h****l
发帖数: 6 | 1 本人fresh master，上个月开始找工作，opt下个月开始，Cogent Infotech Corp这个
公司说能提供大约两个月的java免费培训，感觉像icc，想问一下，这个公司值得去吗
？ |
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y*u
发帖数: 111 | 2 最近面试了Pittsburgh, PA的一家Consulting公司叫Cogent Infotech.职位是Java
Programmer.前后两轮面试，第一轮是Recruiter大概25分钟的Behavior问题,说有职位
是9月初开始要人,所以希望预约第二轮技术面.今天接到第二轮Java技术面,老印面了一
些Java General Question,前后25分钟,电话里没有Coding. 本人之前也接到过NJ的一
些ICC的电话. 但是从来都是直接喊我去，所以我感觉这家应该比较正规一点。看了
Glassdoor，评价很高。但看了myvisajobs，发现评价很差。希望之前有在那里工作过
或者有了解相关信息的同学分享这家公司的情况，多谢了啊。 |
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y****i
发帖数: 12114 | 3 per their official website
...Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, COGENT is a turnkey Information
Technology (IT) Consulting firm ... |
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y****i
发帖数: 12114 | 4 per their official website
...Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, COGENT is a turnkey Information
Technology (IT) Consulting firm ... |
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发帖数: 3656 | 6 Neflix不是comcast，verizon，AT&T的直接顾客。netflix用的是wholesale ISP，一个
是Cogent，一个是Level3。Netflix连入Cogent/Level3，Cogent/Level3物理上和其他
ISP在几个hub上对接。hub对接的协议是 ISP/ISP peering，不是顾客和服务商的关系。
ISP peering有免费的(unsettled peering)，也有付费的(settled peering)。Verizon
以流量失衡为理由，要求Cogent/Level3 改成付费peering，被拒绝。Verizon因
此限制从Level-3送往verizon的流量。 Verizon的立场很明确，Cogent/Level3背后明
显有大客户（neflix)，象Verizon的用户发送大量数据。其中的利润明显流入Cogent/
Level3的客户。
netflix使用Cogent这样的廉价批发ISP。原因很明显。他们的会员费没有很大的上升空
间。不用廉价ISP，free ride peering protocol，对他们底线... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3656 | 7 I m not sure what you mean by monopoly.
Here I have 3 ISP to choose from: Verizon, Cable Vision and Dish. Forget
about Dish which is not a real contender. Cable Vision and Verizon offers
similar services at similar prices. Completely independent hardware from the
street all the way to the switch box in my basement. That s hardly a
monopoly by Verizon as I see it. As a matter of fact, over the last few
years, I have used Cable Vision and Verizon each half of the time since they
offer deep discoun... 阅读全帖 |
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b***p
发帖数: 700 | 8 【 以下文字转载自 PDA 讨论区 】
发信人: pathdream (求包养), 信区: PDA
标 题: netflix太强大了 整个控制internet速度
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Nov 2 23:47:20 2014, 美东)
New Study From M-Lab Sheds Light On Widespread Harm Caused By Netflix
Routing Decisions
On Tuesday, M-Lab released a new study on the impact of network
interconnection on consumer Internet performance. The report entitled “ISP
Interconnection and its Impact on Consumer Internet Performance“, details
findings based on the speed test results collected by its test servers... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3656 | 9 I see two obvious technological solutions solely on Netflix' part to end
this netflix/Cogent vs Verizon/Comcast situation.
1. Netflix could charge an additional 2-5$ fee for users who demand HD video
quality. Just like you charge $2 more for BluRay delivery service. I am
happy to pay the fee, but after I paid extra, my connection to netflix
better be directed through unhindered hubs, not those crappy Cogent
Communication hubs. Netflix should use the revenue from this extra charge to
pay ISPs for... 阅读全帖 |
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a*********a
发帖数: 3656 | 10 oh, those!
