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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   I had a similar (although cynical reading): Flat hierarchies: Chaotic leadership / implicit and unwritten hierarchies with CEO's favorites. Values diversity: Politicised office focusing on SJW issues and quotas, not diversity. Fos
2. 212.▲
   by high_derivative 8y ago

   Missing the most important filter of all: No Leet-code style white-board interviewing.
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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   I have with friends, but with undergraduates this is a bit more difficult. An undergrad tells me they are going to FB for an internship. I am not their tutor or mentor beyond teaching. They have gone through stress and trouble for their in
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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   This is just an anecdote but being a PhD student at a well-known university in CS I often hear from undergrads (via teaching) what they think about companies/where they go for internships. Observationally, ethics does not even enter th
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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   Oh I won't turn down the offer, as said, I have no choice and it would be an irrational career move to do so. The ultra-negative interviewing experience just completely changed the mindset with which I will go into that job. This then
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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   Having recently gone through some interviewing (for machine learning research), a very cynical but overlooked aspect (in this thread) is the following: After receiving an offer from a big tech company, the interviewing process has already c
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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   I have long thought the term 'digital native' is a sort of filter for people who are not actually technologists but avid consumers of mostly social platforms. I (as a computer scientist) have never heard people actually working in
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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   I think her tone is quite antagonising and I am not sure if it is intentional: " No one wants to live in a world where the little German lady with her oh-so rational arguments ends up being right. Not even the German lady wants that. W
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   by high_derivative 8y ago

   I am a PhD student in computer science/machine learning. I do not have a family or a significant other to spend time with. I work every day from morning to evening with no regular days off. I take a 3-4 day break every 6 months or so.
10. 220.▲
    by high_derivative 8y ago

    Thanks for these insights! Do experimental (!) particle physicists have any other way of doing research on this than colliders?
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    by high_derivative 8y ago

    As someone in academia, I often encounter (although mostly tangentially via student politics) grievance studies or rather the mindset that goes with it. I think about it as an asymmetric game. Most researchers have to give their all to get
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    by high_derivative 8y ago

    Thank you. Well here is a potential counterpoint: I think one could also imagine a world where there will be a cannibalization/consolidation on the lower end of the market because of the democratization (which I am not saying is bad or
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    by high_derivative 8y ago

    1. They are not teaching CS people, but a random 1% slice of the population. 2. Where did I not condone? I made an observation what I think leads to better outcomes. I said both is desirable but culturally only one thing seems to happen. Be
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    by high_derivative 8y ago

    Controversial opinion as a machine learning researcher: Well roundedness (or teaching basic elements to many) will not pay off as much, it would likely yield better results for the country to invest heavily at the top. Observation based on
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    by high_derivative 8y ago

    Whenever I see these updates, I am reminded of the three body problem trilogy and its contemplations on space exploration (the parts I enjoyed the most). Then I get sad because things just take so incredibly long on a stellar scale, and a h