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> Although Stanford is considered the Hogwarts of techdom, U.W. has quietly established itself as the other West Coast nexus of the information economy. Odd line given that Berkeley is also on the West Coast and is ranked as high as Stanford.
This is a NYT Technology article, don't expect anything to make sense.
Laying on a hammock across the Puget Sound from Seattle typing this on an iPad. 75 degrees outside. Beautiful. It's not the norm, but it makes it that much more enjoyable when we get it. In fact, we get to experience all four seasons, and I tend to look forward to each as they arrive. I can't speak directly to the start-up environment, but it is a great place to live. The family manufacturing business I work at has b…
I'd say three seasons; there isn't really a proper winter. The average high temp in December (the coldest month) is 45 degrees...
Is it still the case that you need straight As in math and physics to get into CS at UW? It's insane that they crank out psych and english majors by the thousands but keep a lid on CS.
Is it still the case that you need straight As in math and physics to get into CS at UW? It's insane that they crank out psych and english majors by the thousands but keep a lid on CS.
Is it still the case that you need straight As in math and physics to get into CS at UW? It's insane that they crank out psych and english majors by the thousands but keep a lid on CS.
They were pretty lenient back in the day for out-of-state students. I got an offer without particularly outstanding grades.
>even if mist and dark skies envelop the scenery for much of the year. Obviously written by someone who doesn't live in Seattle. Seattle is a beautiful city in a very beautiful location. Today it's sunny, 70 degrees, with spectacular views of the lakes, trees, and snow-capped Olympic mountains.
I moved up to the Portland area a couple years ago from California, and I have considered going to U. of Washington for CS. I love the school, the campus is just beautiful and the city is really cool. But since moving up here, my productivity has taken a serious hit. From the months of October well into June, I have a constant struggle to stay motivated with such dreary weather. I know Portland isn't Seattle, but I v…
Summer is great in both cities.
>even if mist and dark skies envelop the scenery for much of the year. Obviously written by someone who doesn't live in Seattle. Seattle is a beautiful city in a very beautiful location. Today it's sunny, 70 degrees, with spectacular views of the lakes, trees, and snow-capped Olympic mountains.
I moved up to the Portland area a couple years ago from California, and I have considered going to U. of Washington for CS. I love the school, the campus is just beautiful and the city is really cool. But since moving up here, my productivity has taken a serious hit. From the months of October well into June, I have a constant struggle to stay motivated with such dreary weather. I know Portland isn't Seattle, but I v…
Sorry Pacific Northwest: the NYT Technology section found you. Expect some really weird and disconnected articles about how you have pull in "the IT sector" or "big data" or whatever analysts from obscure hedge funds think is the next thing. Hopefully we can stem the damage before they notice Austin or Boston.
My working assumption is that the tech press is so massively insular it has a lot of difficulty seeing beyond the silicon valley / NYC scene.
>even if mist and dark skies envelop the scenery for much of the year. Obviously written by someone who doesn't live in Seattle. Seattle is a beautiful city in a very beautiful location. Today it's sunny, 70 degrees, with spectacular views of the lakes, trees, and snow-capped Olympic mountains.
It is, however, undeniably overcast-prone and short-dayed in winter. I think it’s worth it, but it is a legitimate problem for some people. To fend off uninformed remarks elsewhere in the comments, here’s Wikipedia on the climate of Seattle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle#Climate And to fend off uninformed remarks about seasonal affective disorder, which is real but doesn’t account for every instance of feeling…
http://weatherspark.com/averages/29735/Seattle-Washington-Un...