dmikalova

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   by dmikalova 4y ago

   This just isn't true though. I worked at a relatively minor video streaming company and we overloaded and took down AWS CloudFront for an entire region. They refused to work with us or increase capacity because the datacenter (one of t
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   by dmikalova 4y ago

   My friend is an EE that I went to school with. He's very bright and definitely sharper and harder working than me. I went to school for Chemistry and switched to DevOps - which are the not the highest paid of SEs. I make 1.5x what he d
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   by dmikalova 9y ago

   I've tried a lot of productivity tricks and the one I find most effective is to create a mantra. First off I have a todo list and every morning and night it tells me to say my mantra. Secondly I focus on only one thing or habit at a ti
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   by dmikalova 9y ago

   This is what we do. Each product has it's own prod and qa account.
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   by dmikalova 9y ago

   I use my desk only for work - no eating or lounging on the internet - that's what my mobile device is for. I then have a playlist of ambient music. This also cues my brain that I'm in work mode.
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   by dmikalova 9y ago

   You could blow in one direction or the other, at an angle. The air you push away will push you the other way.
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   by dmikalova 9y ago

   What was the actual downside to this?