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comment by DavidLS · 2015-01-12T23:11:03.612Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Just wanted to jump in here and say that Nancy, Jeremy, and the whole team are both exceptionally rational, and exceptionally capable. In my ~10 years of programming professionally, Apptimize is easily the best working environment I've experienced.

Absolutely worth checking out.

comment by MalcolmOcean (malcolmocean) · 2015-01-12T22:30:17.838Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I like the bit about curiosity. Have you looked at all into other factors like grit? :P

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↑ comment by [deleted] · 2015-01-12T22:40:13.856Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

you'd be a good contributor to our debates on company values

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↑ comment by IlyaShpitser · 2015-01-13T22:30:41.663Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

What about absorbency and electrical conductivity?

Mandatory reading of any kind is super weird and off putting to me.

Good luck to you guys, I hope you make a ton of money!

↑ comment by Adam Zerner (adamzerner) · 2015-01-16T04:30:51.890Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

That sounds like a premature conclusion/hypothesis.

↑ comment by Darmani · 2015-01-12T23:14:35.237Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Yep. The first thing we do is have a conversation where we look for the 6 company values. Another of them is "commitment," which includes both ownership and grit.

comment by Adam Zerner (adamzerner) · 2015-01-15T06:42:53.615Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I think that markets really really undervalue rationality. Kudos to you for (presumably) giving it the recognition it deserves and reaching out on Less Wrong.

And I think that it's awesome that HPMOR is required reading. Personally, I'd make the core sequences required reading.

comment by devi · 2015-01-15T03:00:09.189Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Does Java (the good parts) refer to the O'Reilly book with the same name? Or is it some proper subset of the language like what Crockford describes for Javascript?

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↑ comment by Darmani · 2015-01-15T22:50:39.257Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

It's more like the Crockford book -- a set of best practices. We use a fairly functional style without a lot of moving parts that makes Java very pleasant to work with. You will not find a SingletonFactoryObserverBridge at this company.