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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Good article, but the title is a stretch. This isn't about everyone hating economics. It's that people operate for reasons other than just money, and this can appear irrational. That's where behavioral economics comes in.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   "I would advise the applicant to put this behind him and move on. Nothing good can come of going public with a rant like this. You'd be surprised at how such actions can come back to haunt you." This is the wisest thing I&#x2
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   If you are working as an external contractor, it isn't done until it's signed. This isn't Thompson Reuters hiring you as a permanent employee, it's them hiring you versus someone from a bodyshop. Without knowing their s
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   Unlocking the 10x professional(linkedin.com)

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

   It's good that it's a real ladder. My first employer made a great show of having a dual career latter, but in reality there were very few people getting promoted on the technical side. The end of year performance reviews devolve
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   This type of job sounds like it may not be permanent. But when you do perpetual contracting for grunt work, your quality suffers. This type of contracting only works when the best people insist on being contractors and you can't hire
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   If they used them all at once to make purchases, it would have triggered fraud protection software. If they were distributed, less likely to be caught.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Could it also be that the US hackers are just as visible? They could be quietly recruited by the government when they get caught.
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   by mathattack 13y ago

   Yes. There is resistance from the "I've been here for XXX years crowd" but they can be co-opted into helping write the checklists. Especially if the existence of the checklist allows them to pawn off the grunt work to junio
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I almost feel like this is the one field where if you know enough to explain it, you are working in the field, not in the business of explaining it. If that makes sense...
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    How long did it take you to work through everything?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I'm a big fan of checklists too. I find juniors don't like using them until they've made the same mistake many times, and then eventually they swear by them. It's not a manual, it's not a process, it's just a
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I don't understand why they don't do authentication to remove the bots if this really matters. If it doesn't matter, they should raise prices. This is an issue in NYC. Some $300/night restaurants have you hyperclicking
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    That's one heavy duty course! Looks like it covers almost all of my 4 years of undergrad.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I used to give this book away to all my employees who were involved in GUI design. It is great about respecting and understanding your users, even if on the surface it's about door handles. I wonder how this will play into Udacity, as
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    God found gamification!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Where's Orwell when we need him?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I have heard similar theories for this. It's also consistent with the 10,000 hours rule. Sometimes you have to do to learn and improve. The improvement is certainly evident here.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I meant it with some irony. As in, "What appears to be a mere text editor..."
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    That's what I was getting at. 100% mercenary doesn't work. (Or at least it's painful to have to count on mercenaries, even if you understand their motivation) Neither does 100% blind eyed idealism. It's finding the s
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Taking this too far can be painful. Would you rather be in a startup surrounded by mercenaries or idealists? Or someplace inbetween?
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    It's hard to go bad on this article given the source, no? I find it more interesting for insight into Matz than anything about emacs. The idea that his text editor got him excited about programming is pretty powerful. Yes it could ha
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    If I don't leave this post now, I'll lose my morning reading the entire series!
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    For better or worse, HR exists to protect the company. Making problems go away is what they do.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Good question. Some of it is quibbling on words. My general take on people's ability is it's a fat tailed distribution on both sides. There's a middle that is fairly tight in ability, and they perform good or bad largely de
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    Walmart plans to be an online juggernaut(tech.fortune.cnn.com)

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

    The truly bad sometimes find ways of covering their tracks. I've seen bad newbies, and bad oldies. Even the "average" bad hire costs a lot more than what the article suggests. $15K for a $50K job seems very low. What'
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I hear you - my comment was in jest.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    Taking this a step further... The more violent the video games, the more likely we are to take violent criminals off the street, right? I like where you're going with this.
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    by mathattack 13y ago

    I think the "Release now, figure it out later" came to haunt them. By accepting so many crappy apps, the overall experience declined. They also got no revenue out of it. Yes, some of the 3rd party apps were leeches on the mothe