EnderMB

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by EnderMB 7y ago
Yep, he's very well-known in certain circles, having started working on singles with solo artists alongside the previous duos mashup work. If this resulted in substantial data loss, it could be really bad.
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by EnderMB 7y ago
Have you played with RestSharp at all? I tend to stick with the standard library in .NET, but a lot of people swear by RestSharp.
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by EnderMB 7y ago
The one point where I agree is, in my view, the sole reason why big companies use algorithm-style interviews. FAANG-level companies can put out a job role and have hundreds, if not thousands of people apply. Out of all of these people, ther
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by EnderMB 7y ago
I like IRC, and I'd like to use it more, but it all depends on the community. Back when I was getting to grips with .NET, the #csharp channel was invaluable in getting immediate technical help. They were the ones that introduced me to
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by EnderMB 7y ago
You're right, although I'm not sure if people necessarily go to their ISP or to the cheapest host possible. Most of the time, in my experience at least, someone that wants cheap hosting and is using something like .NET or Python w
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by EnderMB 7y ago
The limiting factor for me, as a long-time C# dev now working outside of Windows, is that many of the tools I used haven't been ported to .NET Core. Take Umbraco, for example. If someone were to port it to .NET Core and rewrite parts o
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by EnderMB 7y ago
Everyone I've ever met that earns big money writing software has worked with legacy or enterprise tech. AEM and Salesforce developers make a ton of money, especially if they are good. Contract Sitecore developers also make a ton of mon
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by EnderMB 7y ago
Ah, sadly that's fairly standard - hire a cheap junior developer, expect the world of them, and fire them if they show even the first sign of not being able to do everything they ask with 100% certainty. It may not seem like it, but it
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by EnderMB 7y ago
At uni, a large chunk of my final-year grade hinged on a large project, where we'd meet up with a supervisor, build a non-trivial application, and write a dissertation on it. One of the best projects from recent years that was handed o
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by EnderMB 7y ago
The advice already given is good, but a few other points I'd like to add: * I also have a degree in Computer Science, but with 18 months of professional development experience I'd still consider you a junior-level developer. In te
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by EnderMB 7y ago
First of all, it depends on the company and the role itself. If the company is using an algorithms interview to hire someone to maintain a shitty CRUD app, I would nope out of that interview almost immediately. Hiring is a reflection of a c
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by EnderMB 7y ago
That's surprising, considering most plans are pretty cheap. I've almost exclusively worked at small companies, agencies mostly, and my last three places had some form of private health plan. I've also never worked in London,
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by EnderMB 7y ago
It's also a solid perk in the UK. I've not worked at many big companies, but most places I've worked at have had good health insurance plans.
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by EnderMB 7y ago
"Tell me about a time when technology really pissed you off" I usually word this is a more "work-safe" way, but I find that this question has the benefit of both relaxing a candidate, and giving them a great opportunity
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by EnderMB 7y ago
Purely as an outsider looking at the regular China tech posts with interest over the years, it feels like there's a common thread, where US tech giants look at the Chinese market and rub their hands with glee, expecting to simply place
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by EnderMB 7y ago
Above anything else, I would love to see F# get more love. From my experience, it's in a weird place where .NET devs would love to use it, but either don't see the benefit of switching, or don't see how to switch. If Microsof
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by EnderMB 7y ago
That's fantastic! A lot of people laugh at building software on Windows, but one of the things I really miss since moving to OSX/Debian is using PowerShell for scripting tasks.
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by EnderMB 7y ago
I think a lot of it is down to people overinflating the importance of their work, or the qualifications of their team. You could have a legitimately talented team and have delivered successful projects for big-name companies, but I'd b
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by EnderMB 7y ago
C# is nearly twenty years old, and is still developing at a rapid pace. As more people switch towards .NET Core, I can see more people adopting the language and framework. On the same stack, I can also see PowerShell remaining for a long ti
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by EnderMB 8y ago
In my limited experience of hiring, there are only two consistent rules that apply: 1. Be a top company - either have a big name people want to work for, or a (provably) talented team that do notable work. Everyone bullshits their way aroun
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by EnderMB 8y ago
True, but there's also the logistics around getting their goods from a factory to a train. The assumption around automated deliveries would be that the entire chain is automated - from creation to lorry to destination.
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by EnderMB 8y ago
I've often wondered why consumer-level self-driving cars are being pushed as a thing when the logical step would be automating service vehicles first - low-risk vehicles that cover the most miles, which can go much slower if working 24
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by EnderMB 8y ago
JavaScript has moved on considerably over the past decade, but any time I have to write any JS I still yearn for the simple syntax of jQuery. Obviously, the abstractions were what made jQuery what it is, and what made it so powerful, but I
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by EnderMB 8y ago
I've been interested in moving to the US for a while, and after a bit of research and help from people on here, the recommended routes were: H1B: Hard to get, but a FAANG-level company could probably get you in O1: Apparently some peop
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by EnderMB 8y ago
Yes. I worked for a small studio that was a part of a big agency. We had two directors - one that sat on the board of the main agency, which was in transition to tech, and a designer that had been relocated. The designer was allegedly a dir
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by EnderMB 8y ago
Where there's smoke, there's usually fire. Does this happen to anyone else on the team? If I were you, I'd (informally) ask others if this is a problem for them, and if it is maybe consider formally putting your foot down to
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by EnderMB 8y ago
Purely my opinion, so feel free to agree/disagree. Most of the time, agile fails due to an unwillingness to be flexible. It's either stakeholders or managers with rigid deadlines/demands, or teams that are incapable of adapti
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by EnderMB 8y ago
The keyboard on the Surface Book is very good, and is still good even after constant use.
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by EnderMB 8y ago
A few years ago I worked with a 14 year old on work experience. He had some impressive sounding personal projects on the go, and after a few months throughout the years of working for us, we gave him a job at 16, which he accepted. He got p
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by EnderMB 8y ago
Thanks for the detailed post! To be honest, I've always viewed the H1B visa as the "default", since it's the visa type associated with FAANG type interviews. As far as O1 goes, I'd be interested in how many develope

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