I don't know how you Californians do things since you guys do some really
whacky stuff. Here in the North East, we pay for electricity by kWH. The
more I use, they more I pay. If I bought a TESLA and plugged it in, that
little meter in my yard would be spinning fast.
That s exactly the model I was advocating. Who use, who pay, use more, pay
more.
As it is now, every body pays about the same to their ISP for internet. Yet
those who use Netflix uses 30% average, 60% peak through put. Th... 阅读全帖 |
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j**8
发帖数: 88 | 11 介绍一个搞得过的：24岁来美，资产16亿美元（2006）。
Ming Hsieh (S: 谢明; T: 謝明; born 1955) is a billionaire American
entrepreneur and philanthropist and the founder of Cogent Systems in 1990.
According to Forbes magazine, his estimated net worth exceeds $1.6 billion,
ranking him the 198th richest person in America and 562nd among The World's
Richest People In 2006.
Born to Baoyan and Sun Hsieh, Ming Hsieh's family originated in Guangzhou (
Canton), he was raised in Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning province in
Nor... 阅读全帖 |
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a******5
发帖数: 28 | 12 南加州大学工程学院校友谢明向南加大维特比工程学院捐款3500万美元，南加大将校
内的电机工程学院命名为“谢明电机工程学院”，以表彰其慷慨捐献。
谢明出生于中国沈阳，曾考入华南工学院（现华南理工大学）电子工程系，1980年转
学到南加州大学电子工程系。1983年、1984年谢明先后在南加州大学获得学士学位和硕
士学位。
大学毕业后，谢明进入一家芯片公司工作。1988年，他创立了AMAX科技公司。1990年
，他与人合作成立了科进公司(Cogent Inc.)，目前他出任这家公司的主席、总裁以及
董事会主席。科进公司(Cogent)主要生产自动指纹识别系统，目前公司的客户包括美国
国土安全局、联邦调查局以及世界各国政府、司法机构和商业公司。
在洛杉矶，全部47个执法机构都使用科进公司的指纹识别系统。今年，谢明以14亿美
元的净资产值位列福布斯全球富豪榜中的第562位。福布斯全球富豪榜以拥有净资产达
到10亿美元为上榜底线，全球一共有793名富豪上榜。
作为全美金额最高的工程学院命名捐款，同时也是南加大有史以来所获最高学院命名
捐款的主人谢明，这位来自中国大陆的南加州大学 |
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y***i
发帖数: 11639 | 13 道歉还挺全面的，包括了副标题。把原来的editor note剔除了。看来是比较全面的胜
利了！！！！
his article has drawn an extraordinary level of outraged response. The
volume of comments has been so great that our online commenting system is
unable to cope: it deletes earlier posts as new ones arrive. We much regret
this ongoing problem. The disappearance of some cogent responses to the
story has fuelled suspicions that Nature is deliberately censoring the
strongest criticisms. This is absolutely not the case: Nature welcomes
critically min... 阅读全帖 |
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w***y
发帖数: 2537 | 14 【 以下文字转载自 Stock 讨论区 】
发信人: ll111 (Stealth), 信区: Stock
标 题: Events and ER for week August 2-6
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Aug 1 22:47:17 2010, 美东)
Monday, Aug. 2
10 a.m.: ISM Manufacturing index on business activity in July, released by
the Institute for Supply Management.
10:15 a.m. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaking on "challenges for
the economy and state governments."
4 p.m. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaking on the next steps for
financial reform.
