achompas

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by achompas 16y ago
Also interesting to hear programmers with "motivation problems" usually fail to regain motivation.
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The Trillion Dollar IQ Business(blogs.forbes.com)
6 points by achompas 16y ago|2 comments
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by achompas 16y ago
Rest assured: we have no girlfriends. :(
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by achompas 16y ago
Congrats on getting through at such a low cost--it's really hard to attend nowadays without taking on so much debt. You have to know, though, that you (and I) are in a small minority of students today. And that's the article's point: colleg
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by achompas 16y ago
Don't know why you were downvoted--you make a great point here. You can pick up the same communication skills if you worked during the day (and partied at night) during those 4 years. By doing both you're learning to socialize and communica
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by achompas 16y ago
Universities have a real problem: what they teach you has almost ZERO application outside of their ivy-covered walls. For most degrees (non-engineering, IMO), you don't learn how to add value to the economy--you just learn to jump through a
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by achompas 16y ago
One of PG's main things is "push 1.0 out as quickly as possible." Maybe that's what Apple is doing here, and they're already working on scrobbling.
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by achompas 16y ago
Not sure how old you are but this is great advice. Taking time to work out (run, lift weights, box, do whatever you enjoy) will pay massive dividends in the future. Also make sure you're in great emotional/mental state. Sleep a lot, enjoy y
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by achompas 16y ago
Teaching is a weird beast. Computational techniques have improved, but we haven't improved educational techniques much beyond "smaller class sizes" and "online lectures." We can talk freely about the academic labor market, but it's hard to
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by achompas 16y ago
Agreed. But given that 49 out of 50 states were struggling to fall under budget this past year, we can safely say they're cutting the useful stuff now. Great anecdote from NY State on a recent episode of This American Life ("Social Contra
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by achompas 16y ago
Government revenue (usually: taxes) funds the services governments provide for its people. Example: USPS has seen slow/negative net revenue growth, so they're considering cutting Saturday service.
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by achompas 16y ago
Right, this is a common economic discussion. People under the poverty line today can afford a roof, TV, and a home phone; 70 years ago they would stand in bread lines. Quality of life has definitely improved.
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by achompas 16y ago
What evidence does he provide that the decline in quality of education is due to lower budgets? Academic positions, like any other job, operate within a competitive labor market. Lower budgets mean less money to attract top talent. Cheape
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by achompas 16y ago
Right. People are going crazy over the $500k number 40 years out but, in real dollars, that could easily convert to a middle-class wage today.