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   Bitcoin firms explore U.S. rules for derivative exchanges(reuters.com)

   1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   IMHO... Word of Mouth solidifies you as a good engineer. Of the top 4 or 5 technical people I know, none has an MS in CS. (One didn't finish college) The degree matters less and less over time. There are other good reasons to get a
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   A Prison Life: Ex-Banker Struggles(online.wsj.com)

   1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   In the VC world it seems to be happening. Less so when you move up to PE.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I wonder how much of this is age discrimination. A common complaint I've heard against older workers is, "Why isn't someone they're already worked with eager to hire them?" It gets to the point of networking, and
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Exactly - you want a generalist background so that you can do many things, but a specialist resume tailored to the job you're applying to. The goal is to be "the perfect fit" rather than "someone who can do this."
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Congrats to both, and the execs that work with these guys. Some VCs come with banking backgrounds. I like the ones that come as entrepreneurs first. Their advice is hard earned.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   It wasn't until I got to AP Computer Science in school that I had a teacher that knew the material. From 4th grade up until then the teachers were faking it. I guess that's why I am biased on this point. :-) I hear you on the p
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   I like the negotiation comments. It is always ok to say, "If you love me, and I love the firm, I'm sure we'll find a way to make a deal." The best way to have leverage to have another opportunity in hand. Then you can
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I think we're on the same page. It may or may not be, but shouldn't people be free to choose to enter a lottery? (Assuming there isn't fraud on the chances)
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I've always thought that cheating for online tests would be a big deal. I guess you get caught eventually in the interview, but you never know.
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    A classroom where no on cheats (2013)(theatlantic.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Wow - I don't think I'll sleep tonight. I want to reprogram all of this myself. Thanks for sharing!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I've never bothered cheating. If a class bored me, I wouldn't bother. I took the hardest classes that I could, and was happy if I learned something even if the grade wasn't perfect. That said, I do get why people do it. So
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    Why Only Half of Venezuelans Are in the Streets(fivethirtyeight.com)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Tests are very legally hard to do in the US for recruitment. The firm has to prove they don't exclude any sub-group. From the post it sounds like RDS pulled it off in the other direction.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    You're looking at this after the fact though. Imagine 2 scenarios for a corporate chef in San Francisco, who expects his next job to last 10 years: 1) He goes work at Safeway, and earns $60K. 2) He goes to work at Google, and earns $
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Yes - exactly.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It may not sort itself out. There could be non-performance reasons why companies behave poorly. Managers could have incentives for bad behavior (they like going to strip clubs with customers, for example) that present principal-agent prob
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    Study suggests people willing to take orders from a robot boss(phys.org)

    1 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I like the concept. It would take a lot of data (perhaps by a large SW firm adopting this?) to see if this improved recruiting. Even then, it may only be applicable to the firm in question. When I set up interviews, I purposefully don&#x2
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Given that this is a hot topic... Wouldn't a tech company have an enormous competitive advantage if they treated women better?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    They're not being rewarded for picking a company out of a crowd, they're being rewarded for taking less cash. When a startup gives equity, they are doing it so they don't have to pay as much cash, since the cash is more valua
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    That seems low. I can concentrate for hours is the topic is compelling enough, and I'm not that atypical. But not 8.
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    My top tip, ignore everyone else's top tips(ft.com)

    2 points by mathattack 13y ago|0 comments
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Software engineering research is very tough, because despite the formal name, it's a social science, and no two projects are the same. Civil engineering holds up to physics and repeatable tests. No two software projects are the same.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It takes a long time to get to the great ending. We are going to screw some things up. We hope our mistakes will be honest ones. We hope you’ll gain insight and pleasure from our approach to the news and that you’ll visit us from time to t
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    How do you fix this, assuming you're constrained by the same amount of resources? My sense is the end game should be encouraging long term research where there is a decent enough chance for success relative to the gains from it - the c
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I've heard this alternately described as "Fake it until you have it"
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It's self development, and very few folks have 8 hours of continuous concentration in them.