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by edw519 5y ago
‘Hard’ skills from our PhDs remain relevant beyond academia Experience in grant-writing, data analysis and presentation will serve you well, say Samantha Baggott and Jonathan McGuire. You can say that about anything. My version (which I f
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by edw519 5y ago
Me too, a few years back. 1. Tell your work! You may be surprised how compassionate and accommodating they'll be. I saw another side of my boss. He made anything I needed possible. 2. See her every day. If you have to move closer, do i
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by edw519 5y ago
A long time ago, I gave up the pursuit of Elementary Number Theory for a career in programming. Thanks OP for reminding me there's more than one way for a nerd to happy dance. Great post!
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by edw519 5y ago
I'd love to know who signed off on this idea. They need to be fired. True for everywhere I've ever worked. Imagine how much better everything would be if we prioritized this problem before all the tech orgasms.
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by edw519 5y ago
Thank you, ivanhoe! When I read that sentence, I gasped and thought the same thing. I've spent a career writing thousands of lines of application code that would have never been needed if the database had been designed properly. But it
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Remote work changed the workplace. Now let's change the work week – to 4 days(nbcnews.com)
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by edw519 5y ago
"I always wondered what would've happened if..." Me too. But I'm trying to quit.
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by edw519 5y ago
Your welcome, corobo. Thanks for the reminder about the reminder. I believe it's as true as ever after all these years.
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by edw519 5y ago
Thanks TeMPOral for the trip down memory lane. I remember you through all those years. It's true that I don't comment much anymore, but remember, when someone who used to comment with so much energy before slows down, it's pr
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by edw519 5y ago
Thanks, omarhaneef. People like you (many years later) are why I did this in the first place. :-)
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The specifics are not timeless. The concept may be timeless. The positive energy that made me do this is definitely timeless. I'm still here. Thanks for reminding me why, sorokod. Best wishes, edw519
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Inventive grandson builds Telegram messaging machine for 96-year-old grandmother(theverge.com)
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Math Problem: What's the Best Strategy for Covid-19 Vaccination?(npr.org)
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by edw519 6y ago
I am living in 2 tech worlds that couldn't be more different... The web / startup / open source / constantly changing world of continuous learning and building solutions looking for problems. And the enterprise world of
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by edw519 6y ago
Somewhere between DH3 and DH4 here: http://paulgraham.com/disagree.html
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by edw519 6y ago
Disagree. This sounds a bit harsh, nitpicking at one instance of a class. Go back and read all his essays. You'll learn more than if you got your MBA. (I know. I've done both.) Believe me, I'm not PG fan boy, but he doesn&#x2
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by edw519 6y ago
shoutedDown != disagreed
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by edw519 6y ago
Another place where the independent- and conventional-minded are thrown together is in successful startups. The founders and early employees are almost always independent-minded; otherwise the startup wouldn't be successful. But conve
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by edw519 6y ago
When I read "In Miami there is...", I was half expecting to read about your experience at the Lab ( https://www.thelabmiami.com/ ) which shares space with Arts for Learning http://www.a4lmiami.org/
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by edw519 6y ago
Customers almost always know "What" (they're not making this up). They usually know "Why". Then never know "How". So, the "What" is theirs, the "Why" is ours, and the "How" is
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by edw519 6y ago
Thank you for this, Zeno! I read the sample chapter and enjoyed it so much, I bought the book on gumroad. But ONE BIG NIT: the sample chapter is pdf, but the book is not. Can you please provide me a pdf of the full book? Email on my profile
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by edw519 6y ago
pretty credible arguments that the policies were being abused Either you're getting your work done or you're not. Any other way of measuring abuse is management malpractice.
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by edw519 6y ago
They want to be "fair" to everyone Where I work, discussing salaries is strictly forbidden and grounds for dismissal. I demanded an increase and was told, "No. It wouldn't be fair to the others." I asked, "Ho
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by edw519 6y ago
there is still so much that stands in my way My experience is that technology has never stood in my way. It may be inconvenient, but I always find a way to work with it. The thing that has always been in my way is other people. Always. Fo
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by edw519 6y ago
Sounds like a business opportunity. How hard would it be to get your phone to transmit gps coordinates you choose, not where you actually are? How hard would it be to override what tattleware sends your boss with what you want it to send?
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by edw519 6y ago
activity != accomplishment We always knew that's bad bosses never understood this. It's just sad to see that now there's a market for it.
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by edw519 6y ago
What's your story? Programming off and on for over 40 years. Left several times. Because nothing is as fucked up as I.T. Did sales, consulting, several small businesses, and writing. Kept getting sucked back in. Because no one else d
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World’s oldest yarn hints that Neanderthals had basic math skills(arstechnica.com)
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by edw519 7y ago
lack of comments, bad variable naming, bad structure (little or no procedures or readability), and just sheer volume of it This has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with people. For all the progress we've made with
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by edw519 7y ago
This reminds me of a story 20 years ago when Pittsburgh Steelers (American football) announcer Myron Cope ran into head coach Bill Cowher... Myron said, "I see that Lee Flowers is playing today after a high ankle sprain 2 weeks ago. Bu

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