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by fpalmans 8y ago
I up-voted this because it is an important question, a question to which I would love to see some responses myself. Usually, I revert back to https://news.bbc.co.uk/ though lately (the past half decade or so) I have been se
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by fpalmans 8y ago
The issue is not that software development in finance in sucks, this particular job is likely not a good fit for you. Now, as you said, this is your first full time job. My first full time job after college was also in development, for a mi
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by fpalmans 8y ago
> > should respond to this unwelcome news > > Perhaps it doesn't need to be viewed as 'unwelcome news', and instead viewed more pragmatically. It's all part of the Personnel lifecycle. I couldn't agree
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Very true. Though I should have been more clear in what I wished to express... 3. Be exclusively interested in supporting and progressing your manager's career. Usually, you'd support your manager's success to drive your own
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Speaking from the perspective of a manager who had direct reports earning more than me. 1. Be good at what you do. This is a given. This also assumes that you do not require coaching to get better - you will just get better. 2. Be dependabl
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Does it seem that this strategy is affecting the number of robocalls you receive? Does it appear to increase or decrease? I am wondering if robocallers rate phone numbers based on their interactions and possibly share that data...
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by fpalmans 8y ago
In my experience, the 'Request Demo/Quote' or 'Contact Sales' is a bit more nuanced than just price differentiation. Especially when the product is offered by a young and/or small to mid-sized business. First o
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by fpalmans 8y ago
I guess that traditionally mothers have been more involved with raising infants than fathers. I am fortunate to be able to provide AND have the freedom to participate fully in raising our child. My very limited exposure to (online) communit
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by fpalmans 8y ago
What would you expect to be discussed? Why limit to new mothers? What about new fathers? (I recently became a father - hence the question)
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by fpalmans 8y ago
If you set it to searchable by friends only, wouldn't you still show up in the suggestions? Especially if your number is added in someone's cell phone? By the way: I haven't actually used facebook since 2012...
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Very good point. When I was a developer myself, I implemented that philosophy by making sure that whatever knowledge or expertise I had, which distinguished me from the other developers in my team was shared and distributed to my colleagues
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Exactly! some thoughts As a manager, becoming completely redundant can only be truly achieved by coaching a replacement. I would advocate in stead of using phrases such as 'useless' or 'corporate fat', to adopt 'ret
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Most valuable is the fact that one can only make oneself redundant when the role and expectation is completely understood. Best part is; when interviewing for your next position you can explain how you improved the operations and saved (at
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Somewhat off topic, though perhaps something for consideration... Whichever job I had, I always considered it my prime objective to make my own position obsolete. In other words, I measured my personal success to whether or not I had made m
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Sometimes it just takes a long time for something to sink in. That doesn't mean one doesn't understand the concept, or accepts a statement as being true before that deeper understanding is found - as evidenced by your example. It
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by fpalmans 8y ago
As evidenced by Thanos in Infinity War...
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by fpalmans 8y ago
I worked as a project and later program manager at a multinational. I am unsure what a TPM is... Hopefully it is just your perception that they provide no value, and if it is their own perception, hopefully they will gain sufficient experie
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Agreeing with other comments here, it is relatively normal to have only 2-4 hours of measurable or direct productivity in an 8 hour workday. You write that you 'only' seem to be able to do 2-3 hours of work before needing a large
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by fpalmans 8y ago
> [...] but there is no substitute for the wisdom learned over time [...] This is so very true. And, took me many years before I finally learned this! Fortunately, early on in my career, I had the opportunity to work with some very senio
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by fpalmans 8y ago
It is baffling that someone with over three decades of experience would be expected to go through the same interview process as a recent graduate. When I graduated (over two decades ago, and in Belgium), testing was a regular part of the in
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Marriage is a formal agreement between two parties with respect to the rules through which they will break up.
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by fpalmans 8y ago
This sounds very familiar. For example, the simple task of buying a computer from parts could easily take me anywhere between one to six weeks. And this is after the months it took me to move from the desire to upgrade to a commitment. Simi
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Gentoo! I love that distribution. The package management is ideal. Not so much because of the fact one compiles everything, but more so because of fine grained control of that which is installed and how it is installed.
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by fpalmans 8y ago
I used to be a serious workaholic, sleeping 3-5 hours a night during the week-days and, as you suggest, catching up in the weekends. I also used to be a moron. In retrospect, both states were correlated. The first wake-up call was when I mo
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by fpalmans 8y ago
About a decade ago, while working for a large a multinational headquartered in Silicon Valley, I had the wonderful experience of working with a bunch of interns; an experience I believe to be very relevant to your current challenge. Working
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by fpalmans 8y ago
I thought the oldest person was in Turkey and just registered to vote? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46946282
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by fpalmans 8y ago
Not having read the paper to which to parent referred, but I might be able to shed some light on this... Let us describe the state of the previous two tosses as XX, with X being either H or T. If --(X)--> describes the next toss, we can
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by fpalmans 8y ago
I only print out code and read it when hunting for an elusive bug. This is a last resort effort and often successful. Also, going through big blocks of code on paper in stead of a screen is easier on the eyes.
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by fpalmans 8y ago
I have not pursued a degree in psychology, but read numerous books on the subject and learned much from a published sibling who pursued a phd in psychology. I found it helpful in dealing with my depression (and other behaviors/emotions
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by fpalmans 8y ago
I am Belgian and I lived in the US for about 8 years. Taking everything into account, taxes are not that much lower in the US (ignoring sales tax or VAT). While I was working for a multinational, I enjoyed excellent health insurance (includ

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