bitshepherd

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   by bitshepherd 12y ago

   Degree-less engineer here. It can be done, but you have to work hard. Your college educated peers will have a basis of classroom-based learning that you didn't get, and it'll hurt you early on. Once you get enough years of relevan
2. 92.▲
   by bitshepherd 12y ago

   bsd.io -- registered it for something like $120 at the time. It lapsed during hard times and the registration fees hadn't yet dropped. Now someone is squatting on it.
3. 93.▲
   by bitshepherd 12y ago

   Having been running FreeBSD on laptops since ~2004-2005, I've had the best luck out of Dell laptops. ThinkPads are a close second, but ACPI is wonky on mine, resulting in being able to sleep but not wake up. Fun times when I need to be
4. 94.▲
   by bitshepherd 12y ago

   Birthdays? No, never. Anniversaries at one company were commemorated by 1 year stickers that most people put on their name plate. Five and on were supposed to have more lavish rewards, such as a month-long sabbatical and so on.
5. 95.▲
   by bitshepherd 12y ago

   One interviewer trotted out the old Microsoft "Why are manhole covers round?" question. Another one asked me "how do you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?" Both major gaming companies.
6. 96.▲
   by bitshepherd 12y ago

   There's also wfh.io