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The most stunning outcome here is the apparent internet consensus that Star Wars is better than Star Trek. This is indefensible. A Star Wars fan will tell you there are, at most, f…

For sure! I'm an SF-based software engineer who's also on an improv team that did monthly performances in the Before Times. There are three "big" improv theaters in SF which I know…

Great thread, great answers! Follow-on question: OK, so how does your company's interview process test for these traits? It's mind-boggling to me how many organizations understand …

>“And by the way,” I added, “Stop calling your subscribers ‘users.’ They’re not ‘users,’ they’re listeners––our listeners in fact. You’re the ‘user.’ You’re using our music to mone…

> We'll include the license updates with React 16's release next week. Was this release date known before now? I can't find it anywhere else on Google or Twitter. Man, talk about b…

Are those ACT scores? Surely you realize that an ACT score is not a sole determinant of "qualification" for admittance into college. If it were, there would be no such thing as an …

Technische Universität München dropout says new zeppelin "won't be another Hindenburg" Well, yes, I'd certainly hope this startup won't be another Theranos, one of the most high-pr…

An interesting idea. Fowler certainly deserves credit for her work. As the author correctly notes, it was not only a courageous thing to publish, but also an impressive piece of wr…

> If we assume that group A and group B have the same average skill level This assumption, on which your argument rests, is invalid. I'm an engineering college student who's had co…

By all indications, Uber has a toxic work culture that costs them both top talent and organizational velocity. I'm a college senior at a well-regarded engineering school. My CS cla…

The reason this is more HN-relevant than your average article on pure American politics is the top comment. Someone suggested to a well-known VC that he could do something about th…

The Trump team's "polling prescience" has been vastly overstated. Trump himself has admitted that, reading the polls, he thought that he was going to lose the election as late as e…

You have completely missed the point of the comment to which you are responding. In kafkaesq's analogy, knowing the time does not really indicate good understanding of the color of…

Actually, there are "junior product" positions at many large tech companies. They're called "APM programs" (the A is for associate) and tend to hire new graduates with engineering …