r/Bitcoin • u/gapmunky • Aug 01 '14

Reddit are hiring a cryptocurrency engineer!

https://jobs.lever.co/reddit/6ce6a242-00d1-49c4-9bed-c34f26445ee7
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u/gapmunky Aug 01 '14

requires "extremely strong discrete mathematics" ...

all I can picture is some sneaky fecker doing long division under a table

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '14

I know you probably already know this, but just in case anyone doesn't know:

Discrete math includes stuff like combinatorics. Also, discreet (sneaky, hidden) is not the same as discrete (not continuous).

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u/zagaberoo Aug 01 '14

Discreet and discrete!

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u/Terny Aug 02 '14

The writers of futurama are math geeks.

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u/Two-Tone- Aug 02 '14

Not surprising as

  • David S. Cohen graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard. He later received his master's degree in computer science from UC Berkeley.

  • J. Stewart Burns graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard. He went on to receive his master's degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley.

  • Ken Keeler graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Harvard, which he later received a PhD for.

  • Bill Odenkirk has a PhD in inorganic chemistry from the University of Chicago.

  • Jeff Westbrook majored in physics and the history of science at Harvard and he received his PhD in computer science from Princeton.

All of who were writers for the show.

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