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Comment · 7 years ago
Author here.
That's a great use case where a quantifiable improvement would lend itself to a business case as an approximate ROI calculation could be made.
I will have to think of how to extend the functionality of the model to support this. Perhaps using the existing behaviour as "road segments", then having the "arrival sequence" of one segment originate from the cars exited from another segment.
Thanks for your comment!
Comment · 9 years ago
As someone who's worked as a Software Developer in Toronto for the past 13+ years, I totally disagree with this assessment.
First off, very few very early stage startups expect you to work for free until you get funded. Exceptions being that you're a co-founder or an unpaid intern that never touches code.
Secondly, while the startups in Toronto are probably less well funded than the ones in the US, not all require you to work for 12+ hours a day while paying you for 8 hours. It looks really shady to set these expectations especially since we have clear laws around overtime pay in Canada (describing such a work situation to friends will raise eyebrows -- definitely not the standard practice, whatever industry you work at).
Lastly, I'd say that any place worth working at (big or small) will be insanely picky about who they hire. Current employer included.
All of the above are from personal first hand experience. Of course I haven't worked for every single tech company in Toronto but I have worked for several (mainly early stage startups).
Comment · 9 years ago
Nulogy.
Comment · 12 years ago
We also have/use:
- TDD
- pair programming
- git flow
- a 2-week release cycle
- four dev teams
Comment · 12 years ago
I'm talking about all financial institutions being non-profits. Financial institutions would not have a responsibility to shareholders to show a return on investment. Instead they would only have a responsibility to provide a needed service to society (i.e. the creation of and access to capital).
Comment · 12 years ago
"The recovery operations were challenging," Musk told reporters from Washington, D.C.. The seas were heavy, he said, so the recovery team suspects the stage was destroyed. They were, however, able to find pieces that join the first and second stage.
If they were able to recover the stage from the ocean, it would probably take about a couple months to refurbish it for flight, Musk said.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-will-make-an-import...
Comment · 12 years ago
Find a company that:
1. Isn't a "startup" anymore (by Steven Blank's definition of the term).
2. That's been founded by engineers (you might a better cultural fit).
3. That still has a fairly small workforce (so that your contributions still feel significant enough for you).
4. That's profitable, and self-funded (no pressure from investors who don't understand what the business is trying to do, only understand that they need to see +10x returns)
How carefully have you been choosing your jobs? I don't think you're being too demanding. However, you are being unrealistic if you're not vetting the startups that you're applying to.
That's just two cents from a dev who's been working at startups for the past 10+ years.
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