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Re:I’m Joining Stripe to Work on Atlas by fecak on Friday September 09, 2016 @07:42PM (#12466819)
The game wasn't at all about learning new skills or improving existing skills. It was a means to demonstrate existing skills, to Starfighter first and then to employers.

That's a fundamental difference.

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Re:I’m Joining Stripe to Work on Atlas by tptacek on Friday September 09, 2016 @08:21PM (#12466994)
Actually: I'd like it to be more about learning new stuff, or at least learning that you're already good at new stuff.

What I want to find are people who are spooky good at specialized, high-status tech skills. HFT is like that. So is reversing. So are like 10 other specialties I can think of.

My thesis is that the training requirements for these things are way overblown.

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Re:I’m Joining Stripe to Work on Atlas by ryanfox on Saturday September 10, 2016 @12:08AM (#12467646)
> HFT is like that. So is reversing. So are like 10 other specialties I can think of.

What sort of specialties do you have in mind?

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