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by arink 8y ago
There is no motivation on the defense contractor side to do anything more than satisfy the requirements of the contract. And any R&D spent should result in an interesting demonstration that brings in more business. Standard operating p
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by arink 11y ago
I no longer work there, but ~5 years ago you had to get approval per project. I went through the process once and it took over 2 months for them to say "Ok" to working on an open source game. Depending on the content and nature o
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by arink 11y ago
There was a recent article in the Chicago Tribune about bringing dogs to work with the following quote: "What we're trying to create here, it's lofty, open, we bring in lunch, we hire younger people. Part of creating the vibe
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by arink 12y ago
3 weeks. FYI: Something to be aware of is if the company shuts down at the end of the year. You may have to use 2 - 4 days of vacation around Christmas/New Years or take it those days as unpaid.
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by arink 13y ago
Primarily size. When you have 256k or less to work with, you don't have much choice. Specific to Erlang: http://www.erlang.org/faq/implementations.html (see 8.9)
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by arink 13y ago
Try hnsearch.com
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by arink 13y ago
Comments from previous submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5388535
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by arink 13y ago
You don't need to preach. Use the workflow that makes you the most productive, mention what you're doing to others, and roll with what happens. As a personal example, I'm not sure anybody had heard of or used Jenkins when I
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by arink 13y ago
One of the concerns I've seen mentioned is that while it is illegal to pay less than the median, that median can be shifted by changing the job title. In the CNN article, it is mentioned that the most requested position is for "co
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by arink 13y ago
Previous comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5717237
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by arink 13y ago
Rephrasing a bit: Most people I know get more done when they aren't interrupted I'm a morning person, but unfortunately it is much easier to get an uninterrupted block later in the day (6pm and after) than it is early in the morning
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by arink 13y ago
I had a friend who graduated from University of Iowa law school. If I remember correctly, he told me that everyone had their GPA bumped up by a third because graduates weren't measuring up to other law schools if potential employers filter