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Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by laarc »

dfc wrote: post #55

Usernames must start with a letter? That is an odd requirement. I usually pad my username with zeroes when sites dont let me choose dfc. Out of curiosity why the constraint?

Databases are usually sharded by the first letter of the username. Devs like to start their usernames with a number, which causes problems.

Also, usernames are injected into their code. Therefore they must be valid identifiers. Don't name yourself exit() or ret, or you'll crash their servers. Naming yourself nop will give you a distinct advantage relative to other players, however.

I don't know.

Re: Stockfighter is live

#62

Post by 2oi4j3 »

zrail wrote: post #59
2oi4j3 wrote: post #50

How does the "finding jobs" part work? Are you aiming to help people get a foot in the door at companies which would be looking to interview them, or trying to skip the "technical interview" part completely? (generate interview opportunities vs job offers)

http://starfighters.io/ (click "how?" in the last paragraph)

hmm yeah I get that but still, what does an "introduction" mean? :)

Re: Stockfighter is live

#63

Post by Uptrenda »

patio11 wrote: post #28

Hey guys -- the most resource-intensive part of the infrastructure (the game master boxes) is currently overwhelmed by your enthusiasm. We're spinning up more boxes for you, but it will take a few minutes.

I hope you get this fixed soon. It can be quite stressful having your exposure period potentially damaged because your software or infrastructure can't handle the sudden influx.

Stick to deep breathes and think it through :)

Re: Stockfighter is live

#64

Post by patio11 »

viraptor wrote: post #57
patio11 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thomas and I have a running gag about this. Rails is holding up admirably. You can still actually see the website. Our problem is presently that one player implies 1+ ruby (not Rails) processes running bots and doing orchestration for their levels, and that has pegged the CPU on all of our GM boxes and also, possibly, saturated their network links as they hit the venue with... I don't actually know how many orders ha…

I so want to read a postmortem of the launch issues. It's one thing when a corporate project with crazy requirements goes down (almost expected these days :( ). Completely different when a service started/run by known tech people with their own schedule breaks on launch. I'd be really interested in what testing was done and why it didn't match reality. (not a jab/criticism, just something to actually learn from)

Meh? It's a play-money stock exchange which processed over 200k orders since a few seconds ago. We're in the process of finding the parts of the plumbing that weren't sized right for hundreds of simultaneous players and tens of thousands of simultaneous actors (each bot is approximately as taxing on the infra as a human -- more, at the moment, since many folks can't read the instructions to start hitting us with orders and the bots already know how to do that).

Re: Stockfighter is live

#65

Post by zrail »

2oi4j3 wrote: post #62
zrail wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://starfighters.io/ (click "how?" in the last paragraph)

hmm yeah I get that but still, what does an "introduction" mean? :)

Sequence of events:

1. You play stockfighter and get the highest score this year.

2. patio11 emails you and says "hey, you're awesome. are you looking for a job?"

3. You say "yes!"

4. patio11 emails pc (CEO of Stripe) and says "hey 2oi4j3 is awesome, here is proof (i.e. your stockfighter score)"

5. pc emails you and says "hey let's talk about what job you would like at Stripe, and let's bypass most or all of that technical interview crap because we already know you're awesome"

6. you and pc decide that you would be best on the X team, you start next week.

Re: Stockfighter is live

#66

Post by kasey_junk »

2oi4j3 wrote: post #62
zrail wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://starfighters.io/ (click "how?" in the last paragraph)

hmm yeah I get that but still, what does an "introduction" mean? :)

They are contingent recruiters much like any other. They generate leads to companies for their hiring pipeline. If that lead makes it through the interview process they get paid (likely priced as a percentage of first year salary).

They differentiate themselves in that they claim their game will generate better leads than email spam, trolling LinkedIn & scuzzy phone sales.

I believe them, but I'd still interview anyone they sent me.

Re: Stockfighter is live

#67

Post by kasey_junk »

patio11 wrote: post #64
viraptor wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I so want to read a postmortem of the launch issues. It's one thing when a corporate project with crazy requirements goes down (almost expected these days :( ). Completely different when a service started/run by known tech people with their own schedule breaks on launch. I'd be really interested in what testing was done and why it didn't match reality. (not a jab/criticism, just something to actually learn from)

Meh? It's a play-money stock exchange which processed over 200k orders since a few seconds ago. We're in the process of finding the parts of the plumbing that weren't sized right for hundreds of simultaneous players and tens of thousands of simultaneous actors (each bot is approximately as taxing on the infra as a human -- more, at the moment, since many folks can't read the instructions to start hitting us with orde…

Don't underestimate how valuable "meh" post mortems are. I for one, would love to see your usual writing ability applied to one.

Weeks from now when this is all a funny anecdote of course...

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by notatoad »

zrail wrote: post #65
2oi4j3 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hmm yeah I get that but still, what does an "introduction" mean? :)

Sequence of events: 1. You play stockfighter and get the highest score this year. 2. patio11 emails you and says "hey, you're awesome. are you looking for a job?" 3. You say "yes!" 4. patio11 emails pc (CEO of Stripe) and says "hey 2oi4j3 is awesome, here is proof (i.e. your stockfighter score)" 5. pc emails you and says "hey let's talk about what job you would like at Stripe, and let's bypass most or all of that tec…

7. pc sends stockfighter a bunch of money

Re: Stockfighter is live

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Post by zrail »

notatoad wrote: post #69
zrail wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sequence of events: 1. You play stockfighter and get the highest score this year. 2. patio11 emails you and says "hey, you're awesome. are you looking for a job?" 3. You say "yes!" 4. patio11 emails pc (CEO of Stripe) and says "hey 2oi4j3 is awesome, here is proof (i.e. your stockfighter score)" 5. pc emails you and says "hey let's talk about what job you would like at Stripe, and let's bypass most or all of that tec…

7. pc sends stockfighter a bunch of money

Yes, quite right. I forgot that part.
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