dotdi

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   by dotdi 8y ago

   Generally, it's easier to get a raise by joining a new company than to get a raise at an existing one. Staying for 2 years seems to be the sweet spot between raising suspicions about job hopping and prolonging the stay in an underpaid
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   by dotdi 8y ago

   I live in central Europe where inflation hovers between 1.5 and 2%, so anything in that ballpark would be just laughable, i.e. keeping my salary where it was until now. I'm looking for something along the lines of "you are informa
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   by dotdi 8y ago

   I'm not emotionally attached to the company. There are things I like, and those things outweigh the negative parts, so I'm not sure how this comes across as an emotional thing. I'm not being paid below market, actually, I&#x2
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   Ask HN: How do I negotiate a raise and promotion after 1 year at my company?

   6 points by dotdi 8y ago|20 comments
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   by dotdi 8y ago

   > Easy problems take me 2-5 hours. I'd chime in to say take it easy . Remember: interview problems are very, very far removed from actual, day-to-day software engineering work.
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   by dotdi 8y ago

   I'm from the generation mentioned in this article and IMHO, in the developed countries, people like me are poorer than their parents because the rich are getting richer and the "poor", including the middle class, are getting
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   by dotdi 8y ago

   This is $5 and there's a free alternative: https://github.com/niw/HapticKey
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   by dotdi 8y ago

   Another article with the TL;DR similar to "we jumped blindly on the bandwagon, did obvious mistakes along the way, and microservices are the root of all evil". Thanks, but no thanks.
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   by dotdi 8y ago

   You misread the article. They are not destroying all mosquitoes, only a specific species within that Genus. There are plenty of other mosquitoes to take the place of Ae. aegypti in the food chain.
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    by dotdi 8y ago

    I was wondering what features will exactly make it the proper YouTube competitor, and I had the same feeling about it being more or less extended stories. On the other hand, YouTube seems to be set on making every other platform more attrac
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    by dotdi 8y ago

    Same here. I was pretty hardcore for several months and take a more relaxed stance now. It also helped me lose a few kilograms.
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    by dotdi 8y ago

    For me, that would be keeping a diary. I don't have any hard data, but I feel better and seem to have a better grip on life since I started. I'm using a relaxed version of Bullet Journal and I kept at it for much longer than I exp
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    by dotdi 8y ago

    Maybe it's just me but I find this article has the following TL;DR: we are going against recommendations and common practices and postgres doesn't work well.
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    by dotdi 8y ago

    Sorry - I should have been a bit clearer. I was experiencing some errors on the website (i.e. songs not playing and showing a red x). When I looked into the browser console, I saw, among an error and some warnings, this URL. I shortened it
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    by dotdi 8y ago

    Load of media resource [...]/bensound-jazzyfrenchy.mp3?plead=please-dont-download-this-or-our-lawyers-wont-let-us-host-audio failed. Sounds interesting...
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    We all know that a "denial" means jack shit nowadays.
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    Thanks for your comment. Since I'm much more of a backend guy, that would also have the added benefit that, down the road, we could take projects that require significant work on both front and backend.
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    What I really want to achieve is for her to not only tinker and do stuff that is interesting, but also maximize her general understanding, i.e. to make sure she gains knowledge that is transferable. That's why I'm a bit reluctant
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    I completely agree with your comment. What I want to achieve is to create a path for her that maximizes her ROI (i.e. the time and effort she invests). In this context, that would mean to find the necessity as well as guiding her toward the
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    Having done a small project with Vue, I agree. I'm a bit reluctant on the whole JS ecosystem, though. I had significant CS and professional experience before getting to do a big Angularjs project and it still was, at times, unbelievabl
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    I'm aware of this issue, and that's why we considered having me "front" for her so that she can get some work while I lend credibility.
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    Thanks, that's something we will consider.
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    I have no idea why I haven't brought that up with her! Take my upvote.
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    Awesome, thanks!
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    How much previous knowledge did your SO have?
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    It's on my radar, thanks. I agree that it's a great course.
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    I think Java can be a bit off-putting for beginners because of verbosity and somewhat forcing people into OOP. HTML and CSS definitely have much more immediate "results" but don't offer the benefit of generally teaching CS th
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    That's definitely an important aspect. I was leaning towards python because it's a mostly sane language which can be used to teach a ton of different topics without much ceremony and other annoyances.
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    I told her the exact same thing a few days ago. Thanks!
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    by dotdi 9y ago

    Remote and/or flexible schedule would be the most important aspect, that's true. But she is quite interested and impressed by all the things one can do with programming and that's what's driving her in this direction.