conbandit

Minor correction, but you probably mean Blackrock-type firms. Blackwater was a private military company.

I wonder how coaching can be applied to software engineering. As a developer, I undergo code reviews and participate in design discussions, but there isn't a lot of oversight or feedback given on the actual development process.

For a broader view on this topic, I recommend "A Prehistory of the Cloud"

What is the long term growth strategy for worker cooperatives? How do you scale them?

If you've never found anything with it, why do you keep doing it (see: the definition of insanity)?

While there is some amount of speculation, it represents a small portion of the entire financial space. If you sincerely hold this view, you should take a closer look at the purpose of financial instruments and markets.

Looks like there's still a lot of work left on that front. I was trying to get some context for the 15000 miles number.

What is the average number of miles per accident for humans? Is it less than 15000? If yes, this is still good.

I think the idea about skipping 3 is that the applicant is choosing to apply to a particular company. That's implicitly saying that they're willing to work on that company's code. I don't know how valid this is nowadays with the common practice of throwing applications at the wall and seeing what sticks.

I believe it means something like:

Given the definition of metre and the definition of second, the kilogram is whatever value that makes the Planck constant h precisely 6.62607015×10−34 kg m^2 s^(-1).

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