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by vikinghckr 6y ago
What you mentioned isn't that different from interviewing with a human on the other side. All interview performance is kept on record at most companies. For 5/10/15 years or even more. That's why it's not a good id
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Top 10% of FAANG is, what, around 30K-40K in raw numbers? What's the top 10% in Big Finance? I'd bet it's far lower number compared to that. So it's not apples to apples comparison. If you compare what top 10,000 FAANG e
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
FANG equities don't require making any "bets". They're as good as cash.
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Lack of clear boundary between work and home, mainly due to lack of commute but also due to spending all day at home. Lack of in-person social interactions at work. More procrastination leading to less productivity and having to work longer
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Because the commute worked as a great buffer to get into "work mode" in the morning and then transition back into "home mode" in the afternoon. Without this well-defined separation, I never get the productivity boost for
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
You just need to ask any PhD grad student why work from home is harmful for work-life balance. Once the boundary between home and work gets blurred, stress from work starts seeping into your personal life. Burn out rates among software engi
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
I never liked WFH, but even I didn't realize how much I enjoy working from office. It has made me absolutely resolute not to EVER consider remote work as an option ever again.
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Fully agree. Working from home is pure hell. I can't wait to go back to in-person office, once the vaccine is out. And if my employer mandates WFH policy even after vaccine, I'll look into renting a personal office space at least
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
a) It really is. b) I didn't say point (a) is why modern C++ is amazing. But it is one of the motivations for learning modern C++.
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Because: a) Modern C++ is amazing. b) The highest paying software jobs require C++.
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Google and Facebook -- two of the biggest software companies are incredibly C++ focused -- especially in backend/infra. To a lesser extent Microsoft and Amazon are the same. And as others mentioned, trading farms love C++ too. Essentia
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Thanks. All pretty valid arguments, and probably enough to outweigh any potential slight performance/latency issue.
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Is there a reason that site needs to be HTTPS? It doesn't have any user login feature, and it's read-only. So what are the arguments for making it HTTPS?
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
Not OP, but Googler here. We use an internal Linux distro for all our development. It's very similar to Ubuntu (so the default package manager is apt). People who have a Macbook use it as a thin client to ssh into their Linux desktops.
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by vikinghckr 6y ago
>This is an incredibly poor take. No it isn't. > It's well known that academic software doesn't follow great software engineering practices. That doesn't make it acceptable. Also, it's also "well known&qu
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
This is older news. Latest news from today is Google is also working on a nationwide testing website.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Here's updated tweets from Google Communications. Their effort is in addition to what Verily was already doing: https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1238989460127338497
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Here's the transcript from the press conference: https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/CmrNxLAP9wohLWA... I searched for "Sunday" there, and they only mention they'll be able to provide
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
I don't think the President ever mentioned it being next week. Also, see this from Google communication: https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1238989460127338497 This effort for a nationwide testing websit
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Found it strange that some parts of media decided to focus on the semantics of Google and Verily being different subsidiaries of Alphabet. This is an almost meaningless detail.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Perhaps I'm missing something, but why wait for symptoms? Why not test him anyway? Is there any downside to testing? If not, then seems outrageous not to test the PM whose wife has recently tested positive.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Just apply. Google is actively hiring all year round.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Googler here. We have the same Code Search tool internally, this is honestly one of my favorite things about working at Google. Great to see this open sourced.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
`find` has one of the worst user experiences out of UNIX tools. I prefer to use `find . | grep foo` to find files.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Everyone should read "The End of the Beginning" by Ben Thompson [1]. [1] https://stratechery.com/2020/the-end-of-the-beginning/
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
> an average software engineer at Google making $160,000 USD Average software engineer at Google makes well over $200K USD.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
I find it quite impressive that Bram still finds time to not just maintain Vim but also adding drastic new features like this, while doing a full time job at Google at the same time.
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Problem with bisect is that bisect.insort() insertion is O(n), whereas C++ set.insert() is O(log n).
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
C++ also has the `sort()` function that allows you to sort any unsorted container. But that's not a replacement for a sorted container like `set` or `map` though. Because `set` or `map` allows you to insert elements at O(log n) runtime
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by vikinghckr 7y ago
Disappointing that Python sill has no support for a sorted container in its standard library, akin to C++ `set` or `map` classes.

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