icyfenix

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   by icyfenix 11y ago

   Also, to clarify, I'm the author :D
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   by icyfenix 11y ago

   Well, I cover that stuff. I think it's foundational to learning to program, rather than just assembling toy projects. Exposing students to the real implications of their high-level code can only make them stronger, better programmers.
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   by icyfenix 12y ago

   Motherfucker, that was an amazing comment. You go write that shit in a blog post right the hell now.
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   by icyfenix 12y ago

   While I agree that moving into management is just engineering human systems (hell, I do more management stuff than code stuff nowadays), it is definitely a skill. Writing "human code", by creating processes and things, requires yo
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   by icyfenix 12y ago

   This is exactly the sentiment I was going for - people who want to stay engineers should be compensated for their badassery, and respected for it, which is usually all they want. That right there is exactly the "power to say No" I
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   by icyfenix 12y ago

   Well yeah on the dollars++ and the equity++ - often that's a harder sell, existing managers usually have to have some kind of thing to point at in order to make those things manifest - a lot of non-coders don't know how to quantif
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   by icyfenix 12y ago

   Ah sweet, thanks for the share. I hope this helps engineers do things that make them happy.
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   by icyfenix 13y ago

   This is probably the most hilarious comments thread. But, thanks for reading!
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   by icyfenix 13y ago

   Yeah, because there aren't any open jobs in the tech sector. We'll have to kick out some of the men in order to make room for the ladies.
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    by icyfenix 13y ago

    Totally fucked up that wording, sorry 'bout that. Edited, fixed. Also, numbers and research : http://lizthedeveloper.com/pedagogy-and-why-we-only-accept-w...
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    by icyfenix 13y ago

    I do totally write blog posts on the internet with comments open in order to shield myself from all criticism.
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    by icyfenix 13y ago

    Hey - it's me, @lizTheDeveloper. We only take the top 5% because we only have space for the top 5%. We're not a huge organization that can just spin up 20 new dynos and laterally scale. We scale horizontally, which is frustrating
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    by icyfenix 14y ago

    "For those unfamiliar with American customs, Black Friday in the US refers to the day after Thanksgiving Day, which is traditionally considered the first day of the holiday shopping season. It's generally the busiest shopping day of the yea