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I think the thing that’s unusual and backed up by data is that being a college grad right now has higher unemployment rate than the total average unemployment rate. This has never been the case in history until recently.

Majority of tourists to Korea do not speak English. You’re really thinking from an American bias there.

It’s not because of xenophobia, overseas Koreans without a Korean bank account have also faced this before.

The UX was not great...

UX patterns are different in Asia by the way.

Also majority of tourists to Korea do not speak English, so it’s a little weird you think English should be prioritized over other Asian languages

Sure. Zoom has enabled millions of people to work remotely and not commute.

Blocking access to a hospital is illegal.

For one thing, they didn’t block access to hospitals or harass health care workers.

Completely bizarre to me you’ve completely ignored the manager’s unprofessionalism here.

Great site! Just ended up discovering a new font that I like :)

I wish responses would specify their gender and if they are in a heterosexual or same sex relationship. It would be easier to frame where these answers are coming from.

Oh god, you clearly don’t have much knowledge of abusive partners, because you couldn’t be more wrong.

Echoing everyone’s requests that asking for Github permissions is a bit extreme, but I’m very excited for this idea so please upload screenshots!

I thought this was saying "public health grad programs are worse than STIs" and I was so confused...

Thank you for the search-based bookmark platforms, that’s what I really need but haven’t found... a Google search engine for just my bookmarks

Key point:

there really aren’t enough women to meet demand… if we keep hiring the way we’re hiring. Namely, if we keep over-indexing on CS degrees from top schools, and even if we remove unconscious bias from the process entirely, we will not get to gender parity. And yes, there is a way to surface strong candidates without relying on proxies like college degree.

I am all in favour of reducing the industry’s reliance on fancy name schools for hiring.

Love the idea, but maybe have an optional # of pages?

Does anyone have a non-gated version of this?

OP must meet hundreds of below-average CS students every year. For myself, I've been consistently impressed with the new CS grads I meet, both in their depth of knowledge and enthusiasm.

Excellent article, thanks for posting.

After reading what the author wrote, including gems such as

Too many other weirdo bits of magic syntax, like [list comprehensions].

I sadly have to agree with you.

Excellent article, and great blog find.

The most shocking number in the paper is this: Of the white students admitted to Harvard, more than 43% are in the so-called ALDC category — that is, they are recruited athletes, legacy admissions, applicants on the “dean’s interest” list and children of Harvard faculty and staff. Furthermore, in the model constructed by the authors, three quarters of those applicants would have been rejected if not for their ALDC status.

Yikes.

I hate to be that person, but “Multivariate Calculus”, “Introduction to Probability” and “Introduction to Logic” cannot possibly be considered “advanced math” and “advanced theory” as this guide states. This is something every CS freshman learns in their first term.

Off-topic: I’m curious, are there reasons why NYT and other newsrooms would not use Google Docs?

This needs to be higher up. HN reserves skepticism for so many bootcamps but throw all their judgement out the window when it comes with Lambda School.

I was agreeing somewhat until this part:

“Never take a sick day during your first year of employment with any company, no matter what.” My wife and I have literally gone years between sick days.

And it all went downhill from there. God forbid this guy be struck with cancer or a chronic disease.

A $65,000/year CS degree from Stanford is not a typical CS degree, and I find it misleading to compare that next to a coursera education or a “free” github readme full of links.

Wow, excellent article.

We should be talking about cases like IBM and the Holocaust with our students and with ourselves. A majority of our students will go on to work for companies just like IBM. And if they aren’t taught that tragedies like the Holocaust happen because everyone was just doing their job, we are liable for the continued abuse of computer science.

Why, the intro perfectly describes a comment such as this one :-)

I use this now, having switched from Workflowy. It’s great — I’m a huge fan.