glaak

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by glaak 14y ago
"Say I was asked 30 questions; I missed 3 of them and didn't get hired. It's a reasonable to assume that these 3 questions were considered important in the general assessment." That would be true if those answers were assess on a strictly c
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by glaak 14y ago
A lie of omission would apply if you state a selection of true facts and ignore other ones so as to make yourself look better than you are. In this case, I'm stating that I was a hiring committee member and not saying that I attended regula
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by glaak 14y ago
You also did not wear a pink and blue striped hat, and did not get an offer. And yet, you seem to not connect your failure to wear a pink and blue striped hat with your failure to get an offer. I'd suggest you read the section in the articl
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by glaak 14y ago
"whiteboarding perfect syntax, delving into absurd language minutia and "gotchas", f'ing around w/ brain teasers while an interviewer introduces behavioral stressors (sighs, ticks, etc.) to see how i problem solve "under pressure" ...is all
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by glaak 14y ago
I was in Seattle / Kirkland, and it was invite only there. I showed up every week (as did the vast majority of the Kirkland HC). But, yes, I could have been more extensive in my credentials. Unfortunately, "How to Crack the Toughest Coding
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by glaak 14y ago
Consultants are asked case studies. Writers are asked to write something (or submit writing samples). Actors are asked to audition. And programmers are asked to program. Why shouldn't you validate if a programmer is, in fact, a good progr
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by glaak 14y ago
Actually, it was invite-only when I was there. But that's sort of besides the point. It's irrelevant whether or not it's an "honor" to be on the hiring committee. The point is that being on the hiring committee does give you some insight as
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by glaak 14y ago
First of all, when people are trying to diminutize your accomplishments -- saying that you don't deserve them -- it does matter. It affects not only your morale, but also your ability to achieve things in the future. Second, the point of th
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by glaak 14y ago
Also, think through what it would mean to actually get the offer (not the interview -- the offer itself) because you were female. Your recruiter isn't deciding who is getting an offer; the individual teams are. So how would this collabora
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by glaak 14y ago
The studies cited on the original article which this comment thread it attached to. Read the graphs there. Equally qualified women were rated as less competent. http://www.technologywoman.com/2012/09/27/i-only-got-that-jo...
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by glaak 14y ago
It is unusual that all 5 people hired were female. But, remember that coincidences happen. There are plenty of schools in which all 15 people hired are male. Unless there is some reason why your school specifically would be set apart, I don
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by glaak 14y ago
True, it is done with people whose qualifications are unknown. However, I would find it very hard to believe that the bias against attractive women in a "masculine" field would be removed as soon as you knew the qualifications. Diminished a
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by glaak 14y ago
Um. Read the studies. No, the odds aren't even. In technology, they're stacked against women. (And against black people in general.) (I would very much believe, however, that in bartending, it's stacked against men.)
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by glaak 14y ago
As I recall being told by one of my professors as an MBA student, attractive people -- both men and women -- are generally assumed to be more competent. This effect is stronger for women than men. However , attractive women in "masculine"
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by glaak 14y ago
Anecdotally it may exist; statistically, however, it does not. Let's think about your "female friend" who has lousy technical chops and a 2.5 gpa at a mediocre state university. Is every woman with a 2.5 GPA at a lousy state university ge
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by glaak 14y ago
Mirror here: http://i.imgur.com/hR9Mc.png
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by glaak 14y ago
Have you ever seen a white person not be good at their job? Yet you don't associate their failures with their race. Why do so with black people? Also, read the studies. Black people and women actually have a harder time getting a job. So
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by glaak 14y ago
Interesting, but I disagree. (1) You can't assume that there are a lot of equally qualified A players for those companies. In fact, those companies struggle to hire enough qualified engineers. (2) You're assuming that those companies, if th
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I only got that job because I’m a girl(technologywoman.com)
55 points by glaak 14y ago|86 comments
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by glaak 14y ago
It depends on how you look at it. Google wants people who have a strong understand of CS fundamentals (which includes knowing core data structures). Google also wants people who are good coders (which includes being able to translate an ide
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Q&A: What it really takes to land a killer technology job - GeekWire(geekwire.com)
1 points by glaak 14y ago|0 comments
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Marissa Mayer, Fatherhood, and Having It All(technologywoman.com)
1 points by glaak 14y ago|1 comments
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by glaak 14y ago
Yes, exactly. The nice thing about tech companies is that they're very casual, and really not caught up in "rules" about resumes. (That said, many resume rules do exist for good reason.) List the stuff that makes you look better!
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The Most Common Mistakes People Make On Their Resumes For Tech Companies(forbes.com)
15 points by glaak 14y ago|3 comments
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by glaak 14y ago
tl;dr — Self-publishing is only cheap and easy when you do it poorly. To be successful at it is time-consuming, confusing, and expensive. Many authors are better off with a traditional publisher.
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The Dirty Truth About Self-Publishing(technologywoman.com)
1 points by glaak 14y ago|1 comments