glork

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   by glork 16y ago

   I'd be interested in The Rails Way, but I'll let you know in a week. I haven't yet figured out a way to swap with guarantees that I'll actually receive what I wanted. Now that I know someone is interested in it, I also decided to take it
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   by glork 16y ago

   I've also got Software Architecture in Practice, 2nd edition, by Bass et al.
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   by glork 16y ago

   I've got a relatively new Wicket in Action (Apache Wicket), Code Complete, and Rapid Development. I'd trade for some web programming books (CSS/JS/RoR). Mid-atlantic USA.
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   by glork 16y ago

   Seconded on both. I also enjoyed The Social Network. On documentaries, I highly recommend Code Rush, a story of Netscape. It's actually in full here (scroll down to The Film): http://clickmovement.org/coderush
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   by glork 16y ago

   So we have 1) governments that sell water at prices too low to match the reality of scarcity, 2) private corporations who would sacrifice the environment and consumers for profits, and 3) a populace that consumes too much and is resistant t
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   by glork 16y ago

   Conservative culture definitely makes a difference. It's hard to suggest to parents any slight deviation from the script of college degree (focal point being good grades, not necessarily the experience), stable job at established company (
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   by glork 16y ago

   This has been a great post to read. I'm also considering this to reset my career early (graduated not too long ago), switching from embedded software development for $BIGCORP to startup-esque web development. I want to do it to 1) be happ
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   by glork 16y ago

   Real estate.
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   by glork 16y ago

   You still have a chance to get in on startup weekend in mid-August! http://dc.startupweekend.org/