Companies that encourage open source contributions, papers and talks?

Yahoo
GarryOtter

Go to company page Yahoo

GarryOtter
Dec 13, 2016 12 Comments

Looking for my next gig...

comments

Want to comment? LOG IN or SIGN UP
TOP 12 Comments
  • Airbnb
    anon911

    Go to company page Airbnb

    anon911
    Airbnb
    Dec 13, 2016 0
  • Microsoft, believe it or not, we're drinking the Kool Aid
    Dec 13, 2016 0
  • Lnkd
    Dec 13, 2016 0
  • Amazon
    trololol

    Go to company page Amazon

    trololol
    wikimedia
    Dec 13, 2016 0
  • Amazon
    C867A2

    Go to company page Amazon

    C867A2
    not Amazon unfortunately.
    yes, there is a publication process and we have an internal ml conference, but for the amount of interesting things done there always seems to be minimal showing at conferences, especially when compared to e.g. google.
    talks are hard to get approval for (may need VP approval).
    open source contributions are also hard. it's possible, and we've gotten approval, but don't expect it to be easy.
    if you want to contribute as a side project, you need to go through an external activity approval, which is run by lawyers who understandably are cautious. so anything related to what Amazon is working on somewhere in the business is likely to be blocked by default.

    these processes are not unusual, pretty much all large companies will have them. the hard part is figuring out where each company calibrates them.

    I'm also really curious about this. hopefully others can give details as well.
    Dec 15, 2016 0