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by bbarn 5y ago
You missed the point entirely. The goal is not to need on call, because you BOTH have a stable system that requires rare off hours interventions, AND you have a team that owns that and is bothered rarely enough to not need to have a formal
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by bbarn 5y ago
I am of the mindset that a healthy team doesn't need an on call. Group chats, tight relationships, etc. usually mean someone is free just based on the odds to handle a true emergency. If you have so few people that the ship can'
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by bbarn 5y ago
Can I ask how this is an alternative to DocuSign? I like what your product is offering - actually something I've considered as I use a built in forwarder from namecheap and it's sometimes painfully slow, but DocuSign's big b
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by bbarn 5y ago
American living in Iceland here. Turkeys are frozen and terrible. So I made pork belly instead, and it was glorious.
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by bbarn 5y ago
At some point in your career, you will meet the IT person who genuinely enjoys the look of surprise when someone learns something from them, even if they thought it trivial. They will be the person that connects with your dev team, connect
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by bbarn 5y ago
It's the only way, IMO. I am someone who tends to drift every few years from manager to individual contributor. Here's my take: As an engineer, I refuse to do tests and take home projects for interviews unless the company also o
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by bbarn 5y ago
I agree with the author's point, but her jokes are cringy at best and trying to use funding for space programs as a way to blame lawmakers for ignoring people's basic needs is something that's been dead since Kennedy shut it
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by bbarn 5y ago
Except that, normalizing long time off for both maternity and paternity has much broader societal benefit, even if people don't think they need to. This author's case is extreme, but any child benefits from more developmental time
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by bbarn 5y ago
Yes I can. In a group, rotating out quick pulls on the front but largely drafting. Most cyclists with a few years under their belt can. I'm was never a track racer, never even much of a road racer, but at peak fitness I could do a 40
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by bbarn 5y ago
e-bikes replaced the Divvy system? Wow, I've only been gone two years and I never saw one then.
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by bbarn 5y ago
The dangers are obvious, but the experience and ability to read your surroundings comes with time spent. So, yes, I do believe AP when if they say their experience in getting to that speed with a regular bicycle gives them an advantage in t
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by bbarn 5y ago
Yeah, for the most part, speed comes with experience (genetic freaks of athleticism aside). I can ride at 30mph as comfortably now as I could 20mph 10 years ago. 10 years ago, 30mph was sprinting, and I was not as skilled at maneuvering t
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by bbarn 5y ago
They may be dutch on paper and the office may be in the NL, but they are owned by an American company.
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by bbarn 5y ago
If any at all.
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by bbarn 5y ago
I used to do this, and then I got married. My wife can't spend a month without rearranging the whole damn house though so it didn't scale to marriage. Now I just have a box I throw everything into that might be important. My fe
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by bbarn 5y ago
I think as a mechanical engineer, your prospects are good. Many places will look at any kind of engineering background as "good enough" and then want to start talking about code or process or whatever their interview is all about
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by bbarn 5y ago
Just ask questions, period. Something seem strange about the stack you just inherited? Ask why. Sometimes simply raising the question can be a catalyst for change.
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by bbarn 5y ago
So, what you've described isn't health care, it's trauma care. In that respect, you're absolutely right. A fellow expat here had a turn over car accident requiring a helicopter flight and it cost him almost nothing. I&
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by bbarn 5y ago
IMO this is all about curriculum structure. By all means, introduce students to coding using the easiest, most engaging method possible. To me, that's seeing something big, visual, and getting right into the code as soon as possible,
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by bbarn 5y ago
I think AP's point here wasn't that command, it's all of the class structure required to get to the coding. You either have to introduce that as "don't worry about that, it'll come later" or introduce OOP
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by bbarn 5y ago
I live in Iceland now (but I'm American, and this is only a few years old move). We have state-run healthcare, but the quality is seriously lower by I'd say an order of magnitude than what I experienced in the US. I don't k
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by bbarn 5y ago
Remote work doesn't scale to society. It's a thing mostly privileged, educated, or experienced people are capable of. At some point, someone has to make or do something physical. With very few exceptions, like entertainment, all
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by bbarn 5y ago
My unemployment benefits when covid hit (In Illinois) were absolutely better than the 20$ an hour some of these companies were offering. Yes, it was much lower than my software industry salary, but I did make the state maximum in benefits.
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by bbarn 5y ago
Sure, being unconnected is a disadvantage, but that doesn't mean it's one we should fight against. Having referrals and a network means you're not just a good coder, you are someone other people are willing to stand up for -
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by bbarn 5y ago
You know, the idea may be bonkers, but honestly - hiring is such a pain for every person involved that I'm willing to try just about anything to make it easier. There is some merit to your colleagues sticking their neck out for you, a
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by bbarn 5y ago
I mean, everyone loves instant gratification. It's human nature. One might ask though, if you know you need something only at the last minute, is it really a project or just something you're brute-forcing your way through? Exampl
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by bbarn 5y ago
Maybe this makes me sound like a luddite, but I think same and next day delivery is bad for us all. I left the US 2 years ago, where I was ordering nearly everything from Amazon, and moved to a place where it's significantly difficult
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by bbarn 5y ago
The biggest mistake people in our industry make is thinking they are somehow exempt from the rules of society and business just because they can use a computer better than most people. Heads down genius coder everyone steps around ends up f
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by bbarn 5y ago
Nah, just like salary, I'm getting a ball park range on that topic before bothering to come into the office for an interview. Otherwise, you're wasting other people's time and your own.
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by bbarn 5y ago
There are places in the world where these services are the only option if you wish to engage in the US equivalent of simple text messaging. I have been "that guy" that doesn't want to use the platform the rest of the social

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