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by bcbrown 13y ago
I disagree. What programming is doing is "telling [something] what to do." The difference is that instead of telling people what to do, we are telling inanimate idiots what to do, and therefore it is not necessarily pleasant, and
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by bcbrown 13y ago
For others who are curious about the Gandhi reference, here's what I dug up: "“Hitler,” Gandhi solemnly affirmed, “killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the
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by bcbrown 13y ago
So cool. Fractals were the thing that got me into high-level math and programming, back in high school. One of these days I'm going to go re-implement a bunch of the fractal-generation algorithms.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Don't wait for a call. Put yourself out there and apply for things. Good luck.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Power training would logically be training the attribute referred to by 'power'. That can be trained with the Olympic lifts, amongst other things. Here's a video of an Olympian shot-putter training, including 'jumping wi
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by bcbrown 13y ago
If you run a large web service, how much is it worth to you for vulnerabilities to be reported directly to you, versus being sold on the grey market to someone looking for an exploit?
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Another quote I've heard and liked: "Training is like wrestling with a gorilla. You don't stop when you're tired. You stop when the gorilla is tired." And the gorilla is never tired.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Well, no income tax either.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
I had always thought that was enough security against skimmers, thanks for pointing that link out.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
I cover the keypad with my wallet.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Two years ago I had a conversation with a recruiter who was working with a company trying to build out a games-testing shop in Portland. They were offering people with 7-10 years experience $35/hr, and seemed shocked when I told them h
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by bcbrown 13y ago
That's a really informative and well-done mid-mortem. Thanks for writing that up.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Supply and demand. There's a lot of people who want to work in games, and are willing to work for less pay in order to do so, I imagine.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
People who care about accuracy like to correct inaccurate/untruthful statements, perhaps?
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by bcbrown 13y ago
>The lesson, applicable to games, startups, governance, and indeed systems engineering in general, is that systems react. A great humorous look at how systems react is: http://www.amazon.com/The-Systems-Bible-Beginners-Gu
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by bcbrown 13y ago
I remember one comment at a perf review from my boss when I worked at MS. There were two of us on the team of 35, who were working on a certain tenet. My boss said "next review season, I'm going to go around and ask people who&#x2
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by bcbrown 13y ago
I wish he cited his sources for the statistics.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
I've certainly done that. When job-hunting, if I find a job posting I'd like to apply for, I'll check to see if there's anyone in my 2nd or 3rd-level network who's worked for that company.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
I'm a big fan of Northwest Coast Native American art, which you can get for under $500 framed at places such as www.thelegacyltd.com
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Well, it caps risk, but doesn't remove it. Whomever owns the corporation presumably put some equity into it, right? That's the amount they have at risk.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Just because they put 3+ years experience on the job req, doesn't mean that not having 3 years experience will preclude you from consideration. Job reqs are often a wish list, and they'll hire someone who only fills some of the re
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Here's one: someone who doesn't yet know how to work in an industry environment, instead of an academic environment. Another: Someone who both needs hand-holding when starting a task, and lacks confidence in their final output.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Some people deliberately refer to hypothetical engineers as female, to counterbalance the pervasive usage of masculine pronouns. Personally, I like writers who mix it up like that and refer to a generic person as female sometimes.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
That's very helpful, Ed. I recently started a new job, and I've been frustrated that my work output isn't 'perfect' yet. I rationally know that I just need to keep my head down and churn through assignments over tim
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Under what possible circumstances could it be a good reason to get drunk before a phone interview? Either don't schedule a phone interview after an event where you will be drinking, or don't drink at the event. That doesn't s
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by bcbrown 13y ago
Same here. I've learned a ton from the moocs I've signed up for and not completed.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
You're assuming there's a causation there, not just a correlation.
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by bcbrown 13y ago
I know that I personally am much stronger with algebraic math than geometrical math. For me, that means that integrals, linear algebra, etc are something that I'm strong at, but I'm poor at anything that requires spatial reasoning
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by bcbrown 13y ago
That sounds interesting. What have you tried? What has worked? Why do remote workers need more effort to keep motivated?
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by bcbrown 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alford_plea

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