1) More work could've been done on the rounded edges. They don't flow very well and after seeing the W + bars graphic, the problem stands out more.
2) Why are such low-quality images being used on the page announcing the logo? https://exposure-1.imgix.net/production/users/23251/avatar/o... I realize they've chosen to host this on Exposure and can't control how they compress files so maybe the question is why did they go with Exposure?
What I do seems a little different than most of the answers here.
First, I take the normal step of laying out the tasks for the day into small chunks: bugs, pieces of a feature, whatever. I put them in a format that I can easily check off as I work.
Once I'm ready to work I put my over-ear headphones on and crank up something with a beat. It needs to be loud enough that it's all I can hear. I use a standing desk which means...
I'm not sure why this works for me. I could speculate about my mind/body getting into at rhythm so that even when I break focus on a task to wait for a compile or a test I'm able to jump right back in without... Missing a beat.
As I check off the tasks I prepared I feel more like I'm shouting for the DJ to play one more song than a dude working to complete tasks for his corporate overlords. I only discovered this about myself in the last few months when I switched to a standing desk. Changed my life!
I had a similar experience when I interviewed with LinkedIn almost two years ago.
I remember two rounds of technical interviews with two people in each. In the first I was okay but in the second I did very well.
Then a director came in and interviewed me. After a good chat about technical things and their overall vision for the future he walked me out of the building and mentioned that after what he'd heard from the interviewers, he'd have HR send me an offer on Monday. I was excited!
After nothing happened for a week I emailed my recruiter (in house) and asked what was going on. She said she'd call me the next day but did not. So I decided to drop it for a while.
A month later I sent yet another follow up email and she finally called. Obviously it was rejection.
I felt the whole thing could've been handled better.
Experiences like that are very weird...it makes you wonder if they're actually interested in making an offer, and just completely change their minds, or whether they have no intention of making an offer but for some reason think it's less awkward to just give extremely positive feedback, and then fall off the face of the earth. The worst is when they apologize and give the excuse that they have been very busy...because it takes so long to send an email that says "Thanks for coming in but we decided not to move forward".
I know exactly what happened there: he didn't get the headcount signed off, hoping that he could say "well I've already made them an offer" to force it through, and HR said nope, you tried to do an end run around us and we're not playing ball. It's happened to me, at a company that is notorious for doing it.
I also think that the recruiter want to hedge their bets, sort of keeping candidates in their baskets for a "just in case" situation.
I know that in some companies that if a candidate is rejected, than they are automatically filtered for any other positions in the company for a next X months, sometimes permanently.
Or, they just didn't want you to accept any other offers while they considered whether they really wanted to hire you. In their small minds, it costs nothing to make a verbal promise and break it later, and it keeps you on their leash for at least a few days.
I think these problems stem from the job posting. Like the author, I've come to love interviewing and I've conducted a good deal of interviews myself. I've noticed that a job titled "front-end developer" with a poor description casts too wide a net and wastes everyone's time.
If I see that you mentioned design experience and Backbone in your job posting and then you quiz me on Rails and database queries I'm going to feel like I'm attending amateur hour.
However, if you state that data structures, algorithms and all that other great CS stuff is fair game in the job posting or the follow-up emails – then go ahead.
Don't envy the front-end developer. At this point we have to be prepared for anything.
Hi there, I worked at Match for a while and the basic scam pattern I saw was this: a scammer will create an account and send a ton of messages to recently active users, the users that respond will be immediately prompted to take the conversation to email (away from Match's PM system), and once they're off of Match they ask for more personal information.
I never went further down the path than that but I'm sure the scam could evolve along the lines of "I am your one true love please wire me money to buy a plane ticket to come see you."
I think these are outsized reactions to the problems described. I also don't believe there aren't any photos of their child online. As a new parent I can't imagine not using the Internet to share updates with my family whether it's via tumblr or something less public like email or an Apple Photo Stream. Most of these services have facial recognition.
Finding a balance between privacy and ease of sharing is something parents are going to wrestle with from now on. And, In the event you trade in your privacy to Facebook, you don't even get a worthwhile service. Facebook albums aren't designed with children in mind -- they don't care about a child's growth, they makes no notes on a child's milestones.
I've started trying to solve this problem with some fellow parents. At the very least I hope we can give people one less thing to worry about. If you'd like to chat about the possibilities and challenges in this space or what my research has uncovered so far, please find me on Twitter:
@conceptualitis
To many of you: are you really letting the fear of a gap in your CV stop you from chasing your happiness? Grow up and take what you want or someone is going to take it from you.
I have approx 6 months salary saved. I used to have more, but some home emergencies meant I had to eat into some of my savings recently. The government here decided that pursuing austerity for years without end was the way forward, and began implementing all sorts of new taxes, so I get paid the same as I did 4 years ago, but bring home approx 20% less. Same government policy has forced countless local businesses to shut down, meaning that there are very few job openings (programming or otherwise) available for the last couple of years. So I could quit now, manage approx 6 months payments and then stand a very good chance of still having no job. That or stay where I am and post about how my life sucks on HN.
