bphogan

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by bphogan 9y ago
I don't know about the original poster, but I'd have stayed teaching full time if I could have afforded it. But I was literally making half of what my students were making after a couple of years in industry. Another thing to thin
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by bphogan 9y ago
I taught at a traditional institution and had the same experiences you did. Although I had to leave because I lost confidence in the institution. I think you'd find the same challenges in a slower-paced program, to be honest - there&#x
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by bphogan 9y ago
But what's the solution? How do I know you can do what you say you can do if you don't have a Github account? I mean, if I met with you for 2 hours and we paired on something, that's still making you code for free, right? I
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by bphogan 9y ago
http://weworkremotely.com http://jobspresso.co Indeed has some too.
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by bphogan 9y ago
I agree and disagree. If you have ample open source code, lots of experience that's relevant to what I'm doing, then gosh yes - nobody should be giving you homework to do. To your point about only doing homework after you intervie
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by bphogan 9y ago
Really? As a potential member of my team, I really do want those questions answered because how you answer them tells me about your character, personality, and thought process. I don't care what your biggest weakness is. You could have
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by bphogan 9y ago
Don't negotiate like that. Instead, just keep score. If they offer you a homework assignment that you think is going to take some time, and they give you a week to do it, and you can do it on your own time, just do it. Stay positive an
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by bphogan 9y ago
Not sure about that. FizzBuzz is an interview question you just expect. RosettaCode has every FizzBuzz solution out there. Tons of people know how to FizzBuzz. This is just "learning enough to pass the test" - a canned answer like
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by bphogan 9y ago
All things put in by a programmer. You get my point.
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by bphogan 9y ago
I was oversimplifying, hense the smiley. But since you want to argue... A request to an HTML document with no JavaScript src links, image links, or CSS links will not make multiple requests. I'm old enough to remember when I had to act
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by bphogan 9y ago
I taught a ton of a11y stuff in my intro to web classes. Even did screen reader demos. I wasn't the only one. There are lots of folks teaching this stuff. Not a critical mass, but I'm so thankful it's happening. :)
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by bphogan 9y ago
Not really. They gave permission for the initial GET request for the HTML. The rest of the requests were inserted into the document by the programmer and executed by the browser. The browser assumed those links should be fetched automatical
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by bphogan 9y ago
Can I plug my book, Exercises for Programmers? https://pragprog.com/book/bhwb/exercises-for-programmers It's a collection of programming exercises I used when I taught introduction to programming. They start
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by bphogan 9y ago
Yes to both. But that's not why I do it. It may sound trite, but I really do want to help others get better at stuff, and if I have something cool to share that I'm excited about, I'll go out there and share it. If I help jus
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by bphogan 9y ago
More importantly, it shows accomplishments, not job duties. And that's what everyone wants to see - how your wins there will translate into wins here.
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by bphogan 9y ago
That's what I've done for years too. I didn't know about the diff, but I love that - thank you.
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by bphogan 9y ago
I use a Github repo, but I actually store it on Dropbox. I then symlink everything into place on a new computer. Any change I make to a dotfile then shows up on any other machines. http://github.com/napcs/dotfiles/
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by bphogan 9y ago
That's odd. I switched from Command-T to CtrlP a couple years ago for speed. I wonder now if I should look again.
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by bphogan 9y ago
This. However, I am having a lot of fun with Graceful Explosion Machine and Fast RMX. They don't have the depth of BOTW, but they are good games that are worth the price tag. If there can be more games like those, the Switch could do w
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by bphogan 9y ago
> the vast majority of people benefit from daily social contact. This I can buy. However, you can have daily social contact. Significant others, friends, family, church, meetups, social outings, etc. Homeschooled kids have social contact
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by bphogan 9y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head here - there are lots of folks who view work as a way to be social and make friends. I wonder if a lot of it stems from the fact that sometimes you have to relocate for a new gig, and making friends at
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by bphogan 9y ago
Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not there. Do you have any sense of how many people who are forced to head to an office each day would rather not? Probably not. I know I don't. But that's because the
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by bphogan 9y ago
You talk about how your mind works, but then make generalizations based on that, even saying "it doesn't work for a lot of people". You're generalizing and stereotyping based on your own feelings and thoughts about how h
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by bphogan 10y ago
I just took a look at the source, and I think this is the simplest non-trivial example of a Go command-line app I've seen. It's exactly what I've been looking for to get started with a tiny little project of my own. Thanks fo
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by bphogan 10y ago
If it's not ready to promote, it doesn't need a domain and a landing page. The README file in the repository would do. If a project puts out a marketing page that doesn't clearly answer the "why should I use this and how
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by bphogan 10y ago
I'm interested in how you're using it for composition. There are some things I feel I'm missing. I'm not so much interested in creating noise with it; that's never been my thing. But I'd love to see some exampl
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by bphogan 10y ago
This article is full of great advice on how to write a book, whether you publish for yourself or for someone else. I have written 10 books. 9 for the Pragmatic Bookshelf. I've made a nice side income on my books by doing many of the sa
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by bphogan 10y ago
I did a short video series for Pragprog.com on Phoenix that does not use a database, but does get you started. It looks like it'll all be out of date by the time 1.3 hits though. :( Anyway, it's at https://pragprog.com&
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by bphogan 10y ago
Exactly. It's not an independent investigation if you hire the investigators.
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by bphogan 10y ago
I'll chime in. I have always asked for it politely in advance as part of the negotiation process, before there's a contract. I didn't try to strike stuff out. I specifically made it clear throughout the process that there are

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