ErrantX

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by ErrantX 7y ago
I'd argue it's part of everyone's job on the team (including the manager). Management is a specialist job. Just as software development is. (For me managers are about two things; people leadership [inspiring the best in peopl
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by ErrantX 7y ago
Directly with the company in question? or through a resourcing firm? my experience (On the other end of that transaction) is that the former is rarer because working through a specialist contract placement firm (e.g. Spring) has various att
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by ErrantX 7y ago
Most companies will contract through a management firm than with the individual directly.
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by ErrantX 7y ago
That's not really true. Day rate for a decent SE contractor is about 400/500 (but ofc they don't get that, as mostly private contracting is rare). But the big thing I disagree with is "most"... the perm industry in
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by ErrantX 8y ago
Step number 1 for any dev joining my org; learn the difference between "how I would have done it" and genuine optimisation/bugs. Its probably too carte blanche; but ive reached the point where I will refuse to rule on codesty
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by ErrantX 8y ago
Good developers rip bad code the shreds. Great developers see the opportunity to grow someone. The former shows ownership of the code, but is generally bad for a business. The latter understands that a successful business is more than simpl
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by ErrantX 8y ago
Yep the second the words "flat team structure" are used as a positive I'm out!
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by ErrantX 8y ago
The problem is that the politics are not partisan and instead divide the main parties. It would be similar to half the republicans and half the democrats agreeing on a key policy & fundamentally disagreeing with the other half of their
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by ErrantX 8y ago
Thats a pretty big spread :) Id say focus on the web side of things and build a few apps - perhaps something you would find useful or rebuild an app you use.
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by ErrantX 8y ago
Its a test given pre-interview to do in their time. 90 minutes, 3 questions. It is a gateway; candidates we want to interview a) can easily solve the problem and b) realise that its a 90 minute gateway test and therefore probably doesnt nee
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by ErrantX 8y ago
> Maybe I am just overcomplicating things when programming This is probably the root of the problem. But there is good news because a) many people suffer from this and b) they tend to be good or at least experienced programmers For examp
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by ErrantX 8y ago
I had the same bug :( Cool learning game though. will be good for on the train.
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by ErrantX 8y ago
Blast from the past. I have a similar story; Eventscripts was how I learned python! was a lot of fun playing with code that you could see take action in game.
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by ErrantX 8y ago
Graded salary based on a mix of tenure and experience, with clear performance goals tied to moving those salary grades up sooner. This works very well for our grad programme. Also; most people leave managers not companies. So if pay is righ
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by ErrantX 8y ago
I suppose the implicit question is more; what are they doing that is likely to be in violation of some (relatively mundane, tbf) privacy regulations. The only thing gdpr really changed was the size of the fine...
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by ErrantX 8y ago
FYI she still adamantly has the view that it was correct not to have been awarded the Nobel prize; not because the award wasnt sexist etc. but on the original grounds of being a research student. It was somewhat sad that the bbc interview t
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by ErrantX 8y ago
99.999999% of the purpose of any todo list process (app or otherwise) is a prompt for your memory (whether its scheduled or not). Scheduling and maintaining is a discipline that doesnt always come naturally. And is largely redundant.
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by ErrantX 9y ago
one example might be financial services which may get regulated to be multi-cloud. Also DR.
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Very interesting, and important, point - thank you! It goes to show that healthcare is intrinsically linked into so many parts of our daily lives in weird ways.
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by ErrantX 9y ago
> Does that NHS website provide a prescription to Tamiflu as well? Well, no. And this is why: https://www.nhs.uk/news/medication/effectiveness-of-tamiflu-... What I love here is that there is clear, documented
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Its kinda sad to see this sort of service. Home visits are a key part of healthcare, but it doesnt scale and is potentially harmful. Especially when you realise that most people dont really need to see a doctor. Flu is a great example (not
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Seems wasteful & fruitless. Better to evolve a micropayments model that works (because at least i can quantify what I pay)
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by ErrantX 9y ago
If the lawyer believes his client is not compos mentis, to the extent he is damaging his own right to a fair trial, surely he a can file some sort of motion to relieve him of his rights? This not being possible is, I assume, the only excuse
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Thats what I mean; PSD2 has always been about B2B. GDPR is business to consumer and we should critique it to press for digital solutions that are meaningful for consumers. As to the desktop app business; well sure but my hope is we build to
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Yes that is an accurate summary.
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Its a fair criticism in part; but you are a technologist and so want unfiltered access to play with that data. For the vast majority of people that's meaningless - so to be able to share that data with companies offering new and intere
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Teller is interesting; I have some reservations (mostly around the attitude they portray, which is a bit unprofessional) but they have a good vision. The downside is they are encouraging you to share passwords, as you say, which isn't
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by ErrantX 9y ago
I think that will come. It will take a bit of time for comfort to set in (both with the consumer and the banks) but I definitely see this as the first step. (edit; in addition the psd2 legislatiob, and specifically the technical guidance, d
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by ErrantX 9y ago
It should survive; the EU Banking Authority is based in London (it will move post Brexit) and the UK treasury were major influencers on this legislation. Worth saying also; Open Banking actually came out of the UK competition marketing auth
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by ErrantX 9y ago
Not right now; at first you'll have to rely on PFM tools built by companies rather than directly. There is a chance GDPR will give you as an individual more flexibility but it wont be mandated.

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