fjeuplos

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by fjeuplos 8y ago
Halifax does it still. All the same bank really ;)
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
You have made the assumption that everyone who uses strong passwords can remember them in their head :-)
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
Or people will just pick short passwords so its easier to count along the chars in their head. Again, not a thing we really want to encourage.
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
https://github.com/ByteDev/ByteDev.PasswordMask Similar thing but .NET windows app. And yes pasting your password into some guys website is ridiculous :p
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
So your advice is buy stock? ;). Might make you some money but not sure how it will help them earn more as a developer :)
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
Nonsense. I probably make more than my line managers line manager as a developer. If you love being a developer/programmer stick with it. You will love what you do and will eventually earn more.
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
In case you really don't want to become a contractor and want to stay perm I recommend changing job every 2 years or so. Staying in the same job and getting small pay increases (or even a promotion) will always be less than leaving an
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
Become a contractor. When I was a perm I made awful money. Now as a contractor I make £10,000 - £14000 a month (assuming I work a full month :-)).
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
Protonmail
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
"What's the HN community's view of a reasonable amount of time at an employer?" ... If your a contractor, 6 months or more.
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
"lots of short stints employment" - what do you consider short?
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
Agreed, I often tell more junior developers the only point to the CV is to get you the interview.
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
"Multiple pages" point, definitely agree. Ive been a software dev for over 20 years and my CV is two pages of A4 and I dont expect most people to even read page 2 (hint: most wont).
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
This is because they want to easily remove some personal details you may have put on the CV, like your email, mobile number etc. before they send it over to the company and they usually dont have a app that can edit PDFs.
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
> Do we allow a bunch of 6'5" mega-geniuses with blonde hair, blue eyes, and all the right genotypes to take over society? Better than a 6'2" idiot with a ginger toupee thats already taken over a society.
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
More like all those out of work truckers will just be sitting at home watching TV ;)
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by fjeuplos 8y ago
If someone has a blood cancer (i.e. they are damaged at a DNA level) and can only currently be cured by a danagerous stem cell transplant and then the ability comes along to fix their DNA back to what it previously was at the genetic level