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Mitchhhs | 8 years ago | on: I Fell 15,000 Feet and Lived

I was once in a plane crash in which the wing of our small plane hit the mast of a sailboat that was motoring in front of the runway and we didnt see it. We impacted the seawall and flipped over onto land and slid upside down a few hundred feet.

The author's description of both not feeling his injuries until he tried to move as well as his own recognition of not being dead were spot on. I would have described it exactly the same way myself. I ended up with a broken foot and leg, but overall no lasting damage which was extremely lucky. Looking back on that experience is always incredibly surreal.

Mitchhhs | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Are Glassdoor reviews a reliable indicator of a company's culture?

Yeah this is a very tricky thing to do well as it will always be abused. Glassdoor has been struggling (they've raised a bunch of flat rounds) and there are so many cases i've seen of bad reviews, followed by HR getting wind of it and burying them in a ton of fake positive reviews.

I run a site called TransparentCareer (https://www.transparentcareer.com) and we've tried to make all of this data quantitative and verify that the person actually worked at the organization and what role they were in. We are getting ready to release a qualitative type review/question answering system using the same verification method and you will be able to see what department within the company the review is in reference to.

I would love to hear how people think this could be done better as we are currently developing the product and would love if it could solve this need in the best way possible. Is employee verification the biggest problem or is it something else?

Mitchhhs | 8 years ago | on: What I learned about solitude from my time with hermits

Who assumes that hermits are insightful? Thats definitely not my connotation and the fact that the author goes in with this supposition is weird.

The general vibe of the assumptions feels like a bunch of privileged millennials going to become hermits for 6 months and then talk about all they learned from their solitude on their Harvard Business School essays and how it shaped them into a better leader.

Mitchhhs | 9 years ago | on: The Kekulé Problem

Yes exactly, I think its really the opposite though. Either the definition of unconscious is very loose and then I think plants would have it too, or its more related to have some sort of central nervous system of some level of complexity and in that case many animals wouldnt have an unconscious.

Mitchhhs | 9 years ago | on: The Kekulé Problem

Not sure how I feel about this statement - "All animals have an unconscious. If they didnt they would be plants."

Mitchhhs | 9 years ago | on: MBAs as CEOs

Startups is the new thing for MBAs, our research report showed that now close to 10% of MBA classes go to work for startups and its beginning to eclipse investment banking (might be a good time to be a banker :) ).

If you want to see the full report on these trends for MBAs going to startups, including their average compensation, here it is:

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/570b962c65552f112714db835/file...

Mitchhhs | 9 years ago | on: How Much MBA Grads Are Paid at Startup Jobs

I would say the majority of the degree is in its signaling effect. In general I would say thats true of most degrees, its a heuristic that indicates something about a candidate.

Luckily, in terms of actual skills, some MBA programs are offering more quantitative classes in big data and product management/application development which I think is catching the degree up to modern times.

Mitchhhs | 9 years ago | on: I am an Uber survivor

Its one thing for the people who know her to know it was her, its another thing for the world. That is why.

Mitchhhs | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Why do companies outside the US pay so much less?

It definitely seems to be to be a supply and demand issue (I guess by definition of market prices this is obvious). On the demand side, there are less venture capital dollars and the sheer volume of companies is lower. On the supply side, there are plenty of local qualified engineers (just look at upwork and how much you can get developers for in other countries).

If you want to get a better idea of specific compensation at tech companies, check out https://www.transparentcareer.com

We collect data in native currencies as well. Full disclosure, i'm the founder, but if you have any specific questions about data in other currencies i'd be happy to pull information for anyone who asks.

Mitchhhs | 9 years ago | on: Show HN: See if you're being paid fairly with TransparentCareer

This is exactly the reason we started the site. We figured that being able to filter by educational background helps both create better apples to apples comparisons and also allows for career exploration based on your background in addition to just showing compensation. Thanks for checking it out and glad you enjoyed it!

Mitchhhs | 10 years ago | on: Hacking “Chutes and Ladders” using R

Yeah completely agree with you. What do you think would be a good thought process between modelling skill and luck in game. I guess you have to create a skill attribute that can affect particular parts of game play in a simulation and then run simulations and compare outcomes with skill vs outcomes with chance.You would then create a cap on skill? Alternatively, can skill be capped by innate features of the game? I guess i'm wondering if its possible to model this without building in the conclusion a priori? I guess this means you have to make sure your model is actually representative of the game and the outcomes and not building in attributes that are only present in the model but not the real game. Just sort of thinking out loud here.

Mitchhhs | 10 years ago | on: Hacking “Chutes and Ladders” using R

Thanks for this awesome analysis. I've been wanting to do a simulation of how much of Settlers of Catan is luck vs skill. Has anyone seen an analysis like this completed?
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