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How did you request a report for yourself? Did you create a personal account in order to access your data (via https://employees.theworknumber.com) or did you have a business account with them?
If you created an personal account in order to get your data, what kind of profile data did you have to give them before you could get to what they have?
Didn't notice earlier, but what has expired is only the posting the hiring is ongoing. Will have the posting corrected. Contact me directly (email in profile).
Well, while small, "do things that don't scale". We'll see what they figure out later on.
JetBrains, yes absolutely. YouTrack is not as popular as Jira but JetBrains' IDEs are very popular. TeamCity is also waaay better than Atlassian Bamboo and sells well in the enterprise.
You are correct that this is not only specific to AirBnB but the whole shared economy. However, things are not black and white and only time will tell how they will settle.
From the article:
"The law I'm using is that the city says there are hotels and there are apartments, and the two shall never meet,"
They have already met!
Clearly, the demand is huge due to the new realities: better technological infrastructure, disappearing middle class, high prices of real estate and high rents in urban areas, the desire to socialize.
The issues are just starting to surface and the laws will have to evolve and adapt.
EDIT, since I can't reply to the comment below:
"Demand is huge for what? For unlicensed short-term rentals that don't pay hotel taxes or follow regulations, thus saving money? This is not news. This is not a "new reality". In fact, it's why the regulations exist in the first place."
I agree with this but that's not among the new realities I was referring to.
Some of the new realities are:
- people have gotten poorer and don't mind the extra income; some needed it pretty desperately
- there is a trend of growing appreciation of urban areas which worsens the first problem
- people have learned to be willing to trust strangers due to the reputation/karma system
- the Internet has taught people to enjoy the social aspect: meeting interesting strangers
I am doing a similar thing in a organization that has been at least as dis-functional, I know exactly what you're talking about. In fact, everything that you have presented and chatted about here resonates so well with me that I'd be interested in getting in touch with you. Case studies like yours are preciously rare on HN. My address is in my profile if you're open for it.
I take it you mean publicly. Really like to elaborate on this topic. How did things go?
People perform differently when they are being watched not to mention interviewed. Some deviate substantially.
Also, that collaborative editor might not fit their fingers due to a habit.
Even more: often people just don't like each other and the interviewees feel that, get nervous and perform poorly. I know someone who was dismissed as completely unqualified on the phone screen interview where I work and then Amazon hired him and he's quite successful there.
No. Beyond technical stuff and Apple, Wozniak is a simple man with a good heart but still a rather simple man who apparently doesn't appreciate money all that much. Beyond math, science and Google, Brin is an idealist with grand ideas about the world. Expect much more from him in the future since he does indeed have a lot of money, understands money's potential very well and is careful about investing in anything now knowing that later he'll be even more mature and will make much wiser investments.
I agree that when price of zero is bad in sense that it raises the users expectations to infinity (if you think of value/price) and this is bad for the echo system. On the other hand "free" allows everyone in the world with Internet access to use the service which is a very positive thing overal. IMO, the best model (in terms of impact, not in terms of business model necessarily) is a hybrid where you offer premium services (like github, linkedin, dropbox, etc.). I'm not sure why Google shies away from it but my guess is customer service.
Are you sure? Unless they turn into citizens (say, via green card) why would they have to report? I would think not even green card holders would have to (although looks like they do, according to http://www.taxesforexpats.com/expat-tax-advice/green-card.ht...). Do you have a reference for your claim?
Precisely. How do you see Jony Ive be the tough negotiator for example?
Quoting Spolky regarding bugs and bug fixes? He has a horse in the game, I wouldn't quote him for anything bug-related.
Regarding bugs: a fast thinker always thinks about the consequences of checking in any code. Checking in code, not to mention releasing it, changes the word (in a very minor way but it still does). Not exploring the possible consequences and the alternative options is just negligence and/or lack of experience. You don't have to be a perfectionist to see this, you just have to be fast: finding a wise, balanced solution quickly every time you change the world.
Off-topic:
You've got two typos. The {first,last} option should be "{Less,More} than {6,20}0K".
I've always wondered about this particular typo. I've caught myself do it but extremely rarely. And that's just me being occasionally erratic. However, since you've got it twice, I'm wondering: do you even know that it is incorrect? I have this theory that those who learned to speak English before learning to write it never had to pay attention to this.
Yes, absolutely.
On the other hand: no privileged corner offices.
I bet that Jobs has had a dream about this building for a while. Finally, he gets to do it.
It means that the building doesn't overwhelm you. Like the buildings in Paris for example.
I always slack when it comes to number 5 (networking). I'm always busy with something "more important" and kinda have to force myself to get out and meet people.
I think it's much healthier to work in maintenance mode. Your mind is singly pointed almost meditatively. My personal favorite is troubleshooting. I'm always happy when someone comes to me with an urgent problem. It's such a joy to jump on it and help! Compared to that the process of new design and development is painful.
I think I might be that bg guy. :) Will be delighted to catch up; email me if interested (I'm around).
How good is the pay? Can you give some examples?
Don't forget that this guy (still) works alone. He only needs a small niche, he doesn't need to beat Google at all. His users don't even have to be loyal; they could just be (temporarily) frustrated.
Agree that hypocrisy is a strong word for something that's just a how-to.
Anyway, my point was that his recommendations are not worth much.
And what about the hypocrisy of "don't have kids" combined with his "support my growing family" footer?
Incidentally, for those interested in photography I wouldn't take this guy's photo advise either. The guy lacks depth in understanding and sometimes makes statements that are just ridiculous.
Exactly. I'm surprised to see many people here saying that the responder was unhelpful or rude. I think that the answer was not only fascinating but also responsible, pedagogical and, in a way, even compassionate.
Not all of them need labels. For example: Google Acquires the Internal Revenue Service.
This is all recreational. But it sometimes also gives you perspective. Makes you think in a different way. That can't be bad.
Besides, those who are really bothered by the jokes and are that dependent on HN that they cannot live without it for a day seem to have a different problem.
It likely has a dependency on HN: looking up users, karma, etc., which is just simpler to do on the same machine.
I'm quoting the last paragraph which is a summary:
"The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility."
In my mind, the whole post is very much worth reading. "This life" is basically here and now since times and societies change.
Reminds me of how back in the day I chose to do software although I had other talents and passions as well. It was not an easy choice but here I am now.