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811.
by pyb 10y ago
This is the thread in question. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11633270
812.
by pyb 10y ago
UK minimum ('laborer') wage is £13k, not 50.
813.
by pyb 10y ago
I think YC Fellowship and YC Core have the same goals. YCF is a way to reach a larger number of startups.
814.
by pyb 10y ago
Both!
815.
by pyb 10y ago
It's all an elaborate ploy to force the real Satoshi to manifest themselves ;)
816.
by pyb 10y ago
There is not a 'big 4' in tech.
817.
by pyb 10y ago
That could be because they are inexperienced, and are making up their interview process as they go along? This is definitely quite common IME.
818.
by pyb 10y ago
Agreed ! So many companies are advertising positions, but are not that committed to hiring. They just enjoy having people coming to their office to get grilled. I guess it must be very rewarding for the interviewer.
819.
by pyb 10y ago
That's not what I understood from the post.
820.
by pyb 10y ago
BTW, are there any London based companies reading this, who'd be interested in a BYOT ? I might be interested in applying together with another developer.
821.
by pyb 10y ago
Great idea ! But if they are going to be interviewing all team members separately through the normal process, it seems unlikely that a team as a whole would pass their bar.
822.
by pyb 11y ago
I've also noticed Amazon now uses dark patterns to try and force buyers to sign up for Prime. The current strategy is clearly to pressure users into signing up Prime by absolutely any means available.
823.
by pyb 11y ago
Google and Facebook offer largeish stock grants when you join the company, no ? Google is also known, to offer some kind of bonuses on merit, but that policy is seen as remarkable in tech. I'd guess Amazon is more political and/or
824.
by pyb 11y ago
In my experience, companies are not that great at recognizing and rewarding achievement. So unfortunately, I'll stick to my cynical interpretation. Also, we're talking about dozens or even hundred of people moving on from Amazon h
825.
by pyb 11y ago
This startling quote is in the article : "Many of the people who helped create the Echo no longer work for Amazon..." As you say, it sounds like success gets punished at Amazon.
826.
by pyb 11y ago
Agreed. OP should only start stressing out at 4-5 months.
827.
by pyb 11y ago
Wow, great stuff, and thanks for answering this personally !
828.
by pyb 11y ago
What's his track record?
829.
by pyb 11y ago
Well yes, talent doesn't come out of nowhere, but it's still an awesome story.
830.
by pyb 11y ago
Tango
831.
by pyb 11y ago
On top of that, the conference is now being sponsored by a fascist group ("Status 451").
832.
by pyb 11y ago
Yes but I was talking about their prototypes (no solder resist or silkscreen legend) which are a lot more affordable, and quicker. (seems ca. £37 for 100m2)
833.
by pyb 11y ago
If you need a cheap PCB prototype more quickly (2 days), the PCB Train service is always a good source.
834.
by pyb 11y ago
OK, but what's much more common is companies interviewing candidates 'for fun' It's unbelievable how many companies will spend their time talking to every available developer in town, and end up never hiring anyone.
835.
by pyb 11y ago
Sounds like you need to tailor your resume for each role.
836.
by pyb 11y ago
You worked at a trendy company : Google, Facebook, Stripe... and/or went to a trendy university : Stanford, MIT...
837.
by pyb 11y ago
Common knowledge indeed, absolutely everybody inside the industry understand that's just how things work. Perhaps this guy, after 30+ years in the industry, just forgot that industry outsiders exist,and that they would be quite surpris
838.
by pyb 11y ago
"I'm not allowed to look at it." Uh? Is it a concern that you'd get too much information about a candidate?
839.
by pyb 11y ago
"The one thing that isn't immediately clear from your GitHub is if YOU wrote the code and HOW you wrote the code." Spend a few minutes looking at the commit history and all shall be revealed...
840.
by pyb 11y ago
Perhaps in the US, but here in the UK, in my experience, companies have shorter onsite interviews. (except for the American ones...)

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