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by nosseo 2y ago
The setup for this - the clause saying that if you didn't sign an exit agreement within sixty days the company would reclaim your equity - was in the equity plan and grant documents: https://x.com/KelseyTuoc/status
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by nosseo 7y ago
Hey! I'm the article author, and I didn't write about what the Media Lab was thinking to give them "cover". As I put it in the article, the Media Lab's actions were so horrific that it brings into question the whole
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by nosseo 7y ago
Hey HN, I'm the author of this article (also the precursor predicting this, which was on the front page yesterday). My impression is that the best place to look for an explanation is actually the facebook post by Luciano Floridi: http
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by nosseo 8y ago
So the thing is, I think arrogance is typically reflected in actual deficiencies in interview performance. If it isn't - if it's just a vibe that the interviewer got with no concrete implications for how they work with others, sol
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by nosseo 8y ago
Even a year later, you should definitely have had the chance to try again if you'd like. I can reactivate your account; email me at kelsey@triplebyte.com
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by nosseo 8y ago
We don't have the project track anymore, because most candidates weren't willing to do it and it wasn't successfully predicting hires. (There's actually a blog post about this upcoming). We have generalist, front-end and
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by nosseo 8y ago
For arrogant, I'd try to make the feedback as concrete and specific as possible - "sometimes you gave confidently wrong answers. If you're guessing, it's better to tell your interviewer that. Interviewers typically won&#
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by nosseo 8y ago
Shoot me an email (kelsey@triplebyte.com) and I'll reset your account.
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by nosseo 8y ago
All the ways I discussed in the article - more nuanced, more thorough, more detailed, more focused on constructive advice you can take to your next interview. Plus, we've just improved our process in general so you aren't tested o
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by nosseo 8y ago
To be clear, we don't ask candidates 'what is a relational database', and I'm totally in agreement that that's a weak interview question.
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by nosseo 8y ago
I don't conduct the interviews, you're right that that'd be impossible. I take the notes from our interviewers and turn them into feedback emails.
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by nosseo 8y ago
Yeah, another disadvantage of feedback is that some people really resent suggestions on how to improve - they can come across as condescending. I definitely would rather get feedback to someone who wants it even if this annoys someone who d
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by nosseo 8y ago
I did a degree in symbolic systems (CS + philosophy + linguistics; I have some CS background but less than I'd have gotten from a CS degree), I did one software internship, and Triplebyte was my first job when I graduated. I'm sur
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by nosseo 8y ago
That sounds like a feedback email from a couple years ago - am I right about that? We've definitely gotten better at this over time.
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by nosseo 8y ago
We have a blog post with some recommendations based on what we've seen at Triplebyte: https://triplebyte.com/blog/how-to-pass-a-programming-interv... I think it's a pretty good starting point. I also like Cra
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by nosseo 8y ago
My understanding is that as long as you're not discriminating against candidates on the basis of race, gender or some other protected category membership, and as long as your feedback reflects that by being focused on the technical abi
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by nosseo 8y ago
I get why companies don't do honest rejection letters, but this there's no excuse for whatsoever.
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by nosseo 8y ago
Article author - I'm on the writing team at Triplebyte. Most of what we do is summarize candidates' technical performance for their introduction to companies, but we also send feedback to everyone who takes our two-hour interview.
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I know why rejection emails suck – I write them(triplebyte.com)
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by nosseo 8y ago
No engineer taking a role like this is going to expect an onboarding process. Many of them are specifically drawn by the idea they'll get to sit down and solve a problem on day 1.
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by nosseo 8y ago
> "opponents have argued that prisoners do need real wages to be able to buy basic necessities other than food in the prisons" This seems like a problem even if prisoner wages are raised. If we incarcerate people, we should pro
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by nosseo 8y ago
After our two-hour interview everyone should get a detailed feedback email - I write them. If you did our two-hour interview and didn't get detailed feedback, let me know and I'll look you up and figure out what went wrong.