Tuesday, Aug. 3
8:30 a.m.: P... 阅读全帖 |
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e****i
发帖数: 2152 | 15 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: erkuai (三天不上bbs,赶得上刘少奇), 信区: Military
标 题: On the Jews and Their Lies, 1543
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Jan 12 23:21:23 2011, 美东)
by Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Translated by Martin H. Bertram
copyright © 1971 Fortress Press & Augsburg Fortress - On the Jews and
Their Lies is from Luther’s Works Volume 47. Augsburg Fortress is the
publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Funded through sales revenue, Augsburg Fortress is called to provide
produ... 阅读全帖 |
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u****n
发帖数: 7521 | 16 http://www.amazon.com/Beijing-Consensus-Authoritarian-Dominate-Twenty-First/dp/0465013619
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Halper cogently rejects the conventional wisdom that suggests America's
relationship with China is on track in this lucid, probing text. Moving
beyond approaches to China that focus on its burgeoning economic dominance,
the book—in the vein of Martin Jacques's recent When China Rules the World
—underscores the political and cultural challenge that a rising China
pres |
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e****i
发帖数: 2152 | 17 by Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Translated by Martin H. Bertram
copyright © 1971 Fortress Press & Augsburg Fortress - On the Jews and
Their Lies is from Luther’s Works Volume 47. Augsburg Fortress is the
publishing ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Funded through sales revenue, Augsburg Fortress is called to provide
products and services that communicate the Gospel, enhance faith, and
enrich the life of the Christian community from a Lutheran perspective.
Part I
I had mad... 阅读全帖 |
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f****l
发帖数: 8042 | 18 WIKI
This is a list of notable Chinese Americans, including both original
immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American
descendants.
These are people who have made significant contributions to the American
culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have
appeared in the news numerous times.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article
showing they are Chinese American or must have references showing they
are Chinese American and a... 阅读全帖 |
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g*****1
发帖数: 666 | 19 常家蹲还是重复他的念咒一般的老生常谈，根本不值一提。
可读是读者的评论。
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/29/the_coming_col
MESS_MEDIA
9:18 PM ET
December 29, 2011
Yeah, I was wrong when I
Yeah, I was wrong when I predicted that the world would end on May 21, 2011.
It should end on October 21.
-Harold Camping
REPLY
JOESMITHII
2:44 AM ET
December 30, 2011
I guess, sooner or later,
I guess, sooner or later, Gordon will get used to admitting wrong
predictions. Fortunately, 2012 is around the corner, we don't need to wa... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****7
发帖数: 8463 | 20 http://redalertpolitics.com/2012/11/10/southern-states-issue-wh
Americans in 15 states issue White House petitions asking permission to
secede
1663 If at first you don’t succeed, just secede!
More than 8,000 Louisiana residents have signed an online petition to the
Obama administration to allow the state of Louisana to, “withdraw
peacefully from the United States of America and create its own new
government.”
The petition, posted to the online White House petitions page, cites the
Declaration of... 阅读全帖 |
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c*******2
发帖数: 617 | 21 最后一段： 就算大多数中国人对新的一年充满希望和机会， 我们西方仍然会把中国描
述成一个除了危机以外一无是处的国家。
There's a tendency in the China commentariat, something I'm certainly guilty
of, to treat the country as nothing but a series of looming crises, whether
they're political, economic, social, or environmental. But it's worth
remembering: Even conservative estimates project the Chinese economy to grow
by seven percent in 2014 and, while not all of this growth will translate
into a commensurate rise in living standards, much of it will. This... 阅读全帖 |
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w****w
发帖数: 14828 | 22 對香港保衛海港反對填海最重要的里程碑是於2004年1月9日保護海港協會成功挑戰香港
政府，在香港終審法院推翻灣仔北填海計劃。雙方都向法院提交充足的的學術報告，法
律理據，社會民意。香港終審法院作出宣判，進行填海需要符合以下三個原則：
(1) There is a compelling, overriding and present public need for
reclamation;有迫切及凌駕性的當前需要（包括社群的經濟、環境和社會需要）
(2) There is no viable alternative to reclamation; 沒有其他可行方法
and
(3) The proposed reclamation involves minimum impairment to the harbour.
