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Re:The Reddit Front Page Is Not a Meritocracy on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:35PM (#8569197)
Just a though: It looks like things toward the bottom of a page drop off in popularity. Perhaps users are more engaged when looking at the top of the page, clicking all the links, and perhaps less engaged towards the bottom, skipping remaining links and just going to the next page. I imagine this would only be seen by users who use the actual page rather than RES.
>>Too much media/computer use isn't good for your brain

I was really interested in the article until this popped up. What a gross generalization.

Just looking briefly at excelsior, they don't even have a true CS degree. It looks like mostly IT, network admin, and technician kind of stuff. I don't think this really fulfills the need he was discussing.

AirBnB Spam

I responded to an AirBnB job listing on my university's career website a few months back. I never did hear from them, but what I noticed recently is that I've started receiving spam mail from them advertising rental properties. I would never expect that applying to a job would put me on a mailing list for their product. It seems slightly shady. Is this common practice?

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Re:The value of an engineering degree on Tuesday April 01, 2014 @03:11PM (#7510913)
Going to have to disagree with you here. I didn't start programming until my second semester and wound up with three six-figure offers.
Re:Microsoft buys AR headset patents for $100-150M – report on Saturday March 29, 2014 @10:54AM (#7492404)
The parents were reassigned to Microsoft on January 17th. Maybe Facebook is the copy cat.
Re:A simple way to "get more people to code" on Thursday March 20, 2014 @09:32AM (#7435382)
try six
Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time on Friday March 14, 2014 @08:54PM (#7402948)
I actually asked some engineers at Hulu about this during a job interview, specifically about the fact that the same commercial often plays three or more times during a single show. They understood the problem but apparently companies pay for spots on certain shows. Thats why you only see the jack links commercial on tosh's animated show (no one else wants to advertise on it).
Re:Dijkstra on Haskell and Java (2001) on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @03:44PM (#7026468)
I started programming my second semester of college, and I just got a full time position with Microsoft starting this summer after I graduate so I beg to differ.
Re:How to get a job after you've been rejected on Wednesday December 18, 2013 @11:05AM (#6928270)
I'm still in college. I'd wake up at 6, eat and do some coding problems, go to class, come home, do homework, do phone interviews, code till midnight, and go to sleep.
Re:How to get a job after you've been rejected on Tuesday December 17, 2013 @03:01PM (#6923525)
Getting rejected from Palantir in late August was probably the best thing that could've happened to me. It was the first company that I interviewed at for a full time roll and it made me realize I wasn't ready. I spent the next 8 weeks coding for three hours a day and preparing for interviews. Ended up landing a great job that I'd take over Palantir any day.