Localization is a really hard problem!
10,619 karma · joined December 15, 2010
Driving with purely cameras isn't too far away.
See Comma's research: http://comma.ai/research.html
We're taking a lot of learnings from our Georgia Tech OMS program to find amazing students from around the world.
How so? We have students all around the world (almost every country is represented in our DAU) who will never have access to a car outfitted with hardware and sensors (easy $125k), never mind the costs needed to get a permit to get on the road ($50k!). Being able to contribute code and see the results run in real environments (ask Sebastian what he thinks about simulation!) could be a huge advantage to students around the world in their quest to jump into this industry and get credibility.
Speaking of credibility, we want to prove to the world we really know what we're doing, and that our curriculum is truly legit.
tl;dr: We hope that by open sourcing our car that we can give opportunities to students around the world who otherwise wouldn't have it.
"I want to correct and amend a few things. I wanted to let you know how my views had evolved since we spoke. I aspire to be someone that says when that’s the case and it is here. I hadn’t spoken to David Byttow when you and I chatted, and I should have done that. I’ve spoken to him now and have a better understanding of things."
I recently saw an interactive map of the US[1]. Each state had its most common profession listed over the period of 1978-2014. For 2014, you'll see that truck driving is by far and away and the most common profession. No real surprise there. However, if you look closely, you'll see that in Utah, Virginia, Washington and Colorado that software developer has become that states most common profession. How amazing! I am convinced that within the next 2-8 years, we'll start to see a gargantuan shift where tech skills are in such demand (even more so than now) that Software Developers become the most commonplace profession across the US and world. Udacity will be powering the education behind all of that.
If you're world-class in what you do, please get in touch at oliver@udacity.com.
1. http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/02/05/382664837/map-the-...
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA | http://www.udacity.com
Link to Job: https://jobs.lever.co/udacity/95fe60a7-3ef7-4651-91cf-f1210f...
What we do
==========
At Udacity, we believe that education is no longer limited to four years or four walls, it’s a lifelong pursuit. Technology is advancing rapidly, and there is a growing skills gap between job-seekers and career opportunities that Udacity is dedicated to closing through education. To do this, we're rethinking how education is made and delivered to provide relevant, affordable and lifelong learning opportunities to students all over the world.
What we are looking for
=======================
- Strong CS fundamentals
- Mastery of OO, Functional js, and client-side MVC
- Mastery of CSS and familiarity with CSS preprocessing frameworks (SASS/LESS)
- Strong opinions about the right ways to do things that you aren’t afraid to defend with evidence
- An engineering mindset and strong consideration of the tradeoffs present in every decision
- A user-centric mentality/passion for building products with great UX
The technologies we currently use
=================================
- Backend : AWS, Django, NodeJS, Redshift, Kafka
- Web : Google App Engine, AngularJS
- Project management: GitHub/Asana
At Udacity, our mission is to empower our students through education to advance themselves personally and professionally, and help them land their dream job in the tech industry.
We believe that education is no longer limited to four years or four walls, it’s a lifelong pursuit. Technology is advancing rapidly, and there is a growing skills gap between job-seekers and career opportunities that Udacity is dedicated to closing through education. To do this, we're rethinking how education is made and delivered to provide relevant, affordable and lifelong learning opportunities to students all over the world.
Earlier this year, we teamed- up with leading tech companies to develop a new kind of online curriculum and introduced Nanodegrees: industry credentials for today's jobs in technology.
Come join our team, and help us build the university of the future!
Currently looking for:
• Backend Engineers
• Front End Engineers
• Data Engineers
• Lead Designer
• Biz Dev Roles
• Student Services
• Course Developers
If you want to know what it's like to work here, please email me anytime at oliver@udacity.com.
Democratizing higher education so that it is affordable and accessible is our ultimate goal. We're working on some huge problems that profoundly change lives.
We're hiring for pretty much every type of engineer (iOS, Android, front-end and backend web) to help build out the classroom of the future.
We produce our own content, so we're also hiring course developers. A course developer has a huge impact on the way we teach and the courses we build.
Whatever level of engineer you are, I'm sure we have an opening that fits for you. As for the company itself, I can speak to how amazing an environment it is here. People work sane hours, have autonomy, and are able to work on problems that interest them.