對海港的損害減至最少
She also held that these matters must be demonstrated by clear cogent and
objective evidence. (See paras. 55, 60-62... 阅读全帖 |
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b********n
发帖数: 38600 | 23 The words of Ben Franklin here。
"I fully agree with General Washington, that we must protect this young
nation from an insidious influence and impenetration. The menace, gentlemen,
is the Jews. In whatever country Jews have settled in any great numbers,
they have lowered its moral tone; depreciated its commercial integrity; have
segregated themselves and have not been assimilated; have sneered at and
tried to undermine the Christian religion upon which that nation is founded
by objecting to its ... 阅读全帖 |
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x****6
发帖数: 4339 | 24 看百人会的名单，好像确实文艺和学术界的牛人多一点，政商界的差很多。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_of_100_(United_States)
Kelly Cha, TV/radio host, singer-songwriter, author, educator (2010)
Chi-Foon Chan, President & co-CEO of Synopsys (2010)
Ed Chan, Vice Chair of Charoen Pokphand Group (2002)
Ronnie Chan, Chair of Hang Lung Properties (1998)
Tony F. Chan, President of Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (2010)
David C. Chang, Prof. emeritus of the Polytechnic Institute of New York
U... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 25 我碰到华一代有学过逻辑课的，大部分学的都是formal logic: propositional logic,
predicate logic, modal logic之类的。
但形式逻辑在现实生活中基本用不上，只能用到很严密的计算、数学和严格限定的推断
。生活中大部分的情形逻辑推导都是和内容相关，而不是仅仅靠一个form就能推出来是
否逻辑cogent。
我们在生活中犯的逻辑错误大部分是非形式逻辑，比如预设隐患未证明的前提(begging
the question)，比如拿人论证事情（ad hominem），比如把缺失证据当成是不成立的
证据（appeal to ignorance），比如只讲差别不讲程度（slippery slope ）等等...
这些逻辑错误如果没有专门训练过，就是一个数学博士也很可能会犯。
Informal logic的内容其实非常多，而且要学好用好需要很谨慎。我觉得中国的中学和
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Q*****n
发帖数: 4546 | 26 是删掉了。也解释了改标题和承认系统缺陷；感觉现在的态度比较对了，不象一上来那
么的横，相信这也和各方面持续施加的压力有关。接下来就期待那几个笨蛋付出点代价了
This article has drawn an extraordinary level of outraged response. The
volume of comments has been so great that our online commenting system is
unable to cope: it deletes earlier posts as new ones arrive. We much regret
this ongoing problem. The disappearance of some cogent responses to the
story has fuelled suspicions that Nature is deliberately censoring the
strongest criticisms. This is absolutely not the case: N... 阅读全帖 |
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i***a
发帖数: 4718 | 27 Bravo! 我也刚看过Mark A. Jones和藏独的辩论. 很好的总结. Maybe two more
points.
In the category of VI, 3, 1)
To rebuff the claim that “a cogent case for Tibetan right to self
governance can be put forward based on more recent history. Very briefly
then; from 1911 until the arrival of Chinese troops in Tibet in 1950, Tibet
exercised effective control over its territory and engaged in international
relations.”
VI, 3, 1), a),
In 1942, the U.S. State Department for example, formally notified the
Chinese government t |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 28 By Andrew Foy and Brenton Stransky
Paul Ryan and the House Republicans' 2012 budget cuts 5.8 trillion in
government spending over the next decade and reduces the federal debt by 4.4
trillion relative to the CBO baseline. Tax reform is a key element of the
Ryan proposal that has already come under attack from the left. Democrats
falsely believe that a return to Clinton era taxes, especially on "the rich,
" is a prerequisite for increasing revenue and bringing down the debt over
the coming years... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 29 April 25, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
On April 20, Michael Mukasey appeared before the Republican Lawyers
Association’s National Policy Conference and C-SPAN cameras were there to
record his discussion of the conference theme: Restoring a Government of
Laws: The Obama Administration v. The Constitution.
