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13y ago
I'm sorry you didn't like the prize, but is it such a stretch that prizes at a women-in-tech conference would be targeted at women in tech? You might not realize it, but women face a similar issue all the time at conferences
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13y ago
Your idea is reminiscent of the Rosenthal-Jacobson study, so it might have some basis in reality :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect#Rosenthal.E2.8...
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13y ago
And then those people won't have jobs anymore.
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13y ago
As an Eng Practicum alum, I can't recommend this internship enough. You'll write code that matters, learn a ton about 'real-world' engineering at scale, and meet some amazing people. If you're a freshman or sophomor
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13y ago
U of T has been getting more attention from tech companies lately - Google, Microsoft, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber (among others) have been recruiting on campus this year. I would say Waterloo has a much stronger startup culture though. Kids at U
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13y ago
Boxit does something similar: http://www.boxitnow.ca/
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13y ago
/s? Maybe you've never taken public transportation in a major city. Riding the BART can be sketchy enough as it is - I've witnessed muggings in broad daylight. I don't think many people would feel safe enough to take the
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I think questions like that are meant to check that you actually read the book, and with a certain amount of detail. High school students are notorious for skipping or skimming readings and/or relying on resources like Sparknotes, espe