skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is not an answer to the question.
The question is actually "Why should we hire you, INSTEAD of the next person in the door. I'd be weary about working for a company that fell for the "You give me money I give you work worth more money" answer.
This question is asked to discern why or how you cannot be generalized into being just another grunt who will be the first to be laid off. What qualities, morals, connections, skills, perspectives do you bring? This is your chance to not be a piece of paper. Speaking to your resume is very dry, this is an opportunity to show your intrinsic value.
Warren Buffet is just an investor, right? Elon Musk is just a business magnate, right? NO, these leaders have qualities that don't fit into work experience. The hiring process is 2 things really: 1, finding grunts to create slightly more value than they are paid(as told in above answer), and 2, a lot like venture capitalism. A good company is looking for people with high potential to pay back 10x, 100x, etc in innovation, or as leaders. If they hire the first 50 people in the door, they have a 1 in 50 chance (for example) but if they vet and press people to explain why a company should bet on them, instead of a random selection of "qualified applicants", they can improve those odds considerably. If you think the job search is literally luck of the draw in a pool of people with similar experience, or a comparison of who has the most degrees, you won't succeed in face-to-face interviews.
I'll provide my stock response, paraphrased, but your answer should be true for you, this is an answer that MUST be truthful, because they're asking for your identity.
"Why should we hire you"
"Because of my dogged commitment to "right". I'm someone who will not be happy with the answer I get in the typical 9-5 if I know I can get a better one. I'm not content biting my tongue on a new idea, even if it creates more work for me. I will stand up for fair treatment of ALL of my coworkers, and I will gladly accept, and seek out criticism about my work and behavior. Integrity is the most important moral I have, and that means it stands above profit, job security, etc etc etc."
Do you have a life experience that armed you with incredible empathy? This is when to break that out, without sounding whiny.
Do you have skills that don't fit within the scope of experience, but provide you with an edge in day to day tasks, etc?
PrepScholar | Boston, MA | Onsite | Full-time | Product Manager | $100,000-$200,000

PrepScholar is hiring Product Managers!

PrepScholar’s mission is to improve education at scale through technology. Our flagship product is an SAT/ACT prep program that automatically learns the strengths and weaknesses of each student and creates an individualized learning program through machine learning. You can think of it as an automated tutor that provides a compelling learning experience at scale. We also have a large web presence with over two million monthly visitors to our free tools and articles.

We believe we have a major advantage over other companies in our space because of our technology-centered and analytical approach to education. We're profitable and bootstrapped, and you'll work on products that impact millions of students worldwide.

As a Product Manager, you'll be launching a brand new product for a graduate exam (GRE/GMAT/LSAT/MCAT). You'll oversee the entire go-to-market strategy, including product development, test content, customer development, marketing, and sales. You'll be responsible for your product's P&L and plan to grow it to be the leading product in its category.

Responsibilities

* Build and manage a product roadmap for product launch and iterations

* Interface with engineers and test content developers to create the product

* Develop effective marketing materials for all our online channels

* Manage P&L and develop a strategic business plan to grow your product to a dominant position

Our ideal candidate has:

* Experience developing and shipping products and technologies

* Demonstrated ability working with technical teams to rapidly produce prototypes and iterations

* Understanding of financial and business metrics, including P&L, conversion rates, customer acquisition costs, net promoter score, viral factor

Please send your resume and cover letter to job.pm+hn@prepscholar.com, and read more at http://www.prepscholar.com
In reality?

You spend the entire interview being friendly, likable, and at ease while fluidly and competently answering the interviewer's questions.

I know that sounds like a trite answer, sort of like the How to Draw an Owl instructions[1]. But interviewing is something you can practice for and become good at. Or at least better at. There are quite a few good books on the topic.

That's not to say the candidates you're competing against won't also be likable. But I've interviewed lots of developers over the years, though, and if you're a developer who is competent technically who also interviews well, you'll be far ahead of most of the people you're competing against.

