Shazer2 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I was just reading an interview with an Engineer from Facebook. He has a very interesting sounding job, and I want to look into new areas of PHP and expand on my Javascript knowledge as well. I want to start doing statistic work, putting it in graphs, measuring stuff and solving problems. How can I start? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/253636-statistics-and-problem-solving/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyKay47 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 that's a pretty vague question, and really depends on what you know now. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/253636-statistics-and-problem-solving/#findComment-1300272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 What kind of statistical work are you looking at? Web analytics, backend analytics, etc? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/253636-statistics-and-problem-solving/#findComment-1300286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazer2 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Maybe like function execution time, and timing different things. Analytics too I guess. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/253636-statistics-and-problem-solving/#findComment-1300299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Maybe like function execution time, and timing different things. Analytics too I guess. That's more of profiling than anything. You're wanting to help programmers figure out bottlenecks and such? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/253636-statistics-and-problem-solving/#findComment-1300315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shazer2 Posted December 22, 2011 Author Share Posted December 22, 2011 Q: What problem are you most proud of solving at Facebook? A: I love figuring out how to measure things, especially when it involves creative abuse of the system. I'm most proud of Doppler, which measures worldwide packet latency and generates a mapping between user IPs and DNS resolver IPs. The fun bit is that it uses only DNS hacks and JavaScript, so it even works on smartphones. That inspires me, that's sort of like things I want to learn about. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/253636-statistics-and-problem-solving/#findComment-1300318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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