jderiksen

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by jderiksen 1y ago
Thanks for the share!
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by jderiksen 3y ago
Fond memories of using SBCL in grad school
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by jderiksen 3y ago
Semantic search.
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by jderiksen 3y ago
I am on a small team that initially rolled our own semantic search system. We quickly ran into issues around scaling, maintenance, and performance. Since we want to focus on delivering features and not turning into a DevOps team, we switche
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by jderiksen 4y ago
I worked as a contractor for many years working 20 hours per week and using the rest of my time to work on my music career. I highly highly recommend that lifestyle if you can find a long-term contract and don't have a huge amount of e
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by jderiksen 4y ago
> There is nothing like watching someone struggle and then suddenly understanding the subject. This is why I love mentoring new hires and interns.
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by jderiksen 4y ago
I tried to switch to a different career twice: 1. Full-time musician. Too hard even if you are extremely talented and good at self-promotion. I am good at what I do but I am not a first-call instrumentalist or a charismatic frontperson. 2.
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by jderiksen 4y ago
Excellent news! Our team has been having to run older x86 Macs for a number of years just so that we can continue running certain images that are not available for arm64.
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by jderiksen 4y ago
> Is this normal, possibly due to aging for some people? Yes, possibly. When I worked 40 hours / week I had very little energy or interest in creative pursuits as I approached my 30s. This is part of the reason that I work 30 hours
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by jderiksen 4y ago
It seems to me like you have a very clear idea of what you like and what you don't like. You also seem to be self-aware enough that you notice that your mental health is suffering. When I come to similar realizations, I make a career t
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by jderiksen 4y ago
> It did hit me that whatever I end up doing in the long run, communication is the only 100%-reusable skill that can pay off anywhere. And so much time is wasted due to sub-optimal communication. Fully agree on both points!
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by jderiksen 4y ago
In my particular situation it involved hours of group and face-to-face interactions. I am quite introverted so this proved to be exhausting and unsustainable. I imagine that it is possible to find programs that don't have this style of
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by jderiksen 4y ago
I tried to quit programming twice. Once to become a full-time musician (too hard even if you are very good, not enough money). Another time to work in mental health (the training was too intense). I figured out how to make it work for me lo
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by jderiksen 4y ago
Finding time to practice is tough! I am fortunate that I work 30 hours per week and can make time to practice for at least 30 minutes to an hour on most days. When time is tight I do things like practice electric bass in the kitchen while I
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by jderiksen 4y ago
Very much relate to this comment. I burned out twice. Both times I took a break with the intention of starting a new career. The first time I considered getting into music professionally only to find that my colleagues were not only substan
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by jderiksen 4y ago
Nice! Jazz bassist here. One thing about I like about jazz is that no matter how much time I put into it there is always some way to improve and some way to get better at it. Even the folks that I play with that are substantially more gifte
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by jderiksen 4y ago
> Technical leaders have a fine balance between keeping developers happy, keeping development velocity high and keeping onboarding speed high. Very much in agreement that the best developers love experimentation and tinkering. I think ab
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by jderiksen 4y ago
> Why should I get an iPhone? I am a musician and the iPhone has lower latency. Many music apps perform better on iTunes and some app developers never even bother developing on Android.
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by jderiksen 5y ago
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by jderiksen 5y ago
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