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by emmapersky 14y ago
Many people who switch jobs aren't specifically looking (didn't Joel say the best candidates never are...?), but could easily be tempted by a good offer / company.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
It takes many months to become a productive Engineer at Google, and in all of that time you are earning your full salary and being exposed to confidential information, so it's not realistic to try people out, as it would really only be vali
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I think this is really interesting. What "working alone" means is complex. For example, at Hashable, I was effectively working alone, despite there being a wider notion of collaboration. More over, when other people came in to contact with
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I have a Bachelors in Engineering (BEng) in Computing from Imperial College, not a PhD, but I work in a group at Google where a significant percentage of my peers do, but only know this because from time to time people mention the kind of r
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Aimed at a commerical market I'm not sure this doesn't make sense, especially if they are open to bulk discount pricing (which I imagine they are). So I make an app for some kind of medical pro to use, give it away. A not very busy clinic,
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Each insurance is different. And each companies plans within them are different. Anything is possible if someone is willing to pay.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I think there are many significantly more important reasons that differentiate Google and start ups that can not be compensated by paying into a private life insurance plan (that all start up's I've previously worked at had an option for).
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Hmmm, I'm not a fan of the outlook.com design in any what so ever. The fonts are messy, the buttons are in all the wrong places, the icons don't mean anything to me. It feels like a weekend hackathon project not a commercial enterprise.
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Hashable is Shutting Down
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by emmapersky 14y ago
In a discussion with my first post degree employers it came up that one of the reasons I got the was the fact that during the interview I was quite open about things I was not sure of, and asked the right questions to help guide me to the a
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Paper B is not selling ads, nor are they making money from them, they provide them as an alternative means of access to the ads from Paper A. Advertisers are still paying paper A, so there is no loss of revenue.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I didn't mention it because they are small and I doubt many people have heard of them, but it's Trampoline System.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Actually, this is really interesting. If a free newspaper did start repulishing ads and the primary paper cut them off, the ad posters would be up in arms because their audience is now reduced. Its a loose loose scenario, much better to all
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by emmapersky 14y ago
For me there is nothing quite like doing research in my engineering job. Only two companies I've worked at (one of them being Google) have embraced this concept whole heartedly. I hope more companies learn from this article.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
When I was a student in London I took a job at the Regent Street apple store, the pay was a few £s above minimum wage (similar to the ratios mentioned in the article), and I gladly accepted the offer as they were paying towards the top end
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Have you ever worked in retail? I suspect not given your condescending attitude towards the skills retails works need. Exceptional customer service (which is what Apple Stores used to have, I think it's dropped off in recent years) requirer
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by emmapersky 14y ago
It can also, theoretically be a minute with 59 seconds, though I don't believe this has ever happened.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Except underlying that 3D renderer is a whole bunch of Computer Science research that had to be done in order to allow the engineer to make an optimized implementation. And I doubt a decent Computer Scientists would argue that. In fact, you
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by emmapersky 14y ago
For any non-american who might, at any point in their future, think about moving to the US for work, a degree is virtually essential. The standard work based visa requirements include an equivalent to a 4 year US Bachelors degree (eg. 3 yea
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by emmapersky 14y ago
My bad, I replied to the wrong parent. I meant to reply to chriszf's point that you also disagreed with.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I think mid level engineer needs to be contextualized. Mid level at top CS companies is a huge achievement and not something that '[anyone] can be made to resemble ... in a short space of time"
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by emmapersky 14y ago
You seem to disagree with a point I am not making. I'm saying that they are both valuable (maybe CS grads who want to work as Software Engineers should take such classes), but not equivalent. There are values to an academically rigorous (CS
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by emmapersky 14y ago
A 3 month intensive course is not a substitute for a multi year computer science degree. Both are valuable in their own way but the comparison is just rediculous.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I'd like to think in an ideal world we only ever hire colleagues, and our teams are, for the most part, meritocracies without hierarchy. Technical Leads guide development and mentor those less experienced, instead of directing it and passin
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Ah, I think we may have been talking cross purposes. Languages themselves are innovative, but I guess I don't see people using the language as the innovation there, but rather the creator and maintainer. More specifically I don't see my ear
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by emmapersky 14y ago
What? Ruby existed long before Rails and will continue to exists long after Rails ceases to be the framework de jour. Real innovation is language independent, and is certainly not defined by using the latest fad framework.
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I see this all the time, and I think it's the least useful way to further your own career. Sure, I understand that notion of the power grab, but why? What real world benefit will you see by asserting unearned power over a new hire. Much bet
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by emmapersky 14y ago
I've had a number of horrible bosses over the years (if you are reading this and we still talk, i'm not referring to you!) and for me it falls into two categories: trust and authoritarianism. Trust is critical. If you hire an engineer you s
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by emmapersky 14y ago
Fixing a bug or adding a feature to a huge open source project an be fairly intimidating at first. I find it's the build systems, test styles, and so on that get me stuck and often where I give up. But the first time I received a software u
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by emmapersky 14y ago
~95% of Americans individual income is less than $100K [1] and while there are sadly many people living in poverty, that the other end of the scale. $150k a year is more than enough for a multi-person single earner family, you just might h

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