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by cliffcrosland 12y ago
The next job can absolutely be used as training for your next gig. Also, the next job can be your financial foundation as you start your next gig on the side. Running a startup should not put your family's livelihood at risk. My father
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by cliffcrosland 12y ago
I second what patio11 said about the low prevalence of modern frameworks. Even at the most advanced startups I've seen up close, more of the software is built using custom frameworks than using "cutting-edge" modern framework
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by cliffcrosland 12y ago
I think VR could be one of these bottom-up forces of transformation. There is no fundamental limit on virtual lands and goods. In VR, every person could have his/her own virtual palace without imposing burdens on other humans (except f
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by cliffcrosland 12y ago
If you love what you do for work, it is probably sustainable to work for more than 4 hours per day. We all do things during each of the 16 hours of consciousness per day. Some of those things are more enjoyable than others. If you find your
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by cliffcrosland 12y ago
On the other hand, studies also show that "radical collocation" can increase software development productivity. This study from the University of Michigan claims that productivity was doubled when developers worked together in spe
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
We have a C# asp.net MVC web app that we are transforming into a consumer of independent node.js and python web services. I must admit that I sometimes miss the static type refactoring tools visual studio offers when I'm wrestling with
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
There appears to be an implicit assumption in many of these comments that success is measured solely by career progress. The vibe seems to be something like: "How can I successfully compete with these folks who do nothing but work?&quo
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
Those are screensavers, actually. Looks like he did almost nothing but code last week during his waking hours.
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
This is the graph: http://www.nickwinter.net/codecombat-stats . It is a percentile feedback work graph, indicating what fraction of the day so far you have been working on something productive, if I'm not mistaken.
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
Apparently the IPO has created 1600 new millionaires: http://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-ipo-created-1600-mill...
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
We've considered doing the same thing at our startup. I'd love to hear more about your experience. Did you simply build a node.js UI server that made calls to a C# service that did the database accessing and business logic? Or did
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
Nick Winter describes an interesting approach to building habits and reaching goals in his ebook, "The Motivation Hacker" ( http://www.amazon.com/The-Motivation-Hacker-Nick-Winter-eboo... ). He talks about using ove
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
This sort of monetary risk incentive has been very useful for me. There's software to do this. Have you tried Beeminder? I've used it to force myself to build positive habits, including daily exercise and side-project progress. Th
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
Seed Equity - San Francisco International startups struggle to raise funding and grow because they lack access to venture capital. Seed Equity is on a mission to help these startups get off the ground by providing them the power of equity c
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by cliffcrosland 13y ago
This may be unrelated, but if your social anxiety is caused by fear that your social skills are inadequate, it could be helpful to recognize that the content of what you say matters much more than your presentation. When I'm nervous ab
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by cliffcrosland 14y ago
Try using the IdeaVIM plugin. To my knowledge, it works with any member of the IDEA family of IDEs. I swear by it at work.
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by cliffcrosland 14y ago
If you are religiously inclined, joining a church/synagogue can have a profound effect on your social life. I met my fiancee at church, and some of my deepest friendships are with people from my congregation. Also, you'll meet people with
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by cliffcrosland 14y ago
My family uses the SafeEyes filter on each machine, but I think this is a much more interesting approach as it helps tackle filtering for kids' smartphones as well. One small piece of feedback: Could you give a little bit more info on how t
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by cliffcrosland 14y ago
Certainly, I may be wrong, but Windows 8 could be a wild success. Currently, there are no good tablets in the enterprise market that allow users both to read and edit documents. Windows 8 gives tablet users access to programs like Excel and