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EM Tweet: Ramping up autopilot team -- email -- proof of skills
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Krugerrand
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mikeash
Active Member
What's wrong with Twitter? It can be a great place to connect with programmers.
I would definitely not try to find people on Reddit, unless there's a community of skilled programmers there which I haven't come across.
bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
He has almost 3 million twitter followers & likely a large number are technical. He just blasted millions of people, direct to their twitter feed (vs. someone choosing to read on reddit).
I'd say it was a GREAT way to reach a lot of people. (I've already forwarded the info to a couple of stellar engineers I know that might be interested. So it worked with me.
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Funny thing ... studies I've read in the past (and fully agreed with) showed that as long as compensation was fair (not stellar, just fair), the #1 thing that mattered to employees was being motivated by what they do, recognized, and feeling they can make a difference. Not hours, not being at the top of the pay scale .. but knowing their work mattered both to their employer and in the larger sense.
I had a manager on my team at Intel who, after I moved him into a job that actually fit his passions, would work crazy hours. I was a little worried about him, because it was a huge change in behavior. His response? "Yep, I'm working way more than I ever have, but I'm having fun. I love what I'm doing now."
Doing what I do best and probably completely derailing the thread here, but I agree with the bolded part completely; but I don't agree about the hours, at least not for me. It might not be the #1 thing on my list, but it's pretty high up there.
When I was ready to make the move from my previous job, I had an interview with a company whom I asked what the work-life balance was (I'd rather take a pay cut than work 60 hours every week), and they pretty much told me that a 50-60 hour work week is the minimum, and on crunch time they go much higher, BUT "everyone loves what they do, so it's not a problem". It was a problem for me, so that interview ended rather quickly.
If I was right out of college, and had no kids OR if I was an empty-nester OR if I didn't have hobbies, sure.
If my hobbies and my job aligned perfectly, sure.
But generally I work to live, and don't live to work. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy what I do for a living immensely, but I enjoy spending time with my family more than work.
Well said. Tesla is focused on the core mission, to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport and build an insanely great car that people will drive and fall in love with. And that is what is happening even though the media player isn't perfect and the vanity mirrors aren't lighted. Those details will come in time. But in the big picture they don't mean a damn thing.
larmor
Active Member
Good idea-- i did think of a friend who could do this, easily. It would be like a weekend project for him... But kinda embarrassing to ask him to look into this, nevertheless your post motivated me to contact him...
He has almost 3 million twitter followers & likely a large number are technical. He just blasted millions of people, direct to their twitter feed (vs. someone choosing to read on reddit).
I'd say it was a GREAT way to reach a lot of people. (I've already forwarded the info to a couple of stellar engineers I know that might be interested. So it worked with me.
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Funny thing ... studies I've read in the past (and fully agreed with) showed that as long as compensation was fair (not stellar, just fair), the #1 thing that mattered to employees was being motivated by what they do, recognized, and feeling they can make a difference. Not hours, not being at the top of the pay scale .. but knowing their work mattered both to their employer and in the larger sense.
I had a manager on my team at Intel who, after I moved him into a job that actually fit his passions, would work crazy hours. I was a little worried about him, because it was a huge change in behavior. His response? "Yep, I'm working way more than I ever have, but I'm having fun. I love what I'm doing now."
Reddit and thousands of other sites pick it up within minutes. EM's tweets like this one often become leading business and tech stories. Interesting combination with Big Bang Theory appearance.
hockeythug
Active Member
mspohr
Well-Known Member
I'll bet they're going with MUMPS... and I've got a corner on MUMPS programming.
http://www.glassdoor.com/Job/mumps-programmer-jobs-SRCH_KO0,16.htm
All I know is that Elon's tweet confirms to me that Tesla will not expend appreciable resources on improving the software and usability of my classic (pre-auto pilot) Model S because autopilot is EVERYTHING to Elon at this point, and it will get all the resources. So I will not get any type of useful voice control for my car's functions beyond navigation, no improvements in menu ergonomics to make driving and controlling the car at the same time safer, no assistance of integrating aftermarket mobileye deployments into the car, etc. Classic Tesla's we clearly an afterthought in the development of 7.0. Now we know why.
This will undoubtedly be a net negative in the promised evolution of my $120k P85 investment.
This will undoubtedly be a net negative in the promised evolution of my $120k P85 investment.
HankLloydRight
No Roads
I seriously don't think it's that bad. While AP is a current priority, I'm sure there's lots of software goodness headed our way for pre-AP cars.
Don't forget, Elon is hiring to expand the "Autonomous Driving" team, and all current AP cars aren't equipped for that, so right now, NOBODY can benefit from that.
C++ is my primary language skill , 13+ years professional, real time programming...software architecture, design, etc etc...the job requirements is probably a complete match to my background. i would apply, except that I know their engineer salary is pretty low for the industry and I know they are REALLY overworked plus I have ZERO desire to live in CA. I love Tesla but no thanks. that is unless I can work 100% remotely
f-stop
Active Member
Somewhere in the basement I must have a deck of punch cards with something written in FORTRAN... Can I mail the deck to Elon? Or should I tweet them to him, one card at a time?
MikeBur
ManualPilot
Well, the LOGO comment pretty much caused me to snort coffee...
At least no one has mentioned ADA yet!
agree with Bonnie's earlier comment on remuneration not being everything. I work where I do at < half of another position I was offered. That position was a) in Bay Area and b) not doing something I love. it would be more enticing if TM would create a sw group up here, in the same manner in which they have for SpaceX... ;-)
At least no one has mentioned ADA yet!
agree with Bonnie's earlier comment on remuneration not being everything. I work where I do at < half of another position I was offered. That position was a) in Bay Area and b) not doing something I love. it would be more enticing if TM would create a sw group up here, in the same manner in which they have for SpaceX... ;-)
BertL
Active Member
f-stop
Active Member
ha ha yeah, those. I kinda miss the solid chunk-chunk-chunk tactile typing feel on those Model 029 keypunches.
now that you mention it... where did I put my stack of mark-sense cards coded in BASIC (pencil - no keypunch needed). ok nevermind
green1
Active Member
I thought logo was the perfect language for this project, after all, it was designed specifically for moving items around, sounds exactly like what autopilot needs!
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