ikeellis

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   by ikeellis 6y ago

   We took the Caledonian Sleeper from London to Glasgow in June of 2019. Saved the hotel night and were hiking the West Highland Way by 9:00. Scotch in the dining car + a private bathroom and double bed. Fantastic experience.
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   by ikeellis 7y ago

   Single player campaigns
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   by ikeellis 7y ago

   As an independent dev team working with Microsoft Games in 2002-2003, we used RAID to ship Rise of Nations. It was great! Rockin' fast compared with any web tool now and batch operations were near instant. Sadly it was utterly insecure
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   by ikeellis 10y ago

   Become an excellent debugger. It's sorely neglected as a skill that goes along with development, but is not the same thing as being a good coder. Read this book: https://www.amazon.com/Debugging-Indispensable-Software-H
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   by ikeellis 12y ago

   What I learned working for Brian Reynolds (Colonization, Civ2, Rise of Natopms. etc...) Step 1: int result = rand(100); switch (result) { //... do something simple } Step 2: Watch the AI until something dumb happens, improve the l
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   by ikeellis 13y ago

   For a well done interview, the problem is definitely mine. I wish I could reliably do the right thing and show a quality thought process as I iterate towards a good answer. However, I need to be away from the pressure to speak in order to s
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   I will not do a tech interview(medium.com)

   1032 points by ikeellis 13y ago|542 comments