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by edw519 13y ago
You will make more money if you have an active github account. For most people this means side projects/work. More than what? The highest earning programmers I know have never heard of github and would never consider using it. You w
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by edw519 13y ago
12:48 GMT. 43 yes, 24 no. I have a feeling that the yes's will greatly outnumber the no's a little later when the U.S. logs in.
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by edw519 13y ago
For my inbox: Turn-offs: - obviously sent to many others - obviously boilerplate - buzzwordy - uses the word "coffee" - no apparent direction or desired outcome - previously insulted me on-line Turn-ons: - alr
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Idiotic because you might destroy your phone? Or idiotic because the energy spent on this could have been used to build something that actually provided value?
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For as long as I can remember I have been a super procrastinator. You have misdiagnosed yourself, which is why you've had so much difficulty finding a solution. You're trying to solve the wrong problem... You are not a procrasti
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1. I've been an caregiver for 20 years and love this idea. But there's no way I would engage any business that uses the f-word in their promotions. And believe me, I'm not the only one who feels this way, especially in this d
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In Stinchcombe’s words, True Link’s mission is quite simple: "Fuck these scammers." Amazing how fast you can neutralize all that noble work with just 3 words. (FriendAndCoworkerLanguage != BusinessAttractionLanguage)
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The "deadly trio" of open office plans for programmers: 1. We are very often judged by superficial appearance by others because they have no idea what we do or how we do it. This can include our own managers and influential others
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I wrote the lot traceability module of Compufact's ERP package in 1987. 3 years ago, I engaged a company that still used that software. Just for fun, I searched for my initials in their repository. Good news: that software was still be
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Nice post, but just a little too much corporatespeak for me. My take: 1. Be an egoless programmer. I've heard this a million times and always hated it. I lost count of the number of projects I've witnessed that were saved when s
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My father dropped out of high school to help support his family. He served in the military and started his own business. Except for Sundays, he worked his ass off 12 hours every day of his life until he died. My mother could have been anyth
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by edw519 13y ago
If code doesn’t receive constant love it turns to shit, I would prefer "If bad code doesn't receive constant love it turns to shit" I am aware of thousands of examples of heavily used commercial software that hasn't
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Entrepreneurs jump in now that startups can advertise for fundraising(post-gazette.com)
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This is a great reason to do what is often frowned upon by us high achieving Hacker Newsers: get a job. I have worked on so many projects in so many jobs that I lost track long ago. But it's always been the same: Get it done, good enou
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According to a recent domestic survey, average Yugoslavs work efficiently for only half of their eight-hour workday. The rest of the time is spent reading newspapers, conducting private business or having interminable private chats with co
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I got a job. With real customers who needed real solutions. That opened my world.
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58, writing more code, having more fun, reaching more people, & making more $ than ever, all of which still seem limitless: edw519's Hacker Quality of Life | ?? | **
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The end of the line for landlines(post-gazette.com)
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“The one thing that we got extremely right about the Webvan investment was that there would be huge consumer demand for home delivery of groceries," he says. "It’s just taken time for technology to finally catch up." I don
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For developers building something, the following are often true: Tweeting != Work TalkingAboutWork != Work Blogging != Work DoingSomethingInYourIDE does not necessarily = Work DoingSomethingInGithub does not necessarily = Work
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Off topic but of significant hacker interest: Also in 1985...the crash of a Delta Air Lines L-1011 in Dallas that killed 137. There's always been a lot of speculation over how IBM gave up an entire industry (the personal computer) to
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56 instances of the word "I". That's your problem. All the rest is fluff. OP, try rewriting this, substituting "he", "she", "they", or "you" for "I". Funny how quickly your pe
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I challenge myself to answer the following questions in everything I read: Has this taught me anything new and valuable? (If not, move on quickly) How can I apply insights from this article today? (Wait and I’ll forget) When have I applied
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Other. Write code without bugs. (I say this in jest, but only a little.) Think about it... I know so many programmers who get lazy because they have such good debugging tools (Let me just slam something out there and let the debugger catch
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First they came for the terrorists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a terrorist. Then they came for the whistle blowers, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a whistle blower. Then they came for the illegal aliens, and I
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"I have solved this political dilemma in a very direct way: I don't vote. On Election Day, I stay home. I firmly believe that if you vote, you have no right to complain. Now, some people like to twist that around. They say, '
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Billionaire Offers $1 Million to Solve Math Problem(abcnews.go.com)
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His logic is simple: The more he makes, the more good he can do. It may be his logic, but it's not mine. And it doesn't have to be yours, either. I believe "doing good" is something to be done all the time. If you wait until the time is r
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For sprints, either. For marathons, neither. Knowing which is which is half the battle.
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Choose from 2 extreme alternatives: a. Treat this project as if it were your sick child on life support. b. Treat this project as if it were a gazelle being ripped apart by a pride of lions. If you choose (a), do anything and everything you

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