Google’s hiring philosophy involves always raising the bar. They strive to find people who are better and smarter than the ones already working there, so that the average level of intelligence and ability across Google employees actually increases over time. This should be contrasted against a more traditional model where the smartest people start the [...]
What’s Wrong with Ajax?
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
There’s nothing inherently wrong with the popularization of useful techniques in any field, but the process by which this takes place has profound implications for the overall comprehension of knowledge and the quality of the products produced in that field. The explosion of attention toward the web applications arena was inevitable and has produced numerous [...]