Mukasey, the former Bush Administration Attorney General, headlined a half
hour discussion — which included a Q&A session — and offered one of the
more cogent explanations I’ve seen of why Obama... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 30 By Glenn Harlan Reynolds
In Inman Majors' terrific novel The Millionaires, a consultant explains that
there are really only two themes to political campaigns: "It's A Bright New
Day," and "Back To Basics." Barack Obama's 2008 campaign was "Bright New
Day" raised to a higher power. Now, with the choice of Paul Ryan as his
running mate, Mitt Romney has signaled that he's doubling down on "Back To
Basics." That has risks, but they're risks worth running.
The 2008 Obama campaign was all about hope a... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 31 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
Former Vice President Dick Cheney is speaking truth to power, doing that
which most other Republicans lack the testicular fortitude to say themselves:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday night that President Obama
has jeopardized U.S. national security by nominating substandard candidates
for key Cabinet posts and by degrading the U.S. military.
“The performance now of Barack Obama as he staffs up the national security
team for the second term is disma... 阅读全帖 |
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u**r
发帖数: 810 | 32 SXM Danbury 11 minutes ago
I am saddened for the UK, but only slightly. Some perspective - today alone
8 people were shot with 6 killed in the US. Yesterday, 62 were shot and 15
killed.
None of it makes the news anymore.
Are terrorists a threat to us more than ourselves?
不只这一个，大多数评论都这个调调，最popular的当然是骂老船的－Readers’ Picks
Yvette NJ 1 hour ago
trump was briefed. That makes me cringe. I can only imagine what he'll make
of this incident - use it to fuel his 'strong man' fantasies no doubt. If he
even ... 阅读全帖 |
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d*****n
发帖数: 754 | 33 被杀的大部分是天使，黑命贵都不管
[在 uper (天天向上) 的大作中提到：]
:SXM Danbury 11 minutes ago
:I am saddened for the UK, but only slightly. Some perspective - today alone
8 people were shot with 6 killed in the US. Yesterday, 62 were shot and 15
:killed.
:None of it makes the news anymore.
:Are terrorists a threat to us more than ourselves?
:不只这一个，大多数评论都这个调调，最popular的当然是骂老船的－Readers’
Picks
:Yvette NJ 1 hour ago
:trump was briefed. That makes me cringe. I can only imagine what he'll
make of this incident - use it to fue... 阅读全帖 |
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k******0
发帖数: 2438 | 34 As the spirit of Leviathan continues its insidious attack on the president,
through congressional Democrats and their accomplices in the liberal
mainstream media, the governor Mike Huckabee has stuck up for him. Wednesday
, in what was likely supposed to be a critique of CNN, however, he found
himself writing what is perhaps one of the most cogent arguments for Special
Counsel Robert Mueller to step down on his own.
Huckabee first pointed out:
CNN cut away from Senate testimony on possible bias ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24733 | 35 Teen Vogue columnist and outspoken feminist Emily Lindin came under fire on
social media Tuesday after tweeting that she was "not at all concerned about
innocent men losing their jobs" over false allegations of sexual assault or
harassment.
