dpritchett

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   by dpritchett 10y ago

   http://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/ There are definitely dead-end jobs that don't make you want to get out of bed in the morning. Maybe something like the CCC would help with the feeling of meaningful labor. http
2. 62.▲
   by dpritchett 10y ago

   If these manufactured products can't be brought to market without the button pushers, the value of the button pushing is almost certainly higher than minimum wage.
3. 63.▲
   by dpritchett 10y ago

   I've worked with one who became an exceptional backend coder straight out of the code school. This is out of maybe six total and she had some excellent mentorship at the first job. Another had great frontend skills within a few months
4. 64.▲
   by dpritchett 10y ago

   Some people don't balk at the sight of a mostly-grain ingredients list. Lots of people aren't into macronutrients.
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   by dpritchett 10y ago

   But most startups have hard working early employees - not just the successful ones. Focusing on hard work seems close to a just world fallacy. Ask a billionaire if they got there via hard work. Ask a hard worker if they've got a b
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   by dpritchett 10y ago

   It's pretty wild to think they had to go to the opposite coast to source a node/mysql/nginx solution. I know people who were doing such things much closer to DC. Granted, we are lower profile and maybe less pre-certified as &
7. 67.▲
   by dpritchett 10y ago

   Haven't touched Java in a decade and that is beautiful. I like Ruby's functional idioms and LINQ though.
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   by dpritchett 10y ago

   I like this phrasing from Wikipedia: "The inverted pyramid is a metaphor used by journalists and other writers to illustrate how information should be prioritized and structured in a text (e.g., a news report). It is a common method f
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   by dpritchett 10y ago

   Can confirm that I was able to reproduce after tweaking some of the special characters in the above PoC.
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    by dpritchett 10y ago

    This is what I get on an unpatched staging server. Not sure it did anything... $ sudo convert file.mvg o.png convert.im6: delegate failed `"curl" -s -k -o "%o" "https:%M"' @ error/delegate.
11. 71.▲
    by dpritchett 10y ago

    I respect the idea of a vibrant job market but free pizza seven nights a week sounds a bit like hell.
12. 72.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    I wouldn't prioritize it if I were you either ;)
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    by dpritchett 11y ago

    We're on 8.1 I think. We are running a largeish C# project with largeish diffs; when I click "merge" the app spins for a good few seconds or more before completing the merge. Don't think I've ever seen that sort o
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    by dpritchett 11y ago

    The things I miss the most using Gitlab vs github are the instantaneous merges and the syntax highlighting within diffs when reviewing a MR. I'm on an old-ish version of gitlab though and it's running on a single VPS.
15. 75.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    This suggests that StarFighter has some cash that is being used to keep you afloat. I don't expect you to disclose, but I'm guessing there's a silent partner or maybe just some ex-Matasano money floating things. Cool!
16. 76.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    Was the 0% turnover due to great teammates, great projects, or above-market comp? I've never seen 0%!
17. 77.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    I for one enjoyed these human touches in what was overall a very calm and reasonable essay.
18. 78.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    I'll be one of the new maintainers at my newish job here in Memphis. Neat to inherit such a cleanly-managed Rails codebase!
19. 79.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    Yes, I think you'll find that the majority of U.S. citizens will vote down a tax increase, even if the intentions are good.
20. 80.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    They'll say "I don't trust the government to spend that money properly. Take $232/yr away from some entitlement program that services people who aren't directly related to me."
21. 81.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    Looks cool! I just noticed the search is case sensitive - "php" returns no results while PHP returns quite a few. Same with c#/C#. Thanks!
22. 82.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    They must want people to always feel like every Medium article is fresh. Meanwhile in the page source: <meta property="article:published_time" content="2015-07-30T17:21:08.966Z">
23. 83.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    [0]: http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html I wonder what their PR budget is like?
24. 84.▲
    by dpritchett 11y ago

    There are some end to end Clojure shops. Pretty sure Relevance uses cljs.
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    by dpritchett 11y ago

    I did some brief research and I'd call it a mixed bag. Looks like he definitely had a high-tech upbringing, but not necessarily a silver spoon. Wikipedia mentions he attended Cornell and CMU (PhD). Freakonomics blog says "He gre
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    by dpritchett 11y ago

    Don't get too caught up on which job role has more risk, responsibility, or communication skills. Salaries are apportioned based on how close a job role is to the company's revenue stream. Executives come out on top because they
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    by dpritchett 11y ago

    I have never messed with panic, I read that code and I think I'd make a function that takes functions - the error handling response is the same every time. Maybe even put the list of calls in an actual list and invoke them with an ite
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    by dpritchett 11y ago

    The goimports tool can be used to automagically add and remove imports to your .go source files as you work. This streamlines the casual weekend hacking use case without compromising on the benefits of disallowing unused imports.
29. 89.▲
    by dpritchett 12y ago

    It's not a silver bullet but it's definitely helped our company. We are a mostly-remote Rails-focused company with tens of people throughout the Western hemisphere. I've found my communications with clients and teammates go
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    by dpritchett 12y ago

    I wish they'd gotten Jo's name right. Luckily her work speaks for itself.