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by ioblomov 4y ago
I think this all rests on your definition of safe . So let’s consider it from the perspective of each affected party. I’m thinking… 1. Customers would want, at minimum, an alternative solution; the smoother you make the transition for them
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by ioblomov 4y ago
After being both a technical cofounder and a senior brought in for an MVP rewrite at different points in my career, I completely echo @codingdave’s opinion. Unless it’s the 1940s and you’re recruiting for the Manhattan Project, skill sets a
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by ioblomov 4y ago
When I was still working full-time back in the Before Times, every now and then people from my professional network would reach out, asking for my take on some technical subject. I would do what I could, of course, offering advice or recomm
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by ioblomov 4y ago
Your story sounds like mine: my earliest memories involve not being able to sleep. I found out later it runs on my father’s side of the family. Bad news is, if you’re a primary chronic insomniac like me, you will never “recover”. The best y
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by ioblomov 4y ago
Your question is pretty broad, so my answers will be too. 1. Eliminate negativity in your life. It can come from outside or inside, from jobs, loved ones, friends, or habits of thought. Internal sources will be harder to address, but will d
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by ioblomov 4y ago
I found the agile practice of estimating a task's complexity along a Fibonacci scale (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13) and then multiplying it by a conversion factor based on my proficiency (or familiarity with the code base) has worked best for me—
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by ioblomov 4y ago
Good call on setting stretch goals: steady progress, maybe tempered by a little pain, would be ideal. Applies to all learning in general really.
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by ioblomov 4y ago
If you’re tired of tutorials and textbooks, it’s time to build something real . To learn anything well, you have to go beyond theory into practice; the toy examples of tutorials don’t count. Pick a juicy problem to solve and program the so
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by ioblomov 4y ago
I’ll add one thing missing so far: nurture your professional network of old colleagues, clients, classmates, and friends. This should be SOP, whenever he or she crosses your mind, and especially not only when you need help. Remember it’s
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by ioblomov 4y ago
Simply put: the best ones either sell software for a living (ie it didn’t just streamline the business) OR had a good engineer on the founding team. In my experience, there were no exceptions to this rule.
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by ioblomov 4y ago
The dichotomy between authoritative and exploratory science is incredibly useful, especially when it comes to public policy. But as constraints on knowledge, only Popper’s falsifiability and Gödel’s incompleteness trump it.
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by ioblomov 4y ago
What a great project! Would you have a need for a veteran web dev who also happened to be an English major? Took a look at the volunteer page, but nothing jumped out.
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by ioblomov 4y ago
Personally speaking, formal dating never worked for me. It was always too much like a job interview, where both parties were looking for reasons to say “no”. The only meaningful relationships I’ve had so far in life were with women I met as
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by ioblomov 5y ago
The only example I can think of is a recent one: Wordle.
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by ioblomov 7y ago
While I don’t disagree with the options for generalists others presented, I wholeheartedly agree with the advice to explore your options at your current company before you jump ship. Talk to your supervisor or an exec decision-maker you tr
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by ioblomov 7y ago
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by ioblomov 7y ago
1. Consolidate all spending on a credit card that gives cash back. Autopay all bills that don’t levy fees with it. Pros: no need to worry about points or blackout dates; maximize cash back; facilitates budget tracking with annual summaries
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by ioblomov 9y ago
Here's one take, in order of increasing quality: 1. Participates somehow in popular open-source projects, by posting bugs or updating wiki entries. 2. Opened merged PRs for popular projects that fix bugs or add test coverage. 3. Opened
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by ioblomov 10y ago
Spitshine your LinkedIn to a high polish. Focus on projects without jargon and their benefits to the client/employer. Dollars saved or earned go further than the latest buzzwords. When I moved to NYC, all my gigs came from LinkedIn.