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by jsolson 12y ago
As you're already on App Engine (and thus already using Google Cloud Platform), you might be interested in this: https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/containers It's early stages (and I'm not
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> It's worth noting too that Seattle and Washington don't have income taxes, which can be a substantial issue for many tech workers. This, combined with the substantially lower cost-of-entry on home buying are the main things k
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Ah, fair enough. I knew we (Google) had one there, but I didn't know all of the others did as well. I'm not surprised, though. That said, I think my point still stands: Seattle (and apparently New York) have good representation fr
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by jsolson 12y ago
You could, although in Seattle they'd be joining Amazon (HQ), Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Adobe (among many others). I don't know how many other cities can claim all of those companies having a significant presence t
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by jsolson 12y ago
In Atlanta many afternoons in the summer include a 3pm thunderstorm. Downed trees, washed out roads (I'm looking at you, Ponce de Leon where you branch off to Decatur), and plenty of thunder and lightning. You'll be positively dre
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by jsolson 12y ago
It actually is a constant drizzle, though only in the winter. Rarely do we get proper rain. It's one of the few things I miss from Atlanta's weather. Frankly, Seattle's climate really is very nice compared to much of the Un
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> I'm curious, why do you find that claim dubious? That is the conclusion of numerous top security experts, not just some pundits with an agenda. It's entirely the notion that it could only have been state sponsored that I ha
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Were they actually "caught", or was it simply determined that the level of sophistication was something that could only have come from state-sponsored malware (a claim I find dubious at best, but whatever)?
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> "He thinks the lavish perks at many technology companies, especially the free on-campus meals, are a disguised form of mind control, designed to get employees to work 12- or 14-hour days." I can't agree with this, and I
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by jsolson 12y ago
Canon is a pretty easy place to run up a $200 tab. My wife and I rarely make it out of there below that, and I've done it myself on at least one occasion. That said, five cocktails in less than two hours is going to leave all but the s
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I don't share that takeaway from the article. What I took away was: 1) She's looking for someone who has confidence in a well formed personality all their own. 2) That personality is not defined by what they do for work. 3) Part o
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> Perhaps it's different in America (where one need not choose CS before university starts). Not really related to the original article, but this stood out to me as not quite accurate. Even within the US, this actually varies from s
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by jsolson 12y ago
Yes. This was demoed at the GCP Live event a few weeks ago. I don't know if it's included in the public offering yet. Some blog coverage here: http://blog.cloudbees.com/2014/03/jenkins-man-behind-curtain.
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by jsolson 13y ago
You realize that this had to have been in development for months if not years prior to this release, right?
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No, it doesn't. It will likely generate more free cash flow, though, allowing Amazon to invest in more things more quickly.
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> Of course you can, though on a modern system it's no longer possible to get code into the system by toggling electrical switches, which was the way computers were bootstrapped way back in the day. Challenge accepted.
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by jsolson 13y ago
My experience: "Hey, there are a bunch of dots at the bottom, just like my iPhone. The left one is lit up. I'll try tapping right. Oh, neat." Honestly never even noticed the giant right arrow on the right side. My wife (who d
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by jsolson 13y ago
Nonetheless the article is helpful to folks like me who are looking for something concise that puts the numbers in perspective. Good for cocktail parties.
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> The best reason for having a robot that emulates human form and behaviour would be for interacting with other humans. Alternatively, for interacting with things that were designed for humans, including most of the world we live in.
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Why not a Nexus 5? It didn't skimp on any of those things and is $349 unlocked on the Play store.
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Why not? Stores or more or less universally open, and I've got the day off.
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I can go into a store and buy it on Sunday. Why should delivery be any different?
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by jsolson 13y ago
I said more about this below, but algorithms are an easy proxy metric for comparing candidates. This is especially true of students; many of them lack any practical experience outside of class and capstone projects.
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by jsolson 13y ago
Yes, time spent on TopCoder is more likely to help you in coding interviews in general than picking up new technologies. I say this with some specificity to Amazon (I did ~200 interviews while I was there), but it would apply equally well t
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Well, ok... spin up a few static web servers in cloud zones all over the world and run squid (caching web proxy) on them backed by an S3 bucket.
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What azth said. I also felt that future compensation was more anchored to your starting compensation than at other companies.
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Anecdotally, Amazon's pay scale is only competitive with other companies in the area if you ignore on-call and only look at starting salary/bonus (including stock compensation).
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Ex-Amazonians helping teachers create and sell online courses with Everpath(geekwire.com)
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I rather like working in the Seattle office. It's large enough to have nice (and getting nicer) amenities, while still feeling mostly like a medium-size shop that happens to be able to pull on all of Google's technical resources.
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Kozmo was originally funded, at least in part, by Amazon. My first boss when I worked at Amazon was a dev for Kozmo (as I understood it, the while staff and possibly the company had been brought into Amazon). I don't know if something

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