Arete3141

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by Arete3141 9y ago
1. Many women want the option to stay home and raise their own children, at least for a few years. If a woman marries an otherwise-wonderful man who earns half her salary, she will not be able to easily stay home with her own child while ma
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by Arete3141 9y ago
If you work in an office with non-dev's -- like QA's, analysts, regular folks -- ask them. And then listen to what they say. As a QA, I frequently have the following experience: me: "This won't make sense to people.&quot
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by Arete3141 9y ago
FWIW, I've been sensitive to gluten for years, but when I traveled in Spain -- I was fine. Then I came back to the US, and tried wheat again. Nope. I would not be surprised if the way we're processing / spraying our wheat her
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by Arete3141 9y ago
On a similar note, "fear of not looking smart" can make it hard to ask a question. Often when I'm in a meeting and they're going deep into some technical thing I don't understand, I (nowadays) assume that everybody
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by Arete3141 9y ago
This is less software-related, but one trap smart folks can fall into is being afraid to seem not smart. Like let's say an authority figure is trying to do something that doesn't feel right to you, and you say something about it
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by Arete3141 9y ago
I had that thought at first, too. But then I thought about it: she has worked on the subtle shades of meaning in words for years in order to translate things. So the more subtle significance of the role of translator is also something she w
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by Arete3141 9y ago
I wish I had known when I was younger that a lot of the people who shoot down ideas, minimize your creativity, and say "that's impossible" aren't smarter than you. They're just more insecure. It's easier to say
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by Arete3141 9y ago
I am also very interested in finding out more about the tech scene in Spain. Questions: - Are there many opportunities for technical QA -- folks who know SQL, Jmeter, and other technical tools? What would salary ranges be for those types o
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by Arete3141 9y ago
I also second the joys of a part-time job. One of the most productive periods in my working life was when I had a job that was 30 hours a week. I worked 6 hours a day -- so that forced me to get out of bed, shower, and become fully human --
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by Arete3141 9y ago
There are multiple factors, but basic discouragement, starting from childhood, is a big one. 100 years ago, when writing could make you a decent living, women were constantly discouraged from writing. Here's Virginia Woolf's chara
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by Arete3141 9y ago
I tried living totally without internet access, and while I felt a lot better overall, I eventually had to give in. Nowadays phone books aren't usually delivered to homes anymore, so if you want to get in touch with a store or find a d