yannickt

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by yannickt 16y ago
I too tend to be turned off by displays of coolness or bragging in a job ad. E.g. I am not a rockstar, a ninja or a junkie.
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by yannickt 16y ago
What list?
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by yannickt 16y ago
It was indeed very useful :). Unfortunately I cannot share too much due to NDA (not that I consider what I did cutting edge...). But I will say that I couldn't take the entire topology into account due to limitations with the host SDK (I wa
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by yannickt 16y ago
At a previous job I implemented a tool to smooth map areas and at the same time preserve the topology between the areas (e.g. there would be no gaps between Texas and Louisiana after the smoothing). I had a lot of fun writing it.
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by yannickt 16y ago
Many tech companies perform well despite the (poor) treatment they give their employees. Amazon is not particularly well rated on Glassdoor, and I've heard plenty of horror stories about EA (and other game companies) from people I trust.
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by yannickt 16y ago
"I'm just saying, this is only one guy's take." There are many other negative reviews of Netflix on Glassdoor. I am sure that some people are happy to work there, but I don't think someone would take the time to write such a lengthy and wel
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by yannickt 16y ago
I am pretty sure it took Steve Jobs a lot less than 20 years to become a billionaire (pre-NeXT era).
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by yannickt 16y ago
It would be interesting to see a similar list compiled by Glassdoor (where e.g. Charles Schwab definitely doesn't look like a very happy place to work).
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by yannickt 16y ago
"[...]work that provided a net benefit to society, normal hours, free soda and career development." They are not exactly putting on the table things that good engineers do not have at their current job. Also, perks like "free soda" only att
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by yannickt 16y ago
Those ITA guys who based much of their infrastructure on an "esoteric" language clearly didn't know what they were doing.
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by yannickt 16y ago
I prefer solo programming, but to me it means something different from programming without input from other people. I will ask as many questions as I can in order to get the job done. I will describe my design to key team members so it gets
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by yannickt 16y ago
Has anyone here tried the Kobo ereader? Could you share your impressions?
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by yannickt 16y ago
I am not discouraging this kind of initiative, as it is the kind of thing that good managers are looking for. It has just been my experience that the majority of employers will not care, even if you have something to show.
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by yannickt 16y ago
The problem is most employers only care about actual on-the-job experience. You might be a strong Python hacker, but if you haven't used Python in a professional setting recently it doesn't count.
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by yannickt 16y ago
I am not an entrepreneur, I am a professional working for the man. I love HN because it is one of the smartest online communities I know of. I like learning from smart people.
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by yannickt 16y ago
One thing I would add to the list is: relative lack of evidence. Now don't get me wrong, unit testing, continuous refactoring and pair programming are very helpful when applied in the right context. But there is a lot of code out there th