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by endtime 8y ago
I can't speak for other interviewers, but I barely take this into account. As long as someone isn't actively antisocial (has never happened to me) or unprofessional (has happened once or twice) I file feedback exclusively on tech
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by endtime 8y ago
I work for Google and conduct interviews for Google. No magic x-factor, just a good command of data structures and algorithms, plus the ability and stamina to express it in a full day of interviews, plus the luck to have a good night&#x27
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by endtime 8y ago
This is my problem with UBI. I don't believe that the US will ever meaningfully reduce the size or scope of the safety net. It's not politically feasible to do so. If we could could swap state managed welfare for equivalent UBI,
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by endtime 8y ago
That's what markets are for. The joke at Google is that if we get a company-wide raise, Mountain View landlords are the ones who celebrate.
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by endtime 8y ago
If someone's taxes go up $1000 and they get a $250 UBI check for it, that person could definitely complain.
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by endtime 8y ago
Google gives 12 weeks of gender neutral baby bonding time (on top of physical recovery time, for birth moms). Andcdotally (sample size between 5 and 10), men do take less time off than women, but not due to any kind of pressure. With both
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by endtime 8y ago
> If not we are just going to get more and more leaders from both sides propped up purely for skills to pander. While I share some of your concerns about the media, isn't this (just an uncharitable way of stating) the entire purpos
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by endtime 8y ago
Disclaimer: Not speaking for my employer, and my experience was several years ago and may be out of date. My first project at Google was working on fake reviews on Maps. ML was certainly useful for some things, but at the end of the day so
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by endtime 8y ago
Sorry, I wasn't trying to show off. All I meant was that I had a pretty thorough mainstream CS education. If I didn't learn shell on the way then it's safe to assume most CS students these days don't either.
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by endtime 8y ago
The script in question was an interface for controlling WiFi (hostapd, wpa_supplicant) in a variety of ways, abstracting across different chipsets.
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by endtime 8y ago
I don't know what you mean by seven tiered support structures. My tech lead was a Senior Staff Software Engineer, L7, level seven, etc. Just meant that he was a relatively senior guy (not that he didn't get his hands dirty, ther
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by endtime 8y ago
Exhibit A: When I joined Google Fiber, one of my first projects was converting a (POSIX) shell script that had grown to 1200 lines to Python. It became something that anyone could modify, including interns, rather than something that requi
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by endtime 8y ago
I'm sure it's possible to work 150 days a year now if you are okay with that standard of living.
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by endtime 8y ago
Alfie Evans' parents probably would...as would some of the people waiting months to get a simple MRI.
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by endtime 8y ago
https://www.superbrightleds.com has a couple 1850k bulbs. I haven't tried them so can't vouch for them. 470 lumens: https://www.superbrightleds.com/moreinfo/vintage-led-light-b... 250 lumens (and
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by endtime 9y ago
Actually, you prompted me to check, and Dinni isn't listed as having a manager, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. But I certainly wouldn't deny Ruth's ability to influence Access's direction. :)
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by endtime 9y ago
This is incorrect. Access is an Alphabet subsidiary separate from Google and its CEO reports to the Alphabet executive team. The people working on it are incentivized for it to succeed, and the next person up is Larry Page.
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by endtime 9y ago
Right, it's possible the executives weren't straightforward with us simple SWEs. But I don't have any particular reason/evidence for believing that in this case. My general priors for such things are somewhere between
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by endtime 9y ago
I worked for Fiber for two years. It was both (wanting to succeed as a business and wanting to shift the industry), with a primary focus on succeeding as a business, or at least that was what the internal messaging was. I won't commen
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by endtime 9y ago
What happens if the highest bidder can't pay the NFL enough to make it worthwhile? I keep seeing pictures of half-empty stands behind kneeling football players, and ultimately if the NFL destroys its value by alienating too many fans w
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Google Fiber wifi router/set top box code now on GitHub(github.com)
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by endtime 9y ago
The leakers caused the bad press, not Damore. (Unless he was the leaker, of course...)
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by endtime 9y ago
> I don't know who this analysis is aimed at... I can answer that - this is a slightly edited version of something Avery wrote internally when we were both working on wifi routers for Google Fiber. Imagine that you wanted to explai
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by endtime 10y ago
Whoever downvoted this: Downvoting should be for comments that are low quality or don't contribute to the conversation, not perfectly fine comments with which you disagree.
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by endtime 10y ago
This time, like it or not, Milo did exactly that.
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by endtime 10y ago
Yeah, but Jon wanders over to my desk to chat on a regular basis. Often for an hour plus. I like Jon and am always happy to chat, just doesn't seem like introvert behavior. Not complaining. :)
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by endtime 10y ago
I've been at Google for five years as a SWE and I've been interviewing for 3 of those. I'd fail this pop quiz. This strikes me as bizarre and inconsistent with all the practices I'm aware of. The idea that we'd as
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by endtime 10y ago
You? Introvert? I'm not so sure...
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by endtime 10y ago
Scott at Slate Star Codex recently discussed this in depth: http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/09/07/reverse-voxsplaining-br... tl;dr: Regulation is the problem, not the solution.
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by endtime 10y ago
3 months is actually 13 weeks, which is why I referred to it as more.

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