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by freework 14y ago
programmers.stackexchange.com is even more deletionist that stackoverflow in my experience.
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Self taught programmers are more discriminated against these days than women, in my opinion. A lot of companies _say_ they don't care if you don't have a degree, but my experience is that the programmer with a degree from Stanford but a bla
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by freework 14y ago
Writing great comments is the kind of thing you really have to learn the hard way. When I first started coding, I used to comment my code in what I call the "micro-comment" format (comments that describe a single line of code). In my case,
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by freework 14y ago
You could very easily get a paypal app built with a $300 budget. Of course, it wouldn't have any features, would be insecure, have a terrible design, etc.
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* How does this person deal with vast uncertainty? Are they excited? Scared? Is their first reaction to impose structure or are they comfortable with lack of structure? If it's the latter, can they meaningful convey confidence with the lack
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by freework 14y ago
"Not looking for a solution. Looking for the thought process." This is the part I can't understand. When the person is on the job, the opposite is in effect. If you tell the candidate to solve a hard problem, you don't wan them to just spi
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Doesn't exercise the same kind of thinking as doing it letter by letter? So what? Solving this problem in haskell doesn't show the same kind of thinking as solving it in PHP, whats your point? You basically saying you have to solve this pro
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First off, I'm self taught, I don't have any computer science education. Secondly, it wouldn't be too hard to give me an actual problem that the company is actually having, and letting me think about it for a few days, then come back wi
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I've been interviewing pretty much non-stop since last April. I feel like I've become somewhat of an expert when it comes to interviewing processes. First off, as I've become a better programmer, I feel this fact is best shown in my opinion
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by freework 14y ago
What advantage does native have over HTML5?
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by freework 14y ago
I'm not referring to the high level conversations that occur between company and employee. I'm more referring to the "nuts and bolts" process of doing fizzbuzz and writing out binary tree parsers and things like that.
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Ask Programming Superstars: Do you have to interview?
19 points by freework 14y ago|11 comments
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You don't have to worry about offending me. I'm the biggest asshole the universe has ever seen. I assure you that I can take more than what I regularly dish out. My problems are two fold. First, I'm located in Ohio. If I were in NYC or San
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by freework 14y ago
Most companies don't want a "driven visionary", because they see themselves (the founders) as filling that role. Most companies just want someone obedient and willing to do someone else's grunt work.
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No, I've bult dozens of projects by myself. Remember the Hacker News Karma Tracker that was made the front page a few weeks back? That was me. I wrote that in 2 weeks. I've also built a web framework, and a dozen python libraries. Trust me
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I've gotten the "you're not a cultural fit" email dozens of times. I think its a function of the economy. If employers are turning away perfectly competent engineers because of something as silly as a "Sunday test", you know there is a huge
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by freework 14y ago
It depends on the person. Some people take to "human problems" very well.
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by freework 14y ago
Being someone who has a lot of technical skills, and not a lot of networking skills, I like what this guy is saying. Unfortunately, the reality is if you have lots of technical skills, but you don't know anyone, you get nowhere. If you have
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by freework 14y ago
"Instead of taking a long lunch take a few minutes to talk to your boss and voice your concerns." That sounds like a great way to get yourself labeled as "not a team player"
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Thats a problem with a lot of startups. They'd rather hire two people who are both mediocre programmers and mediocre salesmen, than hire one really great salesman, and one really great programmer. I've never seen a startup post a ad for a l
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by freework 14y ago
"Best way is personal recommendation." I somewhat disagree. What I've found is that great programmers are networked up with other great programmers. Crappy programmers are networked up with other crappy developers. If you only ever hire fro
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Giotto - Web Development Made Easy (New Python Web Framework)(github.com)
3 points by freework 14y ago|0 comments
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by freework 14y ago
Thats true of almost any hobby/endeavor. I know some people who call themselves "guitar players" but all they ever do is go to the guitar shop every weekend to exchange gear. They never actually play their instrument.
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The Story of Mydomedia (a startup memoir)(coderwall.com)
1 points by freework 14y ago|0 comments
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Every single company under the sun says that they follow this practice. But the reality is that very few companies actually follow through. Even startups who swear up and down they give their engineers complete control over what they build.
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Product-based and Culture-based Startups(coderwall.com)
1 points by freework 14y ago|0 comments
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by freework 14y ago
This guy needs to build something with the tools he's making. How does he know his tools are going to work well if he doesn't ever use them? I've built many tools in my day, but never in a vacuum.
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by freework 14y ago
99% of everything is CRUD
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Most of the time, if you're thinking about big-O, you're practicing pre-mature optimization. Just write the code using your language's sort() function. If by profiling you determine the call to sort() is a bottleneck, then AND ONLY THEN
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by freework 14y ago
Don't be afraid to fail. Be inquisitive. Don't give up. Find a good partner who is the opposite of you. If you're a developer, you're probably introverted and nerdy. Find yourself an extroverted slick salesman type. (Of course this is much

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