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by smg 18y ago
I am working from India for the past 3 months instead of my San Francisco office. Nearly every large IT company in India offers benefits at par with Google. Yes I mean multiple food vendors. Food being served 6 times a day. The salary of an
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by smg 18y ago
thanks aneesh
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by smg 18y ago
I am not looking for exact numbers. An indication of the change in growth rates even whether the growth rate increased or decreased would be enough
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Ask PG: Increase in growth rate of YC applicants
14 points by smg 18y ago|9 comments
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by smg 18y ago
I have found http://sales.alltop.com/ very usefull
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To Start or Not to Start(ansanelli.com)
2 points by smg 18y ago|0 comments
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by smg 18y ago
Thanks your writeup was helpful
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by smg 18y ago
Sorry I am incapable of comparing numerical quantities and figuring out which one is larger.
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by smg 18y ago
why is this on hacker news
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by smg 18y ago
real programmers code in assembly and debug in opcode
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by smg 19y ago
great story would surely appeal to all HN readers
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Martin Fowler's book on DSLs(martinfowler.com)
5 points by smg 19y ago|4 comments
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by smg 19y ago
The Xobni guys ask a great puzzle if you interview with them. The puzzle makes the whole interview process worthwhile. I hope they are still asking that puzzle ;-)
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by smg 19y ago
yanni
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by smg 19y ago
Go to the source "Art of Computer Programming" Get your hands dirty with MIX
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by smg 19y ago
Hmmm I cannot really claim to read Bill Gs mind. But the man was an accomplished programmer and knew that great software gets built when a hacker commits himself to doing nothing else but working on it for a couple of weeks. I think he was
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by smg 19y ago
well I am not sure if this story is really true but a sensationalist title makes a better read ;-)
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The True story of Ooma(cerdafied.typepad.com)
1 points by smg 19y ago|1 comments
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by smg 19y ago
Sorry I was not clear about it but if you are a good programmer in today's market there is no reason for you to be working on something that you do not enjoy working on. To quote PG for once . "If it is possible to make yourself into a gre
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by smg 19y ago
There are some programmers who were just born to code. They can put in monster hours everyday as long as they believe that what they are doing is cool. I was lucky to work with one such individual at a previous job. He was just phenomenally
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by smg 19y ago
So what is the typical % for employee # < 10 ? I know that there will be variance depending on the employee and the employer so I am asking about the average range.
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by smg 19y ago
If you are really good at C++ (gork template metaprogramming, Alexandrescu's Modern C++ design) you will be as or more productive than most average people programming in Ruby or Python. Instead of focusing on the language think about the ki
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by smg 19y ago
What about early employees who join after the Founders Program?
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by smg 19y ago
Well I was just hoping to hear interesting anecdotes. I mean someone must have interviewed at these 50+ companies and might want to share what he legally can here.
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by smg 19y ago
Has anyone been through the interview process at any of the Ycombinator startups that have been looking for employees. How did you feel about the interview process? If you ended up working at one of these how has that experience been so fa
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Interviewing with Y Combinator startups?
17 points by smg 19y ago|3 comments
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by smg 19y ago
I think the ycombinator ranking is focused on internet companies. What about the VCs that invest in (yes I know yuck) enterprise software?
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Which startup would you work for? Or What are the criteria in selecting between multiple offers?
2 points by smg 19y ago|3 comments
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by smg 19y ago
I keep hearing about third tier and top tier VCs. Other than the Ycombinator rankings I have not seen anything else that ranks VCs. How will you put them in their places ;-) ?
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VC tiers? Who is where?
7 points by smg 19y ago|8 comments

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