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cusack

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About cusack

twitter: @alexcusack work: @coinbase, and we're hiring.

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    Comment #27614505

    Plz don’t be lame

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    Comment #24936701

    > I'm also sure to fail googlable technical questions so I was wondering how others might approach this. I would do the minimal amount of studying that's required to pass this hurd…

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    Comment #20609538

    Best regex intro I’ve read

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    Comment #19091367

    I See Satan Fall Like Lightning, by René Girard. Girard was a professor at Stanford and writes about the idea of 'mimetic desire'. His overarching idea is humans are fundamentally …

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    Comment #18825450

    A nuance I felt -- when you're an IC the 'I'm being productive' feedback loop is really quick and thus satisfying. You can come in the morning and have measurable problems you solv…

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    Comment #17792570

    Twitter DM in response to an engineering manager that tweeted ≈'we're hiring!'. Talking to the eng manager directly, rather than going through a typical recruiting channel, made th…

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    Comment #15603700

    Earnest | Engineering | San Francisco, CA | full-time | onsite | earnest.com Earnest is building the bank of the future. I'm the tech lead for our Servicing team, but we're hiring …

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    Comment #14784903

    The price structure was slightly different then since he was all bought as one package, but still about the same cost overall. It is pricey, but a great ROI from both a base salary…

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    Comment #14772494

    Yeah i did it last November when the courses were structured to be done as a full-time program. They've restructured to make it compatible with having a full-time job simultaneousl…

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    Comment #14772269

    I did https://bradfieldcs.com after working as a IC for awhile and found it hugely valuable. I didn't have a CS undergrad and worked in Node, so skipped the majority the deeper fun…

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    Comment #14713451

    Looking for smart people interested in solving hard problems. Stack is JavaScript/Node and Java, but flexible on background in those specific languages

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    Comment #14713431

    Would love to chat with anyone from SoundCloud interested in earnest.com. We're building the future of finance. I'm a tech lead for one of the teams, feel free to email directly: a…

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    Comment #12749186

    They sort of talked about this issue in their recent radar update https://www.tesla.com/blog/upgrading-autopilot-seeing-world-... They don't mention use of neural nets, but have a …

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    Comment #10684708

    Another in SF, heading southwest for several blocks from the intersection of Harrison/22nd in the Mission 2901 22nd St San Francisco CA

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    Comment #10576725

    I don't think the mined bitcoin is meant to be thought of as a revenue source at all. I think the intention of the 21Inc machine is to have a computer that is automatically connect…

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    Comment #8785112

    I'd push back on the dog in a cage analogy. I think it could be argued that we've narrowed our communication mediums for purpose of effectiveness and efficiency. Also affordable ub…