Archive for February, 2009
The Nolan Bushnell Atari Interview
Fascinating history of the rise and fall of Atari from its founder: Nolan Bushnell.
Interesting how he talks about Atari in its day being able to attract the best and the brightest. How when everyone in Silicon Valley was going to bare cubes, they went the other way to offices and hot tubs! The way Nolan [...]
How to answer Behavioral Interview questions
I’m never sure what is the best way to answer behavioral interview questions.
I know, I know, there’s no “right” answer. But, clearly the fact that they get asked at all indicates that there are favorable and unfavorable answers.
Recently I read that in politics, politicians are taught that if you get asked a question that [...]
Where are the new jobs?
Interesting blog post by the new york times.
It suggests a flaw in the common wisdom that the only sectors where there are jobs is in education and health-care. While it is true that that’s where the most job openings are, the fields where the most actual hires are is in business and professional services, which [...]
ASIC digital design blog
Ran into this awesome blog on chip design. Best part is the puzzles and challenges which are very fun and educational.
Serial entrepreneurs 50% more likely to succeed.
Great study from HBS which finds that:
34% of successful entrepreneurs are going to be successful in their next startup
23 % of repeat entrepreneurs who failed in their past startup will be successful in their next one
22 % of first time entrepreneurs will be successful.
There’s no teacher like experience.
And also, this is pretty encouraging, much better [...]
