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Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

Since Obie Fernandez posted his demands as a consultant I thought I would post mine too.

I will be paid $10,000 per day, in $50 bills, in a titanium briefcase that you will purchase for the sole purpose of providing a container for my money. You may not re-use the briefcase for the next day's payment.
The $50 bills must have been printed in the last three months and handled by no more than 2 people.
Anybody handling the money must do so with clean white gloves that must be placed on the hand immediately before touching the briefcase. If the hand leaves the briefcase, the white gloves must be replaced with new ones before the briefcase is touched again.
I will arrive in your city by a private jet. Fuel and any other costs incurred by this trip will be paid by you, and is not included in the $10k/day fee.
Transportation from my jet to your workplace must be performed by a driver who is between the ages of 50

	// includes bindings for fetching/fetched

	var PaginatedCollection = Backbone.Collection.extend({
	initialize: function() {
	_.bindAll(this, 'parse', 'url', 'pageInfo', 'nextPage', 'previousPage');
	typeof(options) != 'undefined' \|\| (options = {});
	this.page = 1;
	typeof(this.perPage) != 'undefined' \|\| (this.perPage = 10);
	},
	fetch: function(options) {

	if Rails.env.test? && defined?(Spork) && Spork.using_spork?
	include HookHelper
	include Spree::BaseHelper
	include Admin::NavigationHelper
	end

	OK, Let's begin. Hello, Everybody.
	My name is Narihiro Nakamura.
	Today, I'm talking about "Parallel worlds of CRuby's GC".

	I'm very happy now, because I'm meeting attendee in rubyconf.
	And, one of my dreams is to talk in rubyconf.
	So, I'm very happy and exciting.

	Today is my first presentation in English.
	My English is not good.

	Hi David,
	I came across your profile online and wanted to reach out about Development
	Opportunities here at Groupon. The company is growing, and we're always
	looking for folks with solid skills that can make positive contribution to
	our continued success. Any chance you'd be open to a quick conversation
	about opportunities, or for any possible networking potential? If so, let me
	know when you're free and we can set up a time to chat. Also, if you are
	interested, it would be great if you could forward a current resume over
	that I can take a look at. I look forward to hearing back from you! Please
	let me know if you have any questions.

	# http://docs.rubygems.org/read/chapter/11
	---
	gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc
	benchmark: false
	verbose: true
	update_sources: true
	sources:
	- http://gems.rubyforge.org/
	- http://rubygems.org/
	backtrace: true

	package main

	import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/hex"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"log"
	"net"

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# This is an RVM Project .rvmrc file, used to automatically load the ruby
	# development environment upon cd'ing into the directory

	# First we specify our desired <ruby>[@<gemset>], the @gemset name is optional.
	environment_id="ruby-1.9.3-p0@railsapp"

	#
	# Uncomment following line if you want options to be set only for given project.