My Startup Job Interview

#1

Post by sgustard » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 12:23 PM UTC

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#2

Post by bliti » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 12:48 PM UTC

A guy in a shirt, a guy in a polo, and an Asian lady. Why not a lady? Not calling you racist, but it is interesting how the race of non-whites seems to be included in some manner like it is always relevant. Why not mention the race of the two other people? Is it less relevant? You only mention the lady once. What role did she play in the situation?

Just curious.

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#3

Post by milesokeefe » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 12:50 PM UTC

bliti wrote: post #2

A guy in a shirt, a guy in a polo, and an Asian lady. Why not a lady? Not calling you racist, but it is interesting how the race of non-whites seems to be included in some manner like it is always relevant. Why not mention the race of the two other people? Is it less relevant? You only mention the lady once. What role did she play in the situation? Just curious.

You could make the same point about OP specifying the type of shirt. It was just a detail.

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#4

Post by redcan » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 12:52 PM UTC

What was the closed form expression for the number of rabbits?

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Post by netcan » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 12:54 PM UTC

bliti wrote: post #2

A guy in a shirt, a guy in a polo, and an Asian lady. Why not a lady? Not calling you racist, but it is interesting how the race of non-whites seems to be included in some manner like it is always relevant. Why not mention the race of the two other people? Is it less relevant? You only mention the lady once. What role did she play in the situation? Just curious.

Good storytelling. One quick detail per person sends the reader on the path to creating their own imaginary picture.

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Post by tharshan09 » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 12:55 PM UTC

the guy is exaggerating right?

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Post by basicallydan » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 12:56 PM UTC

Um, I'm not sure what the point of this post was apart from an mildly interesting story, well told. I enjoyed reading it, thanks.

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Post by anvarik » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 1:00 PM UTC

redcan wrote: post #4

What was the closed form expression for the number of rabbits?

Am also curious.

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Post by benjaminwootton » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 1:05 PM UTC

redcan wrote: post #4

What was the closed form expression for the number of rabbits?

I've made a good living as a programmer for a decade now, and I'm not afraid to say I don't even understand the question.

It's a silly question unless it's for a quantitative role.

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Post by facorreia » Thu, Sep 19, 2013, 1:05 PM UTC

> Wait, it's on production? What is this, Ender's Game?

Great description of surprise push-to-production.