[1] http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/572078-how-to-draw-an-owl
SEEKING WORK - Remote/Freelance (i'm on EST timezone)
Python/Django/Mobile/React/React-Native/Front-end, with extensive experience building all sorts of web applications, especially e-commerce marketplaces. I've worked a lot over the years with AWS, and have a lot of sysadmin experience with config management like Ansible, Chef, Docker. I have a research background in data analysis. I also have experience with Golang, React, Clojure, scipy, numpy, pandas, scikit-learn, nltk etc. Contact details are below.
Here are some recent examples from my portfolio:

* https://www.healthasaservice.co/ - An HR analytics dashboard to manage company health events and employee health reports.

* https://www.igrowfit.com - A corporate fitness subscription platform

* http://www.grapevinelogic.com - A platform for advertisers to work with Youtube content creators.

* Turbotax CPA Select for Intuit, to help select accountants. Formerly Teaspiller.com, acquired by Intuit

* http://publish.saxo.com - publishing platform where anyone can publish e-books, and printed books (print on demand) and online courses.

* http://www.hypedsound.com - A platform for music artists to share their content from various networks.

You can look at http://www.sidmitra.com/portfolio.html for further links

Github: http://github.com/sidmitra

Homepage: http://www.sidmitra.com

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sidmitra

Email: sidmitra.del@gmail.com
> Simply invoking "liar" is not in itself important unless you point to an instance of a lie and a reliable non-partisan source that disproves it. That might be a high barrier for agreement but partisanship has reached toxic levels in the past few years.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/21/fact-check-trump-overst...
http://www.wsj.com/video/white-house-disputes-inauguration-c...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38707722
http://www.npr.org/2017/01/21/510994742/trump-administration...

The inauguration photo debate is a litmus test for the credibility of the administration and it's ability to tell the truth.

We will have to agree to disagree on all of the other points.
If a story was posted earlier and got significant attention (comments and upvotes) and the same story is posted again, it would be considered a duplicate or [dupe] the second time around. The timeframe to repost a story that got significant attention is one year i.e you can repost a story one year after it got significant attention and it won't be considered a dupe.
Clickbait and highly misleading headline.
Adolf Hitler: “Wait Calmly”
It's The Register, daft headlines is their style. They imitate the cheap, mass-market newspapers in the UK like The Sun or The Mirror.

The NHS is one of the world's largest employers. If all that traffic is behind a small range of IPs (one wouldn't be enough) I'm not surprised there are issues. It does seem an odd network design though.
The twins were used because they are doing a wide variety of genomic testing. One serves as a baseline. So twins will give a low variance between candidates.
I think you're right that it wasn't a mistake of anyone below the CEO position, but I'm certain that it was a huge mistake on the CEO's part. The customers and employees deserve a huge apology from the CEO. I'll be shocked if without this realization on the leader's part the board doesn't replace them.
This also explains the Ctrl-D used to end input e.g. when using cat from stdin:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-of-Transmission_character

It also expl^H^H^H^H^H^H
This is a great project. However, it not a very useful result (1M RPS in Python). Once you start layering more work into your handlers (JSON deserialization, admittedly C-optimized, business logic, IO, etc.), you can be assured that your HTTP serving layer is not the bottleneck.
At the company I work at we use Docker with Kubernetes. The deployment process involves Ansible and Jenkins CI.

I, personally, prefer the bare-metal deploys of automated scripts. I usually just spin up a VM and write a bash script to "prep" it the way I want. After that, I just run "./deploy" and it pushes where I want. I like this because I feel like I have more control and it actually feels easier. Plus, I've run into weird issues with Docker that take so long to debug that it completely cancels out the benefit of using it for me.

