hgytr

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by hgytr 7y ago
Eh. Poetry and handling kids is orthogonal to intelligence. Intelligence is a very narrow and specific skill of discerning the real. It allows us to predict things. Coincidentally, it allows to make money and thus is well paid. It's ok
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by hgytr 7y ago
There is a reason why a cashier works for minimum wage. A few days ago I went to a grocery store to buy sparkling water. I got 16 small bottles and arranged them as a 4 by 4 grid before cashier, so she wouldn't need to spend time count
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by hgytr 7y ago
I know SDE IIs at MS who made 350+. However 90% of those SDE IIs don't even approach the entry level Google pay. My info about the principal salaries comes from those principals themselves. By the best place I just meant best in terms
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by hgytr 7y ago
Microsoft is pretty good, indeed, but they don't match the Google pay. A senior at Google pulls 350 (add free food and gym to that), while a principal at Microsoft will be lucky to cross 250 (no free food and no gym on site). Sample si
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by hgytr 7y ago
That's more like the low end for L5, honestly. And 500k is the high end, for a top performer L5.
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by hgytr 7y ago
I heard that Tesla could effectively "run" experiments in his mind, not just visualize them. Another pointer is that some "schools of thought" divide the art of thought into ability to visualize and ability to analyze wh
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by hgytr 7y ago
There is an interesting analogy. Two uranium hemispheres remain peaceful only until they are joined.
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by hgytr 7y ago
If you know names of those better workplaces, I'm all ears.
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by hgytr 7y ago
First. Thanks to HN for not demanding phone numbers: anonymity allows to say things that cannot be said. Second. Many googlers read HN. In some sense, HN is the extension of the internal forums. CNBC made a good summary and I can comment on