Desafinado

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by Desafinado 2y ago
That makes sense. In this situation it was a bit tricky as I didn't actually know the developer at all (different team), but I should have picked up on it.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Thank you!
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Ask HN: Which resources would you recommend on software mentorship?
4 points by Desafinado 2y ago|2 comments
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by Desafinado 2y ago
That's a good point, thank you.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
I agree, but I do wonder about the balance of delegating autonomy vs micro-managing. I've seen some developers never really grow or progress because there was always someone holding their hand, telling them what to do, and not letting
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Ask HN: A question about mentoring a junior developer
36 points by Desafinado 2y ago|40 comments
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by Desafinado 2y ago
I'm not bullish on humanoid robots because people are biological organisms who like moving their bodies and interacting with other people. The manufacture of robots that do tasks for us is grade school logic, the same type of thinking
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Ask HN: Is Meta really building humanoid robots?
3 points by Desafinado 2y ago|5 comments
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by Desafinado 2y ago
You're making fair points although I'll just add that I didn't claim that success was easy, I just described the minimum requirements for success. It's always going to be a gamble.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Fair, but you seemed to miss the part where I described intelligence as nearly important as motivation. It's just that I'd give motivation a greater importance. You need to be smart enough to run a business, but more importantly y
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by Desafinado 2y ago
It's been my experience that business success is less about intelligence, and more about the right combination of intelligence and motivation. Succeeding as an entrepreneur takes an extreme amount of work and fortitude that has to come
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Ask HN: What are some good, recent books on Java and Java Enterprise?
3 points by Desafinado 2y ago|1 comments
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by Desafinado 2y ago
It can be done, but my take is that until your kid is through puberty their job is to learn how to navigate the real world, how to talk to people in person, and so on. You can give them technology but it has very minimal benefit compared to
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Tell HN: A word of advice for new developers
2 points by Desafinado 2y ago|3 comments
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by Desafinado 2y ago
I've got a brother who did this. His son is about to graduate med school in the 98th percentile. More seriously, it's not beyond the pale to introduce them to the internet. The more important thing is to put off handhelds for as l
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by Desafinado 2y ago
I agree with this. At some point you need to work on a hard project, with minimal support, for an extended period of time. The skills you'll learn will be indispensable. Open source can help, but it's hard to replicate being immer
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by Desafinado 2y ago
A good start is to avoid giving them a smartphone until they're in high school. And once they have a smartphone require them to get permission from you before installing any social media apps, with consequences if they don't follo
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Java. It's old school enough that it gives you a sense of real programming, while also shielding you from the lower level elements of C++ and C. It's also still widely used.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
This isn't a trivial topic. You guys might not understand how terrifying the prospect of joining a country where 6 year olds get shot in their classroom is. It's not a joke.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Please, let's not normalize this idea. No Canadian in their right mind wants to become American. Trump is a lunatic, end of story.
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Ask HN: What happened with big tech and KOSA? Why do they oppose it?
1 points by Desafinado 2y ago|1 comments
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by Desafinado 2y ago
I drink coffee that's a mix of 33% regular / 66% swiss-water decaf. It's the best of both worlds, you can keep yourself awake but you're not getting the huge highs and lows of regular coffee. My flow has been massively s
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Leonard Cohen's 'Book of Longing', because life is about more than work and money.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
I agree with this, although I'd add that study becomes exceptionally useful after you've reached the senior level. Until you've seen most of what the software industry can throw at you, study isn't that useful. But aft
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by Desafinado 2y ago
The book 'Positive Discipline' by Jane Nelsen was also instrumental to our approach.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Acted as an actually good parent, not just someone who plays one on social media. Read books about parenting, paid attention, did required medical tests and advocated with healthcare. Purchases? Healthy food, mostly.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Underground Empire by Henry Farrell.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
FWIW, I'm a vegetarian and drink fair trade coffee. Some of these decisions aren't things from which we have a choice. I need clothes / a computer, I can't function without them. I can function without working for Meta.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
Ah, the space is key. Thought my count was off.
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by Desafinado 2y ago
The U.S. election is going to reverberate around the world, it's not just apathetic Americans who are impacted. And misinformation absolutely contributed to the result, but I'd call the bigger player Fox news. All that being said,

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