neeleshs · HackerTrans

2 years agodiscuss

And nobody has stopped paying tips either. It is very socially awkward not to pay it. But i won't agree that in principle not paying is stiffing the staff. It is stupid, the industry has arm twisted customers to make it socially mandatory to pay and calling it stiffing the staff is blaming another victim.

neeleshs

2 years agodiscuss

Neither is stiffing the customers to the tune of 15-20 percent.

neeleshs

2 years agodiscuss

Isn't that shifting responsibility to the customer?

neeleshs

2 years agodiscuss

Isn't that shifting responsibility to the customer? That is a very odd take

neeleshs

2 years agodiscuss

"Unlike batch tables, streams are infinite. You can't "just wait" for all the rows to arrive before performing a join."

I view batch tables as simply a given state of some set of streams at a point in time. Running the same query against "batch" tables at different points in time yields different results (assuming the table is churning over time).

neeleshs

2 years agodiscuss

Was there no difference in fragrance either? Saffron imparts a very distinct fragrance, more than taste. And that fragrance affects perceived taste. In larger quantities, it has a bitter-ish taste. I use it in rice puddings, greek yogurt (simplest recipe possible - yogurt, sugar, cardamom powder and few threads of saffron. Big difference with and without saffron).

neeleshs

5 years agodiscuss

That's fair. I think we are saying the same thing, it is just about what you know at that moment, rather than your true capabilities.

Also, my statement was not blanket statement, nor that I wrote more code than others. I was referring to a very specific set of problems that I was working on and not generalizing that I'm better than all googlers. There are many people who are way smarter/better than I am. I'm just saying not being in FAANG does not mean one is not good enough.

I think the interview processes put a bar on if one willing to put in the amount of specific kind of work needed to get in or not. In its own way, it is a good filter (for them)

neeleshs

5 years agodiscuss

Thank you! That is a very interesting world indeed.

But, just focusing on the algorithms part of it, I never could answer how exactly a specific algorithm worked, but I've had to use many algorithms in my "normal" job. I just know "oh this needs a modified DFS, or A*, with custom heuristics, or a priority based permutations generator". I cannot answer how any of this works in detail on the fly, but I know where to look. Isn't that sufficient? I certainly would fail a FANG interview, but have gone toe to toe or even better when pow-wowing on some real problems with googlers. Wouldn't consider myself any inferior because I don't know how a specific algorithm works in the interview. Just my two cents

neeleshs

5 years agodiscuss

I'm honestly curious to know. Can you say more about what your current work entails?

neeleshs

7 years agodiscuss

Re:Nestlé : Is that because of the "Rotten" episode on bottled water on Netflix?

neeleshs

7 years agodiscuss

Typically paired with roti or some other bread. Do you plan to introduce something like this? I for one, love this idea, but cannot eat just the saag on it's own :). I use daily harvest, but would switch if I had just a good quality, non-chemical laden roti to go with it!

neeleshs

10 years agodiscuss

And if its a business application, and the company survives long enough, it will invariably get complicated.

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