mathattack

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1. 1891.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   It seems like they're also hurt by moving not being a repeat business. You have to rewin your entire book of business every year.
2. 1892.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   FYI - DoorDash just lost their CFO after less than a year. Trouble in Paradise? https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/25/doordash-cfo-leaves-less-t... Some technologies I will miss if they don't pan out. DoorD
3. 1893.▲
   Bubbleproof(techcrunch.com)

   2 points by mathattack 9y ago|0 comments
4. 1894.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Bessemer has a good sense of humor. They are also involved in Bubbleproof. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/17/watch-the-first-four-episo...
5. 1895.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   Doordash routinely underestimates by 30 mins. After enough discounts I just deleted the app.
6. 1896.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   I played a lot through high school then got distracted in college. (Beer, girls, tougher classes, etc) I was pleasantly surprised when my last company started a D and D night!
7. 1897.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   I think you encapsulated the issue if you flip your statement: half the students equal the top 5% at your undergraduate. Much harder to find the needle in the haystack.
8. 1898.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   I would think one benefit of hiring there (vs say CUNY) is it isn't hard to convince people to move.
9. 1899.▲
   by mathattack 9y ago

   This "hire a batch from one company" works in small cases but doesn't scale. A great manager can cherry pick 5 or 6 top talents, but a B level manager won't. It also can create cliques in the company. I suspect the same
10. 1900.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I can't find the link but I recall reading (via Freakonomics or Jeff Selingo?) a study that showed that once you control for SATs and income, attending an elite school doesn't confer as much benefit as merely applying to one.
11. 1901.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    It's actually both. He's also able to buy whole business cheaper than what they'd go for in an auction. And he gets access to deals that allow him to leverage his brand name. (Example: Goldman Sachs https://qz.com&
12. 1902.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Enough easy money is pouring in that cash comp is equal to what you'd get at a large non-Big Tech (Google/Amazon/Fbook/Msoft/etc) company. The lottery ticket is just an add-on.
13. 1903.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Lots of patterns here similar to large IT overruns.
14. 1904.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    No. The driver gets paid more (33%) as a result of the commitment. There is less peak surcharge.
15. 1905.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I agree. This is just a way to encourage supply in a busy period by asking for an early commitment. Drivers get paid more for committing to work, and people get lower fares because of less need for peak surcharges. This is the market workin
16. 1906.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    My last firm had an unpaid high school intern. He was the son of one of our accountants. Despite the nepotism, he actually produced code that we used.
17. 1907.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Yes. I read In eighth grade, I took advanced-placement calculus and statistics courses, which enabled me to take multivariate calculus in ninth grade. and thought, "A lot of Silicon Valley tiger parents will be sending their kids to
18. 1908.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    These things come at a cost. If the cost of grad students goes up, we'll see some combination of the following: 1 - Less grad students. 2 - More undergrads doing the work of grad students. 3 - More adjuncts doing the work of grad stude
19. 1909.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Interesting valuation. 8x revenue is a success for SaaS companies. They were initially priced at $20/share, which would imply ~9.5x revenue. At $32/share they're at ~16x revenue. Very steep. They also fail the VC "rule
20. 1910.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    There is some irony in this happening to one of the most anti-union Econ departments out there. :-) What will this do? Raise the cost of grad students for schools, so perhaps they take less of them. But didn't the students know this w
21. 1911.▲
    The five keys to a successful Google team (2015)(rework.withgoogle.com)

    1 points by mathattack 9y ago|0 comments
22. 1912.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Exactly. It isn't like what's in the heads of everyone has disappeared. Now they can start on their own with their own money.
23. 1913.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Good to see you outside the context of HN. You're an immense value to the community.
24. 1914.▲
    The victims of Fake News(cjr.org)

    1 points by mathattack 9y ago|0 comments
25. 1915.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Let's understand the context... The author has spent the last 10 years in University IT. Easy to see how it takes years to realize something is out of control and not managed well.
26. 1916.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I enjoyed my Data Structures class quite a bit because the "thinking to programming" ratio was very high. More time thinking, less time working through the mechanics of the languages involved.
27. 1917.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    This is certainly why I enjoyed Calculus and Physics. :-)
28. 1918.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    I don't know much about Woz, but I do know he lives in the Bay Area and this company is headquartered in Arizona. I hope it goes well!
29. 1919.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Indeed. Insiders, please share!
30. 1920.▲
    by mathattack 9y ago

    Seems like an aggregate explanation for why technical debt exists. :-)