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How To Get Experience Working With Large Datasets
There are data sources out there, but which data source you choose depends on which technology you wish to get experience working with. The experience should be of the technologies you are using, rather than what the data is. Certain datasets pair better with certain technologies. Simulating the data can be another…
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After Two Startup Accelerators, What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Find a domain name today. We make it easy.
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Making universities obsolete
Sebastian Thrun recently announced that he was leaving Stanford to found a free, online university called Udacity . This is based on his ...
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Hacker School: Summer 2012 Applications Open + Etsy Scholarships
The Recurse Center is a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in New York City.
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Reading Other People's Code
I really enjoy reading other people’s code, it allows you see how others solve common problems, and sometimes even provide parables on what you shouldn’t do with yours. It also teaches the much needed skill of reading other people’s code. Now, ask yourself two questions: 1. how
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Asshole Driven Development
[Since this was originally posted commenters have added 100+ addition methods – see the comments below. There’s more commentary on reddit] The software industry might be the world’…
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Startup Culture
It's with a culture where people can thrive and tackle problems they find interesting. It's not with offering standing desks and beefy computers; every Silicon Valley startup offers that.
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Interviewing at Google, Facebook, Foursquare, Dropbox, Fog Creek, etc
An overview of interview questions at some of Silicon Valley and NYC's largest tech companies
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Crap I'm speaking at [insert conference here]. How do I prepare?
You just got a notice saying that your talk was accepted to [some huge freaking conference]. Awesome!
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The Lost Art of Becoming Good at Things
Hey folks — on hiatus from writing here, but not forever. Subscribe to hear from me when I surface with updates. Click to read Corbett Barr, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Great Hackers (2004)
July 2004 (This essay is derived from a talk at Oscon 2004.) A few months ago I finished a new book , and in reviews I keep noticing words like "provocative'' and "controversial.'' To say nothing of "idiotic.'' I didn't mean to make the book controversial. I was trying to make it efficient. I didn't want to waste…