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by gregd 12y ago
Me too. At first I thought it was some existential post about the absurdity of LinkedIn.
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by gregd 12y ago
Ms Horvath might not be going about this in the best way. But you see, I believe this is part of the inherent problem we have in IT. We make assumptions about the behavior and motivations of someone after this happens to them AND we&#x27
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by gregd 12y ago
I'd be worried that if I hired her and she ran into trouble with other employees that couldn't be resolved to her satisfaction, that I and my company would be ensnarled in this kind of PR mess too. And yet you make no mention of
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by gregd 12y ago
What I don't understand is why, (presumably the only HR person at GitHub) wouldn't be at a meeting as requested? Isn't this a rather important function of an HR position? Why would she suggest someone else be there? Didn&#
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by gregd 12y ago
I'm curious to know specifically what makes you think she's undesirable as an employee?
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by gregd 12y ago
"Crushing" code is another term that makes my hair stand on end. Pretty much use the word "crush" or "disrupt" in any description and it's another red flag for me to move on and not look at your job posti
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by gregd 12y ago
I for one loathe the term "Rockstar" programmer. For those of us over 40, it connotes someone who is young, with no familial commitments, can work 80+ hours a week, only needs RedBull and Mountain Dew to exist, has no loyalty a
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by gregd 13y ago
Maybe because their plan all along was to shut Lavabit down?
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by gregd 13y ago
RIGHT in the feels man. D&D (and the subsequent Arduin rules) were a HUGE part of my teenage years in the 80s. I had to sell all of my collection to buy tires for my car when I was about 19. Come to think of it, it was more or less my
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by gregd 13y ago
> I now write stock market simulations and come up with trading strategies for a living... So playing all those chaotic evil characters really had an affect on you eh? :)
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by gregd 13y ago
Who says you have to have job interviews afterwards? I've known plenty of people who line up interviews before they actually quit, then only quit when they've got another job lined up.
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by gregd 13y ago
I'm really not at all interested in providing you a source nor arguing with you about who should hold a job or not. Draw your own damn conclusions on the information that is already public knowledge.
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by gregd 13y ago
I.R.A.Q.
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by gregd 13y ago
Choosing not to consume a product based on the actions of a board member, is hardly imitating her, unless of course you're telling me that every time someone drops Dropbox, God kills a kitten...
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by gregd 13y ago
Interesting, since Condoleeza Rice seems to be the very definition of Thought Police. Her quest for ideological purity resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being killed or maimed.
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by gregd 13y ago
I would love to try this out, but one thing that's stopping me is pricing. What price point do you intend to set this at once it's out of beta? Any plans on supporting older versions of SSMS (say 2008 r2)?
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by gregd 13y ago
It would have made more sense for KS backers at the $99 level and up, simply own the device now. As it stands, I can visit the site and pay $199 for said device (ownership) and it comes with the 1 year of service. Quite honestly this whol
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by gregd 13y ago
FWIW I didn't either. I backed their KS campaign at the $99 level also.
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by gregd 13y ago
Well as a professional Systems Administrator, it pisses me off more than it probably should. It's like you want to know why I'm worth what I'm asking because when your shit falls down and goes boom, I'll get you back up
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by gregd 13y ago
This is 2013. Why are we still talking about backups as a lesson learned? Is it because startups are skimping on Sys Admins?
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by gregd 13y ago
Sure. For me, the stress has manifested itself in the following ways, I have high-blood pressure, I have fatty liver, I have high cholesterol, I'm overweight, my eyesight is horrid, I grind my teeth while I sleep which has resulted in
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by gregd 13y ago
I would argue quite the opposite is true, that being an asshole requires the same amount of work as being nice. Poor social skills are just that, poor social skills. Being an asshole is simply learned behaviour, it doesn't have anyth
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by gregd 13y ago
I'm 8 years away from 55 years old. I can assure you this is much too young an age to pass into another reality. My thoughts are with his family...
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by gregd 13y ago
Great response mercer. I have to clarify one thing for you though. Having a family IS extremely gratifying but it doesn't come at the expense of freedom. Simply put, your priorities change. What may seem like a loss of freedom to yo
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by gregd 13y ago
As a mid-40s year old male, I can assure you that working 70+ hours a week will eventually kill you. Your body will respond in ways you never expected in your youth. And it's insidious. It will sneak up on you and catch up to you wh
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by gregd 13y ago
Not everyone enjoys their work. It's a sad reality. Most of us are just lucky enough to keep a monthly paycheck in our chosen fields at a rate that is almost a living wage. Having said that, and I don't mean this as a slight t
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by gregd 13y ago
It's like yelling into an echo chamber. I see that you not only didn't make my note on Medium public, but you actually fucking deleted it and I was no more or less critical of you there, than here. So, since you seem to be in the
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by gregd 13y ago
And my point is that I fail to see how you go from your own mistake (not responding to the claim) to you being scammed by Amazon. I take issue with your post mentioning scam at all. You dropped the ball from your own end and you came up o
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by gregd 13y ago
Amazon sided with the buyer because you neglected to respond to Amazon's email. That's on you...not Amazon. To make the claim that you were "Scammed by Amazon's A-to-Z Guarantee" is a bit disingenuous to say the l
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by gregd 13y ago
People generally look at me funny when I tell them the most useful thing I ever learned in high school was how to become a touch typist.

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