The bash script I have works for every side project I create, and is simply copied from project to project. :)
Openshift is essentially Kubernetes + Redhat Extensions + Redhat Support

I use Gitlab CI and helm[1] for deploying. The last step of the ci process checks out the helm chart which is just another git repo and executes a helm install/upgrade CHART-NAME. Making things accessible is done through kubernetes ingress with nginx[2](which includes getting let's encrypt automatically for all external endpoints) so when I want to deploy a new staging version of the app I can do helm install app --set host=my-stage.domain.com .

There still a few gotchas like the pods won't update when a configmap was changed which is important because I keep the container configuration maps as configmaps. A crude workarround for this is [3] which triggers a configuration reload of the application running inside the container.

This solution has no licensing cost unlike Openshift(Tectonic[4] is another enterprise Kubernetes distribution which is free for 10 nodes) and the cost are based on the amount of time to set this up. But after you got into helm and more complex kubernetes deployments it should be easy.

[1] https://github.com/kubernetes/helm

[2] https://github.com/jetstack/kube-lego

[3] https://github.com/jimmidyson/configmap-reload

[4] https://coreos.com/tectonic/
Would you provide the actual bit you're interpreting? These are the words I see:

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Who is this MicroMasters Program intended for?

The MicroMasters Program in Artificial Intelligence
is intended for those who have a Bachelor’s degree in
Computer Science or Mathematics and have a basic
understanding of statistics, college level algebra,
calculus and comfort with programming languages.
-------------

I don't see it mentioning anything contrary to the above statement. The micro-masters wouldn't be a full fledged master's degree, but could allow admission to receive a full masters (per the below):

-------------
Complete, pass and earn a Verified Certificate in all
four courses to receive your MicroMasters Credential.
Learners who successfully earn the MicroMasters
Credential are eligible to apply to the Master of
Computer Science program at Columbia University.
-------------

Maybe I misunderstood you.
They are dictating that the end user leave this piece behind. The developer could be dead or out of business.

Granted, they have been doing this for a long time -- you can't easily install older versions of software, for example.
BrightWork | https://brightwork.io | Portland, OR | Full time | Onsite

BrightWork is a serverless API micro services platform making it easier for Developers and Teams to build their applications faster using the skills they already have. They write a small amount of javascript to a manifest and they can have a RESTful API up and running within minutes. This enables the Developer to focus on their frontend without having to worry about infrastructure in a serverless environment. The platform is scalable, reliable, and the pricing is predictable for the customer and recurring for BrightWork.

You’re a developer that loves Javascript, NodeJS and web frameworks (Angular, React). One who is passionate about building tools that make the lives of other developers easier. You must be able to follow the direction of the senior management team and turn the roadmap into a reality. Ideally you are good at both backend and frontend development, are a ninja coder with aspirations to be a leader. Willing to take direction and provide direction and leadership to junior team members. You have an entrepreneurial mindset and take ownership of projects and/or tasks to see them through to completion. You also have opinions and aren't afraid to bring them to the table.

Requirements
The position will require that you have experience with NodeJS, RESTful API, MongoDB or similar database. At least 3 years of development experience. Unit testing with Mocha/Chai or similar. Understanding of good software engineering patterns and practices, OOP vs functional, etc. Experience using Git for source control is required.

Bonus Points
- MEAN stack, HTML, CSS, SASS experience is preferred.
- Experience with ES6.
- Agile development experience and continuous integration/delivery practices desired.
- DevOps tools experience (Docker, Chef, Puppet, Vagrant) is desired.

Please no 3rd party recruiters or agencies

This is on site in Portland, Or. Local candidates or persons willing to relocate to Portland only (no relocation compensation included).

