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Exactly. Developing GC aware code is still easier and safer than c++ memory management. Particularly because when you screw up in c++ you get crashes or data loss, and when you screw up in Java you mostly just get GC pauses.

Yes, also Azul Zing. Really anytime someone says they have a problem with GC and suggests spending a million dollars of engineer time building a new system, they should consider Zing first. It works and is a way more efficient way of spending money to fix GC latency problems.

That might be an argument for not using Cassandra. It’s a pretty big leap to reimpmenting half of Cassandra in c++.

Ask current and former coworkers or ask former bosses or former HR what recruiters they like working with.

What was the percentage impact on cash compensation between initial offer and outcome? Do you think the company hiring you went outside the range they originally planned, or did you/10x get them to change how they thought about the role/you?

Real estate agents have a lot less reputation, their clients are less able to compare outcomes, and their clients are less highly connected than clients of an agency like this.

A good independent recruiter will do this. Many senior engineers I know maintain a relationship with a couple of recruiters who know what kind of startups they like and only bring them compelling offers. The recruiter can expect a multi-decade relationship with the engineer and thus has reasonable incentive to treat them well. They will even sometimes place these engineers commission-free when they know it is the right thing.

You can also get into this relationship with certain VCs.

Do you find that LBGT status is still an obstacle in tech?

People like to say this is a major problem, and I don’t know of any quantification of the effect one way or the other, but I am skeptical. Annecdotally I do know my mother was told (by coworkers and her boss) she was a quota hire in 1975 and it was still the start to a successful 42 year career in sales. She was only with that first company about 4 years. I imagine many other people overcome the stigma associated with getting an “undeserved” opportunity or being told they were hired thanks to a lower standard due to their race or gender.

I personally try not to hold it against my fellow white male entrepreneurs from prestigious schools and affluent backgrounds that I know we had an easier time raising capital and hiring people because of our race, gender, and social connections.

That’s the kind of thing that population health researchers study.

Answers include availability, lack of availability of healthier alternatives, targeted marketing, being missed by anti-smoking campaigns, and peer group influences.

While smoking may be a personal choice, it is not made in a vacuum.

I can’t speak to Kansas, but driving across Spain I found the wind turbines a pleasant part of the landscape. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Free market? Is that what we call it when one member of the duopoly controlling most email clients decides to embrace and extend the standard?

Also even if you believe in Santa Claus and free markets, people getting on their soapbox to say “this is a terrible idea” is part of the free market.

Isn’t this going to make shell scripts that were already fragile on anything but bash not only fragile but also harder to debug? Combining the engineering ideas of JavaScript and autoconf with the checkered history of shell scripts seems like a case of -1 + -1 = -5.

As I recall one of the benefits of spoken Navajo was the difficulty of distinguishing it from a bad radio signal of some other language.

Right. People often fail to recognize that without preferential shares startups would just raise at a lot worse valuations.

If Sequoia is offering $10m at a $40m post money, how do you think that would change if they weren’t getting control and a guarantee they get paid first? Because without preference the founder incentive is a quick low risk liquidation at a price notably lower than $40m as soon as possible, because they’ve got 50% of the equity. This is another way in which financing valuations are an optimistic fiction.

It’s not really the acquirers problem as I understand it, it is the acquired company’s problem to distribute proceeds, and usually they have an agent to do it like SRS because it is so messy.

The transaction won’t be disclosed if it is immaterial (small enough). Ask a friend from the company or maybe an investor depending on who you have a relationship with. You just want to know the per share valuation of common stock.

Frankly I’m surprised the founder isn’t being more candid with you. Messing about and prolonging this stuff helps no one.

Lawyer. Also find out what bank is handling the transaction (often US Trust if they used https://www.srsacquiom.com/ which is very popular). There is often a 15% escrow hold back on the transaction value for 12-24 months to account for just this sort of thing, so it is very possible to resolve.

If your economy isn’t growing then why would anyone want the resources you have “saved”.

If you just wanted the videos: https://goo.gl/x67ioE.

I expect a generalist doctor to have a good understanding of those things though she might not be in practice at specific surgical techniques. A primary care physician who doesn’t know those things is a specialist in primary care who will have difficult helping patients make decisions about more specialized care.

Similarly a generalist software engineer should know what things are realistic and possible with data mining and machine learning. Just like they should know what is possible and realistic in cpu design or network protocols. They might not know all the latest tricks but they will be able to design and advise on systems which depend on these capabilities.

Except historically migration to the US was driven by free land. And more recently by opportunities for wealth. These might be results of the non-thar culture, but they are confounded by natural resources and people are not clearly expressing a preference for the culture so much as a few correlated material benefits.

Once upon a time, before the internet and open source were a thing, leaving copyright and patents with the university was believed to be the best way to make innovation broadly available. The theory was it gave the university an incentive to publicize and license tech. Otherwise the fear was that government funded research would never be transferred to industry. This may no longer be the old or best solution but it is the system in place.

Designing for customization with readily available third party accessories is a design choice, and one that reflects a different consumer products ecosystem than existed in the mid 20th century. I don’t mind starting with a minimalist phone and then adding my own splash of color or protective bevels. And a benefit of this system isn’t just mass customization. I can give a used phone to my mother or my son and they can re-customize it with a new case appropriate to their needs. I have no desire for someone at Apple to take away my choice of case.

One reasonable perspective is they will be successful until there is a market correction so large it can't be hedged against. World War Three, global warming societal collapse, popular revolution, or massive antitrust activity.

As they say, "in the long run we are all dead."

For a lifestyle or contracting business, you are too worried. For a ventured backed or exit oriented business the thing to worry about is how an investor or an acquirer will think about the contract. "You're getting $50k per year from this customer but exposed to unlimited liability in the event of any software bug? We can't take on that risk, our pockets are too deep." A good lawyer will pick out the important things and tell you why. As an entrepreneur you will still need to decide what to let slide, no lawyer will ever say you are being safe enough.

Your model fails to admit the possibility of researchers who do better or worse work.

If you want to increase good ideas getting to market, fund basic science, not startups. VCs might not be picking exactly the right companies, but it is hard to argue there isn't enough private investment capital for high growth startups. The real missing link is support for new ideas long before they are startups.

Why don't you pay more than 80k then and get someone to leave their other job? Employers responding to a skills shortage by complaining rather than raising wages is one major cause of the market failure.

Sounds like the Foodora people have their act together so if a scooter was a winning strategy they would be doing that. Maybe city driving regulations are a problem? A bike with an electric boost could be good though.