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by cgopalan 15y ago
It seems the article is for "junior software developers". This allows the article a pass since junior developers do need some level of guidance in how to work in a corporate environment, and think about which aspects of it they need to give
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by cgopalan 16y ago
From the original engineering article on the twitter site, it seems they switched from a database backend (MySQL) to using Lucene and also heavily customized it. Maybe it was just a lesser hassle to interact with Lucene using Java. Would lo
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by cgopalan 16y ago
The argument is not that the government should provide incentives for people to quit their jobs and work on startups. The way I see it, healthcare in its current state with its unreasonable costs, is a problem. Even if the average earner ch
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by cgopalan 16y ago
The assumption is that the early-retiring worker has also paid in to the pool while accumulating the wealth.
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by cgopalan 16y ago
> (referring to healthcare) as a concept it enables failure and risk taking. I cannot agree enough. Sorry for the sidetrack, but I have always thought about the scenario where say a person who is still far away from standard retirement
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by cgopalan 16y ago
Will be this 39 in March this year and started a company. Planning to be a micropreneur and hopefully generate income from the company by 40. Self-sustaining by 41.
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by cgopalan 16y ago
Its almost eerie (in a positive way) that I see this post right when I was thinking about something along the lines of how an effective engineering course should be structured. Only recently I developed an interest in the classics (greek an
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by cgopalan 16y ago
I once visited a colleague at ebay when we was working late and nobody was around. I thought his work would be interesting to encourage him to go and work even late hours but one glance at his workstation and he was grappling with a monstro
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Timothy Gowers on mathematical implication(dpmms.cam.ac.uk)
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by cgopalan 16y ago
Definitely is a profound quote. If only I can script it into my brain and internalize it so much that my thinking doesn't get in the way :)
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by cgopalan 16y ago
Just my opinion - this article offers nothing new in way of information. Guts, desire and passion are all necessary for the entrepreneurial lifestyle but by no means its sufficient. Also, while emphasizing the point that entrepreneurs love
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by cgopalan 16y ago
- Dive deep into Django - Get into mobile development - Start a company
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by cgopalan 16y ago
Which means you WANT to learn design. Thats great, and there are enough inputs from the good folk of HN here to get you started. Best of luck!
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by cgopalan 16y ago
"I want to learn graphic design, both for my current projects and for my future startup (same reason with the suggestion that "non-technical" person should learn to code)" Theres really no strong reason that a non-technical person should kn
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by cgopalan 16y ago
Happiness: Python, Scheme, Erlang Hack-it: Python Bread/butter: C#
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by cgopalan 16y ago
If you are not too particular about sci-fi, I would suggest Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Its fantasy, but extremely stimulating. Its a series of 10 graphic novels, but you need not necessarily read it in order. Some are better than others, but ev
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by cgopalan 16y ago
Having been a constant reader of HN for about a year, I had been wondering if I should create an account and whether it should be identifiable. Reading the comments here, I feel it should be. Account created!