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by smm2000 10y ago
100/hr works out to around $200k/year using standard 2087 hours/year for full time work. You can get better or comparable salary as FTE + benefits. It's not much.
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by smm2000 10y ago
We want only people who have talent (top 1-5% of population) to pursue science. Majority of "science" produced by Ph.Ds outside of top 10-20 programs is complete junk that contributes very little if any to humanity.
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by smm2000 10y ago
I actually like whiteboarding interviews and treat them as intellectual challenge. The best ones are when I am thinking faster than interviewer or can come up with optimal solution that he does not know. A lot of fun. I also understand why
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by smm2000 10y ago
In my previous company, one candidate became belligerent and physically pushed interviewer away from whiteboard after interviewer told him that his solution is not correct. Interviewer asked candidate to wait a few minutes, left room, calle
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by smm2000 10y ago
While USAID does a lot of good things, it is still a front for US government interests and one of USAID stated goals are regime changes in unfriendly countries. They do a lot of good things too though.
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by smm2000 10y ago
I drive 9mph over speed limit and I have not been ticketed a single time in 9 years I am driving. Cultural norm is that speeding 10mph is OK so police ignores some speeding in most locations.
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by smm2000 10y ago
I bought Voyager when new paperwhite was out and I think I made the right choice. Voyager is much nicer to hold - build and plastic quality are much higher than on Paperwhite. I use Kindle a lot and in a grand scheme of things $80 differenc
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by smm2000 11y ago
1. I think tech interviews are sane and screen for very specific skills - ability to master topic (everyone asks the same algo questions - there is no excuse not to master them even if you do not use knowledge day to day. It's no diffe
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by smm2000 11y ago
What places are not welcome to you? I am genuinely curious. Is it regular high-price places (3 star Michelen restaurants, business lounge in airport, five star hotels) or closed clubs and such?
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by smm2000 11y ago
It's never "I will never take the job". I am sure if offered 2x current salary (or 3x if work is especially unpleasant), most people will jump.
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by smm2000 11y ago
What country is it? Shortage is global and exist in most countries. Unless you talk about Syria, Somalia or some other shithole.
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by smm2000 11y ago
Most skilled trades lasted as skilled for thousands of years - way more than average working life. I do not need programming to last that long - just my working careers (35 years). Right now it looks like I will be fine.
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by smm2000 11y ago
Credentials and prior experience are used in all companies to establish your title, level, salary and position - things that actually matter when you start working. Coding interview is just a baseline that everyone hired is expected to exce
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by smm2000 11y ago
They won't die but they definitely will achieve less. From quick Google search MORE SIBLINGS MEANS LOWER GRADES IN SCHOOL, STUDY SHOWS http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/siblings.htm
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by smm2000 11y ago
Yep, please give full context. What was your question?
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by smm2000 11y ago
Not sure about legality of asking but woman statistically (80%+) are main caregivers to kids so asking this question only for females make sense. It works both ways though - one well known company gives 4 month leave to primary caregiver an
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by smm2000 11y ago
Twitter requires custom creatives - this is a huge cost. Every TV network can run standard 30s slot. Average American spends 4h on TV every single day. Twitter has nothing on that.
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by smm2000 11y ago
Tahoe is only a few hours away from Bay Area and virtually everyone* in bay area goes there at least a few times a year to ski. This year Tahoe got a lot of snow. *everyone = Google/Apple/FB employees
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by smm2000 11y ago
I think API access is closer to commercial lease than residential ones. Commercial leases are way less regulated than residential ones - generally it's expected that if you sign commercial lease, you know what you are doing. If state s
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by smm2000 11y ago
It's called signing legally binding contract on using API between Google and Routebuilder with costs, availability and interface specified. Contracts like this are getting signed all the time - for well known examples look at Microsoft
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by smm2000 11y ago
Literally, ask any friend working as SWE in any of those companies - they will confirm numbers. You are pretty much guaranteed to make that money in 5 years if you get promoted with average velocity.
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by smm2000 11y ago
Actually ISIL and a poster are on the same side - they are both fighting/want to fight Asad. At this time moderate opposition (if there was any) is gone and opponents of Asad are way worse than him.
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by smm2000 11y ago
You can say that 650+ math SAT score is more realistica assesment of average Google talent. There are 78400 Asians with 650+ score and 133440 whites with 650+ score in math. There are only 4200 blacks with 650+ score. Numbers pretty much al
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by smm2000 11y ago
Mountain View is a typical upper-middle class suburb that exist in every US city with >100k population. It's single family houses with strip malls and horrible commute from anywhere. Really nothing to boast about. Minority of employ
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by smm2000 11y ago
Pretty much everyone in India has a scooter which is probably more dangerous than the car. Unless you count scooter as a motor vehicle, this statistic is meaningless.
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by smm2000 11y ago
Participating in lotter does not signal immigration intent. I participated in lottery for my parents for ten years and they had zero problem renewing their visitor visas every two year. It's pretty well documented that it's ok to
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by smm2000 11y ago
It's never enforced even though countless immigrants apply for mean-tested benefits. One more piece of dysfunctional immigration system.
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by smm2000 11y ago
Most good companies have extensive interview process to hire new employees - this is most direct comparison with getting new immigrants to the country. Comparison with having 12-30 million illegals in US is the Caltrain deciding not to ejec
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by smm2000 11y ago
Slack is a 2.8B dollar company and not a small scrappy startup anymore. They can handle all the hate in the world and should not get a pass for sleazy behavior (the same is true for Microsoft, Google or Exxon). Not putting max number of use
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by smm2000 11y ago
If you send your resume to GS or any IB and expect revenue generating stuff to review it, you are up for surprise. HR people are there as a filters because they are cheaper than engineers and are actually OK with reviewing hundreds of resum

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