exstudent2

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by exstudent2 10y ago
Not a lot of content here and it's debatable HN material but if there's a key takeaway for this audience it's that you should save some of yourself for your relationship if you are in a couple. It's very easy to go &quot
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by exstudent2 10y ago
I think a good path, not often discussed, is for older developers to dedicate some portion of their time developing side-projects that can create a passive (or not so passive) income stream. Being "old" gives you a lot of time to
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by exstudent2 10y ago
$1 million is practically nothing as far as startup funding goes. Especially in the Bay Area. That's basically a year to find product market fit and raise another round. No offense but you don't sound like you have enough experien
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by exstudent2 10y ago
We definitely disagree there. For me creating technology is like creating art. Sure some artists may have a mainstream social agenda but some may just be weirdos who need to paint to stay sane :) I don't see it as my or anyone else&#x2
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by exstudent2 10y ago
If you want people to take your opinions on gender issues seriously, it's probably best not to use sexist terms like "mansplaining". Edit (for some reason, locked from commenting further): > It describes a specific behavio
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by exstudent2 10y ago
I think there's quite a bit of self-awareness and honesty in questioning these types of initiatives. So many of these "women in tech" discussions are thiny veiled power plays to take economic and decision making power away fr
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by exstudent2 10y ago
> I see the tech industry shaping the future for the world. The world is comprised of a diverse group of people. How can a narrow group of people understand the needs of everyone? People should build tech that they find interesting. It&#
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by exstudent2 10y ago
If you see this as a problem that needs fixing then more power to you. Many however see no problem. Women have free will and can choose the career of their liking. Also "Men, after all, embody most of the problem;" will not be win
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by exstudent2 10y ago
I have not and you're probably correct that it's not as bad as it used to be. That being said, this looks like a great case for learning new technologies/languages since the language you do know may change out from under yo
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by exstudent2 10y ago
You often have to learn this stuff outside of your regular job. Once you know another stack then you can find another job using it. That's how you exert control over your career. Tying yourself to one company (or stack) is a slow death
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by exstudent2 10y ago
COBOL is tied to specialized hardware that's hard to move away from due to massive capital investment. PHP will run anywhere better languages run. And really, COBOL will be gone someday. If your career is on the line, it pays to stay c
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Relational dbs sure, but there are legitimate scale reasons to use a distributed key value store (for instance). There is no reason to be stuck with PHP today though. It's a very backward language when you compare to something with a m
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by exstudent2 10y ago
It is relevant to the discussion because that's not a fresh skill set. Anyone not moving on from those technologies at this point should be concerned about their future in the industry. Maybe they can find jobs now, but without learnin
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by exstudent2 10y ago
And yet during the flat org structure time period Github was an innovation BEAST. It was one of the most creative technology companies I've ever seen and changed the way we do development. Since more structure has been put in place, in
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by exstudent2 10y ago
It most definitely is in tech. 10X engineers exist and if they aren't being paid handsomely, it's because they've put zero effort into finding the correct job. I can't speak to government work since I'm in private i
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Anecdote to anecdote but "... Or people who are not good at self-promoting. Or people who are punished for self-promoting (Women)." is pure conjecture that doesn't align with the results I've seen in industry. What'
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Why would high performers stay in this environment when they could leave to work somewhere where pay is tied to performance and not seniority? It seems the only people who would be happy with this setup _are_ the mediocre.
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by exstudent2 10y ago
That definitely reads like a witch hunt as does this: http://jacobappelbaum.net/ Anarchist tendencies aside, I wouldn't be comfortable working with people who initiated this type of vigilante justice. Doesn't soun
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Given this thread, I think these extra-legal accusations are part of the ethical concerns the OP had with the new Tor leadership. They started a witch hunt against Applebaum.
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Do we know what the "recent events" he's talking about are? Do they in someway threaten the security/anonymity of Tor? If this is more fallout from the extra-legal witch hunt applied against Jacob Appelbaum then it reall
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Why did he leave?
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by exstudent2 10y ago
I'm not s vigilante if that's what you're asking. It's up to the legal system to punish people, not me.
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by exstudent2 10y ago
I wouldn't create a website named after the person accusing them of things the court didn't find them guilty of. Not hanging out with someone because you don't trust them? Fine. Publicly assassinating someone's reputatio
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Clinton and Cosby have nothing to do with these allegations. It's pointless to bring them up.
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by exstudent2 10y ago
That site is pure social media vigilantism. They specifically state that they don't need for him to be proven guilty in a court of law. Really bad for our industry and society to have stuff like this out there. EDIT since I'm bloc
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by exstudent2 10y ago
> In the 20th and 21th century we had this women's liberation thing, where both mates should be able to provide for their children, instead of picking the mate that will provide for you. The things they are talking about are proxi
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by exstudent2 10y ago
The point of Soylent is that not only do you not have to "make" anything, you also don't have to shop for things like fresh bananas. You also don't have to clean. Planning is minimal (order more Soylent when you run low)
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by exstudent2 10y ago
The median household income for SF is $83k a year. I wouldn't say that $300k /year is common. http://www.deptofnumbers.com/income/california/san-francisco...
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by exstudent2 10y ago
> The current cultural obsession is over-parenting and massive anxiety and guilt about not "spending enough time" with children no matter how much time is actually spent with children. More time spent with children != over-pare
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by exstudent2 10y ago
Correct, but the OP was about middle class people where both parents work. That's new.

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