grayhairmomma

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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Just bought a red one in Small. I'm a girl, BTW. Great work. Thanks !
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Would you hire a Netflix casualty?(shubharamani.com)
4 points by grayhairmomma 16y ago|0 comments
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
I hopped on your website, sir (madam ?) and no doubt, you are a rockstar. I'm talking about typical jobs -- typical embedded vs. typical desktop vs. typical web. Yours does not seem like a typical job, nor do you appear to be a typical deve
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
No doubt, your embedded world presents incredibly difficult problems -- arguably much trickier ones than most web jobs out there. Keep in mind, as the OP and author, I'm comparing the "average" embedded job or desktop software job to the "a
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
You have a point. Sure, embedded problems can be very tricky and difficult -- much more so than web stuff. But most embedded folks don't solve problems of THAT complexity in their day jobs, just as most web programmers aren't implementing M
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Thanks for getting me to see another point of view. Your argument makes sense !
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
You read my mind. Most are ugly as hell ! That's exactly what I said on my blog, and Desktop GUI developers get away with it.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
OMG, blink1729, you read my mind. I couldn't have said it better ! Someone from salesforce.com (who I met via HN) told me that software folks are interviewed similarly to Scenario 2)!
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
OK, if we're talking about games, maybe not. I'm talking about your average Desktop GUI out there which can be made to work across different OS's using a GUI Toolkit such as Qt.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Yes, this would be very challenging. Making games cross-platform is not the typical GUI app out there, and is not the sort of app I was thinking about on my blogpost.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Embedded is very challenging. But the tools don't change much through the years. With the web, stuff keeps a changin'- like minute by minute.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
I am not a stupid copy/paste programmer who doesn't know what the fuck she's doing. Trust me on that. As my blogpost said, I thoroughly understand the concepts. But if you read my blogpost comments, you'll notice that many people sympathize
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
I don't know what to say guys. I'm not incompetent but if you want to assume that I am, then I cannot stop you from drawing those conclusions. Let me say this : it's not a matter of comprehension. It's a matter of performing flawlessly unde
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Of course it's doable. Like I said on my website, I need to get off my ass and start coding up linked lists, binary search trees and sorts "til I fucking throw up all over Manhattan". Yes, of course it's doable. I'm no dummy. I can stumble
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Great advice, all. The HTTP protocol skill is something I didn't even consider.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Well, I guess you'd never hire me then. Which is OK. I can't be anything but honest. Sorry. It's who I am.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Yup. I've "built a website" with Ruby On Rails but frankly wasn't too impressed with myself afterward. It was a worthwhile exercise because it got me to understand the basics of web development. I'd rather focus on learning the nitty gritty
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
I never said linked lists were hard. I said that it's not necessary to know how to reverse a linked list from memory -- from scratch. I can look it up and get to it right away.
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Web Programming Is Hard (shubharamani.com)
258 points by grayhairmomma 16y ago|154 comments
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Great posting. Helped me a lot. Basically means that preparing for interviews is HARD WORK. Get to it !
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
In this particular case, you are right. And I fixed it. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
sorry to offend you.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
The 4 colleagues I mention in my writeup had both -- IQ + EQ. They were kind, humble, and patient people. But you're right, that combo is rare.
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Is having a high IQ a prerequisite to being a great engineer?(shubharamani.com)
5 points by grayhairmomma 16y ago|8 comments
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Trust me. I'm all girl.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Oh I always know why I'm being downgraded. During whiteboard coding sessions, I often need hints. But given these hints, I get to the answer most of the time. In this economy, everyone is looking for "A" players. My blog post says that. "To
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Bill Maher is my hero. Sorry if my swearing offended you, but it's just who I am.
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Good point. Can't say for certain. Perhaps you're right -- because, no, they didn't actually tell me that. I just assumed...
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Thanks for your support. The reason I mention "on a white board, no syntax errors, compilable" is because I've been dinged at the whiteboard for these silly reasons. No shit ! And Gayle Laakmann, author of "Cracking the Coding Interview" ac
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by grayhairmomma 16y ago
Sorry you feel that way. Several hiring managers from top companies feel differently than you though, because they have contacted me directly and even asked me to apply at their companies. Does this mean that I've got an instant job ? Of co

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