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What tax benefits this move might have is my question as well. It seems like if this were purely about internal organization they could have effectively reorganized Google in the s…

Yeah, if we're talking about JavaScript, the explanation should start with promises. It's a pattern lots of people know, and it's a very real-world example. No need to front-load t…

Yeah the Haskell part is mostly tongue and cheek :P I wouldn't use it for any old project but I could see how the benefits of Haskell could outweigh its difficulties in some scenar…

Certainly, it's one experience among many. Thanks for sharing your perspective.

Yep, when I see "flat management" I really hesitate to apply. Especially as a minority in tech, I would rather find a hierarchical place with good managers who value good arguments…

Could you elaborate about the kinds of things that constitute a major failure? Also, would you say your experience matches those of people you know on other teams with other manage…

As someone from a group that's underrepresented in tech, a co-op structure would make me hesitant to apply. I would be concerned that as a minority my voice would be lost. At least…

I would like to know how they gauge performance too. Some cultures are about the perception of productivity, some are about actual productivity. Taken to an extreme, either case ca…

That is precisely the point. People with similar qualifications should have similar salaries. The "not great" trends implies salaries were correlated with something other than meri…

The public schools I attended were far more economically, culturally, ideologically, and ethnically diverse than both my private college and post-college work environments (and you…

What is your programming interview like? If it's whiteboarding algorithms, it's likely to be eliminating a lot of good people who get nervous, and selecting for people who are good…

Do you have any testimonials from engineers who have been placed with help from Jobstart?

If discussions > broadcast then why disable comments?

I have told my designer friends in other areas how well in-house designers are paid in the Bay Area, and their response has always been that they think being in-house would be bori…

Is the price listed anywhere?

I totally agree. Ironically I can't recommend LastPass to the people who most need it because they aren't tech-savvy enough to figure out and tolerate the UX issues. I wish it were…

> "From 5:30pm-8:30pm, I’m not a startup CEO. I’m a dad." I don't understand. Most of the non-founder, regular engineers with kids I know don't even get home at 5:30. Sounds like h…

In that dish is the rice hot? Does the egg end up semi-cooked? I really hate most convenient American breakfast foods because I don't like to eat sweet stuff in the morning. Egg an…

I agree that these interview questions are going to be around for the foreseeable future, so people need to just learn them. But it's still a waste of time -- you have a limited am…

The problem is that irrelevant whiteboarding questions are far more the norm than relevant whiteboarding questions. Most companies interview this way, so if you avoid those compani…

I actually would not be surprised -- I did neuroscience research at two major research universities, and I handled the lab finances as part of my RA duties. Our grants and the univ…

Apparently You and the author haven't haven't heard of the Rinzai school of Zen, which is not a Western invention. You're espousing quite a narrow point of view of a philosophy tha…

Large research universities offer things that I think you would have a hard time replicating with this model. For instance, a research-grade fMRI facility costs millions of dollars…