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by edw519 13y ago
I took a similar test, on-line while being watched. 4 sets of 10 multiple choice questions: SQL, unix commands, vi, & HTML. Make your 10 choices, click submit, get your score. It was kinda silly, but what the heck... It was ridiculously
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by edw519 13y ago
See the link to my ebook in my profile. Chapter 10.
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by edw519 13y ago
I'm desperate. You may think you're desperate, but you're not. Keep reading... I'm almost 38. Start programming at 10. Spent 7 years in video game industry as programmer, project manager, CTO. None of that matters. Today is Day 0. I tr
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Can pricey software streamline U.S. Steel?(post-gazette.com)
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by edw519 13y ago
Mark Zuckerberg is no more a technology leader than a powerball winner is a financial leader. He has worked hard, but no harder than many others. He is brilliant, but not any more than many others. He is tenacious, but not more than many ot
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by edw519 13y ago
From sneak's profile: I don't bite! I'm rather tired of people reciting platitudes... I just think it's incredibly rude... All evidence to the contrary.
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by edw519 13y ago
Call your Mom This is the best advice you will ever get here or anywhere else. So do it. I called my mother almost every day for 30 years. It I missed, she was sure to remind me. No matter what else happened, it was pretty much the highli
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I prefer this trip down memory lane: http://techcrunch.com/2008/08/25/yahoos-404-at-giants-stadiu...
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This is great for consumer web/mobile apps, but it doesn't work so well for medical software or avionics. Don't kid yourself; this is exactly what works for medical software or avionics. I never said we didn't test; I just said this is
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Oy, this again. OP might as well ask, "Why doesn't my buggywhip make my Camry go faster?" Who cares whether or not anyone can estimate? These days, if you're estimating, you've already lost. Your competitors have already built and deployed
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Very cool. You must be a great brother.
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If you answer to managers and build CRUD apps to support their careers rather than your own, then you're not a professional. Pretty amazing statement from someone whose comments are otherwise among the best here on Hacker News. 1. CRUD ap
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by edw519 14y ago
Very cool. Nice job, Hacker School. I'd love to try it myself someday. Being surrounded by all that positive energy has got to be a great experience. With that in mind, please remember: QualityTimeWithResident + HardWorkBuilding = HigherPro
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I haven't used NoSQL databases, so I don't have an opinion on that comparison. As for more traditional relational DBMSs (MySQL, Postgress, Oracle), there are many differences which could be considered either advantages or disadvantages, dep
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by edw519 14y ago
I wrote an ERP system for SMBs. (Enterprise Resource Planning, Small/Midsize Businesses). My first sale was to a 20 person automobile aftermarket wheel manufacturer for $20,000. I remember sleeping with the check that night.
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How can you not go crazy doing the same thing over and over? Because I'm not doing the same thing over and over. I'm just using the same technology. I rarely encounter things I can't do with it. I love Pick more than anything else I've
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I'm not writing the same stuff. I've written over a thousand different custom applications using the same technology . That was my point. This environment is so tried and true and so effective, it still kicks ass after 28 years. Pretty ama
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by edw519 14y ago
That headline got me to thinking... Date: Monday, April 29, 1985 Age: 29 Location: Santa Ana, California. Company: electronics manufacturer setup: dumb black & green 24x80 14" CRT terminal Hardware: Honeywell
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by edw519 14y ago
Lots of good advice. One nit: I would change "Don’t obsess about potential performance" to "Don’t obsess about potential performance except for binary roadblocks". What's a "binary roadblock"? Something that, when it doesn't run fast, no am
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by edw519 14y ago
“That guy doesn’t know shit. Why should I listen to him?" If you have to ask that question, then you already know the answer. With a good mentor, thoughts like that would never even enter your mind. Why? Because a good mentor would never
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by edw519 14y ago
Although this is an extreme example, I sympathize and often have feelings like this. But it's not about the amount of work; it's about the constant internal struggle. Let me explain. I have never had a problem about the volume or difficul
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The target audience for Rewire Attire, the high end fashion marketplace, was women with enough money ... Whenever I read "target audience" and "with enough money" in the same sentence, I run the other way. My experience with prospects "wi
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by edw519 14y ago
If you are an entrepreneur starting a business, you should already know that the odds are against you. This is simply a statistical fact. Then the best way to succeed is not to understand that the odds are against you, it's to change thos
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...but we are moving more and more to a transparent society... This key issue isn't whether or not things are changing (they are) or whether it's good or bad (that's debatable). The key issue is who gets to decide . If I want to tell the
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Hi Jeff. I hope you read this. Why don't you just look at this experience as something that had to happen to set you on the path where you're really needed... You took on an unpaid overworked responsibility to help 15 people and it didn't w
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by edw519 14y ago
Cute. Nice fake list. Nice writing. The "true" list at the end, like a Hollywood ending, was probably not necessary. Now my list: 1. You don't "work with" software engineers. We don't even "work with" each other. If you don't learn anything
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With 7 billion people in the world, it's very likely that these things will happen today: - someone will get killed in a horrible car accident - a child will be killed in a freak accident - someone will die from cancer, leaving much
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by edw519 14y ago
Here is how I answered this question on May 15, 2008, (and several times since) here on Hacker News. Not much has changed because this strategy has always been "old faithful" to me: * * * * * The single most important thing I do to "achieve
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by edw519 14y ago
Just because Oracle sells into companies that could just as well have used postgres that doesn't mean that Oracle aren't producing anything of value,.. Oracle doesn't sell software. They sell risk reduction. Someone to sue or blame. Once
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by edw519 14y ago
Pros: - about half the interviewees are HN regulars - the other half look very interesting as well - nice sample chapter - DRM-free pdf - one good idea can from this can change everything - a thumbs-up from Dan Shipper - sup

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