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by tessr 14y ago
If we're talking about entrepreneurship and not pure CS, which is more Stanford-like anyways.
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by tessr 14y ago
So, I used to go to Penn and now I go to one of the schools on that list. As far as I can tell, Penn CS students are better prepared to start companies, and probably as well prepared to be developers, as the students at my current school. T
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by tessr 14y ago
"the University of Pennsylvania is quickly becoming the Stanford of the East" Seems reasonable.
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by tessr 14y ago
You're missing out! Go to PennApps and do your homework :P
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by tessr 14y ago
DRAMA. Also, nice post!
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by tessr 14y ago
The point is not at all that PennApps is more popular than Justin Bieber. The point is that, for a certain demographic, hackathons are getting crazy popular. There are a lot of things that are scaled here. For one thing, this is about perce
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by tessr 14y ago
I don't know how well it would work for commercial things, but for personal payments between people you know, Venmo is awesome. https://venmo.com/ (Still U.S. only though.)
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by tessr 14y ago
He's also a genuinely nice guy. A triple threat, if you will. ;)
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by tessr 14y ago
Charge individuals for personal analytics and... ??? http://www.twittertakemymoney.com/
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by tessr 14y ago
Hah, well, I was surprised to get even FOUR upvotes. Good to know, I guess...? Anyways, I had meant to bring up HN as more of an example of a bubble--both because it has an exclusive attitude (which is exemplified in part by a non-zero barr
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App.net: The Country Club of the Internet?(tessrinearson.com)
56 points by tessr 14y ago|26 comments
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by tessr 14y ago
#5 needed to come sooner. Otherwise, I really enjoyed this--clever angle!
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How to Get a Kickass Internship as a High School Student(tessrinearson.com)
37 points by tessr 14y ago|16 comments
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The 8 Kinds of Projects You Meet at a Hackathon(tessrinearson.com)
2 points by tessr 14y ago|0 comments
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by tessr 14y ago
The next time I write my boilerplate bio, I'm totally going to use that line. Just kidding. (Can people on HN read sarcasm? I never know.)
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by tessr 14y ago
I don't think being an asshole is inherent to either men or women. Similarly, both men and women are capable of being kind. You might want to try it some time--it's not so bad!
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by tessr 14y ago
Thanks for the links. I agree, privilege might be a better term.
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by tessr 14y ago
Unfortunately people often choose careers when they still care what their peers think.
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by tessr 14y ago
(:
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by tessr 14y ago
This is a really inspiring attitude. I know what you're talking about--I often feel this way myself. The difference is that while this is inspiring, having people put you down or call you stupid isn't.
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by tessr 14y ago
Hmm, maybe. I guess I meant more that bad behavior is more acceptable in tech because people are "socially awkward"--when, really, it doesn't matter WHY people are exclusive because the effects don't change.
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by tessr 14y ago
I'll definitely check that out, thanks!
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by tessr 14y ago
This post isn't really meant to be about getting more women into tech. It's about getting more of EVERYONE into tech. And that jobs page is almost hilariously stereotypical.
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by tessr 14y ago
This sums my points up really, really nicely. Thanks!
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by tessr 14y ago
Exactly. Thanks. Besides, I include that mostly to show that I think like an 18 year old. I'm talking mostly about behavior I've seen from other 18 year olds. That's where I am in the world right now.
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by tessr 14y ago
Indeed.
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by tessr 14y ago
Haha! Well, at Penn one of our intro courses is in OCaml, which is a fantastic leveling language. I felt like I was programming for the firs time... which, actually, was awesome! I know a lot of my classmates felt like they could skip the c
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by tessr 14y ago
This is a really interesting point, and I'm sure that it's a factor for a lot of people. I hadn't thought of it at all!
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On Technical Entitlement(tessrinearson.com)
75 points by tessr 14y ago|95 comments
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Why, despite "mustiness and bureaucracy," Microsoft is attracting interns(tessrinearson.com)
8 points by tessr 14y ago|0 comments

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