schwarzmx

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by schwarzmx 5y ago
My impression as a former SDE was that it's already accounted for. Hoards of new hires from college join each year and the hiring process is getting cheaper for that pipeline. I think they know that while increasing throughput in the h
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by schwarzmx 5y ago
This one is pretty good for DynamoDB: https://youtu.be/yvBR71D0nAQ
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by schwarzmx 5y ago
I also worked there and what I like about the phrasing in the quote above is that it surfaces the possibility of turning a one-way-door into a two-way-door.
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by schwarzmx 6y ago
To me it comes down to the language barrier. Not having a good command of English (or the local language) hinders your ability to integrate with the locals. Learning English for a person from a Western country is way easier than for a Chine
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by schwarzmx 6y ago
> Would be great to see Amazon's support. From one of the links on the left of the article: https://blog.aboutamazon.com/policy/amazon-donates-10-millio... > Update, June 9: Since announcing our $10 million
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by schwarzmx 7y ago
At what point does solving these "new" problems become reinventing the wheel?
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by schwarzmx 8y ago
They didn't say to buy Amazon stocks.
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by schwarzmx 10y ago
It's a pretty well known term in agile software development.
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by schwarzmx 10y ago
Like others said - keep trying. I was rejected by both companies once, and now I work for Amazon. You get better with time. Also, both companies have quite different styles of interviews (whiteboard programming aside). Really pay attention
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by schwarzmx 11y ago
I guess that answers my question. FWIW Developer/Enterprise versions are free to try and Community doesn't expire.
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by schwarzmx 11y ago
Have you tried Stardog [1]? Stardog can handle billions of triples and the upload process is pretty painless. Disclaimer: I'm one of the developers of Stardog. [1] http://stardog.com/
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by schwarzmx 11y ago
Works similarly in Germany, with the difference that 4.0 is the lowest passing grade and 1.0 is the highest. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_Germany
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by schwarzmx 11y ago
I don't see how one professor makes the entire program. FWIW I did my masters there and in my opinion the way they evaluate students is suboptimal anyway - but I don't know if that's a TUM thing or a German thing.