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by bpyne 8y ago
The following are at least as important. - communication - compromise - curiosity
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I think you're creating a false dichotomy: either you accept a large gulf between those who have/have not and innovation or you create a society with a more even distribution and no innovation. As I read comments to socio-economic
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And this is the strong argument for purchasing online. When I lived in Boston it was fun to spend a few hours on the weekend perusing book stores. When I moved to a less urban place I had only large bookstores in suburban strip mall hell to
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I miss conversations with people at specialized book stores. I miss spending hours looking through the aisles. It was a great way to spend an afternoon on the weekend. I like the convenience of purchasing books online. Admittedly, though, I
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What an incredible experience it must have been to be around such a creative group of guys. Even today, I can listen to Stipe's lyrics and find different meaning with my changing life experiences. I know they didn't like it, but F
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The book "Beyond Category" is a fantastic book that profiles Duke Ellington as a band leader. He kept a large number of high-level musicians, often with challenging personalities, employed and working together for decades. He mana
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The owner of a music school in my neighborhood graduated from Berklee Music College in the mid-90's. Even then Berklee had its students taking classes in business. A lot of being a successful musician is promotion and understanding how
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What a fantastic description or Morrissey. He's exactly a "master troll". His social "role" is like the chorus from Greek tragedies. I don't often listen to his music anymore. But, when the mood hits, nothing e
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Musicians have a history of taking long periods off. Sonny Rollins took a few multi-year stints off, during which time he worked on technique and ideas he didn't have time to work on as a touring musician. The Who have been in and out
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Your experience echoes mine almost exactly. Now I can't imagine a life without my daughter. Her interests got me out of my comfort zone - I'm president of a girls basketball league - and develop aspects of myself that I may not ha
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It's amazing how many times over my career I've watched and participated in debates on software development methodologies. HN seems to have one at least annually. The author of the post does a good job summing up the issues. I onl
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It's a combination of a shifted sleep schedule and teenage brains going through significant, exhausting development.
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The mind does funny things. They also understand that exercise and good nutrition are fundamental to health. When I worked in a hospital I normally ate in the cafeteria. The physicians had horrible diets, including the cardiologists. Let&#x
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My wife's background is in childhood development. Her job involves keeping up with studies in the field. I remember her talking about this issue. There's evidence that school start times should be flipped for elementary and high s
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This article brought back memories. When I was 9 something went through my eye. One night after surgery, the nurse came to check on my IV. She broke it. Her next mistake was getting a resident to put a new one in. Five tries in one hand and
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LOL...Substitute "parents" for "experts" in 2 and your comment is an observation of youth growing up. I think it's a human condition.
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Thank you for saying what I was thinking. Anyone who has worked in a multi-billion dollar corporation has experienced mismanagement. I think it has to do with organizations that get beyond a certain size.
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Soft skills matter! Learn how to write good emails. Write to the point of view of the person/people receiving the message. If you can't describe a requirement without technical jargon, you probably don't understand the requir
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If you don't take into account cooperation, complex communication, and the ability to abstract (e.g. a rock isn't just something to step over, it's also a potential weapon and when many are combined a dwelling, bridge, etc.),
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by bpyne 8y ago
It's interesting just how much I've come to fit the facts stated in the article. Previous to online shopping, I'd wear clothes until they were threadbare to avoid going to a retail store, often having clothes for 10+ years. R
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For me, the most rewarding work is the volunteering I do. I coach various youth sports. I have no pressure to win so I can focus on letting the kids enjoy themselves, have positive interactions, and learn a little about the sports. Seeing t
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My guess is that it's a myth that developed from the industrial era when more widgets could be produced in 12 hours than 8. The fact that developers don't do specialized line work doesn't seem to register. As people are notin
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"Productivity of the system as a whole is significantly improved by communication." That's an overly-generalized statement. Communication is sometimes helpful, when the people involved are good communicators. Often it's
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by bpyne 9y ago
My title for my first programming job, circa 1992-3, was Junior Programmer. I was sent for two weeks of Oracle training on my first day. We didn't have a formal mentoring program, but the team was small and everyone was open to helping
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Yup, I'll take Gadd over Moon any day.
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Thanks for the perspective Klathmon and objclxt. The person's comment hits a fear of mine that people still draw the false analogy of manufacturing for software development.
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Based on this comment, it sounds like engineers are more like line workers. "EMs at Apple are powerless to push back. Every engineer's performance is tied to the number of Radars fixed and closed. Every EM's performance is ti
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Sorry to go on a tangent, but your comment reminded me of a book I read about the Chinese culinary culture pre-revolution. Chinese chefs had, and may still have, wooden cutting boards that were conditioned somehow such that they were as har
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From your first link... 1) Minimalism. 2) Dynamic typing. 3) First-class functions and closures. "Modeled on" <> "is" Brendan Eich admired Scheme and was still very familiar with SICP at the time. Perhaps "
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https://readwrite.com/2011/07/22/javascript-was-no-accident/

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