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by fsk 12y ago
I've tried a couple of syntax-highlighting editors. I'm starting to get annoyed at them. The problem is when they don't do it right, and it's impossible to configure it to have the correct behavior. For example, JetBean
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by fsk 12y ago
Don't give out SSN or Birthdate information until after an on-site interview when you're at the offer stage. Someone dishonest can use that information for identity theft. I'm already starting to be concerned about age discr
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by fsk 12y ago
From a candidate's viewpoint, the NYC job market seems really bad right now. I've been semi-looking for a couple months with no interviews. If you had a junior candidate and a senior candidate offering to work for the same rate,
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by fsk 12y ago
It might make sense for someone switching technology stacks. Most of my experience is C/C++/PHP. Suppose I want to get a job using Python. I'm not senior, because I don't have 5+ years Python experience. I'm not
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by fsk 12y ago
You aren't someone's bosd if you don't have authority to fire them. I've dealt with people like that. You explain something to them 5 times and they still don't get it. Some people just don't have the talent.
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by fsk 12y ago
If you have a specific job offer from someplace else that is more than you would get by staying, take it! Go! When I recently switched from a startup for a 30% raise, the CEO was pretty hostile. It actually made me feel better about leavi
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by fsk 12y ago
You have great negotiating leverage. There is some $$ where you would be an idiot to leave. Ask for that $$. If you don't get it, leave. If they delay and stall, interpret the answer as "NO". Start interviewing.
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by fsk 12y ago
You're missing the process by which textbooks are chosen. The professor, or one of his friends, writes a textbook. That is now the required textbook for the class, and the professor gets a cut of the profits. Some textbooks are so good
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by fsk 12y ago
why is this downvoted?
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by fsk 12y ago
It's also because designers in the USA copy each other. A couple of trend setters declare that "flat design" is best, and now everyone is doing flat design. In 2 years it'll be another style where everyone is copying ea
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by fsk 12y ago
You didn't give enough information to answer. Most importantly, what experience do you already have? Do you have a specific job opportunity for SAP, or are you just learning it in hopes it will be useful someday? SAP is a niche skill.
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by fsk 12y ago
The problem is that, in Math papers in journals, there's charges based on the number of pages used. You really would need an electronic format, and a wiki-style format that graduate students can use, to fill in the details of all the p
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by fsk 12y ago
It isn't about having a great product anymore. It's about creating hype.
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by fsk 12y ago
Even if you're targeting candidates who are unemployed and desperate, you can still find a way to screen them without requiring them to waste 1-2 days for the chance of maybe getting an interview. For example, asking someone to switch
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by fsk 12y ago
Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex: http://www.rawbw.com/~svw/superman.html
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by fsk 12y ago
It isn't that crazy when you realize that, on those old systems, every byte counted. If he could save 50-100 bytes with that weird method, it was worth it.
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by fsk 12y ago
Oh, this is the same guy who made everyone take a couple day APL course as part of the job interview process.
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by fsk 12y ago
Also, if the interview process is a whole day, you're excluding candidates who already have a job. Demanding applicants to spend a lot of time only works on recent grads, or unemployed and desperate. I'm starting to use it as an a
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by fsk 12y ago
It's kind of pointless. If the police have already identified you as a target, there are too many other tactics they can use. For example, they could just set up a hidden camera that records you when you are using your PC.
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by fsk 12y ago
If you really like programming games, you should take a regular corporate software job and write indie games on the side.
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by fsk 12y ago
As a recent grad working at Google, it's probably a lot like being a janitor at NASA. Some really cool stuff is going on there, but you're still just a janitor. Google has a couple interesting projects, but most people are doing
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by fsk 12y ago
Maybe it's the end of the vesting period for the previous year's bonus?
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by fsk 12y ago
As someone who's already employed, if someone asks me to spend more than 30 minutes doing an assignment or test before an interview, I'm just going to pass. My experience has been, 95%+ of the time when I do the test or assignment
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by fsk 12y ago
One example for me: A recent OS update broke XAMPP/mysql. It took me a couple of hours to figure out what setting I had to change to make it work again.
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by fsk 12y ago
There may not be 10X accountants, but there certainly are 1000X divider accountants. Consider Rita Crundwell. She is, objectively speaking, 1000X worse than the typical average accountant. http://www.wirepoints.com/how-the-
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by fsk 12y ago
That is one nice thing about the Internet - Right To Leave. If Wikipedia is being rude and alienating users, then people will leave. Eventually something else will come along and take their place.
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by fsk 12y ago
Those two cases are not typical. Not every defendant has millions to spend on lawyers.
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by fsk 12y ago
Start looking around. It doesn't hurt to look. Also, it sounds like the startup will be deadpool in a year. Better to look now while you can patiently shop around, than wait til the end. If the startup fails, the equity is worth $0.
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by fsk 12y ago
I don't see how anyone who already has a job can do that. OK, you want me to do a full-day onsite interview? And you only hire 10% (or less) of the people you interview? That means that I'll pretty rapidly use up my annual vacat
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by fsk 12y ago
I use gmail. I can use it to keep track of how often they've been spamming me, and how often they've ever sent me on an actual interview. If someone has been emailing me for years but never sent me on an interview, I configure it

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