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A Programmer's Adventure into UX Design(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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The Value of Unpredictable Work(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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A Programmer's Adventure into UX Design(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Technical Debt Explained(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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Improve Interviews for Software Engineers(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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The Value of Unpredictable Work(blog.professorbeekums.com)
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by beekums 10y ago
That's very very true. However, "fair pricing" is mentioned because companies tend to use the term in their marketing explanations for raising prices. In free markets, it is also the responsibility of consumers to understand
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Switching Costs in Software Development(blog.professorbeekums.com)
127 points by beekums 10y ago|41 comments
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How Does It Feel to Make the Front Page of Hacker News?(medium.com)
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by beekums 10y ago
Yikes! I just got a new monitor and realized what everyone else in the world was seeing. That WAS terrible. I hope you find the new color scheme less painful.
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by beekums 10y ago
Your statement is very fair. However, even though there are definitely companies that don't value their programmers, I would be surprised if any of them actually said that in a job description. How do you tell the difference between a
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by beekums 10y ago
That is a pretty basic piece of info that companies like to exclude. They tend to just post "competitive salary" when in fact a lot of the ones that state that pay well below market.
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Job Descriptions Should Be Better(blog.professorbeekums.com)
121 points by beekums 10y ago|65 comments
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Technical Debt(dev.to)
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by beekums 10y ago
I started a CS degree in 2002. Back then there was a worry about programming jobs being around due to out sourcing. Fast forward a few years and it turned out that worry proved to be unnecessary. It turned out that communication was a criti
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Ask HN: Why did you stop learning to code?
40 points by beekums 10y ago|44 comments
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by beekums 10y ago
Were you involved in the hiring process much? If so, you could definitely do well as a recruiter. Hiring is a difficult process for many companies and having a recruiter with a strong engineering background helps create much better funnels
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by beekums 10y ago
This is something I'm trying to learn how to do as well! Things that I'm in the middle of: - Going to social/entrepreneur mixers and meeting people to talk about my site. The in person aspect of this is also a great way to ge
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by beekums 10y ago
It wasn't clear to me how to autoscale with DO either. That's why I ended up using Google Cloud Engine. It's not exactly cheaper than AWS, but the pricing model for discounts is WAY simpler at least. It also doesn't have