ev_rolfe

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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
I don't think that the average person taking an introductory program course has any interest in calculating the sum of squares or fibonacci numbers. May be alright for MIT students in 1986 but in 2017 people want to know how websites a
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
I don't think this is something which can be solved by some "killer algorithm". It seems that this whole fake-news thing is largely because of hacker news-ey type people wanting to use algorithms to make everything better and
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
Don't really have anything to add, just wanted to say this is a very good point.
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
In short, yes its still worth it, Rails is a mature and fully-fledged framework which is not going away anytime soon. From a business perspective there is no shortage of rails work to be had. Anecdotally, I'm also seeing more and more
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
Am I the only one here who thinks that this post was written by somebody < 12 years old? "matrix way"? "insert chip and boom you get expert"??
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
"one of my girlfrieds" How many girlfriends do you have? ;)
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
"I start my day at 4am" What time do you go to sleep at to make starting work a 4am feasible?
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
While its definitely true that corporate companies and startup-ey companies each have their pros and cons, what really gets me is the holier-than-thou attitude that seems to be at the core of modern startup culture. I mean how often do you
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
I think its worth noting that the majority of the people posting their salary here seem to be quite successful so I'd take these response with a grain of salt. Seems likely that people who are successful will be more willing to post th
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
This really reminds me of a certain film in which Steve Carell is the main character..
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by ev_rolfe 10y ago
I agree with the reasoning behind this description, but would like to add a couple points: * Junior developer - Will produce some value with guidance, probably not much if left alone. Code will be terrible if left alone. * Intermediate deve