more privacy info at https://www.coursera.org/account/placement/faq Including it here since it is behind the subwall: ---------------------------------- What data will be shared? The data we share may include: * Name * Score and p
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Coursera launches Career Services
17 points by donretag 14y ago|5 comments
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by donretag 14y ago
I live in California right now, so I not too worried about cost. I already have great weather and I am married. :) Haven't looked at many companies, buti like what Opera is doing.
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by donretag 14y ago
How is the tech scene like in SD in general? Been thinking about moving there for some time now. Not into mobile apps or social networking sites, just a very strong backend developer (search engines, machine learning, etc...)
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by donretag 14y ago
I could see people salivating when they saw that a RoR developer was looking for work, only to have their hopes dashed when you wrote remote. BTW, GIT is not an acronym.
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Seeking Java-based Intro CS Classes for Experiment(computinged.wordpress.com)
2 points by donretag 14y ago|0 comments
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by donretag 14y ago
I posted a similar story a few days ago: http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y12/m11/i05/s01 Everything I have read about the move stated nothing about server load. Wildcards are an important piece of functionality, and it is somewhat s

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