Note: I'm currently taking a break from this course to focus on my studies so I can finally graduate
I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.
I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
from __future__ import unicode_literals | |
from django.db import migrations, models | |
from django_cryptography.fields import encrypt | |
app_with_model = 'account' | |
model_with_column = 'User' | |
column_to_encrypt = 'email_address' | |
column_field_class = models.CharField |
function slugify(text) | |
{ | |
return text.toString().toLowerCase() | |
.replace(/\s+/g, '-') // Replace spaces with - | |
.replace(/[^\w\-]+/g, '') // Remove all non-word chars | |
.replace(/\-\-+/g, '-') // Replace multiple - with single - | |
.replace(/^-+/, '') // Trim - from start of text | |
.replace(/-+$/, ''); // Trim - from end of text | |
} |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
from __future__ import unicode_literals | |
import uuid | |
from django.db import migrations, models | |
def fill_mymodel_uuid(apps, schema_editor): | |
db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias | |
MyModel = apps.get_model('myapp', 'MyModel') |
This is a tiny content strategy framework focused on goals, messages, and branding. This is not a checklist. Use what you need and scrap the rest. Rewrite it or add to it. These topics should help you get to the bottom of things with clients and other people you work with.
Give me feedback on Twitter (@nicoleslaw) or by email (nicole@nicolefenton.com).
def dict_to_item(raw): | |
if type(raw) is dict: | |
resp = {} | |
for k,v in raw.iteritems(): | |
if type(v) is str: | |
resp[k] = { | |
'S': v | |
} | |
elif type(v) is int: | |
resp[k] = { |