Re:A career decision influenced by Nassim Taleb
by cryptozeus on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:35AM
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Do you have product like op created in his personal time ? I have seen people without any degree get hired in FANG. If you don't have exp in java .net then you need to show ghis to a company by creating public projects.
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Re:A career decision influenced by Nassim Taleb
by throwaway080383 on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:06PM
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Yep, plenty of mathematicians get hired by FANG and co. If you can do the whiteboard coding interviews, you're pretty much in, at least for junior positions.
Re:A career decision influenced by Nassim Taleb
by trentmb on Sunday June 10, 2018 @11:53AM
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Thats the plan, up until last week ive been without a personal computer though.
Re:A career decision influenced by Nassim Taleb
by topkai22 on Sunday June 10, 2018 @01:53PM
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If you are looking outside pure software shops (FANGs and startups, etc...) getting a .NET or Java certification can be useful. I think they are a bit ridiculous, but they help get past clueless HR types and open up the convo to other parts of your resume.
What does FANG stand for?
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google
Re:A career decision influenced by Nassim Taleb
by aswanson on Sunday June 10, 2018 @12:09PM
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I like that acronym far better than AmaGooFaceSoft.
Re:A career decision influenced by Nassim Taleb
by ultrasounder on Sunday June 10, 2018 @06:34PM
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GAANDU(Google,Amaazon,AirBnB,Netflix,Dropbox,Uber). Found this in this thread on teamblind.The acronyms get out of hand pretty quick.
Re:A career decision influenced by Nassim Taleb
by spears_are_best on Sunday June 10, 2018 @08:04PM
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Hahahaha. I am sure that acroynm came from an Indian and played a joke on unsuspecting people.
Gaandu is a Hindi abuse whose closet counterpart would be asshole in English.
Like the acronym though.