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Not really. The author is advocating to not be too attached from an ego perspective to an idea and trying different things to see what actually works. That's different from saying you can't do what you love and expect to make money.
Well this is a graduate level course so I wouldn't say it doesn't require any degree or work experience. In general the numbering scheme at CMU is xx-yyy where xx is the department code (15 for CS department) and yyy is the course number (where 500 and above is graduate level).
The course was also presented on edX: https://www.edx.org/course/street-fighting-math-mitx-6-sfmx
you can enroll and view the archives.
I quite liked the article but I agree with you that these are not really "first principles". Seem like the story was shoe-horned to fit the analogy. The author could have taken the same story and used it to illustrate the power of open questions such as "what do I know to be true" instead of first principles.
He commented on this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9588901
Actually, unless you are working on your own, you will find as you get more experienced, you will be spending more time on tasks other than coding, such as design, mentoring, etc...
In Europe, it is generally the norm to include a photo of yourself on the CV... Never seen that in the US.
However given this site is called "VisualCV" (emphasis on visual), I can see why people posting on there would want to include photos, in addition to the nice graphics and stuff.
<cynicism> Since you posted about an hour ago, right now you will get mostly responses from HN'ers in Europe, Australia, etc... who will mostly sympathize with you.
Can't wait for the west coast to wake up, where you will get told it's your fault. </cynicism>
Discussion from a couple of weeks ago:
I don't think these are weird policies anymore. I work at a major software company and one year ago, we went from having a set of number of vacations days to an "unlimited vacation" policy. Many companies are already doing this or following suit.
In California at least, I suspect this has something more to do with accounting than experimentation, i.e. the companies don't have to have on their books the money owed if people were to leave without using all their vacation.
I am not sure what the full context for your quote is, but most people would agree that Whatsapp focused on growth (in terms of number of users) and not so much revenue (i.e. they made enough to be sustainable and independent).
Good for you for being able to have more compassion towards these people than I do :)
People save on rent all the time: crashing at friends, moving in with their BF/GF, moving back with their parents, etc... so this is nothing new and I have no problem with the money saving aspect. I just don't equate it with homelessness.
I wouldn't really compare homelessness to being employed at Google and choosing to sleep in the parking lot.
Neat. I wonder how it will compare to the Roomba. I own a Roomba 770 and am pretty happy with it so far. I am assuming the filter is probably going to be better on the Dyson.
The 360 is supposed to come out in 2015 and only in Japan at first so no regrets about purchasing the Roomba :)
Would you mind explaining the trust/umbrella/Ltd schemes? Probably not familiar for folks from outside the UK.
This is a very difficult question for anyone to answer for you. It all depends on which metrics/values are most important to you. Here are a few generic ideas:
You can look on Glassdoor for company reviews but they tend to be biased negatively, as in disgruntled people are more likely to write and complain about their experiences than those who are perfectly happy.
Talk to people at both companies, preferably ones in similar positions or doing similar work.
In terms of salary, don't fixate on just the salary but consider total compensation as in salary + stock options + rsu + bonus, etc...
Finally given that you've presumably interviewed with teams at both companies, you should have a better sense about your would-be teammates and manager and which environment suits you better.
Not refuting your point but it seems that other dutch cities are in the top 10 for drug use: http://www.nltimes.nl/2014/05/27/three-dutch-cities-top-ten-...
Eindhoven and Utrecht are not touristy cities. However they do have large "non-local" populations (expats in the first case, students in the second) so perhaps your point still stands that it is not the locals regularly consuming.
The French article has a comment by Regis Duschene one of the VMware Fusion developers stating that there is an Easter Egg in the Easter Egg.
The virtualghetto.com article is referring to that second easter egg (i.e. the Pride mode) and telling you how to "unlock" it.
The post linked to here on HN is by M. Elizabeth Scott who created the Pong OS easter egg while at VMware.
A version of the code of the Pong OS can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/p/vmware-svga/git/ci/master/tree/exam...
From a cursory look, I don't think it has the Pride mode.
Not sure about that. If you are in Tech (or IT as they like to call it here), you can probably qualify for the Knowledge Migrant permit ance chances are the process is a lot faster. Took me about 10 days to get a work permit in the Netherlands but I did have an employer willing to sponsor me. Another friend of mine (also in IT) took him about 1 week also.
How has your experience been with VRBO? Any reason that has prompted you not to use AirBnb?
Edit to ask: do you mind sharing which island/area, your rental is in? 90% occupancy rate sounds pretty amazing.
I have a few rentals properties which each brings in around $300/month after all expenses (including property management so I don't have to do anything). Each property price is around 56-60k so if you get a mortgage you only need to put down around 20% of that. It's a pretty good ROI of ~30%.
Email in my profile if you are interested in details.
It seems that many equate H-1B with bringing in cheap labor from abroad. The truth is if you are an international student in the US and would like to stay in the US afterwards then applying for an H1-B (presumably after being on a F-1 student visa) and then getting the permanent residency is often the best way forward.
Indeed. Sounds like it would take before your spouse could be eligible to work but it does seem to be an improvement over the current situation especially for citizens of countries with long backlogs in the permanent residency process (India, China, etc...) where getting the green card can take 10 years or sometimes more.
Well according to the DHS site, the H1-B employee need to have started the process of becoming a permanent resident so it seems less susceptible to being abused by companies trying to bring in people from abroad and using this to double their quota.
You can also check out libgist at http://gist.cs.berkeley.edu/libgist-2.0/
Can someone recommend hosting providers which offer RoundCube?
Say what? "The greed of an individual employee". Said employee is a recruiter, her job is to source people. Can hardly be called a case of greed especially when considering the whole context and greed on the part of the participating companies.
The outrage over the attitude of the execs in question is not so much because we don't understand business. Yes, we get it. This endangered a strategic relationship and deserves a strong response. The outrage is due to the nonchalance and utter arrogance shown by these execs, which were in previous times considered as inspirational leaders and models to aspire to.
I personally think it is important to show our outrage and reaction over the attitude of the execs because many folks would like to work for Google, Apple, etc... This gets them thinking about whether they'd really like to work for such companies and under such leaders.
I have heard of some companies offering the employee a couple of options along the salary/equity continuum i.e.:
a. Salary A , Equity E
b. Salary B > A, Equity F < E
c. Salary C > B, Equity G < F
Thanks a lot for your response. I may shoot you an email since you offered before. Would be interested in discussing further.