hanginghyena

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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Surprised actually. If she really did run the company "day to day", seems like she would be in a position to give him the boot (grab the accounts) vs. what actually happened.
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Actually, those guys make only a tiny slice of the value per click. Banner advertising is a low return game. Now...if you control the landing page and conversion funnel, basically delivering paid customers (vs. clicks) to a paying merchant,
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Right but that's where this gets ridiculous. Telling a patient to fast is basically a clinical practice. Almost like checking blood pressure. No actual supplies needed, just behavioral counseling. By the same logic, could I patent chec
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
That seems very anti-competitive. So basically, if fasting is a free treatment for diabetes, you can't promote it without paying these guys a royalty? Boooooo
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
That's not awful, btw. The one upside of a large consulting firm is you can retain decent talent for boring projects by bouncing them around between assignments.... but you still have a single entity to hold accountable afterwards. Plu
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44 points by hanginghyena 10y ago|14 comments
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Sadly that is trivial to get around these days, especially if someone at the new company knows someone at the old one. Most professionals I know are happy to "bend" policy to give a respected colleague or personal friend a good re
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
=> "makes you wonder about the level of competency of the average web development company" Our competency on projects where we are being paid a full domestic consulting rate is quite high, thank you. Now, if you're asking
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Web publisher here...the real problem is twofold: - Display advertising makes the web suck; while display ads fund a large share of general market content sites, from a purely technical perspective they kill site performance. - All major ma
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Another old geezer here (43!); had a good run in my twenties and wound up in technical management a few years ago. A couple of tips: - The "hands on" technical skills that launched your career have capped (top salary) and declinin
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
THIS. Speaking as a hiring manager, I will absolutely notice any delays or interruptions in your education (unless ancient); in the event you don't give the years, it often becomes obvious when you list high school degree or summer job
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
The real irony here is a rant against commercialism that is published on a page with no less than 11 display ads and a "related content" unit....
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
There's actually significant learning value in time spent figuring out legacy systems and linking them together. Doing ad-hoc reporting is the IT equivalent of being a short order cook. Do it long enough, and you learn how to make almo
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
With a truly technical manager, this is honestly one of the fastest ways to torpedo your credibility. Anything listed on your resume is fair game for questions, especially if you claim it as a skill. "Reading a book" is not a skil
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Brilliant! I may wind up stealing this as an alternative test for more advanced programmers; everything here can be done using the Python Standard library. And kudos to those of you who suggested in-memory storage vs. writing it out to a ta
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
THIS. Yes, there are SQL statements without Joins. No, we don't usually run them in the reporting organization....
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
So respond to that job spec with a resume which clearly highlights the 3-4 things you actually did master, with multiple specific project examples and real roles/jobs. You may be pleasantly surprised. Speaking for myself, I will gleefu
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Hiring Manager Perspective: Everyone lies, sorry. As a candidate, I hate technical interviews. For the reasons above. As the poor schmuck asked to make the hiring decision, however, I've learned that I can't live without them. My
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Speaking as a hiring manager, I place a much higher value on verifiable project experience (either I can see it or you can walk me through your unique/non-trivial app in our interview) than any credentials. I've seen a lot of cand
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Seems like you're deferring one dragon for another. Deliver the project got easier; "Control the customer" got significantly harder. You've now got someone's app store in the middle of your customer relationships an
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
My machine learning algorithm says you will click on. So Dance, Monkey, Dance!!!!! <I think we've finally found skynet. They live at Outbrain.>
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Sorry, this is faux outrage. Some real world perspective: - Content promotion is different than display ads, at least in terms of how receptive the audience is to buying. There's lots of research around this (nobody trusts display ads)
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by hanginghyena 10y ago
Interesting - Google's control over organic search might actually come under threat sooner.... http://www.marginhound.com/siri-will-virtual-assistants-disr... Granted, Apple's recent market share numbers for mobil
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by hanginghyena 14y ago
Amazon automatic shipping.... Of course, you could probably rig a replenishment system using python, some hardware, and the Amazon API... An erp for your home...