wooderson
Re:Ask HN: What is the average SAT score of a Google engineer?
on Monday August 03, 2015 @07:34PM (#10000638)
Do you think 1480 is a good score?
Re:Ask HN: What is the average SAT score of a Google engineer?
on Monday August 03, 2015 @07:33PM (#10000629)
I can't imagine it's that high. Are you under the impression that Google is a highly selective employer? Maybe ten years ago it was. There's a high volume of people for whom passing the Google interview is a complete triviality. This has been the case for 5+ years now.
Re:The Singular Mind of Terry Tao
on Friday July 24, 2015 @06:07PM (#9945493)
Terry did attend university at a very young age. He got his PhD when he was 21.
If he sounds normal in talking about his generals, it's because his peers are some the best young mathematicians in the world (and about 4-5 years older) and his evaluators are some of the absolute best mathematicians in the world.
Re:Airbnb, My $1B Lesson
on Thursday July 23, 2015 @02:36AM (#9934324)
How on Earth did they strongarm anybody? Whatsapp didn't want to meet with any investors. Sequoia put in a lot of effort to be allowed to invest at all.
Re:Dropbox Is Struggling and Competitors Are Catching Up
on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @08:19PM (#9775272)
Dropbox has the most brilliant engineering team in the Valley.
But they've hired fairly weakly on the business side.
Re:How Naughty Dog Fit Crash Bandicoot into 2MB of RAM on the PS1
on Friday June 19, 2015 @12:34AM (#9743018)
Why don't to actually link to the original Quora answer where the gamasutra post was lifted from?
Re:Ask HN: What kinds of things would you like to see on Oculus?
on Thursday June 18, 2015 @08:00PM (#9742324)
Lighthouse
Re:From 'Dropout Crisis' To Record High, Dissecting The Graduation Rate
on Friday June 12, 2015 @04:42PM (#9708403)
How much money do you have?
Re:Question for Sam Altman: Which College should I go to?
on Thursday May 07, 2015 @03:50AM (#9503774)
Aren't you already past the deadlines to make your enrollment deposits?