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Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#41

Post by lutorm »

jacquesm wrote: post #38
lutorm wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol. :) Actually, I generally feel inferior in the coding discussions here, since I have very little experience with web/networking type stuff and that seems to be what's wanted/used.

I'm sorry I pretty much stopped working with employees and I'm half the world away but with that sort of background you'd almost want to create a thing around you that fits your skill-set. Physics simulation is a world of its own, and as more and more of this software finds its way on to clusters you can't really avoid the networking portion of writing code (unless abstracted away in MPI or so, but then it still help…

Thanks, it's nice to know that someone thinks it's useful! I'm just wondering who the right party is... ;-)

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#42

Post by jacquesm »

lutorm wrote: post #41
jacquesm wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry I pretty much stopped working with employees and I'm half the world away but with that sort of background you'd almost want to create a thing around you that fits your skill-set. Physics simulation is a world of its own, and as more and more of this software finds its way on to clusters you can't really avoid the networking portion of writing code (unless abstracted away in MPI or so, but then it still help…

Thanks, it's nice to know that someone thinks it's useful! I'm just wondering who the right party is... ;-)

I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics.

It's all forces and equilibria at that level.

Less so in the genetics department, that's much more string processing and image processing oriented.

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#43

Post by hugh3 »

jacquesm wrote: post #42
lutorm wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, it's nice to know that someone thinks it's useful! I'm just wondering who the right party is... ;-)

I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics. It's all forces and equilibria at that level. Less so in the genetics department, that's much more string processing and image processing oriented.

I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics.

I've thought about this, but if you set out to sell software to researchers it's very hard to find customers. Anyone working in this field already has some workable software, and your software would have to be an awful lot better in order to persuade them to switch... and the best-existing codes probably represent many man-years of work.

I've thought about starting a company in my own particular subfield (first-principles simulations on the atomic level) but have never quite got to the point where I come up with enough imaginary customers to make the effort worthwhile. And that's in my own field, which I already understand... catching up with computational biology from an astrophysics background would take a lot longer.

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#44

Post by jacquesm »

hugh3 wrote: post #43
jacquesm wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics. It's all forces and equilibria at that level. Less so in the genetics department, that's much more string processing and image processing oriented.

I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics. I've thought about this, but if you set out to sell software to researchers it's very hard to find customers. Anyone working in this field already has some wo…

How about hiring yourself out to a company already active in that field ? At a discount initially, but in the longer term probably more lucrative.

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#45

Post by thinker »

nonrecursive wrote: post #5

A couple years ago I made a site to stay organized when looking for a job, http://www.happyjobsearch.com/ . I made it after I got laid off for the second time in 3 months. I needed an efficient, systematic approach to looking at job listings and keeping track of what I needed to do for each opportunity. It's like GTD but just for job hunting. It's free and it's quick to sign up. So I hope no one minds my posting it h…

Pretty cool. I've basically been using an etherpad to keep track for my job search but this wouldve be so much better.

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#46

Post by newgrad »

I do need a job. I am interested to join a startup whether as an entry level software engineer or an intern. I am comfortable with C, Python, Java, C++ and C#. Unfortunately, I lack the experiences with frameworks, APIs and libraries such as RoR, Django, Hadoop, Scala, etc but I am willing to catch up. I am an F-1 student with an OPT work authorization for a year. I love solving algorithm problems and security issues. I do not mind smaller compensation as long as I can pay my rent and I can eat. I am currently based on Indiana but I am willing to relocate.

Some small codes written for references: http://github.com/genkiro/Quora1/downloads

Resume: http://github.com/downloads/genkiro/Quora1/Ronny_Wijaya_2010...

I can be reached at rwijaya@purdue.edu

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#47

Post by seis6 »

I have a Ph.D. in Math and CS, but never worked in IT. I like to think about problems and how to solve them. I like to learn and enjoy hobby programming and coding in Python, Ruby or Lisp. I think I don't really need a job, just some challenge to solve.

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#48

Post by thinker »

I'm looking for a full-time position (consumer web startups) in either Product Management, UX Design or Front-End Development. I'm located in Toronto but actively looking everywhere and would love to relocate to somewhere new.

I'm experienced with both the LAMP stack and the design stack (especially napkins). I cofounded and was CTO of a startup for 1.5 years, http://thinkpanda.com, and am currently freelancing.

Check out my portfolio website: http://fahdoo.com LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/fahdb

Or if someone wants to angel fund me so I can work on a few new startup ideas, then that would be swell :)

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#49

Post by hugh3 »

jacquesm wrote: post #44
hugh3 wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how much of what you know would be applicable to the lowest levels of computational biology, protein folding, that sort of problem. The problems are obviously different but have a lot in common with the kind of problems you'd run in to in astrophysics. I've thought about this, but if you set out to sell software to researchers it's very hard to find customers. Anyone working in this field already has some wo…

How about hiring yourself out to a company already active in that field ? At a discount initially, but in the longer term probably more lucrative.

Could do eventually, but happy within the ivory tower for now. Would only be tempted out by the big face money.

Re: Ask HN: Who needs a job?

#50

Post by larsendt »

lutorm wrote: post #41
jacquesm wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry I pretty much stopped working with employees and I'm half the world away but with that sort of background you'd almost want to create a thing around you that fits your skill-set. Physics simulation is a world of its own, and as more and more of this software finds its way on to clusters you can't really avoid the networking portion of writing code (unless abstracted away in MPI or so, but then it still help…

Thanks, it's nice to know that someone thinks it's useful! I'm just wondering who the right party is... ;-)

My dad started his own company that does physics simulations. Most of his customers are labs and universities. I don't think he's hiring (he's the only employee), but if you shoot him an email, he might be able to give you some advice.

His name is Jon. Email: larsen@casinc.com

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