I'm personally responsible for the mobile team, but I'm happy to help with any other roles you might be interested in. Feel free to email at oliver@udacity.com!
We're looking for both software engineers and course developers! Help build the classroom of the future.
• iOS, Android and backend, frontend and full-stack engineers
• Android course developers
• Data Science course developers
• Data Engineering course developers
We're rethinking how education is delivered to provide relevant, affordable and lifelong learning opportunities. Technology is advancing and there is a growing gap in skills and the knowledge needed to contribute to modern society, we are working to solve that.
You can read more about Udacity and our CEO, Sebastian Thrun (Google X founder) here: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/10/in-conversation-with-...
Please get in touch! To apply, you can visit our jobs page (https://udacity.com/jobs) or if you'd like to ask any questions, feel free to email me at oliver@udacity.com.
Udacity's mission is to bring accessible, engaging, and effective higher education to the world. It's an ambitious goal, but one that can truly change the world. We're hiring for a variety of positions, including but not limited to:
• Software Engineers (full stack, backend and frontend)
• Mobile Engineers (iOS and Android)
• Product Managers
• Course Managers
Interested in applying? Get in touch with me at oliver@udacity.com. I'm personally hiring for mobile engineers (I lead the mobile team), but very happy to help for all positions. Alternatively, you can see the full listing of open jobs here: https://udacity.com/jobs
I'm not even sure where to start here, because your comment deviates wildly from the actual point of the post. It borders on trollish.
"Are you sure the world needs a social network for families?"
Actually, yes. After seeing behavior from hundreds of thousands of Everyme users, and talking to tons of families the evidence seems to indicate that the world does need it. Did I mention that 30,000 people signed up to be notified when a "private social network for your family" launches? I'm not sure how much more confident we could have been in the concept. We used all of the available data to make the right call.
"Well I don't. And neither do the girls on Instagram that have thousands of followers."
You're entitled to your own opinion, but I am certain you don't speak for all of these people.
"WatsApp had the group messaging feature like forever and I've only seen anyone ever use it once"
Anecdotal evidence, at best. WhatsApp has hundreds of millions of users, they keep the feature around because people are using it.
"Group messaging never seemed to be a popular product category, and not one of the top things to do on Facebook (unlike photo sharing) so it seems like the market doesn't need a standalone app for that."
Mark Zuckerberg recently said: "The big stuff that we’re seeing now is sharing with smaller groups". When a founder who has data from 1 billion people says that, you know it's true.
One feature I wish services like this had is an incredibly simple way to backup a large folder to Glacier/S3 and then retrieve it just as easily. I use Dropbox for things that change on a frequent basis, and I want to use Glacier to archive everything else. Would be happy if anyone knew of such a service, but for now, I'll be using tidy.io.
Families need tools built just for them, so that is why we made the decision to build a new product in Origami. If anything, I think this makes us more focused.
• 2004 Power Mac G5 - 1571
• Samsung Galaxy S III - 1560
• Asus Nexus 7 - 1591
• iPad (3rd Generation) - 766
• iPhone 4S - 629
Everyme (excuse the shameless plug) would also work very well for him. Both of these products seem like a good solution for his problem.
1) You cannot access the recent calls list. Most people don't use their address book to keep in touch, but rather use their recent calls list. Not being able to access that list means that a huge number of people can't replace the default address book with your product.
2) You cannot be the default. Whenever I make a call, I am kicked back into the built-in Phone.app. This is incredibly confusing for users.
3) It's a momentous performance challenge. When users open the default Phone app, their contacts appear instantaneously. If you want to replace the default, you need to be sure that your address book does whatever it needs to insanely fast. We managed to get the process of syncing an address book down to seconds, but Brewster has unfortunately taken nearly an hour for me. Many, many people will drop out at this point and think the app is broken.
4) It's an enterprise product. Most people's address books are incredibly tiny and include bad data (nicknames, just first names, no names at all), which makes it very hard for a service to provide any type of value add. The only place where you can do an excellent job is for people with thousands of contacts.
5) Privacy concerns. For a product like this to have a great value add, you need to provide the service with a ton of personal data. You need my Facebook, you need my email, you need my address book and much more. Many folks will see this and drop out of the app right then and there.
It might be possible to get around these hurdles, but Brewster has a long way to go.