earpwald

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by earpwald 4y ago
This board is older now, but has some good articles on it. Im in the same boat, 1 yesr under my belt but still just keeping my head above water. I think experience is key, and having an open 1:1 with your senior/peers to ask and learn
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by earpwald 4y ago
The short answer....it depends. It very much depends on what books you're reading, if they're right for you at your current level and helping you take the next step up. it depends on if you're not just reading but also seekin
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by earpwald 5y ago
Unit tests help developers, integration tests help logic. This can annoy folks, but the straight forward truth is that integration tests cover the unit as well as the whole, so if time is limited, they should 100% be the priority as they br
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by earpwald 5y ago
I definitely think there would be a market for this, either on your own space (substack etc.) or maybe for blogs that do care about privacy and security. If you do post some, I for one would be keen to read.
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by earpwald 5y ago
I agree about the notifications for replies etc...perhaps I've just not seen it yet!
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by earpwald 5y ago
I'm not sure that this exact case is accounted for, but I know that a large part of the industry atm is getting re-focused on accessibility testing. Government contracts seem to be getting it baked in now as a legal requirement as a fe
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by earpwald 5y ago
I'm a software developer and I come to HN to keep up with new ideas and trends etc. Often see things on here days before it becomes a thing on news outlets. Generally I like to skim through articles and see whats relevant etc.
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by earpwald 5y ago
Its only a problem if you have a non-compete clause in your contract and even then, unless you're taking intellectual ideas, its hard to enforce. In the past I worked at an insurance based company and they had a standard non-compete cl
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by earpwald 5y ago
Ok, so firstly to your question, it sounds like you aren't happy at the company, not just that they may, or may not be unhappy with your fit. Personally in my experience, managers will only push someone out if they are continuously bad
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by earpwald 5y ago
Dont really want to survive for the post apocalyptic world...but that said....my city is relatively small in the UK. So make it to the train tracks and out of the city with cans and as much water as we can carry and then head for the hills
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by earpwald 5y ago
I do interviews at a decent sized company, but our office is really only 15-20 people. Our process is a bit lacking as we generally do 2 rounds of discussions (1 hour or less each) which has a focus on technical and soft-skill questions. It
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by earpwald 5y ago
So in other words, playing a game to stop being bored will make you play the game for longer because it will stop your boredom...
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by earpwald 5y ago
In all honesty, a CV and a degree just get your foot in the door. When I do interviews, I want to know who you are and what you're capable off...the way to talk and explain yourself and what you know is far more important. I rarely loo
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Ask HN: Angular Microfront End
2 points by earpwald 5y ago|0 comments
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by earpwald 6y ago
I've noticed that in my role as team lead i spend more time watching screen shares etc. What I prefer is using VS Code to Live Share as it makes it much easier to talk through and show what I mean or review in real time. Its hard, but
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by earpwald 6y ago
Hews works pretty well on Android.
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by earpwald 6y ago
Marriage put on hold. Honeymoon put on hold. First house put on hold. Yeah it sucks.
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by earpwald 6y ago
Personally I think this has been a good pointer that we need to be careful about what we trust third party libraries and frameworks to do. I in no way believe that Stripe had any intentions of doing anything wrong, however it is good to hol
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by earpwald 7y ago
Out of curiosity, why do you feel its not good?
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by earpwald 7y ago
Our electricity is expensive and on a meter so charged at a higher rate. With being at home as well we're using our own coffee etc instead of company provided. You're right, it is a small amount of expenditure, but I was curious a
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by earpwald 7y ago
I haven't done an estimate yet as we start this week. We pay on a meter so the electric is pretty expensive and as we rent not much I can do about it. Thats mostly it...I bring lunch in and thats the greatest expense.
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by earpwald 7y ago
I walk lol!
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Ask HN: Who pays the extra cost of WFH?
1 points by earpwald 7y ago|7 comments
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by earpwald 7y ago
Changing passwords frequently leads to trends in password reuse. Ie increasing 1 to 2 and then to 3 etc. Best password is a long random words password as explained by xkcd!
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by earpwald 7y ago
Definitely agree with these. As a newly official tech lead I'm finding both these things quite a challenge!
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by earpwald 7y ago
Yeah that sounds like a good and useful idea!
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by earpwald 12y ago
Seeing as you want to grow as a programmer then I would encourage you to first excel in PHP. That means spending time looking at in the in-depth ways of doing things, but more importantly the best way to do it. Look at best practices for
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by earpwald 12y ago
It depends on what you want to do and what you want to become. As the old saying goes, knowledge is power, and the more you know, the stronger your skills can become. As a developer myself, I would say that my skills are independent of the
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by earpwald 13y ago
Yes I agree, I'm going to be on the receiving end of this myself. I am traveling to China/Vietnam later this year so as much as trying to learn before I go, I know I won't truly get it till I arrive and start using it.
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by earpwald 13y ago
Very fake....account is one hour old.

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