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by devs1010 15y ago
I don't have close to what you have as a background but I've been able to get interest in my resume and just landed a position in sf, I havev the fortune of having family out there so maybe that helped, but you should be able to get a lot o
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by devs1010 15y ago
by this culture, do you mean a dysfunctional one? The braces / indentation formatting argument is one that has come up in a place I used to work (on many occasions) and generally it seems to be this is indicative of people focusing on the w
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by devs1010 15y ago
I had a phone interview a little while back where the interviewer asked various technical questions and then, if I struggled a bit, would help explain things, and if I got it wrong would give me an answer / explanation after each. The posit
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by devs1010 15y ago
look at spring roo, its a more modern approach and uses active record rather than the service layers / repositories, it makes generating json api's really simple
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by devs1010 15y ago
If simple CRUD functionality in a web service is all you need, you are right that you shouldn't be writing this and you don't need to if you choose the right rapid application dev framework. I currently do Java dev and even for the bad rap
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by devs1010 15y ago
Cool, yeah I actually tried clicking on one of the screens without realizing it was just an image, would be cool to have a screen where you can start interacting with right away.. good luck with your endeavor
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree... cut out the animation, its too distracting and just as you start to read one page it changes to the next, I would recommend a clean, concise tab that explains what features the app has and why I would want to start using it
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by devs1010 15y ago
yes I do understand. Keep in mind this is someone I've never talked to before, they call me during working hours and have some expectation that I will answer and when I don't they just decide rather than leave a message and call back a day
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by devs1010 15y ago
They shouldn't be allowed to use it. Who really wants to live in a 'fishbowl' world where every corporate entity and government organization can have full access to every minute detail of your life. It opens the door for rampant discriminat
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by devs1010 15y ago
I think I have an old resume up there.. also, its definitely more than 1 person, although some do call repeatedly, its amazing how rude they can be, if you don't answer they call again in 20 minutes and keep doing this 3-4 times.
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by devs1010 15y ago
Yeah, I agree.. well I have also gotten some emails (from seemingly similar types of "recruiters") who do some sketchy things such as asking me to fill out a form with SS#, etc, obviously these go right to my spam box.
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by devs1010 15y ago
I think they are too lazy to actually look at your profile, they just do a keyword search and then contact you directly form the search page (you can still do this on LinkedIn if memory serves me correctly), apparently, being bothered to cl
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by devs1010 15y ago
Has anyone else noticed a trend of getting a lot of calls from offshore recruiters? I don't mean to sound xenophobic but I seem to get this stream of calls now (often 1-2 per day) from "recruiters" who I can barely understand as they have v
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by devs1010 15y ago
yes, this is, however the underage person can't be held liable for charges, basically its the parent's card but they authorized the child to use it (its not supposed to count for the child's credit score either but they usually put it on an
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by devs1010 15y ago
Yes, I can see how it could become not benign. With the way the government has been going, I could see them wanting access to all this data and even start doing something like profiling people's buying habits.. oh, so you frequently buy pac
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by devs1010 15y ago
In the U.S. it is illegal to offer credit to anyone under the age of 18 as they cannot legally enter into contracts. It would be a huge liability for a credit card company as the contract for credit (and thus right to request repayment) wou
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by devs1010 15y ago
yeah me too, you can get a debit card with a visa logo at pretty much any age as far as I can tell
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by devs1010 15y ago
this is one of the reasons I've been finding myself paying with cash more and more. While this seems fairly benign at first glance its becoming rather disturbing how much data is being collected and analyzed about consumers. In some ways I'
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by devs1010 15y ago
yes, this is definitely true
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by devs1010 15y ago
I like to think I can program more than 3-4 hours a day sustainably, I know I've had days where I worked for 8 hours (although its not always pure programming) and then came home and worked for hours more on personal projects, or also worke
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by devs1010 15y ago
This 'run-off' idea can get expensive very fast, maybe not for a company, but it would be expensive for an individual person without significant cash flow
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by devs1010 15y ago
I tried this a little bit back before I made much programming experience (but I had some), basically I realized it can lead to wasting a lot of money, it can work for small things but its really hard to manage unless you can get someone in
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by devs1010 15y ago
Thanks for the reply.. I agree Scala and Clojure are interesting but Ruby seems to be the most in-demand so would like to pick it up first, I have used JRuby a bit and being able to use Java when necessary I think would definitely be benefi
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by devs1010 15y ago
Actually I started to build something that is a job search "augmentation" tool, it uses the Indeed.com API and uses a roll-out sidebar to list job openings and then you can go through them and then mark them blocked, applied to, saved, etc
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by devs1010 15y ago
Actually, I used Python a bit before getting into Java, I think at this point Ruby seems more appealing, it would be nice to find a role at some point after I learn Ruby to where I can still benefit from my Java experience. Just doing Java,
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Should I switch to Ruby?
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by devs1010 15y ago
I completely feel for you, I was in a somewhat similar situation although was working purely as a contractor for a startup. I was the sole web developer and basically took idea from conception to launch, for a rather budget rate as I was li
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree about Acer, I have a Quad core Acer of some sort (8GB memory), not even sure what model it is, it was bought about 6 months ago for around $600 and I run Ubuntu on it. It is great for developing, the only issue I have is that I've n
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by devs1010 15y ago
Ok, I think I see the situation then more clearly, the jump you speak of (from 85-90 to 150k) doesn't happen in some other areas as much, from what I can tell in my current location its much more linear and the quality of dev's overall is l
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by devs1010 15y ago
Its a good package, basically I'm fine with this just about anywhere else but if I move near SF my housing cost almost doubles from what it is now out of state, (I have pets, fiance, etc so I can't just share a place with roommates), probab

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