May be required to travel

Apply at https://angel.co/brightwork-1/jobs/146020-full-stack-javascr...
I've always asked teams why someone should come work there during the interview process. For one, a lot of employees are not terribly good actors, so you can read the room if you see people stammer through this question. Two, by even just asking that question, you can flip the tenor & tone of an interview by nicely showcasing that: you have options, so you're looking to understand why this is a fit for you and not just a fit for the hiring side.
It means he didn't age as much.
M Science | Data Scientist, Core Infrastructure Engineer, PM Role| Portland, OR : NYC | ONSITE

We’re data-driven explorers, discovering invaluable insights and data about markets and consumers each and every day. Our insights fuel the growth engine inside of the world’s top corporations and financial institutions. We bring together advanced access to data, curious minds and cutting-edge technology. M Science is shaping the future of data and analysis.

We are looking specifically to build out our development team in our Portland Office. Please apply if you have interest

Core Technology :
B.S/M.S in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field.
Ability and interest to build and architect large scale production quality systems.
Exposure to machine learning / cloud computing / full stack web development a significant plus.
Languages :
-	has written production quality code for school /work projects in any language.
-	Exposure to C#, Java, python, scala a plus.

Data Scientist :
B.S/M.S/PhD in Computer Science, Applied Math, Statistics or related technical field.
Superior programming skills, able to write maintainable, well commented code of production quality (not just scripting in R)
Good communication skills, able to communicate with researchers to understand concepts and propose better methods.
Passionate interest in Data Quality, Transformation and all aspects of the ETL pipeline.
Able to work independently.

To apply, send a cover letter and resume to info@mscience.com.
I want to give a shout out to spacemacs.org which let's you do so many of these things and really does feel like the best of Emacs and Vim together. I will say I am a new convert so I can't comment so much in the plugin infrastructure but raw coding is really good and it's very configurable like emacs but without all of emacs overhead
This wouldn't be a problem with modern AWS instances. Possibly it's an Azure thing?
> I think docker should just do away with the layers altogether

I'd take the opposite stance, really. As far as the image format, it's the major differentiation Docker has, and IMO a really clean way of keeping image pulls DRY. Once your hosts have pulled a single image, given that you don't actively undermine it, subsequent pulls, even for different images, only need to retrieve the absolute minimum since they already have hopefully pulled the majority of the file system.
You're absolutely right; the specific phrasing should definitely be tailored to the person or people you're addressing.

I decided to err on the side of bluntness because blunt, to-the-point statements are probably easier for people take and adapt to their own circumstances.
And this is why I still use GitHub. It's a shame as GitLab was looking like a nice alliterative (for self hosting, might still try it some time), but if this sort of thing could even possibly happen.....

I didn't read to much into this, but they really didn't haven any backup on the databases?
Indeed so. It's a direction of travel we should support - these guys seem to want to raise the standard of tech literacy in an industry notoriously poor for it
eShares | Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seattle | Engineering & technical roles | Full time | Onsite

eShares is the platform and network for tracking and managing private asset ownership. Many of the companies you see on this page use eShares to manage their equity. We're looking for a wide range of people to join us.

* Full stack engineers (Python, Django, APIs, PostgreSQL, AWS, React)

* Front end engineer (Javascript, ES6, React, APIs)

* Dev-ops (AWS, Ansible, Jenkins, - or - what are we missing?)

* Android

* Internal tools, business ops, growth ops (vague on purpose; we're huge fans of tooling. Come help us build the next generation working environment.)

* Security engineer

* Product design (HTML, SCSS (BEM), UI/UX)

* Interns for any of the above (based in Palo Alto or San Francisco only)

Our Seattle presence is coming early 2017, so if you're in the Bay area and are interested in moving to Seattle later this year, let's talk.

What's eShares like (aka, what's different)?
https://blog.esharesinc.com/eshares-101/

How do we hire at eShares? https://blog.esharesinc.com/how-to-hire/

What do eShares offer letters look like? https://blog.esharesinc.com/a-better-offer-letter/

eric+201702@esharesinc.com
What are your reasons for declining to opt-out, out of interest?

