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dsshimelon Ask HN: Starting at Google in a few weeks. Any tips?

These are great, both for the career advice and for the glimpses into the cultural side of Google. Thanks!

dsshimelon Ask HN: Starting at Google in a few weeks. Any tips?

Thanks for the advice! That all sounds very reasonable. I thought I read that 20% time had gone away; regardless, I'm sure I'll have so much to learn on my first project that diverting any time away from it would be counterproductive.

Regarding good managers: I'll probably need to stay on my first project for at least one to two years. If my manager turns out to not be so great, what's the best strategy? Find out who the good managers are and work towards transferring to their team? Is it better to move horizontally based on the nature of the project or based on the team?

dsshimelon 2012, My Year of Code

Thanks for your response. Your 1 in 4 figure seems plausible, but I'd be curious to see a source (perhaps it's in your mind map? I read that article of yours and immediately downloaded FreeMind; I'm looking forward to trying it out!). I agree that basic knowledge about drugs can go a long way in terms of harms reduction, like knowing why it's bad to take excessive prescription opioids that contain APAP.

dsshimelon 2012, My Year of Code

I noticed at the bottom of the article it mentions that "Amazon affiliate links benefit Erowid". I think Erowid is a magnificent resource and I'm a big fan. What motivated your decision to support that site?

dsshimelon Iron Ring

I should clarify: I attended a US university, so we didn't partake in the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer. Rather, we participated in a similar ceremony for an organization called the Order of the Engineer. The Wikipedia entry on the Order of the Engineer alludes to what you're saying though; it mentions that they tried to bring the Canadian ritual to the US but experienced legal troubles including some related to copyright.

dsshimelon Iron Ring

I also got a BS in MechE, then got a job as a software engineer, so now my girlfriend wears my ethics ring. I guess we're exempt from programming morally!

dsshimelon Employers, Employees and Loyalty

Why is an internal promotion a bad thing?

dsshimelon Food Truck Economics

A fellow Chicken and Rice fan I see!

dsshimelon Reverse Engineering OKCupid

By inputs do you mean CAPTCHAs or something else?

dsshimelon Reverse Engineering OKCupid

I was stunned when I got the notification email to moderate him =D

dsshimelon Reverse Engineering OKCupid

What information were they getting from the subreddit? Just usernames or . . . ?