serge2k

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by serge2k 10y ago
> I only had two days so I brushed up on the essentials in algorithms and data structures. Specifically, I focused on the following: [list follows] No graph problems? Seems like a possible hole, I got graph problems in interviews for Ama
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by serge2k 10y ago
While I disagree with the idea that Uber should have to charge $75/ride as a limousine service, it's honestly refreshing to see a place that doesn't let them flout regulation.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Vancouver Is Silicon Valley North What? Since when? Are they going to have big tech companies paying big tech company? Is this just based on the outrageous housing prices? > With spotty public transportation and a dearth of taxis, C
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by serge2k 10y ago
Have you tried mercurial? I haven't, but isn't it supposedly more friendly?
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by serge2k 10y ago
Those other skills do require technical knowledge to be able to do well.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Partial automation for migrating legacy code that was implemented in C. (This tool does not fully automate the job because its output is only as safe as the input was; you should clean up the output afterward to use Rust features and i
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by serge2k 10y ago
Hopefully he easily wins. Then sues them. > now feels let down by someone he believes he helped, and wants to be proved right. Now feels upset he can't make a big payday on a painting he bought for a hundred dollars.
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by serge2k 10y ago
I'm flabbergasted that people are able to post to this thread at all, what with all the segfaults their C++ based browsers must be experiencing all the time.
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by serge2k 10y ago
"local relative" What does that even mean?
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by serge2k 10y ago
You realize this doesn't actually effect anything except making you and anyone you interact with have to do the mental math for the correct offset? The only reason to use UTC is so you can compare timing of geographically diverse event
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by serge2k 10y ago
Doesn't work on 64 bit, but I seem to recall something about the first 2 bytes of a PE header. :)
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by serge2k 10y ago
Not when they pressure you to take an exit that lets them recoup costs and leaves you with nothing, and your employees with nothing.
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by serge2k 10y ago
But... entitled millenials...
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by serge2k 10y ago
> I wonder if borrowing Googlers is the government tech fire fighting equivalent of "nobody ever got fired for choosing IBM"? probably. Reasonably high chance of getting the smarts you need, plus you borrow a name.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> non-unionized How much would they have made if they were unionized workers who got OT for the countless hours? Would they even have been asked to? Could they have gotten a proper office if they weren't non-union contractor to cont
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by serge2k 10y ago
Are you basing it off current age, or age at which they became CEO? Bezos in his 50s, but he started Amazon around 30. Really it should be age at which they started to dictate product direction.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> they don't ... I don't want to say care ... but put as much emphasis maybe? ... on work-life balance. or they just have a different view of it. You have no need to be home at any particular hour, and your social life is more
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by serge2k 10y ago
Their site is unresponsive bizarre ways I haven't seen anywhere else online.
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by serge2k 10y ago
>"not fully refined" and "unpolished." When you are talking about 100k luxury sedans isn't that exactly what you are paying for? I expect those things out of my car that costs ~40k.
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by serge2k 10y ago
THe culture certainly supports it. Wasn't trying to take anything away, it's just a separate product is all I meant. Their tagline has always kinda been "Run on the same platform as amazon.com!"
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Yes, there are shitty managers but there are also a lot of them doing stuff an engineer doesn't have the skills to do and the engineers have skills most managers don't. One set just happens to lead to easier power and money,
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by serge2k 10y ago
The biggest myth about amazon (that they love to push) is that AWS is just the retail stuff externalized/we run on aws.
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by serge2k 10y ago
I get that, but there is a gap between all salaries and promotions are based on seniority and firing a lousy employee is impossible vs. an organization of professionals who will fight for lousy employment laws. You also have wage fixing&#x2
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by serge2k 10y ago
Seems to me the solution to that problem would be to make the salary bands for engineers wider, so you can keep growing salary wise even if you pretty much cap out in terms of technical ability.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> Sure management will still do approvals for time off Not a peer.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> exempting "computer professionals" broadly from overtime pay in 2003. I don't understand why this is still a thing. How have we, as a group, not gotten such a horrible law overturned. Oh right, some people think working
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by serge2k 10y ago
I abhor policies like this. if the dress code doesn't matter on Friday it just doesn't matter period.
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by serge2k 10y ago
Talk about dodging a bullet. Is a petition about dress codes whiny and lame, sure. Firing everyone is just a sign of a place that is shitty to work for.
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by serge2k 10y ago
I generally like HBR articles, but it's very annoying to end up deleting HTML nodes because of their stupid menu bars and x articles left notice. Poor web design. anyway... > Successful candidates should clearly demonstrate that the
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by serge2k 10y ago
> It's an experiment, made public. What's the purpose of shitting on it? Providing data.

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