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- sstidman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I guess I'll be the first one to point out that she is not just very smart but also rather easy on the eyes. Check out some of her pics:
http://niniane.smugmug.com/popular/1/56831244
http://niniane.smugmug.com/popular/1/11954269
http://niniane.smugmug.com/popular/1/10326153
http://niniane.smugmug.com/popular/1/10670828
http://niniane.smugmug.com/popular/2/81186690
Very nice looking girl. - limewood, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Anyone that has an easter egg on google maps is ok in my book:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=niniane+kicks+ass - 47knight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4She learned program at age 5! That's crazy.
- goat77, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"I'd spend 20% of my worktime creating a revolutionary, extremely profitable sideproject" is perhaps the correct answer.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I worked indirectly with Niniane back in 2002 on the then-still-secret, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, produced by the Microsoft Game Studios. Her talent and personality were remarkable, as she worked: spending most of her time crafting puffy clouds!
There isn't much else but clouds in the sky to see, so realistic and attractive clouds are important, but then 3D horsepower was more limited and trying to get those wonderful and artistic clouds to not bring a system down to it's knees was a challenge.
Insightfully, Niniane created 'Cloud Impostors' which were mere 2d cloud-textures facing the observer, partially substituting for the wonderful volumetric clouds (percentage selectable by the user no less). They certainly help frame rates, but early on in their development, they were hilariously bugged. You would see them out the cockpit window, spinning like giant windmills, sometimes gently turning, sometimes not so gently. If only all such bugs could be so humorous and silly, but it was a serious matter and Niniane (with the rest of the team of course) handled it all with skill and grace. If you have used FS9 in it's glory, you will have seen Niniane's work in action.
She is as talented and personable as you are being told, and I personally wish her the very best of luck in all her future endeavors. Google is very lucky to have her! - VaamYob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe you got that answer "wrong" because you gave up. I'm pretty sure they were testing your creativity/attitude towards unexpected and difficult situations.
For all these "what if" type questions, I always like to take a second and figure out "why" they are asking me such a seemingly unrelated question. - crimes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3That was a very easy to read interview. I wish I had more co-workers like her.
- VaamYob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That does it, I'm going home and teaching my kids ruby.
- goatrandy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5 The second largest regret I've ever had in my life was not passing the second phone interview stage with Google. She's having avacodo with chocolate chips while preparing for her trip to Egypt, and I'm having Miller Lite with ...Um. Nothing... while preparing for my trip to the bathroom.
Whatever, I'll bet chocolate chip covered avacodo sucks anyhow. :)
Still, it's a good article. I just wish they'd asked me technical questions instead of those crazy ones.
They asked me 'If you suddenly found yourself six inches tall, inside a blender and a giant hand was reaching for the puree button what would you do?".
I said "Give up, because the laws of physics no longer apply. The human heart wouldn't scale to that size." (Paraphrasing)
It was the wrong answer, apparently.
BTW - The first largest regret of my life was a haircut. ;) - Librarian1968, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If she's part of geekdome, than overcrowding is preferred.
- coding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Last time I had lunch there it was an overcrowded geekdome.
- dengzhi, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0Chinese Own!
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