itamarst

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by itamarst 9y ago
0. Be suspicious of the term "passionate": http://www.virtuouscode.com/2014/02/10/the-passion-gospel/ 1. I find it very helpful to work on something I think is actually important. Lots of compa
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by itamarst 9y ago
It depends!
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by itamarst 9y ago
This is just companies being bad at interviewing. I have never in 20 years as a programmer implementing a sorting algorithm on the job. And it's completely irrelevant to operational work.
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by itamarst 9y ago
I just got a job with a technology stack I knew very little of (scientific computing and image processing). It's definitely possible. I'm not saying companies don't want people to know specific technologies, nor am I saying y
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by itamarst 9y ago
Your technical skills are not your only skills. You have problems solving skills, learning skills, and so on. You don't have to necessarily know a technology to get a job using it, you just need to convince the company that you can pic
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by itamarst 9y ago
Making useful things: https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/07/do-something-useful/
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by itamarst 9y ago
Might want to consider getting a new job in a more interesting and new area, that way you can learn during work hours. Or, figure out ways to automate your job even more: if it's routine, it's amenable to automation. More here: h
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by itamarst 9y ago
Interestingly, being more productive as hourly contractor is a bad thing mostly, since you get paid less. Working fixed contracts is better that way. In this particular weird setup your company has, though, sounds like that's not the c
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by itamarst 9y ago
Bad news: it's unlikely you can work longer hours productively. Good news: working more hours is the least effective way to be more productive. The key to productivity is reducing unnecessary work. That means: * Things you think the cu
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by itamarst 9y ago
It's not really a good idea to hire junior employees for remote work, for this very reason. Doubtful technology can solve the problem.
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by itamarst 9y ago
If you want to produce epub and mobi, and not just PDF, http://manual.softcover.io/book is a nice tool that inputs Markdown and gives you a lot of power. I used it for https://codewithoutrules.com/saneworkwe
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The lone and level sands of software(codewithoutrules.com)
1 points by itamarst 9y ago|0 comments
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by itamarst 9y ago
Given plenty of time I'd probably focus on e.g. contributing useful code to open source projects (maybe scipy, numpy? not sure what aerospace involces). Probably cheaper and definitely faster than college, and doable in parallel to pay
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by itamarst 9y ago
1. Go to a forum for remote workers. 2. Read it for a while, looking out for problems. 3. Implement.
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by itamarst 9y ago
How do you define good applicants? I.e. what is the lack you're seeing?
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by itamarst 9y ago
If you offer a sane workweek, there's lots of developers who will be interested. Email me (itamar@codewithoutrules.com) if that applies to you.
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by itamarst 9y ago
You can negotiate a shorter workweek and then get extra time. And that's easier if you're productive. I've done it, and others have as well.
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by itamarst 9y ago
You're approaching productivity from the wrong angle. It's not about producing more, and especially not producing more while tired... it's about doing less unnecessary work. This requires thought, and is easier with a full
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Technical skills won’t make you productive(codewithoutrules.com)
5 points by itamarst 9y ago|0 comments
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by itamarst 9y ago
I don't mean just in your resume, either. I also mean when you're pitching yourself, as in top comment you have here. You lead with "jack of all trades" and technologies, rather than with the business value you can creat
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by itamarst 9y ago
A suggestion: Your resume has some really great bits: making your company $2 mil, saving another $3 mil. You should highlight those first, technologies second. In the end you're being hired in order to save money or make money, not to
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by itamarst 9y ago
Unfortunately, sounds like they fail at the minimum criteria for a sane workweek. In particular: "our team tends to work long days". Who cares about anti-perks or perks if you're expected to work crazy hours?
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by itamarst 9y ago
"her experience", not "his experience", if you're referring to the author.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Science kits for kids sometimes use cabbage powder for pH tests, yes.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Another option: find a company that is more willing to have people switch roles. Get job there as full stack developer with understanding you'd like to switch over time.
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by itamarst 9y ago
1. Labor costs. 2. USA has insane health system where everything is more expensive than it has to be because "freedom". You can remove that 2nd factor by comparing costs with country that has a sane socialized medicine/single
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by itamarst 9y ago
Yeah, that seems terrible. Don't sign it. Common obstacle to changes: "we'll have to get lawyer to vet everything, it'll be a pain, can't you just sign?". I've hired lawyer ( https://www.rexbake
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by itamarst 9y ago
For baking the standard solution is to measure by weight, using a scale. The density of flour varies quite a bit, so an accurate volume still wouldn't help with getting consistent results.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Hard to say. Probably depends on position? Better approach might just be making sure CDN does all the heavy lifting, and then it doesn't matter.
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by itamarst 9y ago
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