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by dwc 16y ago
I agree. There's also another thing that happens, which is to look at a big mess of twisty code and think about it, finally seeing that it should have been done as a simple algorithm. Then you get to delete a lot of code and replace it with
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by dwc 16y ago
As zdean mentions, document. Take that seriously. Many positions I've worked in the past had an explicit "probation period" of 3 months. However good your hiring process, sometimes you just get a bad fit. Try really hard to hire well, but b
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by dwc 16y ago
HN + Reddit, apparently too much for the server. Maybe it'll respond properly later. EDIT: I just refreshed and it worked.
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by dwc 16y ago
Yes, some are harmful in that promotion disguised as objectivity is misleading. That's a whole separate issue from notability , though. On this and many other issues I think the notability bar is set too high. I'm much rather see a wikiped
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by dwc 16y ago
Very good thoughts! One promising thing about the Internet is the ability to form communities where local interest is too small or sparse. Currently these communities tend to be fairly stable and hoping to grow. But what if there were a way
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by dwc 16y ago
I do think the videos are excellent, and I'm very encouraged that you're in the process of addressing these other things. If you keep the same commitment to quality that you've done so far then you'll do just fine. Edit: I just watched the
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by dwc 16y ago
As an autodidact interested in far more than I can learn in my lifetime I'm always on the lookout for the easiest path to learning. After struggling to find an acceptably easy path with Khan I dug up some alternate videos that gave me mor
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by dwc 16y ago
As an autodidact interested in exploring more mathematics, of course I learned about Khan Academy. One look and I was impressed, but that didn't last long. Though the videos are well done all around, there's no clear curriculum to follow. O
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by dwc 16y ago
> But computers are evolving in a direction that makes coding knowledge less useful This is the market finding its way somewhere. The whole industry has a problem, in that there are different classes of computer use but the industry kee
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by dwc 16y ago
I agree with you. But I have to add that there's a big difference between math anxiety and disinterest in pursuing a graduate degree. There's nothing wrong with someone choosing to pursue something else even when shown the intrigue and beau
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by dwc 16y ago
I'm sure that's how basic math proficiency was viewed in the past. These days almost everyone would benefit from some rudimentary knowledge of programming, but it's not yet viewed as essential. Every day I see people doing repetitive manual
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by dwc 16y ago
I agree with you. There's only so long that you can operate at that level. However, the main point of how much can be done when truly focused is not lost. What if you did two days each week like this? I think that's sustainable, and you cou
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by dwc 16y ago
And there's the thing: not all patches are the same. It's not even so much the size of the patch, but rather how much it gets into the design, I think. If someone sends a largish bugfix patch that doesn't touch design then that seems ok to
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by dwc 16y ago
I've heard some good things about Windows Phone 7, but as far as I can tell it actually is irrelevant at this point. Android might be irrelevant as well. What are Office 365 and Windows Live Essentials 2011? I have honestly not heard of t
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by dwc 16y ago
If any of you are really interested, http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/ has more than the NASA pages. We've also imaged Russian lunar rovers. :)
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by dwc 16y ago
Personally, I've seen very little benefits from this new method of learning. Except that you learned programming where you otherwise wouldn't have done? Like you, I learned to program on my own. I learned well before the internet, and let
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by dwc 16y ago
The first DVCS I used was darcs, because I wanted to contrib to a project using it. Next was hg, because it seemed very nice for my needs. Now I'm using git, for various reasons of my own. I don't think I'm all that different from others ou
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by dwc 16y ago
I tried to do "true" literate programming but found the tools inadequate. Specifically, for some snippets of code I wanted to show them in more than one place in the document but that lead to all kinds of trouble. I found other things cumbe
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by dwc 16y ago
The term "rockstar" is used across many disciplines for a top performer. Don't get too hung up on the analogy: a rock star programmer isn't one who's into sex & drugs & loop unrolls. The main origins of this meme revolve around some
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by dwc 16y ago
Vim, but with a better scripting language. No, really.
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by dwc 16y ago
My past several jobs I have delayed salary negotiations until they have essentially decided to hire me and I have decided I want to work for them. Why talk salary if the relationship isn't going to work anyway? Once both sides know what the
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by dwc 16y ago
I've also seen that used as an excuse, along with almost everything else you can think of. We've all seen the results of "I'm adhering to each and every rule but coding how I want anyway" coders.
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by dwc 16y ago
Therefore: HN != /r/programming Any resemblance is superficial. I find value in both, but I am glad they are not the same. If they were the same then I would not frequent both.
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by dwc 16y ago
My windows are at ground level, but I really hate buying apples at the market and then having to wash them. Time for... Roomba for Macintosh
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by dwc 16y ago
Please help me to learn and grow. Oh, and don't tell me the best way to learn and grow because, well, because. You want advice but you already don't like the answer?
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by dwc 16y ago
No.
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by dwc 16y ago
Did you see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2060994
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by dwc 16y ago
I don't understand why you're in a development position when you know you don't like it. And you're working for BigCo when you don't like it. Don't worry too much about switching after six months at this point. You just graduated and you're
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by dwc 16y ago
You weren't.
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by dwc 16y ago
There's no relation between "the free software movement" and "freemium." Also, freemium is only a special case of discounting where price is zero. There's a whole spectrum of discount pricing strategies. And there's a large number of other

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