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by aroundtown 5y ago
This completely ignores the why somebody is unmotivated. I remember being beat down very early in my career. I took advanced math classes, could build compilers, loved embedded device work, wanted to work on more advanced things (operating
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by aroundtown 5y ago
I've worked with enough disgruntled employees to know that many of them would anything to hurt their company, even if there was no compensation for them. The secret is to hit them at a low point in their day.
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by aroundtown 5y ago
I wouldn't mind more walkable if it didn't come at the cost of being around many more people. Every walkable city I've been to is either filthy, cramped, loud, over run, and/or very very expensive. I don't want to l
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by aroundtown 5y ago
You know what helps: 1. Stop being passive aggressive about being interrupted. 2. Take notes. Dealing with [1]: it is ok, to interrupt some one who starts talking to you, tell them "Hang on", "Just a minute", "Come
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by aroundtown 5y ago
> Everyone should know that the requirements in job listings are almost always guidelines In my experience job requirements are used to weed out and reject those that the hiring people don't like for reasons other than ability. This
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by aroundtown 5y ago
It is too common to see the well off capitalists extol the virtues of hard work, usually as a means unto itself, ignoring the reward. They often say, you peasants could be like me if only you understood how to work hard, while completely ig
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by aroundtown 5y ago
I've been laid off more times due to outsourcing than I'd like to admit.
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by aroundtown 5y ago
That premium for me is going to be higher than they imagine. Among my coworkers I have an average commute time, and I loose 10-12 hours a week driving to and from work. I figure if I was being paid at my normal rate they'd need to pay
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by aroundtown 5y ago
If you don't have access to a college counselor or someone doing a similar job, that is still an opportunity you don't have. The internet helps as long as you have something to look for. If you don't know you are lacking know
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by aroundtown 5y ago
Improving access to education is not enough. You have to improve opportunity. For example, I grew up extremely poor, and went to a small school. The most my parents knew about college was that I was going to go to one. Now I had the intelli
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by aroundtown 5y ago
It was only a way to move up into and through the middle class. It was never a ticket to any place else. The reason is simple, lack of opportunity. Sometimes opportunity is money, privilege, or luck. Sometimes it's being at the right p
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by aroundtown 5y ago
Trustworthy and loyal friends and colleagues have been difficult for me to find. It seems that so many of us who struggle to get where we are pull up the ladder behind us instead of helping uplift each other.
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by aroundtown 5y ago
Unfortunately for some of us, it seems like every place we go is toxic. I've had nothing but terrible experiences every place I have worked as a programmer. I've been out of the game for a bit because of health issues, but I do no
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by aroundtown 6y ago
Give me a dedicated office with a door that can shut, allow me to commute during off-peak rush hours, and raise my pay or shorten my work hours for the same rate... then we will talk about coming back in. Currently: I have an dedicated offi
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by aroundtown 6y ago
I'm always a little skeptical of someone who gets all their degrees from the same university, even it it is Stanford. They aren't exposed to as diverse of a group of thoughts and ideas as someone who goes else where and proves the
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by aroundtown 6y ago
Yep. It happens. Unfortunately not everyone is as lucky to be able to up and quit when these things happen. * Visa holders are often susceptible to this kind of abuse. Low wages, can't job hop, etc. * Those who are bound by health care
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by aroundtown 6y ago
Wow that was neat to see him build and troubleshoot. That said, I'm starting to have a problem with all these creator videos on youtube, and that is the fact they pay for so little of their stuff. It's frustrating to have to scrim
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by aroundtown 6y ago
Your story sounds a lot like mine. I'd say unless you have really experienced it first hand, or know someone who has, it is hard explaining to others how having a short stent of misfortune can really snowball and keep you down. As much
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by aroundtown 6y ago
Real CS degree from a college of engineering at a large state university. Obviously this isn't some top 40 program. Had I known then what I do now, I would have applied to some of those programs. Back then, I wasn't aware of other
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by aroundtown 6y ago
Certainly, what I mean here is people that have been helped out to get where they are, then not pay it forward or in fact go out of their way to not help out their peers. I've seen this happen many times. Not just to friends, but co-wo
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by aroundtown 6y ago
I was in a medium sized city with college and engineering firms. I've moved to a major metro for my first job and then several times since for my partner, to non-tech heavy cities as their career is more specialized and isn't avai
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by aroundtown 6y ago
One of those 30-40% checking in. When I graduated with a CS degree in '07 (US) the first job offer I received was for $25k. I was so angry at that offer. I told the hiring manager that I couldn't possibly work for less than $35k t
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by aroundtown 6y ago
This isn't an apology, this is damage control. The tone is all wrong. You don't "issue a public apology" you say "We apologize for ... " or "We are sorry for ...".
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by aroundtown 6y ago
The good-ole be lucky story.
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by aroundtown 6y ago
I know for me personally, when I was in high school nearly 20 years ago they didn't tell us anything about applying to colleges until late mid April before I graduated. This is typically months after most decent schools end their deadl
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by aroundtown 6y ago
I am curious, were these jobs actually internships? If so, were they unpaid? How were you able to support yourself so young and inexperienced in the Valley?
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by aroundtown 6y ago
What I learned from this article: 1. Privilege opens doors not available to others. 2. Those with privilege are often oblivious to the advantages they have.
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by aroundtown 6y ago
Those are just adverbs. Poorly written adverbs.
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by aroundtown 6y ago
My problem was learning how and why to do it. Most of the tutorials I've seen on the matter either test too trivially or too often. But it also says a lot about the places that I've worked where shipping code and carving out domai
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by aroundtown 6y ago
As one of those developers, the problem I face is learning how and why to write tests. Most of the tutorials I've read on the matter test things that are too trivial and test too often. It also doesn't help that the people I'

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