I looked into this law (the actual wording of the law itself even) and found it to be mostly harmless. I also came across the wording which nullifies the entire regulation from being enforced if you opt-out after an introduction, which happens in 99% of cases, so I wasn't too worried.
Reinforcement learning in robotics
I wonder if they have some kind of protocol to modify production environments that was somehow overwritten, one person creates the bash scripts and a second one reviews and executes, never a single person.
I wanted to upvote your original post sooner, but it was previously flagged.

I am feeling some serious dissonance here as well.

I have been a MBP fan for quite some time now. I have watched the recent Apple conferences with distaste as I see the target audience for MBP shift away from me. I don't want to find an alternative, and I sincerely hoped the market would not take well to the newest iteration. Looks like that's not going to be the case.
I don't think I ever signed an agency contract without heavily adjusting some clauses.

I would simply state I can't sign as is. The only times I got pushback (rare) an annotated letter from accountant or PCG (now IPSE I think) contract review and the agency buckled. I also demanded proof that the agency-client contract matched on IR35 terms. Was never once caught by it.

Does the agent want to lose commission? Does the agency want me telling the client direct why I've changed my acceptance?

I realise regulation and the market has changed some since I last contracted, hmm, 8 or 9 years ago. Still can't imagine signing any agency contract as-is, they were always horribly one-sided affairs.
Sun Nuclear Corp | Melbourne, FL | ONSITE (Madison, WI also an option)

Looking for a full-stack software engineer working with: C#, JavaScript (currently using knockout), Entity Framework, MS SQL Server, HTML/CSS. The product is a SPA for the medical industry. Great work life balance, and every engineer is empowered to make technical decisions to improve the product and tech stack.

Interview process: phone call with technical questions, then one on-site interview (~2 hours).

https://www.sunnuclear.com/careers#job-4212
You can also email me your resume: dominicfoti at sunnuclear.com
Uber | Transportation & Software | San Francisco, CA | Onsite

At Uber, we're building the future of transportation.

My team is hiring two senior, standalone mobile engineers (iOS, Android) for Uber Beacon (https://newsroom.uber.com/beacon/) a BLE hardware device that functions together with the rider and driver apps. The ideal applicant would have extensive consumer-facing mobile experience, as well as experience with Bluetooth-enabled devices. Unfortunately this position is only for senior engineers with at least 2-4 years of experience.

I'm also looking for a PM for Uber Elevate (http://www.uber.com/elevate), our initiative to accelerate the future of urban, on-demand air transportation.

Please email me directly at ngoel@uber.com if interested, with a PDF copy of your resume.
An AI poker bot has whipped the pros
I don't think I can tell you the right answer since I don't know you personally. But I can tell you how I answer it; which is I think of my best traits that apply to the position I'm interviewing for.

You should follow the same thought process prior to the interview; what do you bring to the table for this job. Are you experienced in the field? Do you have high productivity compared to other people you've worked with? Are you really enthusiastic about the work? If it's a team based environment, do you have experience working in or even teams in this field?

That's how you answer that question.
Location: Mexico

Remote: Yes (Prior remote working experience)

Willing to relocate: No (Remote only)

Technologies: Scala, Java, Ruby, JavaScript, Git, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Jax-RS, Slick, Finatra, Sinatra, Security, Web, AngularJS, APIs

Résumé/CV:
I'm a generalist who have worked in several areas (embedded devices,
j2me, android, desktop, web, back-end, front-end), currently I work
mostly creating and maintaining RESTful API's.

I'm focused on writing maintainable, secure and scalable applications, I always try to apply good coding practices to make the life easier of the people who will work with my code.

I'm pretty interested in security related things, I've been passionate about security for the last years, I know about common vulnerabilities (exploit and prevent) and how to write secure software. It can be good to mention that I learned to program because I was trying to do revere engineering like 7 or 8 years ago and took assembler as my first language which I learned by myself.
And then there's IBM's EBCDIC, of similar vintage to ASCII, but of markedly dissimilar utility.

http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSGH4D_14.1.0/...