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by cimmanom 8y ago
(1) at least could probably be done with a hook on commit or push. It’s also not all that difficult to inculcate culturally. Many teams just do this as part of agreed upon process without any explicit enforcement necessary.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
One of the best job postings I’ve ever read was basically a description of “this is what your typical workday will be like”.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Yes, in 1880 people were crammed into tenements. Today we live roughly as densely as we did in 1960 (maybe slightly more densely due to more high rises), but housing is far, far more expensive.
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Or that employment is growing rather than shrinking - but I absolutely agree.
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Only a couple generations ago, college was not a proxy for "middle class". Lots of blue-collar jobs (especially industrial ones) paid enough for a "middle class" lifestyle and financial security. Small businesses were c
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A handful of people would be much more stressed for a few months and then they’d find someone to replace me.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
One more very important signal that I haven’t noticed anyone else mention is whether it has a test suite.
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Some of us don’t want to carry a purse all the time even when we go outside. Let alone having to schlep one around inside the office just to have our phones with us.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Did they maybe finally realize that people love the phone for its size, not its price?
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Use a batteries-included RAD framework (like Rails or Django). Even if you’re already using RAD frameworks, start building yourself a library of boilerplate and utilities on top of it that you can reuse in multiple projects. Avoid single-pa
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Ask HN: Simplest JavaScript Testing Setup?
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There’s a fairly slim chance having them will help you with job applications to most companies. But they’re vanishingly unlikely to hurt your chances anywhere. Just don’t put anything on your resume that youdon’t know well enough to discu
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by cimmanom 8y ago
It sounds like you’re on the fence, so you must also have some reasons you’re considering staying married. What are they?
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Childbearing under 18 is not low risk. Very young mothers are at higher risk for certain types of potentially life-threatening complications than mothers in their 20s, typically because even after reaching puberty the pelvis doesn’t reach i
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by cimmanom 8y ago
And once again we ignore regressive payroll taxes?
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Also, what do you dilute it with other than... fresh(er) water?
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Himalayan salt lamps?
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That’s still no help to pedestrians.
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Because LED headlights aren’t blinding enough?
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You need to talk to your manager about this. In depth. Explain how it’s affecting your morale. You also need to brush up your resume. If someone on my team refused an assignment without a damn good reason, I would see that as a major attitu
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Bike commuting sounds amazing if it wouldn’t be a source of constant enormous additional “about to get maimed or killed by a motor vehicle operator” stress for the duration. (YMMV depending on location.) I accomplish something similar by co
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Have you considered profit sharing instead of equity ownership?
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Jira is infinitely configurable. A lot of teams use that as an excuse to introduce heavyweight processes and lots of cognitive overhead. The result is that end users often find it some combination of confusing, frustrating, and exhausting.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
We just add fields to the ticket in Jira to track those various responsibilities and use a hook to auto-update them as part of status transitions.
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FWIW, the resume-friendly term is “pro bono”.
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Why would you want to share your real time location anyway?
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Traditionally, a secretary or administrative assistant does clerical work, not errands. A personal assistant might run personal errands, but that position is usually hired and paid by the individual being assisted, not by their employer.
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by cimmanom 8y ago
Bitbucket has supported Git for a long time now.
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In the US: - allowing employees to buy their transit or parking passes with pre-tax wages. In some car-centric areas, some employers that don’t have their own parking lots will pay for their employees’ parking in commercial lots. - tax-adva
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by cimmanom 8y ago
What will be gender neutral about it? How will you account for the different body shapes of men and women?

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