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by jkimmel 14y ago
The OP hits the nail on the head when she highlights persistence. As a high school student, you can't underestimate the power of professional emails sent to the right people, and reminders sent at the appropriate times. However, I think the
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The rise and plateau of the Japanese economy is one of the most interesting case studies on macroeconomics I've come across. There's a great review of it in "New Ideas from Dead Economists" [1]. It's fascinating to look into why the "inevit
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I'll second the motion from the biology department. The trials of finding the right mentor, navigating the waters around the Cape of Publication, and maintaining your passion seem to be common throughout academia. Definitely an informative
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I believe he means that revenue needs to come before you seek VC funding, in essence, he feels bootstrapping is a more sustainable business model. Though it doesn't have the glitz and glamour of YC or a large bank account, Dan is bright eno
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Drew is a really bright guy, you have to give him credit for standing in front of an audience like that and speaking without any sort of presentation aide. Most notably, his points about hiring "the best people" (around 20 minutes in) are e
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Your proposal sounds a lot like the risk reduction schemes implemented in France a few years ago under Sarkozy. The net result of the legislation was the creation of a micro-job economy like we see in Germany today (and a lot of street riot
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I think the idea would be for the Pearson exam to act as a compliment to verify your identity more so than demonstrate coding competence. While the Udacity exam is the actual in depth proficiency challenge that employers will care about, th
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The 1x1 pixel trick he mentions is a wonderful little hack. Such an elegant solution to keeping your clients' sites working without even requiring site managers' action.
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I don't disagree with you on any count, but I think, to a degree, there are going to be relatively standard languages at any large company. The majority of Microsoft programmers are probably out coding in some variation of C#/.NET and the l
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I'm not an iOS programmer, but I believe that in itself could present a few difficult issues on both the client and server end. Despite the potential for the problem to be solved, I think the real purpose in the article wasn't to say that