kushalc

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by kushalc 1y ago
Not a robotics guy, but to extent that the same fundamentals hold— I think it's a degrees of freedom question. Given the (relatively) low conditional entropy of natural language, there aren't actually that many degrees of (true)
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by kushalc 1y ago
Hey folks, OOP/original author and 20-year HN lurker here — a friend just told me about this and thought I'd chime in. Reading through the comments, I think there's one key point that might be getting lost: this isn't re
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by kushalc 9y ago
We're actually hiring for no-experience positions too! (TBH, some of my best hires were no-experience, high-potential fresh grads who've turned into powerhouses.) I don't suppose you want to be a Marketing Assistant? ;) To yo
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by kushalc 9y ago
These numbers vary dramatically by location and specialty, e.g. a Marketing Assistant in Chicago has very different prospects (and expected # applications to job offer) vs. a Software Engineer in SF vs. an HR specialist in Ohio. We did an a
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by kushalc 9y ago
Right? We see it all the time. Waterluvian commented below about the hiring markets self-optimizing themselves to efficiency. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16702612 In short, we see so many market inefficiencies in h
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by kushalc 9y ago
Definitely not just a promotion. We're a mission-driven company and a we've explicitly chosen as a company to share our learnings with folks (even if it reduces our competitive edge a tiny bit) because we believe it's importa
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by kushalc 9y ago
Hey guys, I'm the author of this post! (And also happen to be TalentWorks CEO.) A friend sent me this link, I'm happy to answer any Qs. Also, we're hiring. :) If you're sick of spending all your hard-earned education and
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Why I walked away from a million dollars(geekwire.com)
15 points by kushalc 14y ago|5 comments
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by kushalc 14y ago
(Am original author) YES, I totally agree! :) — At Vittana (the org I founded), we joke there are only three ways to _really_ change the world. * religions: whether you believe in God or the Flying Spaghetti Monster, you gotta agree that re
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by kushalc 14y ago
Thanks for the great critique, geuis. I'm absolutely in agreement with you about unpredictable markets, the massive power of market forces to effect change and that no one entity has (or should have) control over those forces. No one -- cer
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by kushalc 14y ago
You know, I was really trying hard to avoid the debate on patents since it wasn't very related to what I was trying to say. That apparently backfired. :) I'm pretty familiar with the issues, both on the closed (often corporate) and open (of
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by kushalc 14y ago
Back up now.
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by kushalc 14y ago
No, my point was to make meaning -- not trivial stuff. There's lots of non-humanitarian efforts that create lots of meaning: * Facebook, helps me stay connected to my friends * Etsy & Kickstarter, empowers artists around the world * Red
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by kushalc 14y ago
Am the author -- wasn't expecting HN frontage, yikes! ;) The site just went up a few days ago and is crashing. I'm on it.
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Someone asked about innovation, education, and systematic encouragement at Startup School? Meet Sir Ken Robinson at TED.(ted.com)
3 points by kushalc 20y ago|0 comments