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by fourk 15y ago
Let's say you and I started writing code at the same age or time, and you code only 9-5, whereas I code an average of 15 hours a week more than that in my spare time. Two years later, I've gotten as much experience (or at least put in as ma
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by fourk 15y ago
The difference is that one of those people could very well return the favor and give you a proper ass kicking, or determine your identity with relative ease and file a complaint with the police. The disincentives that exist for your example
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The Programmer Entrepreneur Dilemma(kickme444.com)
52 points by fourk 15y ago|16 comments
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by fourk 15y ago
$5 is annoying, but not so much that is going to impact my decision regarding a $2000+ purchase in the slightest. Honestly I think they should just include an xcode license with any of the Pro models.
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by fourk 15y ago
Hiring him for $55k is, in all likelihood, going to result in him quitting when he realizes that he's been unfairly exploited. It's just a matter of time until he discovers his true worth.
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by fourk 15y ago
Re: "If he's going to turn the job down over $5,000, do you really want him?" Couldn't the same be said from the applicant's perspective? If a prospective employer is going to nickel and dime you over 5k, do you really want to work for them
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by fourk 16y ago
There were a number of factors involved in my decision to drop out. At the root were family/financial issues, although these were not dire enough that I was forced, per se, to drop out. At the end of the day it came down to the school's lim
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by fourk 16y ago
I went to a college that seemed to follow this belief. Sarah Lawrence College, in NY, lets you take 3 classes a semester, where half of your credit for each class comes from a semester long project that relates at least tangentially to the
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by fourk 16y ago
San Francisco, CA www.focus.com is hiring another senior Django developer. What you should be: smart, use Python, Javascript (jQuery) and CSS (Blueprint/sass) or some combination of these things. Must be willing to work on-site in San Franc
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Focus is Hiring a Senior Django Dev
2 points by fourk 16y ago|0 comments
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by fourk 16y ago
Yeah, I've thought about doing this, but the problem is that the value is generally stored in plaintext and accessible to a wider range of support personnel than I'd be comfortable with.
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Why 'Secret Questions' Suck as a Security Measure(jamesburkhart.com)
49 points by fourk 16y ago|56 comments
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by fourk 16y ago
It's just moving them a step closer toward a more vertically integrated business structure. Why start with 20, when you could test the waters with 1?
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Hiring via Social Media, or, how I got my Software Engineering job.(kickme444.com)
22 points by fourk 16y ago|2 comments
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by fourk 16y ago
If you're looking for a python DOM API, pythonwebkit is currently in development here: http://www.gnu.org/software/pythonwebkit/
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by fourk 16y ago
Is it just me, or is the inability to select or deselect text on the page kind of obnoxious?
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by fourk 16y ago
If you're looking to optimize hours of wakefulness per 24 hour period, you want to look into Polyphasic Sleep. Specifically, what is most popularly known as the uberman sleep schedule. If you're looking to work marathon hours, look into Adr
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by fourk 16y ago
This is highly dependent on the location, as well as, to a slightly lesser extent, what type of intern they are. However, I think this might give you a good starting point: Rent + lunch and dinner in the office + $100-400/mo.
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by fourk 16y ago
Work at a startup. Personally I learned more, in a shorter period of time, while working at a startup than I did during any comparable stretch of time spent in college. That experience will be indispensable regardless of what path you later
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by fourk 16y ago
Most of the applications I use have already been mentioned, so I'm just going to list the ones that haven't yet been mentioned. I do primarily Django/Python related work and use Eclipse with the Pydev ( http://pydev.org/ ) and Aptana plugin
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by fourk 16y ago
How much less should someone make if 'Junior' is prepended to their title?
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by fourk 16y ago
I too am a CS dropout, and am grateful every single day for having dropped out. I learn more in a week of working at the startup I'm at than I did in a month of college. I'm only 3 months into doing real-world professional development, but
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by fourk 16y ago
How does this compare to the Das Keyboard in terms of pressure required on the mechanical keycaps?
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by fourk 16y ago
I recently switched from a model M to a Das Keyboard (not the silent edition) and found that the key presses are not as satisfying, but that it emits a more acceptable level of volume for working in a crowded office. Probably 70% volume as
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by fourk 16y ago
It's interesting to see the reactions people have to perceived facebook spam. When the YC startup I intern at launched a new product, we invited our facebook friends to check out the fruit of our labor. The two responses I got from friends