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by devs1010 15y ago
This can be done without the radical switch to modeling everything client-side. I mainly do java web apps with JSP's (which everyone seems to think is stodgy and past its prime) but its rather simple to do something like what you're describ
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by devs1010 15y ago
This is what contracting is for, no one in their right mind with any sort of real experience is going to spend 2 days on-site working for someone for free.
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by devs1010 15y ago
Background checks are nowhere near that accurate, they usually rely on information you, yourself have put out there, they don't have some sort of direct pipeline to your w2 forms.
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by devs1010 15y ago
Obviously a full-scale violent revolution isn't going to happen but I wonder if like-minded people moved to an area / city where they could re-invent the political system there, vote out the police chief (or city council members who appoint
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by devs1010 15y ago
I think cyber-bullying is something that could easily be handled within the portal itself (in this case it always seems to be facebook), why can't kids just be taught if someone starts saying something "mean" they can just block the person
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by devs1010 15y ago
well, I don't know if this is any indication of the overall public opinion, but every comment I've looked at on the CNN article is anti-SOPA, I don't know if its the "reddit-types" who have found the article and are commenting or if its rea
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by devs1010 15y ago
People are doing things, just look at the boycott of GoDaddy, that was effective and got media attention. Obviously its a collective effort, one person, unless they already hold significant power in a company, etc can't do a huge amount. Pe
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by devs1010 15y ago
Part of me is starting to love all these government calls for censorship because I think we may finally be starting to reach the "breaking point" where more of the general population begins to awaken to what a sham these politicians are and
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by devs1010 15y ago
I find this not necessarily true at my company, in fact the oldest people in the engineering department are exclusively developers where the managers tend to be younger or the same age as them. This may depend on region, as well, the area I
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by devs1010 15y ago
I don't work for a startup but just wanted to comment since I work with a lot of older developers, one who must be well into his sixties is rather interesting as, while he does have his spots where he seems a bit stuck in the past, is const
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by devs1010 15y ago
Yep, I was just thinking the same thing. A lot of the "hot" startups are actually in San Francisco itself so may want to take that into account. Beyond Silicon Valley proper there are companies scattered throughout the Bay Area region also.
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by devs1010 15y ago
After dealing with the nonsense from potential employers, recruiters, etc for a little while now I think I've become a bit more seasoned and can spot the BS quickly, this is an important skill to develop so that you don't waste precious tim
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by devs1010 15y ago
keep it minimal, don't list skills that aren't needed, if you don't need someone with 7 years experience don't say you do, etc.. when job ads make it seem like they "want it all" it turns people off, honestly the ones that appeal to me most
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by devs1010 15y ago
if its for web dev, make them do something that has a web UI, give specific contraints and then write an automated integration test for it (such as using selenium), run this on the incoming submissions, only review the ones that pass, this
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by devs1010 15y ago
If you don't mind my asking, I am curious if you got the job also while living remotely or did you live in northern California, got the job and then later moved out of state to work remotely? I'm currently out of state, looking to move back
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree, its utter nonsense for the most part, it seems some companies just want you to jump through a bunch of hoops and to make you feel stupid. I think having you work on a small contracted project or something related to the business do
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by devs1010 15y ago
I'm in Phoenix.. IMO this state is insane, the government here really does deserve the scorn they get from the rest of the U.S., I am already planning my move out, I moved here a year and a half ago as it has a low cost of living, warm clim
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by devs1010 15y ago
I'm a bit intrigued by this, could you elaborate a bit more? Are they working as contractors commuting once a month for meetings, etc or doing their own ventures where they are coming down for meetings with investors?
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by devs1010 15y ago
Well, this is definitely not entirely accurate. It has Phoenix, AZ as being more expensive than San Jose, CA. Having lived in both places I can say the cost of living in Phoenix is about half that of San Jose so its entirely wrong on that.
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by devs1010 15y ago
I would apply to any jobs that ask for 5 or less years experience. Don't get caught up on all the cruff they put in job postings, they say they want this and that but really what they want is someone who is competent and can help their comp
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by devs1010 15y ago
He meant the Eurozone, I think, and it is definitely outside the Eurozone.
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by devs1010 15y ago
deathbycaptcha or some other similar service, used to be one called decaptcher I think but looks like its down now.
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by devs1010 15y ago
cool, thanks I will check it out
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by devs1010 15y ago
Agreed, I am all for reform but we need to outsmart them, from what I've read lately it seems online activity, like that of Reddit, has effected more change than the in-person protests. The problem is that change won't happen overnight, its
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by devs1010 15y ago
I wasn't talking just about riot situations, U.S. police look sort of like this (especially where I am in Arizona) all the time, except without the masks.
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by devs1010 15y ago
Yea, its two different situations completely, U.S. police often look like military combatants by the gear they wear and often seem to view themselves as urban military units. While this is horrible and an obvious sign of our country going d
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree, C# and Java would probably be easier to get started with than C++, these are mature technologies with companies that seem to really value years of developer experience so you could probably transfer over fairly easily.
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by devs1010 15y ago
yep, I just found myself saying something like this the other day when talking with another engineer about the issues at the current company I work for. Its my belief that modern web application development is primarily about leveraging exi
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by devs1010 15y ago
I think this may have to do with cultural and geographic distances. U.S. cities, for the most part, may not be as easy to do something like kettling in as most are less dense than U.K. cities and may simply have more open space to cover to
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by devs1010 15y ago
I agree with this for the most part, this is one reason I have fallen in love a bit recently with RAD frameworks, personally I have been using Spring Roo, which is somewhat similar to Ruby on Rails, but for Java, from what I understand. Bas

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