rifung

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by rifung 9y ago
> "Look, you know as well as I that this job has nothing -- as in, nothing whatsoever -- to do with actually building production-grade database servers. Or anything even remotely analogous to it. Debugging that tangled mess of poorl
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by rifung 9y ago
> My own opinion is let’s ignore companies that make us jump through hoops, as it only encourages them to become increasingly ridiculous. Unfortunately not everyone is in a position to do that.. "beggars can't be choosers"
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by rifung 9y ago
I think they are referring to Google's hardware business as in the internal hardware unit within Google. While it's true that Google bought Motorola, Motorola employees didn't become Google employees as far as I know? In this
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by rifung 9y ago
You can benefit from it without profiting directly. I think Google benefits from Android adoption as a whole since that usually means adoption of Google services
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by rifung 9y ago
> Didn't Rubinstein humbly then revisit technique and practise religiously in his 40s? (Not to detract from your point, which I think has value). He did but I think the reason he did so was not because he felt it was better for the
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by rifung 9y ago
Why the Republican party? Isn't the Republican party pro free market and business generally?
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by rifung 9y ago
Ah good point! I forgot that sometimes they don't allow some breeds of dogs as I have cats..
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by rifung 9y ago
> Do you want to have pets? At least in the competitive housing markets of San Jose and Seattle this is not much of an issue as every apartment I've visited allows pets and most even have accommodations for them as perks. I suppose
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by rifung 9y ago
Well at least you don't have to regret that you failed because you didn't try hard enough. Plus, I'm sure you learned a lot along the way even if things didn't work out. I hope that you found your work fulfilling if not
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by rifung 9y ago
I appreciate the explanation and should learn to read
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by rifung 9y ago
Sadly, yes =[ Comes out to be ~150k total. Honestly I don't mind I feel I am lucky to work at Google =]
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by rifung 9y ago
> I don't know a single person at Google who makes less than $180k in total comp, and that includes new grads. I assume this is MTV/SVL/SFO/NYC? I'm sure you can find new grads who make less than that in other of
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by rifung 9y ago
What do you mean it was never the slogan? It's in the Code of Conduct still: https://abc.xyz/investor/other/google-code-of-conduct.html
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by rifung 9y ago
Disclaimer: I work at Google. Would you mind explaining why you thought that of Sundar Pichai? Not trying to defend him or us I am just curious as this is the first time I've heard that.
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Spend Your Money to Buy Time, Not More Stuff(npr.org)
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by rifung 9y ago
> Amazon could optimize the supply chain. I see this idea thrown around but why can Amazon do a better job than Whole Foods has already done? Can they combine the supply chain with their Amazon Pantry and get more cost sharing or somethi
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by rifung 9y ago
I am a cat owner.. it never would have thought that my home smelling slightly of cat urine was embarrassing. Perhaps the author also didn't think it was? I don't think cat urine smells bad.
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by rifung 9y ago
I don't know the answer to your question but two years is the length you have to stay so that you don't have to pay back the relocation bonus. It would not surprise me that many people leave at 2 years.
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by rifung 9y ago
Isn't research a large part of what universities are for though? I don't want to argue that tenure is the best system but it exists for a reason: so that those who have proved themselves can pursue research which is longer term an
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by rifung 9y ago
> It can be optimized to be as fast as C Sorry if dumb question but how is this possible when it's garbage collected? Now I really feel like I need to learn a Lisp though.. Is there a certain Lisp you would recommend that's pra
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by rifung 9y ago
> Whoever does branding at Google must have no idea how this stuff seems to average people who don't work at Google. Well I work at Google and I was also confused so I don't think working at Google qualifies you to understand t
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by rifung 9y ago
Sorry if dumb question. If Haskell types don't exist at runtime how do type class functions work? I'd think the type needs to get inspected to choose the implementation to call?
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by rifung 9y ago
Yes it is separate. At Amazon the signing bonus you owe if you leave within one year but the relocation bonus you owe if you leave within two; both are prorated
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by rifung 9y ago
> Not all personality types are willing to solve problems (aka working) for their own intrinsic motivation. I disagree with the notion that wanting to solve problems necessarily leads to having the discipline or desire to work. The probl
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by rifung 9y ago
Well, I admit I slack more when I work from home, but that's usually because typically reason I work from home is that I'm so tired of working or depressed I can't convince myself to actually go to work. Now often I'll j
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by rifung 9y ago
It's very difficult to convince people who aren't interested in being convinced. There are too many people out there with a different, maybe wrong, opinion. Why waste your time with those who don't seem genuinely interested i
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by rifung 9y ago
> Sure. But people on the wrong side of the Google monoculture feel like they have to be closeted at work. They don't want to feel that way either Everyone has to be closed at work; it's a part of being in a professional enviro
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by rifung 9y ago
I dont know what IC4 means but I'm an L3? Note also that I'm in Seattle which pays less than Mountain View
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by rifung 9y ago
> Your value to society is the value of your work which in everyone else's context is your value. But certainly you must interact with people outside of your job?
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by rifung 9y ago
I work at Google Seattle and that seems very high to me but I could just be getting paid less than others. I was an industry hire though

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