nickbarnwell

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by nickbarnwell 13y ago
90k is by no means optimistic; new grads at any of the BigCos start at 100k base not including bonuses, stock grants/RSUs, or relocation. If you're highly marketable due to internships, personal projects, etc. and have multiple offers, th
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Are you including corp housing/stipend in that amount?
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
The 2013 Bay Area Summer Intern Group [1] on Facebook is what you're looking for. [1]: https://www.facebook.com/groups/210814239033807/?bookmark_t=...
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Just a correction here: http://internproject.io/finding-an-internship/how-to-land-an... MS actually has the Explore Microsoft internship for underclassmen. [1] I'd also suggest adding Yegge's Blogpost on "Get That Job at Google" to requir
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
It's just as easy to find a two bedroom or one BR+den apartment for 2-2.5k/mo and split it with another intern (or two) and come out well ahead. I know tens of people who did this successfully last summer virtually without issue. The big co
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
I started with Clojure about six months ago now and currently use it for all personal projects and day-to-day as part of my course of studies. I started with Joy of Clojure and found it hard to wrap my head around - it's commonly recommende
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Login flow and initial writing experience all seemed excellent, and I'll be recommending this to some friends over GDocs for their next collaborative project. The only niggle that immediately stood out to me was that the buttons on the "Imp
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
This is no different than navigating to that person's page and clicking on the 'Message' button. It's not a vulnerability.
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Obsession.vim: Persistent, continuous sessions for vim(github.com)
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Ask your host to drop you at a TechStop once the meetup is over. Shoot me an email (in profile) with the building the meetup is in and I can recommend the nearest visitor-friendly area :)
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
It was entirely facetious, which was missed by many here when it made an appearance on the front page [1] [1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4384029
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
While I agree with the rest of your post > I don't think any other CEO in the world understands that kinda stuff. Larry, Zuck, and Tom Preston-Warner, among others would likely take issue with that last sentence ;)
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Seconding this; even for internships I've not once paid for travel costs. Everyone from small, YC startups up to MS/Google paid for cab fare, flights, and hotels.
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
The actual link: http://blog.knoldus.com/2013/01/12/akka-futures-in-scala-wit...
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Tackling tech’s gender problem the right way: Teaching women to code(venturebeat.com)
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Currently using Punch to build up an MVP and loving it so far :) Hoping to contribute back a few boilerplates and helpers in the near future
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Only one true sideproject for me in 2012: CallMeMae.be: http://callmemae.be Business Card sharing and exchange. Built it at an eight hour hackathon and won the grand prize, making it my only profitable project to date! In the new year I'm
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Code breaking for patches and security enhancements is widely viewed as unacceptable, but this is the first occasion I've seen someone accept to breaking changes in a major release. Neither Rails 2 nor Rails 3 were fundamentally broken, and
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Yes, it is. [1] [1]: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe...
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Interesting, especially if your host presented :)
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Windows Phone debuted in February of 2010, the Kennedization process didn't start until summer 11. Google's redesign was more influenced by Metro than the other way around.
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
No; they have an agreement with StackExchange to allow for republishing of the content (check the byline).
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
This is not the experience I've had with a retina MBP at all. While the increase in usable workspace is nice, I recently had to bring in it for service and go back to using my 2011-vintage "normal" MBP for a week - the only difference I not
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
I use it for hosting my resume, a personal link shortener, and shortcut to my GitHub page. I've handed it out to recruiters and other people in tech, and more broadly, to some clients who are less than tech-savvy. Generally it's been well-r
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Not Speaking the Lingo - How Language Shapes Perspective(chopeh.tumblr.com)
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
It's entirely possible that you could mount the strip below the brake track.
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
As it's a cruiser the more likely explanation is that it's equipped with a rear coaster brake. Not sure why he's not running anything up front, however.
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Ben Huh, their CEO, started the network in in Seattle and still lives here, as does the company (to the best of my knowledge)
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
Breaking a window is actually a far more effective (and common) method of entry for thieves than bothering to pick a lock.
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by nickbarnwell 14y ago
I'm partial to writer.vim - aesthetically similar to WriteRoom with none of the foreign keybindings.

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