blindhippo

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by blindhippo 10y ago
That's more advanced then the question I ask typically. Though I might use something like this if I'm interviewing someone with many years of experience (10+). As I explained above, my question is a warm up - meant to break the ic
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by blindhippo 10y ago
At no point did I suggest I ask anyone to design anything - it's a simple question with a simple solution (if they know how to program). My opinion, of course, but a "good programmer" can think through the solution entirely i
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by blindhippo 10y ago
I used to think along these lines. Then I started doing 10+ interviews a month and realized a very clear reality: basic CS knowledge and problem skills is far more important to me and my team then knowing how to slap together some semblance
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by blindhippo 10y ago
A couple metrics I've come to look for in seniors: - knows when to push back on stakeholders/management, especially on technology decisions - knows when to adhere to industry best practices, and when to ignore it because it doesn&
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by blindhippo 11y ago
Poor choice of words - doing the Bare Minimum will keep you around, but you certainly won't get favorable performance reviews (as you would expect). You're basically aiming for a 'C' grade in life if that's your app
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by blindhippo 11y ago
The funny part, I wholly agree with you. But none of this applies to Amazon, at least at the level that I work at. I work in a remote office in a country with sane labour laws (not the US). My work/life balance is never under threat. I
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by blindhippo 11y ago
What? It's true, the current main threat to Amazon in the US is Walmart. I stand by my argument - you're disparaging me while providing zero evidence to back up your argument.
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by blindhippo 11y ago
First world problems like no other... We're talking about highly paid professionals working at a rather cushy job all things considered. It's like listening to rich kids complain about having blue M&M's touching the red M
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by blindhippo 11y ago
Why are people serving web traffic to a folder with a .git folder anyways? I thought it was basic deployment practice to export your code OUT of the VCS before deploying... every shop I've worked at had this in place. Other solutions j
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by blindhippo 11y ago
So... the point of this article is? I see the long winding whinging about how a white cis male is being persecuted and is trying to gain sympathy, or something. OK, so you had threatening comments supposedly aimed at you at one point. You h
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by blindhippo 11y ago
Same thing happened to me. I gave my company a choice: raise my salary/title to reflect the new hierarchy or lose me to a competitive offer. They fed me a line about how the company was making money, but not enough to raise everyone&#x
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by blindhippo 12y ago
Actually, it's pretty naive of you to assume that this is the ONLY article that I might have read documenting Amazon's work culture. Moving across the country to work for a foreign company isn't the type of decision to be mad
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by blindhippo 12y ago
Ahh, this explains why I, a web developer in the middle of the Canadian Prairies keeps getting hit up by Amazon's recruiters. Quite possibly they've poisoned their local talent pools so much they have to pull in naive people from
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by blindhippo 13y ago
"Instead, the argument is most easily made, IMHO, that inasmuch as it's solely a civil matter, irrespective of religious matters, then gay marriage is a simple matter of equality under the law. What churches do with their marriage
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by blindhippo 13y ago
"Marriage" IS a civil contract. This is the entire point of the institution. And considering the Government is the embodiment of and the centralized authority for our society, it very much should be at the center of marriage. A &
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Fair enough - that's a good amendment. My point is that no one will ever change the world with a bit of software. Software is not revolutionary. The processes it describes, and the people it influences, THOSE are what is revolutionary.
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by blindhippo 13y ago
You're burning out because you're thinking the world works the same way that you experience it through lenses like Hacker News, tech blogs and the like. Stop reading them. Seriously, they are damaging your world view - ESPECIALLY
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by blindhippo 13y ago
I suspect most clients will never be comfortable with "designing in the browser" for exactly the reasons you state. It does come across as amateur. There is another reason this wouldn't work for most projects. Many, many pr
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Wallstreet is calling, it's for you.
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Sssssshhhh, let the people whinge. They need to complain about something, don't contradict them with facts.
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Sorry for the late reply - skill school means places like SAIT/NAIT (in Alberta). Basically diploma level or accredited degree programs. Most of these programs tend to focus on software development at a practical level, less on abstract con
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by blindhippo 13y ago
"Uncaught Unknown source type seriously.js:2727" Soon as I turn Ghostery off it works fine. This is in Chrome 27.0.1453.110
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Doesn't work with Ghostery enabled. Don't see why it shouldn't work with twitter/google analytics blocked...
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Out of curiosity, is anyone developing wireless display technology? We have wireless keyboards/mice and sound - seems the only blocker to what you suggest is wireless monitors.
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by blindhippo 13y ago
This is entirely anecdotal so take it for what its worth. In Canada I've noticed that graduates of Computer Science programs can barely operate a computer by the end of things. They can write and explain some pretty cool advanced algorith
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Or getting rid of passwords as a mechanism entirely. Not that I have a solution, just whining :)
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by blindhippo 13y ago
My org is just me. My revenue has remained fairly flat over that period. But the cost to access my data has risen rather steeply over that period. Had I purchased a stand alone application to start with, I would have saved 50% of the cost.
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Not sure I understand this sentiment. This same manager would likely be buying a 15k used car outright if he's worried about paying for software over time. The problem that I have with SaaS is that most companies pursuing it's business mode
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by blindhippo 13y ago
Wordpress is a code architectural mess, but as a CMS it's one of the best I've ever seen. (CMS's are deceptively complicated to build) People saying it's shitty don't know what they are talking about (even you point out others you've tried
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by blindhippo 13y ago
I cut my teeth building wordpress/drupal brochure sites for small businesses. I have inherited custom web sites for these customers who got duped by some punk developer who didn't feel like using an established solution. I want to punch al

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