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by mildbow 11y ago
The market as a whole is getting purpotedly pushed to hire minorities. Apparently. Is it working(in the tech sector)? Or, are they just making the white guys resentful and so making it harder in the long run? Not sure. But I don't thin
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by mildbow 11y ago
Hush now. Criticism isn't hate. Disappointment isn't hate either. Being a back-patting "good-job" for everything forum seems like the ultimate sad ending to HN. Maybe you like to live in the lala land of yes men, and cr
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by mildbow 11y ago
Hmm. One that prefers to not have to hold up a specific minority flag :) Think for a second: why does it matter what specific minority I am? Am I black? A woman? A black woman? Or one of those that doesn't get anywhere close to the med
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by mildbow 11y ago
As a minority[0]: I hate the idea of Jopwell. Fewer things have, in my opinion, done more harm for the professional perception of a minority person as the affirmative action debacle[1]. Anything that says "hire more minorities, it&#x
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by mildbow 11y ago
Why are you treating this as a binary answer? Why are you ignoring everything else that has come up about amazon's culture? Why are you advocating being a sheep? The dude did what he thought was his job description and what he was tol
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by mildbow 11y ago
Is that really what you want YC to be about now? I'm all for live and let live, esp. in terms of making a living, but actually using that as an excuse/somethign to shoot for seems pretty stark.
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by mildbow 11y ago
I agree, here's probably what's going on: oh shit, startups that people thought were bad ideas are unicorns . Some time later ..... I don't get it. Hmm ... UNICORN FUND IT! Jokes aside: I think some of these are interest
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by mildbow 11y ago
For what it's worth, I completely believe your story. Probably because I went through pretty much the exact thing. The only diff would be: I learnt "managing up" when I missed my first raise and so decided to play the game fo
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by mildbow 11y ago
Sure. But, maybe you can try to recall all the other people saying pretty much the same thing about working for amazon? Does that help you judge this post a little more favourably/give it more credence?
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by mildbow 11y ago
Smart and intelligent are different things. If a person has succeed up until a given point by just being intelligent/workign hard, and relying on higher ups to notice to get promoted, I don't see why s/he wouldn't contin
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by mildbow 11y ago
Surely I'm not the only one who can see that section for what it was? That is: letting us know that pure competence wasn't the issue? FOllowing from that: if pure competence isn't what works in a meritocracy, then what does?
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by mildbow 11y ago
This thread is weird. The people vilifying Max or saying "duh you didn't get hired, Google requires awesome people" seem to have a totally warped sense of exactly what Google engineers do day to day. Blows my mind that there
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by mildbow 11y ago
Wow. Really? Pretty much everyone recognizes that google style interviews weed out perfectly good people. What Max went through is just an example of one such obvious case. It's very much a case of the google hiring algo failing. Lot&#
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by mildbow 11y ago
I wouldn't say anything that isn't also constructive. Keep in mind that most people who succeeded failed again and again. and again. Also, I'm pretty sure he won't fail completely. Why? Because his contributions are open
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by mildbow 11y ago
Trust me, people stew about it a lot more than they speak up at the time. Which is why they are probably coming out of the woodwork now :) Also how did you figure out a majority of potential commentators aren't silent?
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by mildbow 11y ago
I am talking about meetings, not general work. Meetings mean you hold people up . General work means you probably won't. The article also talks about meetings, not general 9-5. If your coming to work too late affects people then you sh
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by mildbow 11y ago
And in locations such as yours, you've found people to be more lenient with times. I'm originally from a country with fairly crap transportation infrastructure. Consequently, the culture is very much one of "we'll see yo
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by mildbow 11y ago
Your commute has ranged between those values, but do you think that the mode commute time isn't a good indicator? Or maybe you can use the 75 percentile time? Are you really saying you don't have a good judge of about how long
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by mildbow 11y ago
Larry. Dude. Get off your lawnchair, you're going to be late. again. Anyway, why do you think he is incorrect? Time-management is a skill: why would this specific case of it be un-learnable? Also, every time you decide that something
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by mildbow 11y ago
Worse, it's probably the fatties and/or the chronically late :) Maybe my joke rubbed them the wrong way[0]. [0] " a ton (but not many) " => implying that they individually weigh a lot so doesn't take many to ge
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by mildbow 11y ago
"Write article" is actually a great idea: it fosters debate. Just checkout the apologists in this thread to spot all the chronically late people who are in denial. The popup window is funny and here's why: it's an articl
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by mildbow 11y ago
That's hilarious. They aren't trying to predict the stock market. They are trying to predict commutes (easy) and their current schedule(easier). Why is it that it's always the same people ? Does the universe have it out for
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by mildbow 11y ago
I don't agree. It definitely is a character flaw. Mind that we are talking about chronically late people. So, that equates being late with being an asshole with no respect for other people's time.
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by mildbow 11y ago
Well. Unless you pushback with cancelling meetings/calling them out on it, they will forever continue to waste everyone else's time. I don't buy that they have a "poor sense of how long things take": they just don&#
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by mildbow 11y ago
Ah Greg. I would love to work with you :) Another aspect of this is that people who are chronically late train you to be late. I definitely only leave for meetings 10 mins after the meeting start time for some people and I still beat
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by mildbow 11y ago
Well of course. Tailored ads just make sense to companies because it increases click/conversion rates. I would rather not be convinced to buy things I don't have a need for. Thus, I don't see how more effective ads are any be
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by mildbow 11y ago
Exactly. And further, I don't think that Satya and Marissa would lag as much with the CEO of {Company Name} scheme.
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by mildbow 11y ago
Sure, but demographics can be gleaned from name pretty easily too. Which is why I specifically asked about the case without the name :) It just jumped out at me because the "non-stereotypical" CEOs are the lowest rated. My gut s
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by mildbow 11y ago
I wonder how the results would change if the CEO names were removed from the questions? Side note: Id probably pick bezos(logistics) or musk(sustainable energy+space).
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by mildbow 11y ago
I recommend a few tablespoons of salt with regards to this advice if you are a B2B Saas/have a sales team. First experience is definitely important, but features will always be something businesses will consider when deciding which pro

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