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   Ask HN: Former software engineers who switched careers, why did you do it?

   23 points by cesarbs 11y ago|26 comments
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   by cesarbs 11y ago

   > low tolerance for under performers I panic whenever I read stuff like this. What is an under performer? How do I know if I'm one? How can it be expected that everyone in an environment is a spectacular code ninja that does utterly
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   by cesarbs 11y ago

   How do they perceive each other?
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   Ask HN: I have an idea for a mobile game, but where do I start?

   2 points by cesarbs 11y ago|1 comments
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   by cesarbs 11y ago

   Could you elaborate on Denmark? I always thought they were really tough on immigration.
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   by cesarbs 11y ago

   > boss called me in to try to get me to sign a "pledge" to stay at the company for 2 years. Wow, in return for what? It's so ridiculous someone would do something like that.
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   by cesarbs 11y ago

   How old is your "intense" kid now? I believe my stepdaughter falls in that category, and my wife and I seem to have the same worries you do (or did) about ADD and other psychological ailments. She's clearly very smart. She&#x
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   by cesarbs 11y ago

   Cyber databases made me cringe.
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   by cesarbs 11y ago

   I work at Microsoft and the number of Indians there seems disproportionate to me. I too wonder why so many of them come to the US. Maybe IT education in India is really strong? Two funny things I observe regularly: 1) Sometimes I take an MS
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    > while Chinese does the opposite Can you elaborate on that? I'd never heard of such a thing.
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    > As for the code itself, its perfection came as the result of basically the opposite of every trope normally assigned to "coder." Creativity in the shuttle group was discouraged; shifts were nine-to-five; code hotshots and sup
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    You have the option to justify your absence if you can prove that you weren't close to a place where you can vote. That is my case.
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    For lack of a better option. I left Brazil, so I don't vote anymore, but had I still been there, I would probably have voted for Dilma even though I'm strongly against her party. She was the "least worse" alternative.
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    That's really awesome. Which town is that?
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    How much of a math background do you need to understand it?
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    For a fantastic bio of him and a good overview of the beginnings of aviation, read Wings of Madness, by Paul Hoffman [0]. A really fun read not only with technical details but also a lot about the personalities of the people of the time. It
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    1) Everything I hear about American police in the news and from people I meet. Ever since I got here I'm amazed how much I hear the "never talk to the police" advice. I don't know how accurate that is but because I hear
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    My wife and I have been in the US for 2.5 years and we had a surreal experience while taking a walk at night once. I must say, we were walking around late at night because we love being in a safe area were we can finally do that - back in o
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    I like coffee but whenever I drink it I get all shaky and start having anxiety attacks. Also, diarrhea. Green tea seems to have just the right amount of caffeine to not make my body upset.
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    > but midnight to 8AM is exempted. That reminds me of old times in Brazil. Phone calls where charged for a single pulse from midnight to 6am or 8am (can't remember). Dial-up was the only option available and we'd all go online
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    I was trying to make an analogy. JoeAltmaier's comment implies that it's justifiable for a nation to invade another and kick them out if the latter does not have a military, because it's not really a nation (by his definition
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    Same here, kept me engaged the whole time. But I did skip the last few paragraphs.
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    That was a troll post (see other comments in this thread).
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    I mute the TV when ads are playing.
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    by cesarbs 11y ago

    By that line of reasoning, I should be legally allowed to invade my unarmed neighbor's house, kick him out and claim it for myself.
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    by cesarbs 12y ago

    On a somewhat related note, I find it interesting to note that a lot of technology per se is not very family friendly. Family Sharing was only recently introduced by Apple. Before that, it was very cumbersome for a couple to share their mus
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    by cesarbs 12y ago

    My experience regarding my religion hasn't been very happy so far too. Because of my religion, I avoid working from sunset Friday to sunset Saturday (the 7th day Sabbath). I do work if something went bad and people will be blocked beca
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    by cesarbs 12y ago

    I think the point of the article was to point out that while tech companies supposedly have perks for people with families, those are rarely enjoyed to their full extent due to diverse factors. And also that those tech companies might say t
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    by cesarbs 12y ago

    I've just started taking advantage of Subscribe & Save. The products are cheaper than what I pay for them at the local grocery store, plus I've made sure to include at least 5 items in each order so I get the 15% discount (ins
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    by cesarbs 12y ago

    Thank you. I wish every single article on the Internet had a tl;dr like this.