We are expecting a baby and looking into various travel systems with support for bassinet. Narrowed it down to Graco and uppababy. Is uppababy worth the price ? TC: 300K
Hi everyone, I have a Google on-site interview coming up soon. I was wondering why a type of questions I should expect. Anything I should focus more on? This is for a new grad role. #hardware #interview #google
Planning on getting cameras and security system for our new single family home. Ring is much cheaper than Nest. Any suggestions on why would Nest be better than Ring?
Had a call with 3 team matching teams at Google. 1) Google Play - Deals with publishing applications on play store, auto updating android applications, auto updating play store itself. Backend role. 2) Google Store (Backend role) - Team that facilitates order returns/ replacements 3) Google Nest -...Read more
5 year support commitment… I’ve lost all trust in Google products. Thought they would actually maintain a security system but no, cancelled like all their other devices. Will never buy another Google device. #tech #google #security #nest
Does anyone here use Nest’s security system to protect their home? I have seen “secured by adt” and “secured by simplisafe” signs everywhere but never have I seen the secured by nest signs. If anyone has experience with nest, is it as reliable at the other two and does it inform the authorities upon...Read more
Pros: - Pixel phones - Chrome browser, Chromebook, Chromecast - Android operating system - Android auto for cars - YouTube - Gmail - Google photos - news - cloud - waymo - maps - verily - nest - play store - ytmusic - Google drive - Google podcasts - Google office apps - verily - Waze - classroom...Read more
What is your favorite home security system? Nest? Ring? Good old fashioned ADT? Looking to install it for our new (old) house in the bay area. #housing #sanfrancisco
I’m just curious as to what people are using/ what they think is the best security system. For example ring, nest cameras etc.
What do you think is the best security system for home? I am thinking to choose between Nest and Ring. Any other suggestions?
i have a phone screen nest week with capital one in the dallas area. i have 10+ years of experience wirh specialized document management systems, as well as infrastructure. linux. sql. db2. oracle. current TC- 140k + 10% bonus wondering if anyone has insight on this position. glassdoor has a range...Read more
Being at the game for a few years. Today, I got to finally implement a DFS in a production system. The amount of nested for loops, prefix sums, loop tiling, parallel code and everything else under the sun easily surpass the amount of graph algorithms I've written. Screw you Google, FB and everybod...Read more
What’s the best Smart home hub that I should go with? I want one where I can connect most all smart home things, ie doorbell, cameras, scensors, thermostat, AND home lighting system. I heard I should go with Google hub/google nest. And connect Philips Hue smart lights to it. My concern with Google ...Read more
Brand new HVAC and ductwork in Feb 2018. Clean filter No obstructions in drain Thermostat sees all 6 wires DURING failure Had the same Nest the life of the system from day 1 For the past few days, once daily, the Nest Gen 3 t-stat will stop blowing cool air in the middle of the cooling cycle, prio...Read more
Soooo I got a notification 8pm from my Nest security system that there was an unusual activity in my porch. I go check out what it was and someone threw a poop bag (with the material inside) on my garbage cart. it has been like this for a few days Should I just ignore, confront or do something els...Read more
I recently had an onsite which I failed but I was asked 3 design questions including phone screen which I tried to answer to my best of knowledge but I obviously didn’t. I want to learn about these for future interviews, anyone with good suggestions, experience and pointers can help to get me better...Read more
I have fullstack experience (React, Java, etc) and have been thinking that I want to make devices, not just web apps. What type of skills should I hone to become more qualified to touch lower level code at Nest/AMD/Square/Apple or other companies that use embedded systems? I'm currently getting used...Read more
~5K sqft home. Looking to set up a security system, want the following: - PoE cameras, 4K. Around 7. - No cloud (don’t want ring, nest, etc). Network video recorder (RAID, etc). - indoor and outdoor. - motion detector/contact sensors.. I guess they don’t have to be from the same company (as sec came...Read more
Hey Folks, I completed my interviews and got the thumbs up in March’22 and got the HC approval in May/Jun for an L6 PM (Product Manager). From March until now I’ve had only two TMs (Team Matchings) and both didn’t work out. I’m aware that times are pretty tough and with the mass layoffs there’s an...Read more
I've done 1st technical rounds for both and am preparing for the next ones. What I've done: - TTD: n-way set associative cache - refactoring, optimizing and quizzes about concurrency & technical decisions. Platform: CodeSignal, it's not required to run, as long as it's syntactically correcr. - Rippl...Read more