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by jakejake 13y ago
fantastic! I would be rightfully impressed and amused!
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by jakejake 13y ago
I think a lot of people who complain don't realize that a decent amount of people do fail FizzBuzz. If they are as smart as they think they are, then they would definitely appreciate not having people on their team who cannot complete
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by jakejake 13y ago
well, why don't you flip it around. how would you like it if you were a developer who, as part of his duties, had to interview potential hires and HR keeps sending you people who are unable to even solve FizzBuzz? Or, worse yet if th
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by jakejake 13y ago
I can't help but be a structured thinker and I have to exert effort to go with the flow. To be honest I probably rarely, if ever, actually go with the flow. If you're strategically thinking that you are going to "go with th
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by jakejake 13y ago
I'd imagine it's a gravy train gig all around. The payoff can be very large, but the government makes you jump through all manner of hoops at every stage of the way. I've actually done government work at the state level (ir
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by jakejake 13y ago
The calculations also work out for a team of 30 working for $50/hour and 5 guys with really large yachts
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by jakejake 13y ago
The tech lead sounds like a very pragmatic developer who just wants to get work done quickly without hassle. This is not necessarily a bad thing but it does not mean he is always right either. He probably has most likely opened up a few c
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by jakejake 13y ago
As someone who gets asked many more questions than he asks himself, I think this is a fantastic rule of thumb. It's annoying when somebody asks me a question which I can tell they spent no time troubleshooting. But, it's possibl
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by jakejake 13y ago
I find as I've gotten older that it's tempting to write off the next generation as lazy, having bad taste in music, bad sense of style, etc. We all heard our grandparents saying these things to us, yet we don't recognize the
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by jakejake 13y ago
I ran a small software consulting business for about 5 years and I agree 100% with you. Business was stressful for the first few years until I narrowed down my client base to only those in the first category. I never did land a huge, corp
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by jakejake 13y ago
The best part is when the project you're working on is of absolutely zero interest to any of your friends or family so you can't really show anybody your hard work! My current situation is somewhat interesting to the general publ
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by jakejake 13y ago
This probably sounds arrogant, but I am pretty sure I'm a 10x programmer or at least 5x. I don't consider myself all that smart, though, I just seem to have a weird ability to get things done without much hassle. I feel like the
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by jakejake 13y ago
My current startup is using AWS for everything and I have to admit I was eager to get my hands on it since it seems to me that familiarity with AWS will be a good thing for me personally and professionally. I almost get a sense that people
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by jakejake 13y ago
It's called transaction re-ordering. The bank claims the that large transactions (like rent, mortgage, etc) are likely to be the most important and that you, the customer, would want those to be processed first. But, the math works o
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by jakejake 13y ago
This graph is kinda confusing to read, but I'm parsing it correctly then it looks like Blackberry had a pretty massive surge around 2009-2010 - well after the release of the iPhone. That is actually surprising to me. I suppose that mi
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by jakejake 13y ago
I've worked with several lawyers and had different experiences. One of them basically just negotiated his own payment into contracts. He negotiated an extra $8,000 on a contract. His bill was $8,000. What a coincidence! Another lawy
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by jakejake 13y ago
I didn't even realize there was paid OTA television - where you can you it?
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by jakejake 13y ago
Your TV watching is probably not anonymous unless you're watching free, over-the-air broadcast.
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by jakejake 13y ago
It looks like a logo that I would create. My logo creation technique involves typing out the brand name, then selecting whichever stock font installed on my machine most strikes my fancy. Perhaps the ratios of the bevels and font size cont
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by jakejake 13y ago
I agree this is great advice to keep your skills sharp. But, as far as auto worker and programmers being the same, I totally disagree. My hometown is a factory town and, actually, one of the few auto plants in the area that didn't get
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by jakejake 13y ago
I personally enjoy a tasty beverage on occasion. But if I were to go 40 days without drinking I'm not sure that I would even notice. The OP doesn't sound like he was a particularly heavy drinker, but it always has a slight probl
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by jakejake 13y ago
I agree 100% - it's sometimes hard to imagine that we actually have something to offer a successful or powerful person. The only thing I would be wary about is that you may write "let me tell you something fascinating about XYZ wh
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by jakejake 13y ago
I find everything that the article says to be practical advice, but it would have a much more positive spin if the article was titled "pitfalls to avoid when building your team." Instead the author seems to have written off the c
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by jakejake 13y ago
I don't think it's that we're not capable of getting angry or taking action. It's just that nobody can be bothered to do anything until something directly affects them. The effects of PRISM are easy to ignore for most p
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by jakejake 13y ago
Why are ISP so terrified to say that you only get a fixed limit of bandwidth? Can you not survive in this business unless you lie and say "unlimited?" It seems we all know that unlimited actually means "some unknown number
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by jakejake 13y ago
I shouldn't have mentioned mugging because that wasn't really my point - and I usually know better than to provide ammunition for arguing a tangential point! Anyway, I was trying to muse that spying and following somebody to their
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by jakejake 13y ago
Mmmmm..... Funnel cake. (Sorry)
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by jakejake 13y ago
It's a pretty convincing scam for sure - especially if they get you to think that you called your own bank. I wouldn't be surprised if they got this information from a receipt or something rather than following him home though. A
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by jakejake 13y ago
Ironic that you mention the cliche joke, then follow it up with a stereotype about Americans exposure to culture.
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by jakejake 13y ago
Is it just me or is the site much, much faster since this update? The dev center has always been a painfully slow site for me, but it seems really snappy now.

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