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by jamesli 14y ago
The post is apparently a marketing effort. The interview question is pretty old. If it is that effective as claimed, it would have been known and applied widely. (Then, candidates will prepare for the question and it is not revealing at all
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by jamesli 14y ago
I agree that relational databases are a safer bet after you study the business domains, consider the pros and cons of relational databases vs NoSQL, and there are no clear winners. Disagree to the books recommended. SQL is only a query lang
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by jamesli 14y ago
I am both a database guy and a software engineer. Being a software engineer, i kind of understand the hype behind NoSQL. Being a database guy spending years in studying how database engine works under the hood, many NoSQL implementations ma
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by jamesli 14y ago
Agree. Learning the fundamentals doesn't mean not doing actual programming at the same time. You have to code to have a better understanding on the fundamentals. My personal experience is that after many years of programming, the fundamenta
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by jamesli 14y ago
Interesting note. I think it is subconsciously embedded in many interviewers' minds that they are doing the candidate an favor to provide an opportunity for a job. The attitude could be condescending. Although it is true in some scenarios,
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by jamesli 14y ago
Both Postgres and MySQL are great. In history, Postgres emphasized more on feature development instead of performance, while MySQL took the opposite approach. It depends on your engineering and operation requirements to choose which one to
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by jamesli 15y ago
When I was open to new job opportunities, I immediately turned it down if the job description included words like rock starts, ninjas, etc. I am not against the mindset. It is just not a good fit to my personality. I want to work on product
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by jamesli 15y ago
> Journalists do tell stories, but they make sure those stories are true, verified, factual. Exactly. I heard many horrible stories about Foxconn from my friends. They should be exposed and punished. But fabrication is definitely wrong
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by jamesli 15y ago
Interview is a two-way process. The company must know who are their good interviewers and who are not. A not-so-good interviewer may not only give false-positive feedbacks but also contributes to pass really good candidates. To be worse, a
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by jamesli 15y ago
Have to show some support for this post. Engineering is a combination of technology and art. Therefore, it is impossible to have a simple process for interviewing engineers that magically works. Otherwise, such posts would not have been bro
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by jamesli 15y ago
<i> Rule #1 – Eat lunch together around a table. </i> Not sure about this. It is fine to have lunch together twice a week. Do it every day? Unless someone really enjoys talking and being listened. I enjoy discussion with col
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by jamesli 15y ago
Excellent observation. Other than the three types you mentioned, I come across another type. They don't learn new stuffs that quickly. They might look dumb when they are introduced to new things. However, given more time, they are able to t
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by jamesli 15y ago
Great articles, including those from the links. I have troubles in finding such a position, even though I focus on start-ups only.
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by jamesli 15y ago
5 great vs 1,000 average, it depends on the technology and the application they are working on, and the stage of the product. First, the logic in the original article is not valid. Sports and software engineering are basically incomparable.
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by jamesli 15y ago
Am I missing some points here? It seems that the examples are tightly coupled and favors more on inheritance than on composition.
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by jamesli 16y ago
The author needs to know more about databases before claiming something is the AK-47 of the subject. It kinds of reminds me of those guys who think they are gurus just because they know some rarely used Linux commands, while in fact they do
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by jamesli 16y ago
I thought it was a satire at first when i read the original article in WSJ. I was astounded that Ms. Amy Chua was serious. How arrogant it is! It also makes me wonder why WSJ published such an apparently ridiculous article. What are the ess