jcadam

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   by jcadam 9y ago

   I don't like it, but I have to admit you're most certainly correct that it's only a matter of time before human genetic-enhancement is commonplace. Best case, we'll be living in a Gattaca -esque world before the end of
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   Good to know, thanks. I've looked at Couchbase before, but when I saw locations listed for each position and no "Remote work possible" in the job description, I assumed you weren't considering remote applicants.
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   Are you actually hiring? I applied for a position at Sonatype (which appears to still be open) about a month ago and got an automated rejection email the same day. No offense, but I can only assume your company is engaged in either a re
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   Most of the companies I've interviewed with will only consider remote workers who have prior experience working remotely. I just don't know how to demonstrate to employers that I have the self-discipline to actually work if I&#x2
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   Location: Melbourne, Florida Remote: Yes Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Clojure, Java, Scala, Javascript, HTML/CSS/JS, Mithril.js, Postgresql, CouchDB, RabbitMQ, Golang, distributed architecture. Resume: https://
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   If it weren't for MS Paint, I would have absolutely no image manipulation tools available to me at work :)
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   I'm wondering what all the upvotes are about? I've seen fairly decent "Show HN" submissions languish down in the 0-1 range while this one (which is being universally panned) is up to 17. The "It's so bad it&#x
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   Windows and OS X have both gotten progressively worse over the last 10 years. Everything past Windows 7 is terrible, and the iOS-ification of the mac OS X platform has killed it for me. I much preferred the UI/UX of the old Classic Ma
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   by jcadam 9y ago

   I just stopped gaming on the PC, so no more need for windows :) I do own a couple of gaming consoles, but now that I have less spare time, my gaming preferences have definitely shifted toward casual games I can pick up and play for 20 minut
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Hey, I like scones. If it makes you feel better, us Gen Xers have it worse. We're stuck in mid-level positions at work and when the boomers blocking our advancement finally croak, some young, ambitious millennial will simply be promo
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Given that you'd be using an eyedropper to add this alcohol to your Coke, would it impart any perceptible taste to the beverage?
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    I disagree. STEM majors should have to take at least a couple of writing courses as part of a university degree (I had to take two: English Comp and Technical Writing). I'm freaking tired of trying to decipher some of the poorly writ
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    > In a lot of places, having a talk with your manager about your salary before going off and actively looking for other offers is going to go down a lot better. This has got to be some of the worst career advice I've ever heard. I
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Bah, I've had job interview "take home" projects that were about at this level of difficulty. Note to employers: "Implement a simple REST service in language X" is getting really, really old. You ought to be able t
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    After some initial enthusiasm due to its gentle learning curve (actually, the Golang learning curve is nearly non-existent for an experienced programmer), I got sick of Go programming pretty quickly. Writing anything non-trivial will have
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Damnit, I'm actually reading that novel (for the first time) right now.
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    My first attempt was a music site called "Rhythmscore" (no longer own the domain) written mostly in bad PHP. It was awesome, 100% ad-supported, and it was obviously going to make me filthy rich. Small, indy artists would upload
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    I applied for a job there back when I lived in NOVA. Didn't get past the HR phone pre-screen. Maybe I should be glad :)
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Mostly. I had never taken an IQ test before and they (the local Mensa chapter) were doing membership testing at the local library. I was a bit hungover when I took the test, but I managed to pass (at least when I took the Mensa membership
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Yes. At the very bottom of my resume where I list all of my completed MOOC courses, side projects, and other random stuff. Just checked: actually my Mensa membership is the very last thing on my resume. No idea if it helps or hurts whe
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    > i feel like those advantage people who just finished their algorithms class, or have time to practice specifically for it. That's the entire point. These sorts of interviews are an easy, legal way to filter out the "olds.&q
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Definitely. I pretty much keep silent on political/social issues online these days. It's just not worth the risk of being targeted for personal/professional destruction by the internet social outrage machine (Fortunately, w
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    The "Compiler Design" course at my university was the hardest CS course I've ever taken -- and it was generally taken your very last semester (and was infamous for being a common cause of many senior CS students not graduatin
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    Agree. I've been using IDEA + Cursive, and it's great and easy to use and all that, but lately I'm starting to get tired of it -- it's just so heavy weight, to the point the entire IDE will sometimes hang on me for seco
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    > drain your brain more by asking to create documentation to make the integration of technology in the company appear more valid than it really is Exactly this. This is my number one job here.
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    In a way I suppose I am. My side project is getting a lot more love than it used to, given that my day job is pretty much a straight 40-hour gig that just isn't all that mentally taxing. I'm also taking some MOOC courses, etc.
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    I was hired into my current position (as a contractor at a government facility) to be a 'software architect and software engineering subject matter expert.' The way the position was sold to me, it sounded like a good step-up in r
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    I work at a government facility. Stack Overflow and github are now both blocked (in addition to all social media and webmail). But Hacker News is apparently ok.
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    The problem is the open office, not the mechanical keyboards (which are awesome, btw).
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    by jcadam 9y ago

    And then one day there will be a generation of programmers who have only known coding via a voice-driven developer assistant. Imagine trying to interview such a person. "Please stop shouting at the whiteboard. It doesn't work th