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961.
by barrenko 5y ago
You can't talk about taste the same way you can't talk about religion.
962.
by barrenko 5y ago
Ugly bloated eye-sore. Pardon my language. Just rip off JetBrains already.
963.
by barrenko 5y ago
Yes it will, just like real estate prices. Joke.
964.
by barrenko 5y ago
A junior designer joined my company. He was introduced to Slack and Basecamp. Working really fast, he got in trouble (and by that I mean about a 50 minutes brainwashing session) because he doesn't report "properly" the tasks
965.
by barrenko 5y ago
Computer-punk all the way.
966.
by barrenko 5y ago
To this and comments below - We dance around it all the time, but there is no way around inherent technical complexity of this field. I started out with Python and Project Euler, went through JS and web apps "ELO hell", picked up
967.
by barrenko 5y ago
So next question, is a credit card chip also a computer?
968.
by barrenko 5y ago
Europe is a museum.
969.
by barrenko 5y ago
I'm getting the hang of it, there are some helpful videos on YT already. Basically I'm going through "Elements of programming interviews" (in Python), and filling in my gaps.
970.
by barrenko 5y ago
Readers of this thread might be interested in reading "My Life as a Quant" by Emanuel Derman.
971.
by barrenko 5y ago
Well I'm mostly concerned because I am planning to interview soon, and I struggle with them.
972.
by barrenko 5y ago
Can you do bitwise stuff pretty please?
973.
by barrenko 5y ago
Pretty much every species is smarter than humans think. Life is amazing. We have eons of new technology development ahead of us just figuring out how certain animals function natively.
974.
by barrenko 5y ago
Danluu mentions him in one of the (popular) posts about hiring, check it out.
975.
by barrenko 5y ago
Yup, thanks for the words.
976.
by barrenko 5y ago
I am 33 with nothing to show for it (yet), keep at it.
977.
by barrenko 5y ago
Unless you hate web apps, then you are f**d.
978.
by barrenko 5y ago
Trust me, people are really religious about jobs.
979.
by barrenko 5y ago
Seing a lot of new PHP and Ruby ads locally.
980.
by barrenko 5y ago
The ascent of Money is also good.
981.
by barrenko 5y ago
Why is it arrogant?
982.
by barrenko 5y ago
This is a whole thing, like talking about money, people have all kinds of emotions about this. Reminds me of Nassim Nicholas Taleb and his practice of being obviously arrogant to assholes.
983.
by barrenko 5y ago
Yes, but in general it's pretty noticeable when someone thinks you're stupid, because when people find a reason to place you "below" so to speak, all kinds of behaviour quickly come out.
984.
by barrenko 5y ago
The original meaning of the word "idiot" is someone who doesn't care for their local politics. Our ancestors were of course, the same as us.
985.
by barrenko 5y ago
If someone asks you to do something, and you comply, then the responsibility should kinda be on you as well. We must resist this modern bullshit.
986.
by barrenko 5y ago
When I learn Haskell, I'll be lot closer to God.
987.
by barrenko 5y ago
This is the same issue I have with Javascript. If you don't have to use something, you just won't, or maybe I'm just lazy.
988.
by barrenko 5y ago
Clojure is pretty cool, but I've come to understanding that as a beginner I would have been better off just learning good old Lisp.
989.
by barrenko 5y ago
Kinda agree, but F# works much better for me with my knowledge of .NET than e.g. Clojure with my understanding of Java. It's a cliche saying, but for me F# just works! (tm)
990.
by barrenko 5y ago
Trust me, there are shitty managers that are just fine with Slack and text.

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