jmsbrwr

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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Here's some advice for you: Stop being condescending. Implying that I am ignorantly expecting someone to give me a job I don't deserve is both arrogant and rude. Good luck.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
So do you have any actual advice or are you just here to tell me that I'm doing it wrong? I invite constructive criticism, but I get enough destructive criticism as it is. I don't need any more.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
That's an idea I haven't thought of. For now though my concern is finding a way to stay in the area. I imagine companies will be more likely to interview me if they don't have to pay for a plane ticket haha
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot! And that's good advice, so I'll make sure to keep an eye out. Honestly, I didn't have very high hopes for this post, but I figured "Why not try?".
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Thanks. :) Luckily (I guess?), I'm very confident in my skill and I set very difficult goals for myself. While I'm a realist and I realize that it isn't likely to happen, I am aiming to get a job at either NASA or SpaceX. Als
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Thanks :) I appreciate it.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I have no doubt that I will be able to, buy financially I'm not in a position to be picky and I don't want to feel obligated to settle for a job that I don't find interesting.
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Ask HN: Will you help a junior developer in need of short-term employment?
23 points by jmsbrwr 13y ago|22 comments
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Has this been your experience with boot camp graduates so far? Because even I will admit that is pathetic.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Ousted it is!
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
That is actually my biggest concern. I'm confident that my skill (read: lack of?) will get me hired, but if there are no companies looking for junior devs, what can I do?
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
If you have the time, a link to my Github account can be found in my profile and I would enjoy hearing your opinion on what I have there. Cheers!
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Ask HN: Why wouldn't you hire a programming boot camp graduate?
9 points by jmsbrwr 13y ago|8 comments
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
And I'd very much like to stay here. :P
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
All joking aside, the term "disrupted" needs to be disrupted.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Nice catch! Thanks, it should be fixed now.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I do mean super-lite. It is basically the persistence methods (create, update, save), finder methods (find, where) and some associations. It isn't even close to the real deal, but I learned a lot and really impressed myself. Check it o
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Ask HN: Will you help a junior developer in need of short-term employment?
13 points by jmsbrwr 13y ago|6 comments
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I used to live in Georgia where there is a city called Warsaw. Always found that one kind of funny.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
It's just around the corner.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I'm in the financial district too, except that I'm in San Francisco's financial district. ;)
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I meant dangerous in a bad way. :P I agree though. I have some background in Python and I am learning JavaScript now. C++ is next.
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
Does OCW have content that isn't available on EdX?
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I get what you are saying and I think, to a decent extent, that was my goal in accepting a spot in the program. I want to learn C++ mainly because it is a huge language with some darker corners and the general consensus seems to be that hal
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I'm currently a student at App Academy (similar to Dev Bootcamp), so I suppose I am being trained for web development, but that isn't what I want. I want to go into software engineering and start my own business. My idea is to tak
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Ask HN: How can I learn computer science?
9 points by jmsbrwr 13y ago|10 comments
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by jmsbrwr 13y ago
I've never made software professionally, but I imagine the curve of getting used to a new company's systems would eat up most of that time, making it more of a hassle than it's worth. If there is a way to overcome that though