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by lingua_franca 11y ago
take more risk while u r young and single: a unicorn is gonna be materially different experience than the giant. u can join a large corp at anytime. a Master's degree is nearly useless in industry, unless ur resume needs help from a pr
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by lingua_franca 11y ago
i've interviewed many guys from big firms like Microsoft or Yahoo! with 15+ yrs of experiences but couldn't even finish simplest coding questions, nor answer design questions well. i'm afraid their experiences are just "
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by lingua_franca 11y ago
python might be best for a non-technical person to pick up.
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by lingua_franca 11y ago
both Google and Facebook have Seattle office.
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
you better decide what you are interested in doing first, then pick a language that suits best. if you want to do kernel/OS, choose C; for big data Java/python is the way to go. C++ thrives in middle-ware systems, like messaging&#
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
Asteroid Mining: http://www.planetaryresources.com/ Space Travel: http://www.blueorigin.com/ Robots: http://modbot.com/
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
pls, throwaway for what? http://www.quora.com/Im-28-and-making-450-000-a-year-at-Goog...
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
" you feel you need to be the smartest guy in the room you likely have an ego " you pretty much hit the nail on the head.
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
this is a different case: u found a bug immediately which demonstrated ur skills. that guy must be a d-bag to be pissed by that. what op does is when he has a chance to know more abt the position/company, he chooses to test interviewer
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
purpose of interviews is check ur qualification for the job, not to help interviewers or urself learn something. u can play that "offensive defense" strategy at will, but be prepared for the consequences. i wont be surprised if u
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
yeah right i wanted to chase Kristen Stewart so bad, but why was i only able to date friends of my friends? so sad...
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
lame firms will figure it out after being turned down several times, and eventually change the procedure. but hot firms can do whatever they want bcoz there r way more candidates than vacancies. that's what we call a "free market&
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
it's called "opportunity cost"; most ppl wouldn't mind when the opportunity is good enough. will Chad finish a coding test if Apple/Google asks? i doubt anybody would refuse knowing it might lead to a $200k+/yr
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/archisman-rudra/4/62/621/en http://www.linkedin.com/pub/chris-kramvis/1/508/a16/en http://www.linkedin.com/in&#x
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
yes u can do it, in ur spare time and on ur local disk. i didn't suggest u to replace production code w/ urs, but just play w/ it a lot to fully understand it. after reading all ur reply, I think ur problem is lack of practic
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
u don't seem to have taken any initiatives in ur jobs. E.g. the systems u have fixed bugs for, do u really understand how dots are connected? have u used profiling tools to analyze its performance and tried to improve it? have u tried
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
get converted first, bargain then.
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
don't take that embedded job, don't become "C# only" either. if u want to do big data later, try to learn Java/Scala/python on the road and do some projects.
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
Scala is too complex, only good for (big) data processing. Go is too simple, doesn't support generics/exceptions/inheritance. Go looks more promising as it's good for writing infrastructures，can attract some ppl/pro
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
find a service vendor then sub contract; they might let u work remotely. after several projects u can be on ur own.
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
do u think companies interview many candidates for a single position bcoz they want to hire all of'em? of coz not, they want a pool of candidates and pick the best one, and there's even a waiting list...u need to do the same, two
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
just practice, keep thinking and coding. in a few months u won't give a damn thing abt such coding questions.
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
It's nothing to do w/ memory but practice. Only keep one or two hot languages like python or Node.js on resume; go to websites like www.geeksforgeeks.org and finish every f*king question. try to write fast and bug-free code, u wil
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
there are no doubt a lot more smart guys in schools like Caltech and Stanford, of coz companies will go there to recruit more talents at once. you go out to find jobs, not the other way around unless you are well established. not to mention
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
yeah u r so right but that dude concluded all today's 20 and 30-something...
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
lol am writing C++ for trading in a big investment bank in Manhattan everyday. many of my colleagues are not hardcore dev at all, neither can they make similar amount of money as counterparts in CA.
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
https://www.secret.ly/p/cdipjjrrdgfrdgayrhgdfrryly
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
wake up, many guys in their 20's make $300k to half million a year at Google/Facebook/Amazon these days...
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by lingua_franca 12y ago
move 2 SF if u r a hardcore dev. NYC is for lawyers and finance guys...

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