The most cogent critique of Lindin came from CNN anchor Jake Tapper. "The
Lead" host tweeted, "I'm guessing you didn’t get a good grade for your 7th
grade book report on To Kill A Mockingbird," referencing the classic novel
that features the trial of a black ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 36 译者前言
在上一篇《Paying the Price for the Breakdown of the Country’s Bourgeois
Culture》即《美国版真理大讨论：美国奋斗文化崩溃的代价（译文/原文）》于2017年
8月9号发表之后，在美国的思想界和文化界引起了轩然大波。原文的作者宾夕法尼亚大
学法学院教授Amy Wax受到了来自各方面的攻击：包括但不限于宾夕法尼亚大学法学院
33名教授联名写公开信要求开除她，宾夕法尼亚法学院的院长要求她休长假，学界和舆
论界的持续炮轰。
2018年，2月16日 Amx Wax教授在《华尔街日报》发表了一篇新的文章《What Can’t
Be Debated on Campus》继续探讨美国的核心价值观和言论自由所遇到的问题。
译文
（图一）
今天的美国校园中充斥着所谓言论自由和价值观自由的夸夸其谈，嘴皮子上夸张地支持
着自由表达和观点多样性。但我通过最近撰写有争议专栏文章的经历，了解到，其实大
多数这种夸夸其谈是没有多大价值。只有当人们面对他们所不喜欢的言论时，才能看清
楚他们的这种夸夸其谈究竟是不是他们真实的想法。
我与圣地亚哥大... 阅读全帖 |
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B****A
发帖数: 43 | 37 我老N多年前在学校混时， 听过一门social science方面的课。教授总结，现在social
science研究的热门、重点、前缘，是racial, African, women, homosexual (那是还
不流行LGBTQ)，等等。那是我的第一反应是，离远点儿。没想到现在看起来差不多的“
研究”，换了动物作主题了。
Fake News Comes to Academia
How three scholars gulled academic journals to publish hoax papers on ‘
grievance studies.’
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fake-news-comes-to-academia-1538520950
The existence of a monthly journal focused on “feminist geography” is a
sign of something gone awry in academia. The journal in question—Gender,
P... 阅读全帖 |
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o****l
发帖数: 1910 | 38 在www下不容易看到这个
重新起一个帖子呗
http://advertising.utexas.edu/JR/InterviewPrep.html
Ph.D. INTERVIEW PREPARATION GUIDE
FOR POSITIONS IN ACADEMIA
By Trina Sego and Jef I. Richards
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR
There is no way to know specifically what a given faculty member looks f
or when interviewing a job candidate. It will vary tremendously from per
son to person. However, there are a few things that are common to the ob
jectives of many faculty members:
* Someone who will fit in with the current facult... 阅读全帖 |
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h*e
发帖数: 5 | 39 昨天收到这个公司的offer,只是电话interview了一次就决定给offer letter,而且催得
很紧，希望很快就签协议。有谁知道这个公司，不知道是否应该去。还有就是不知道
pittsburgh那个城市怎么样，谢谢 |
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v***n
发帖数: 5085 | 40 take it if you have on other option
sounds like a startup |
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v***n
发帖数: 5085 | 41 ah, staffing company... so-called ICC |
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c*****n
发帖数: 1347 | 42 这公司不是icc，是相当大的consulting。欢迎来匹兹堡！ |
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h*e
发帖数: 5 | 43 Thank you for your feedback! |
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C****X
发帖数: 94 | 45 最近在面试这个公司，看网上有人说这公司是ICC，staffing company之类的。
请问有在这个公司工作过或者对这个公司有一定了解的朋友么？
这个公司怎么样，靠不靠谱？
非常感谢！！ |
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v**m
发帖数: 706 | 46 sounds like an ICC, if it is big enough, it should be Kao Pu. |
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d*******u
发帖数: 5337 | 48 他家每次都来我们学校招聘，是一家老印的公司。可以练练手什么的，真要拿到offer
就得慎重点了。 |
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h*d
发帖数: 19309 | 49 大家有熟悉的来说说？
Tom Y. Chan, noodle entrepreneur, grandfather of Lauren Tom
Fred Chang, founder of Newegg[1]
Sam Chang, New York real estate and hotel developer
Allen Chao, founder of Watson Pharmaceuticals
Roger H. Chen, founder of Tawa Supermarket Inc. also known as 99 Ranch
Market
Pehong Chen, founder of Gain Technology and Broadvision
Perry Chen, co-founder of Kickstarter
John S. Chen - CEO of Sybase
Steve Chen, founder and CEO of Galactic Computing
Steve C... 阅读全帖 |
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