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pkrecker | 3 months ago | on: How good engineers write bad code at big companies

This article repeats the idea that the tenure of SWEs at large tech companies is only 1-2 years, but I don't think this is true, and certainly not at the lower bound of one year. I am not sure about other companies but at Google, where I work, the average tenure of a SWE is over 5 years.

pkrecker | 6 months ago | on: Interview with Geoffrey Hinton

At least for the US (and I suspect for most other countries), that is incorrect. When adjusted for inflation both median wealth and median wages have increased in the last 30 years.

pkrecker | 9 months ago | on: Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft and people are paying anyway

I'm willing to pay more for a better ride experience:

* Waymos are all the same. I underrated the value of this until I started taking Waymo more often.

* I can control the music and volume with my phone.

* I can listen to YouTube or take a call without AirPods. Sometimes I even hotspot and do some work.

But most importantly Waymos all _drive_ the same way. I have had some really perplexing Uber drivers, either driving in a confused and circuitous way, distracted by YouTube, or just driving dangerously. I am more confident that I will have a safe ride in a Waymo than in an Uber.

pkrecker | 2 years ago | on: Homebuyers must ‘learn to live’ with near-7% mortgage rates says RE/MAX chairman

"... for six to 18 months"

pkrecker | 2 years ago | on: ASU: The New American University (2021)

I studied CS at ASU from 2005-2010, and my mom was a dean there, so I got view into the university as both a student and second hand through her experience as an administrator.

One thing I liked about going there is that it was easy for me to get exposure as a programmer by working for researchers at its public/private research ventures. The professors weren’t world famous but they were solid and always seemed to have some paid extracurricular coding for me to do for one of their research projects.

On the administration side, I agree with this article that Crow’s vision has been basically validated. Despite its increasing size, ASU’s academic stature via research output and reputation among academics has continued to improve in the last 15 years. For example, ASU was just added to the prestigious Association of American Universities.

Watching ASU transform over the years as Crow realized his vision has been very cool.