Yes, we know, we know - the existing discussion is at #5 on the front page. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1679845
Actually, I didn't know.
Youtube Instant creator gets instant job offer
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#12Regardless of whether or not YouTube could build this with the team they have, it makes perfect sense to me that they'd want to hire a smart, self-motivated person who's passionate about their product.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
He made it in a day.
And I’m sure they'll give him time to work it out further, but is this the innovation YouTube is looking for? Hard to believe their UX people and dev teams haven’t already toyed with something like this.
He threw something together that people could get a feel for. I'll concede that it was hardly usable given the performance. But it was only a demo, enough of one to show just how usable the real thing could be.
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#14Good for him and all, even though the search results were: 1) Painfully slow compared to Instant's realtime. 2) Only one at at time. 3) Text. (People respond to visual cues, and for a vid site, better to have thumbnails display in the results with captions.)
it was clearly hacked to show proof of concept. site is getting lots of traffic which would explain the slow results.
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#15Good for him and all, even though the search results were: 1) Painfully slow compared to Instant's realtime. 2) Only one at at time. 3) Text. (People respond to visual cues, and for a vid site, better to have thumbnails display in the results with captions.)
I actually think it's interface is vastly superior to Google, Facebook, and YouTube. Zero clutter. Entertaining (I lolled at much higher rate). No interface elements distracting from the content (video).
edit2: had mentioned an error the site was having, but it appears to be fixed now.
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#16Good for him and all, even though the search results were: 1) Painfully slow compared to Instant's realtime. 2) Only one at at time. 3) Text. (People respond to visual cues, and for a vid site, better to have thumbnails display in the results with captions.)
It was slow because he was going through his server to get the query suggestions from Youtube and lots of people were on it. It's been updated to get the suggestions directly from the source and it's significantly faster. Google's servers can handle the load better :)
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#17Is YouTube exempt from Google's lengthy indirect hiring processes?
Probably not. But when the CEO knows someone who he wants to hire, the rules can be bent.
Remember, a lot of people working at Google got there via acquisitions. And they are afforded all the rights of "normal" employees that had 10 weeks of interviews (including moving to a "normal" team).
I assume Google's official hiring process is mostly for recent college grads, because they don't have any experience (or code) to prove that they know anything. Once you are established, via reputation or open source or otherwise, I'm sure the rules are more flexible.
(I bet Guido didn't have to explain linked lists on a whiteboard.)
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#18Must have been one of the most exciting days of his life. Not just the job, but the recognition for something cool he made!
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
He made it in a day.
And I’m sure they'll give him time to work it out further, but is this the innovation YouTube is looking for? Hard to believe their UX people and dev teams haven’t already toyed with something like this.
I don't think this was a technology acquisition. :)
I'm pretty sure they just want the person.