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by badfrog 7y ago
> These people are now starting to get old and it’s the first time we’ve had this vast an older software developer workforce. Where are all the older software developers? I've worked at a few FANG and similar-level finance companies
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by badfrog 7y ago
I'd like it better if they were required to allow public access. The public is paying for this land in lost taxes, we should be able to use it.
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by badfrog 7y ago
> But to take an example, at this point tether is generating 75mm a year for free for it owners at 0 risk. It's the crypto equivalent of a "free" checking account that doesn't pay interest. It sounds more like an ETF
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by badfrog 7y ago
And there are probably (hopefully) a lot of safety certifications to go through after you start testing.
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by badfrog 7y ago
For me, all the time. I can't install software at work, so a web app would be the only to access my stuff during the work day. I also have a shared computer in my living room that I don't install personal apps or log into personal
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by badfrog 7y ago
What's the difference? I can think of lots of advantages for both.
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by badfrog 7y ago
> Is the ICO a scam? Yes, it wasn't legal. Not everything that's illegal is a scam. If somebody sells me cocaine and I'm happy with the product, it's illegal but nobody was scammed.
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by badfrog 7y ago
What is reader mode? F9 doesn't do anything for me in Chrome.
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by badfrog 7y ago
Sure, I'm not claiming Terminal is the best option. But if somebody who's not familiar with command line is starting to do web dev, they've got a ton of things to install/learn right away, and this doesn't need to b
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by badfrog 7y ago
I wonder why the terminal app section is there at all, since the preinstalled Terminal is totally fine. Since this article seems aimed at brand new developers, I'd expect the author would want to eliminate any unnecessary steps.
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by badfrog 7y ago
> A paid youtube? Not sure they would be worth it without the endless amounts of free content by free users. Even if it were possible to convert these to paid services now, there's no way they could have started out paid with no exi
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by badfrog 7y ago
Yeah I'd gladly switch to government work hours, retirement benefits, etc if they paid anywhere near what I make in finance.
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by badfrog 7y ago
> Do we really want social issues litigated by major brands slinging mud at each other? I agree the mud slinging in this post is pretty ridiculous, but I certainly like it when major brands refuse to do business with other brands that ar
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by badfrog 7y ago
This article is in a section called "battles", which is one of the five main headings on their website. That says a lot about how they see themselves.
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by badfrog 7y ago
> If any of your friends take pictures and tag you, Facebook now has data on YOU. And it starts building a profile around that. There are two large areas of criticism about Facebook: 1) Business ethics / privacy 2) Psychological eff
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by badfrog 7y ago
Reminds me of Jane Street's code review in emacs: https://blog.janestreet.com/putting-the-i-back-in-ide-toward...
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by badfrog 7y ago
> But if they are really trying to get better, then they have to do 'deliberate' practice. Just grinding through things isn't the end-all-be-all. You have to really be trying. Not only that, but the types of coding you can
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by badfrog 7y ago
If that's what you want to do with your time, cool. This article is aimed at people who don't want to do that but feel like they have to.
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by badfrog 7y ago
Anecdotally, I've been a professional software engineer for around 10 years at top tech companies. I'm currently have similar pay and seniority as a Google L6. I've very rarely worked more than 9 hours in a day, and in those
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by badfrog 7y ago
Are you suggesting that somebody can only be one of pleasant or competent?
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by badfrog 7y ago
> That said, even as an IC, at higher levels the scope of impact you're expected to deliver at some point exceeds what one person working alone can have, so there's still lots of people leadership skills needed to advance: work
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by badfrog 7y ago
> Couldn't a single coder (or a small team) help an organization get some competitive advantage when it comes to tools. Or even programming languages? Sort of, but: 1) Knowing what to build requires deep knowledge of that the othe
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by badfrog 7y ago
Have you talked to your manager about this? If your company has a non-terrible leadership, they should be able to tell you what specific qualities they look for in management and what you need to improve.
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by badfrog 7y ago
It sounds like you're not a very good manager, unfortunately. One of the most important things a manager does is understand how to communicate productively with each of their reports. If you have reports whom you believe cannot "f
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by badfrog 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to
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by badfrog 8y ago
Agreed. For example, I spent a couple years using JavaScript as my main language at work then changed jobs and learned OCaml. If I need to use JavaScript again, I'll do it in a much different (IMO better) way than before I understood f
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by badfrog 8y ago
> Err, no? Are you suggesting those are not the "leaders behind the internet" or that those people are not "clean-cut, scientifically minded overachievers"?
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by badfrog 8y ago
> it's not my job You're certainly under no obligation to comment at all. But if you are going to post a comment, especially one that implies some laziness of the person you're responding to ("It's literally in t
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by badfrog 8y ago
What do you do about ideas you think of when you're not at a computer? Or when you're at a computer that doesn't have access to the network you usually store notes on?
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by badfrog 8y ago
Agreed. After about the first 4 years of my career, base salary was a minority of my TC.

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