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awaythrow101

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    Comment #17558155

    FWIW I don't think they have Big N clients yet, though they do have e.g. Twitter and Lyft on there. Google is still remarkably old school with interviews: Google Doc for screens, w…

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    Comment #17558135

    Echoed. I got into their system and was able to get some real interviews through the platform as well. When you get in, they give you three "guaranteed" interviews that you can sch…

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    Comment #15039694

    But wouldn't it require you to find how the target image's particular watermark was warped? None of the other watermarks will have precisely the same warping parameters as that ima…

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    Comment #15022624

    To be clear, I'm completely fine with a commute. I thought that was obvious when I said suburbs. Hell, my current commute is ~35 minutes. How is it that Berkeley is apparently so c…

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    Comment #15021306

    She manages an after school drop-in center in a rural area, part time. I want her to be happy, working or not; I think at the moment she likes staying at home with our daughter, at…

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    Comment #15020292

    My wife doesn't have much in the way of skills, and I fully acknowledge that childcare would consume most / all of her income if she was working (that was in my post originally but…

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    Comment #15020227

    I would love a remote gig, assuming it was as an FTE with benefits (healthcare being important for family and all). My wife's company cannot afford to provide any benefits whatsoev…

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    Comment #15020188

    I've been leaning toward that perspective recently. I actually had a remote job in the pipeline but they ended up not being able to pay a commensurate salary or benefits (i.e. it w…

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    Ask HN: Potentially Moving to SF / SV with a Family

    Hi folks, I could use some advice. A few weeks ago, I did the Triplebyte quiz on a whim, later did their interview, and now I'm talking to companies in Silicon Valley / San Francis…

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    Comment #13327686

    From my understanding, the recruiter has the option of outright rejecting you after your interview without passing it on to the hiring committee. Generally if your feedback is even…

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    Comment #12329387

    Search for Google Foobar if you're interested in an alternative way to get in contact with a Google recruiter. I was essentially blackholed until I went through Foobar (understanda…

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    Comment #10130524

    Non-technical direct management. This tends to include many of the things listed by others here, like not having estimates accepted at face value (because they don't understand dev…

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    Comment #9624997

    Thanks for the feedback. We are a software company (web and mobile), but we work in the broadcast industry where things can be a little more old-fashioned. Ultimately I want to run…

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    Comment #9624756

    You and me both.

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    Comment #9624638

    How does an individual contributor (specifically in a startup) get promoted to engineering management? My company is specifically looking to hire a PMP certified manager (externall…