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by laluser 14y ago
I don't think it's a concern. The investors were out there all along, she just had to find them. Talking about efficient/inefficiency doesn't make much sense here.
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by laluser 14y ago
I don't agree with this. Good developers realize that no work is beneath them. Getting things 'right' takes hard work and part of that work can be menial at times. Part of being a good engineer is understanding that completing a project is
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by laluser 14y ago
How does Google glass win runner-up for best tech achievement? Very few people have actually seen what it is capable of and what it actually looks like.
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by laluser 14y ago
That's assuming that they're revenue is spread out evenly over every day and every minute. Which is not the case. Think Christmas, deals, weekends, time of the day, etc...
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by laluser 14y ago
You're missing the point here. Google's main business, selling ads, and Amazon's current main business, online retail, are two completely different markets. You're essentially comparing apples to oranges. The margins are lower in the space
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by laluser 14y ago
The reason for the fast hiring is to get ready for peak times. They hire tons of temporary workers from local agencies, and when there is no more work, they are let go. That's what temporary agencies are for. The only difference between Ama
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by laluser 14y ago
First of all, you are talking out of your ass. You make many claims, but provide no sources. Amazon has many thousands of warehouse associates. Most of the temporary workers, however come in during the holidays - that's no surprise. Amazon
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by laluser 14y ago
Well, I also agree, but I'd like to just add something to your small comment on consumers vs. producers. In this case, I don't think it's necessarily consumers vs. producers, but the divide among the consumers. Those consumers who can consu
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by laluser 14y ago
You don't have to be so explicit: import com.gs.collections.impl.*; Just out of curiosity, how are imports done in your language of choice?
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by laluser 14y ago
As a recent graduate with a few internships under my belt, I have seen plenty students come from abroad for internships. Although this was an awesome idea, I think it might only target smaller companies that do their own recruiting. Even fo
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by laluser 14y ago
I am not sure if you are serious or not, but the post is from 1959. Experience in what they wanted was probably a lot more rare back then.
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by laluser 15y ago
Skip lists is such one that I wasn't taught in school. I did not learn about them until a friend brought them up in a conversation. They are probably taught in upper level algorithm courses.
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by laluser 15y ago
I recently interviewed with Groupon just a few weeks ago. The people I met were all pretty laid back. It looks like the developers are treated nicely. Most of the people I talked to seem with the current state of things. Most of the site wi
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by laluser 15y ago
Car mechanics: the next generation of programmers?
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by laluser 15y ago
Interesting, I guess that's one aspect of software systems that doesn't come to my mind right away. With the increase in the amount of microprocessors in each car and as the code behind all that processing becomes more intelligent, I wonder
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by laluser 15y ago
I agree with almost all your points, especially on the idea that the best dropouts are the ones are the ones who would do well in school anyways. However, I am not sure that someone who can't follow a curriculum will translate into someone
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by laluser 15y ago
While all the companies mentioned are the creation of dropouts, it still took hundreds (thousands in some cases) of people to bring all those companies to the point of maturity that they are at now with the help of extremely talented colleg
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by laluser 15y ago
I think this is because most people tend to make a connection through talking about the weather. Hence, picking a side is a normal thing to do, are you for the weather or against it? For people that don't live in Seattle, I find that all th
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by laluser 15y ago
Neat! I am at Chicago and will be at Amazon come February (hopefully further than that so I can do some travelling). Seattle is a pretty large tech hub and am excited to dive into some of the startup communities out there. I am guessing you
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by laluser 15y ago
Yes. My point was to juxtapose the release cycle of hard drives back then to SSDs now. Poor attempt, I know.
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by laluser 15y ago
I am also moving to Seattle in a few months after I finish school. Having spent my summer there, I can't say I have any complaints, winters however, are a different story I hear. Coming from the Midwest though, I think I would prefer the r
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by laluser 15y ago
Although I realize the difference, I found an article from 4 years ago (2007) where Hitachi released a 1 TB hard drive aimed for consumers (there were others at the time as well): http://www.pcworld.com/article/128400/hitachi_introduces_1t
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by laluser 15y ago
There are better alternatives out there. I think the company is a little too over hyped, to be honest.
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by laluser 15y ago
Yup, seems about right. I didn't apply to Google, but I did get an offer from Amazon at $90k base + $25k bonus and $7500 for relocation.Where was your offer for? Mountain view?
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by laluser 15y ago
That's not great marketing! They just exploited those with short-term memory :)
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by laluser 15y ago
Exactly. At the level that these guys were playing at, I would assume that they would have protected themselves in a wiser manner
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by laluser 15y ago
Although a great book, I don't think there is enough material covered to prepare one for a tech interview.
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by laluser 15y ago
I would assume that the person is a troll. I don't see them having any significant proof for such a significant claim.