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Permission to Fail
Startups are not easy, it's a rollercoast of small triumps and losses, and emotional highs and lows, learn the valuable lesson of accepting failure.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 62 posts.
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My Complicated Relationship with No Longer Being CEO
It's been 22 months since I stepped down as the CEO of Moz and turned over the role to my longtime Chief Operating Officer and close friend, Sarah Bird.
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Everything I Needed to Know About Good UX I Learned While Working in Restaurants
Good UX has great customer service at its base. Restaurants provide many instructive examples for designers.
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Why Are Projects Always Behind Schedule?
Possibly because your boss is an idiot.
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Introducing Buffer's Salary Calculator & New Salary Formula
We’re sharing a new version of Buffer's transparent salary formula, and a web app that anyone can use to find out what you might make on the team at Buffer.
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How to Be a Lawyer Without Going to Law School
A handful of lawyers practice law in the United States without a law degree, bypassing three years of hell (and thousands of dollars in college debt). Here's how.
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Leave Work Unassigned and See Who Steps Forward
Early in my career, I noticed the project managers in my company drove nicer cars than we programmers did. (This was back before companies had learned to ful...
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Welcome Jared
I’m delighted to share that Jared Friedman is joining YC as a full-time partner. Jared co-founded Scribd, the world’s online library, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2006. He was the CTO there. Jared has also been an investor in more than 30 YC companies. Before Scribd, he studied computer science at Harvard…
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Ph.D. recipients in computing fields are primarily non-US residents in the US
Overall, non-US residents received 1,210 (54%) of the 2,244 computing related Ph.D. degrees awarded in the U.S. in 2013. This map illustrates that while non-U.S. residents received more than 50% of the Ph.D.s awarded in the majority of states, there was considerable variation across the states. Interestingly, a…
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A Decade at Google
One of the key challenges you face in an industrial research lab is how to choose your projects. You want your projects to be interesting research but also contribute to your company. As a junior researcher, you’re typically in the situation of choosing a project to join, while later in your career you are expected to…
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Welcome Anne, Ben, and Joe
Note: Anne, Ben and Joe are no longer part-time partners. I’m delighted to announce three new part-time partners. Anne Wojcicki is the cofounder and CEO of 23andMe. Anne is one of the world experts on biotechnology and healthcare companies; her guidance will be invaluable to the increasing numbers of these companies…
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Why Do Colleges Give Honorary Degrees?
For more than 500 years, the honorary degree has provided an opportunity for colleges to build relationships with the rich, famous, and well-connected, in hopes of securing financial donations and cheap publicity.
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How to learn data science
What's the best way to learn data science? This guide will show you how to learn data science and stay motivated.
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I self-published a learn-to-code book and made nearly $5k in pre-orders
On May 4th, my book Hello Web App was released. Since then, hundreds of people used it to learn how to build web apps using Python and Django.
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