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Do programmers have any special skills that non-programmers may lack?(programmers.stackexchange.com)
1 points by Unosolo 15y ago|0 comments
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by Unosolo 15y ago
Quoting http://stackoverflow.com/a/746854/22088 : Contractor is a temporary resource brought in from outside of organisation. Contractors' job is done when they finish delivering products or services specified in their contract. Consultant
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Will taking a job in web development prevent a low-level programming career?(programmers.stackexchange.com)
2 points by Unosolo 15y ago|0 comments
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by Unosolo 15y ago
Having to work away from home, family and friends.
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What Do Project Managers Do All Day?(stackoverflow.com)
6 points by Unosolo 15y ago|0 comments
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by Unosolo 15y ago
Free trials aren't free to the company. It's a promise given to customers that they will be able to make use of company's assets without payment. Company normally has to pay for both the actual usage that occurs and the option of usage it h
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by Unosolo 16y ago
> 5) A developer’s best chance at achieving a maximum salary increase is to negotiate during the hiring process. Once you are on board, you are at the company’s mercy unless you bail. This is true indeed for a worse than average develop
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by Unosolo 16y ago
In no particular order: - In Russia when they ask: "how are you" they actually expect a genuine and extended answer. - Smiles are scarce and reserved for inner social circle only. - Men act toward any strangers as if they expected to be ass
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Why [programming] job postings always looking for “rockstars?”(programmers.stackexchange.com)
2 points by Unosolo 16y ago|1 comments
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by Unosolo 16y ago
Well, maybe it was a really good thatcher but certainly not very skilled in running thatching projects and hence is punished by the market and driven out of the business. There are several ways how he could have avoided the situation or sof
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Software development: dealing with awful estimates(programmers.stackexchange.com)
8 points by Unosolo 16y ago|13 comments
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What are Agile and Scrum development methodology?(stackoverflow.com)
3 points by Unosolo 16y ago|0 comments
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Offshoring: does it ever work?(stackoverflow.com)
68 points by Unosolo 16y ago|66 comments
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by Unosolo 16y ago
Not really impressed, yet. And here is why: Zero points for coming out: Mr Elop was brought in by the board exactly with the goal of rescuing Nokia in mind. Looking from that angle the memo is a bit overdue. Zero points for opening the lett
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Why business analysts and project managers get higher salaries than programmers?(programmers.stackexchange.com)
166 points by Unosolo 16y ago|66 comments
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by Unosolo 16y ago
Few people on superuser.com seem to mention that B:\ was always reserved even on a single floppy system so that it was possible to copy data from one floppy onto another: 1. Insert source disk 2. Type copy a:\ . b:\ 3. The system will read
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by Unosolo 16y ago
As I see it the job of a good HR department is: 1) Make sure that job ad reaches people who are likely to be good candidates. 2) Job ad is attractive enough so that good candidates will actually apply. 3) Handle the administrative side of t
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by Unosolo 16y ago
What I can see is that most companies and especially these where software developement is viewed as a necessary evil rather than a business model are very bad at telling bad candidates from the good ones and don't really hire based on merit
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by Unosolo 16y ago
It's a good example of how coming from different language can both help and inhibit programmer's thinking. Knowing C certainly helps to understand that repetitive array size and index access is likely to be more expensive than using local v
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by Unosolo 16y ago
Intel's CEO, Andy Grove later wrote in his book "Only the Paranoid Can Survive" that the crisis had marked Intel's transition from being run-of-the-mill B2B operation to major B2C brand. Before the crisis Intel viewed itself as just yet ano
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by Unosolo 16y ago
What a terrific career advice! Go after hard to get skills in your early career, work with the best even if you have to work for free! Don't let the better pay to lure you into dead-end jobs. I wish my parents taught me this when I was 18.
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by Unosolo 16y ago
> "For someone to use this information to unlock anything, they would have to implement it in silicon -- make a computer chip," Waldrop told Fox News, and that chip would have to live on a dedicated piece of hardware -- something Intel
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by Unosolo 16y ago
Common freelancer mistake is not charging enough or trying to compete with large companies on commodity markerts where margins are just too low. Not generating enough revenue is the direct cause of not being able to afford holidays, time of
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by Unosolo 16y ago
S&P 500 today is not made up of the same companies as back in 1971. The 6% annual growth excludes any companies didn't do well and were delisted or got wiped out (100% loss of investment).
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by Unosolo 16y ago
This might have been true 20 years ago, but advances in car technology during the recent decade were really fast. Newer cars accross the board have better handling, fuel economy, more creature comforts as standard. Luxuries that existed on
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by Unosolo 16y ago
Ken lives in California. Climate, dress code, public transport availability, security - all are decisive factors when choosing a mode of transportation. Car is just like another family member in terms of expenditure and long distance commut
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by Unosolo 16y ago
As far as "does it EVER work" concerned: it does. It doesn't work well though. Most people can run, doesn't mean that most people can run as fast as Usain Bolt. More at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/502995/offshoring-does-it... Among