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by _zskd 8y ago
I am by no means an expert programmer, but this is my strategy to stay relevant and employable. Obviously I'm not perfect and break my own rules, but this is what in my mind an optimal honkycat would get up to: Read books, lots of them
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by _zskd 8y ago
edit: Meh, in retrospect this comment was lazy and I don't feel like having it around for the rest of eternity.
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by _zskd 8y ago
I have a saying when my peers compare themselves to the Zuckerbergs and Gates and Musks of the world: How many hundreds of thousands of dollars did your parents spend on your education? Because you have to realize that is who you are compet
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by _zskd 8y ago
I had to work full time and go to school at night to get my education. I used to begrudge people who had it "easy", but anymore I feel like the grit and self-confidence I got from struggling and succeeding has paid dividends down
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by _zskd 8y ago
Google cloud support is PATHETIC. We had a production Kubernetes outage caused by a bug in Google Cloud. We were paying for gold level support. They deescalated and reescelated our ticket 3 times. In the end they closed the ticket and sent
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by _zskd 8y ago
I agree with this so much. I am sick and tired of subsidizing drivers. I am done with the irresponsible and unsustainable policy of ignoring costs associated with road maintenance in the United States. I am done with building roads through
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by _zskd 8y ago
React, Flux, JSX, GraphQL, Jest. It is a full tool-chain, language, architecture, API spec, and testing framework. They are all closely tied to each other.
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by _zskd 8y ago
Do we actually care about these users? Are they going to buy the products we advertise on our websites? Are they going to subscribe to our platform? No. So why should we optimize for people who do not matter to our bottom like?
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by _zskd 8y ago
> I'm sorry - this advice, and most of your comment, is bad advice. I am diagnosed bipolar and ADHD, but meh I don't really care that much about labels. What helped me become stable and happy is going to a therapist. What helpe
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by _zskd 8y ago
I've responded to this sort if inquiry before, so forgive the copy-pasta: >> You sound like you have anxiety problems. What have you done to address your anti-social tendencies? Are you going to a therapist? Do you expect a fairy
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by _zskd 8y ago
I recently joined a gym ( industrialstrengthgym.com/ ). It has an emphasis on having a welcoming atmosphere and community. When they asked me during orientation what my goals were, I said "Show up three times a week. I need to gro
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by _zskd 8y ago
I'm glad you are getting the help you need. Michael Jordan has a coach. Programmers and other brain workers have therapists. It's so obvious to me that having a neutral person who helps you track and set goals, track your moods, a
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by _zskd 8y ago
I went with the Zune / have avoided apple products for years because I find their advertising smarmy. So, I went with Zune and received ENDLESS RIDICULE. BUT! Zune was great. I had the zune app with spotify-style music subscription bef
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by _zskd 8y ago
I am loving the empathy people are feeling for Terry Davis in this thread. His final video is heart breaking. Terry was the proverbial homeless person: Schizophrenic and paranoid. Too sick to be helped or supported. It's easy to get fr
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by _zskd 8y ago
Terry was schizophrenic and was homeless and in poverty due to his condition. Tragically, he is basically the proverbial homeless person you see on the street. Outside of UBI it is very hard to help these people. The sad fact is that it&#x2