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DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Post by RobRivera »

rshnotsecure wrote: post #9

Hey I got downvoted on the “Google Play” store security exploit thing below. Anyone have an answer as to why dozens of reviews on there make the same comment as well within the last few weeks? Keep in mind there is an official HackerNews plug-in for filebeats that can stream comments live to Elasticsearch. You can find these clusters online streaming in the very comments we make now to alert groups of down voters to…

I think you might be on the wrong thread here. That said - are you saying there is an alert mechanism to encourage brigading?

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Post by rshnotsecure »

RobRivera wrote: post #11
rshnotsecure wrote: post #9

Hey I got downvoted on the “Google Play” store security exploit thing below. Anyone have an answer as to why dozens of reviews on there make the same comment as well within the last few weeks? Keep in mind there is an official HackerNews plug-in for filebeats that can stream comments live to Elasticsearch. You can find these clusters online streaming in the very comments we make now to alert groups of down voters to…

I think you might be on the wrong thread here. That said - are you saying there is an alert mechanism to encourage brigading?

Yes there is. I also have historical records of the brigading going back years as well it seems. I have the name of the clusters too and IP address. I am currently working with the non-technical old-guard newspaper on this so I have it very well documented...many screenshots.

Email in my profile. Can you reach out tonight?

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

#13

Post by rshnotsecure »

duxup wrote: post #10
rshnotsecure wrote: post #9

Hey I got downvoted on the “Google Play” store security exploit thing below. Anyone have an answer as to why dozens of reviews on there make the same comment as well within the last few weeks? Keep in mind there is an official HackerNews plug-in for filebeats that can stream comments live to Elasticsearch. You can find these clusters online streaming in the very comments we make now to alert groups of down voters to…

I honestly don't know what the context of your comment is.

There are bots via streaming Elasticsearch clusters that auto downvote HackerNews comments. I have the data so not really arguable.

Probably discovered by tons of people before me FYI. I’m a mediocre engineer who happens to occasionally uses Shodan / BinaryEdge. The fact that you get treated like absolute garbage if you’re wrong (even if there is nothing to be gained financially) I think suggests why others haven’t spoken up. That and Elasticsearch isn’t the easiest.

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

#14

Post by mlthoughts2018 »

rshnotsecure wrote: post #13
duxup wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I honestly don't know what the context of your comment is.

There are bots via streaming Elasticsearch clusters that auto downvote HackerNews comments. I have the data so not really arguable. Probably discovered by tons of people before me FYI. I’m a mediocre engineer who happens to occasionally uses Shodan / BinaryEdge. The fact that you get treated like absolute garbage if you’re wrong (even if there is nothing to be gained financially) I think suggests why others haven’t s…

Hmm seems like the bad neural nets from reddit are coming here now?

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Post by RobRivera »

rshnotsecure wrote: post #12
RobRivera wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you might be on the wrong thread here. That said - are you saying there is an alert mechanism to encourage brigading?

Yes there is. I also have historical records of the brigading going back years as well it seems. I have the name of the clusters too and IP address. I am currently working with the non-technical old-guard newspaper on this so I have it very well documented...many screenshots. Email in my profile. Can you reach out tonight?

I'm not your guy. I find it to be an intriguing claim tho.

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Post by chrisseaton »

swyx wrote: post #3

i am wishing i could go back 15 years and do this now. i was dumb enough to go to an ivy league for an unrelated degree, then change careers and go thru a bootcamp, and i'm now still 100's of thousands in debt. if i was growing up today i would absolutely drop everything to do this. kudos to shopify but it really feels a little bittersweet.

> now still 100's of thousands in debt

Is that hyperbole, or literally your debt is that much?

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Post by codegeek »

chrisseaton wrote: post #16
swyx wrote: post #3

i am wishing i could go back 15 years and do this now. i was dumb enough to go to an ivy league for an unrelated degree, then change careers and go thru a bootcamp, and i'm now still 100's of thousands in debt. if i was growing up today i would absolutely drop everything to do this. kudos to shopify but it really feels a little bittersweet.

> now still 100's of thousands in debt Is that hyperbole, or literally your debt is that much?

GP went to an Ivy league. Totally possible

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

#18

Post by faceyspacey »

swyx wrote: post #3

i am wishing i could go back 15 years and do this now. i was dumb enough to go to an ivy league for an unrelated degree, then change careers and go thru a bootcamp, and i'm now still 100's of thousands in debt. if i was growing up today i would absolutely drop everything to do this. kudos to shopify but it really feels a little bittersweet.

Just never pay the debts bro. Forget that shit and let it all go, and start stacking to live a debt free stress free life.

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Post by willjp »

duxup wrote: post #4

As someone who went the bootcamp route, got a job, and absolutely would love a structured CS education that would expand my skills and experience beyond my day to day coding I do now this is very tempting. The site isn't very specific about location, are there location requirements?

There are two universities involved: Carleton (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) and York (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).

You must apply and qualify for the university degree, in addition to being selected by shoppify themselves. If I remember correctly when I asked about it, the University also had some say in the selection process.

When I looked into it, the number of accepted was quite low (I believe less than 15 per year), which to me indicates they are quite selective.

The people I met were exceptionally friendly, and genuine. It seems like a really excellent place to work, at least from the outside.

Re: DevDegree: Work at Shopify and get a free CS degree in parallel

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Post by sansnomme »

mlthoughts2018 wrote: post #14
rshnotsecure wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are bots via streaming Elasticsearch clusters that auto downvote HackerNews comments. I have the data so not really arguable. Probably discovered by tons of people before me FYI. I’m a mediocre engineer who happens to occasionally uses Shodan / BinaryEdge. The fact that you get treated like absolute garbage if you’re wrong (even if there is nothing to be gained financially) I think suggests why others haven’t s…

Hmm seems like the bad neural nets from reddit are coming here now?

GPT-2 trained on own Reddit profile and deployed to HN perhaps?
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