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by joeax 10y ago
Thanks, signed up. I used the info from Maass's novel to create a plot diagram for my story. In the end that's what we are - story engineers.
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by joeax 10y ago
Yeah no problem. Find my contact info at timecrossers.com
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by joeax 10y ago
There is a book out there called "Writing the Breakout Novel" by Donald Maass. The book was a tremendously help for me in deconstructing my plot and characters. I rewrote and even rearranged entire chapters. I had subplots that ha
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by joeax 10y ago
I'm a published author and I agree that you shouldn't compromise the elements of your storytelling, but you should at least value their input and look for patterns. The rest is noise. For example: I got criticism for character nam
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by joeax 10y ago
While I don't think you should know how to implement bubble sort on the fly in an interview, you should probably understand what it is at a conversational level, along with merge sort and quick sort, especially if the position is senio
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by joeax 10y ago
When asked this, I've countered with "I was hoping to make $X" (where X is much more than I make now). Then I follow up, but "I'd like to learn more about the company before I make any decisions on salary." Thi
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by joeax 10y ago
Just enter your current salary + $30,000. Unfortunately you have to play the game. If they call you for an interview it means they think your are worth that much.
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by joeax 10y ago
This headline is very Onion-ish. Then I clicked on "The Tenacity of Tech Recruiters" and my hunch was confirmed. Well done.
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by joeax 10y ago
That's what I had to do. My manager told me of this metric (set by the higher ups in a contract with the offshore company) along with "there's nothing we can do." I essentially became the code repository sheriff. Eventua
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by joeax 10y ago
I think is is true at the earlier stages of one's career. One you get older and have to start feeding a family, the idealism wears off and you start finding yourself compromising your morals and coding shit to make a deadline. But the
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by joeax 10y ago
Focusing on poor metrics such as “issues closed” or “commits per day” I once worked at a company that used an offshore company to work on certain modules of a large project. They would commit code that my team would have to then code revi
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by joeax 10y ago
You beat me! But I'll say it again, nothing beats a home office.
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by joeax 10y ago
Sorry, but nothing beats working from home in your own home office. It's an environment you have complete control over.
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by joeax 10y ago
If someone "steals" your startup idea, it is probably a good idea to begin with. I'd be ecstatic that the idea has been validated. Over the years I've met developers and others who've talked about how they have a gr
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by joeax 10y ago
Perhaps at first, but the eventual goal is to get rid of the expensive commissions altogether.
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by joeax 10y ago
The best time to bootstrap is right after a crash. Many years ago I worked at a startup that flamed out. A couple of guys went off and developed a similar product to fill the niche abandoned by that company, and no VC would even touch that
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by joeax 10y ago
Sometimes I feel that a well-publicized hiring binge usually precipitates a layoff. I've seen it happen enough times that it makes me skeptical when I hear terms like "explosive growth". Over the years I've had recruiter
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by joeax 10y ago
There was a thread a few days ago called "Who's Firing?" that seemed like kind of a spoof. Suddenly it seems more relevant.
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X3DOM: Integrate 3D content seamlessly into your webpage(x3dom.org)
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by joeax 10y ago
Disrupting that industry would be tough. Zillow came close, but the industry in general is so protective that anything perceived as a minor threat is blackballed. My bro-in-law RE agent bashes Zillow all the time. I think baby steps are ess
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by joeax 10y ago
I like the idea too, but also got lost at no web interface. There are instances where you'd want to screen share and look at code. Slack integration would be kinda cool too.
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by joeax 10y ago
Although I like going to movies on occasion, the ability to turn on subtitles (to better understand dialogue and overcome my kids being loud) and pause/rewind as needed makes watching at home more enjoyable.
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by joeax 10y ago
Thanks for making the location of "remote" a first class option. I tried it out and it worked well. Not sure of all your sources but I've found though that from certain ones (like Indeed) the word "remote" will some
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by joeax 10y ago
IMO 3D killed itself. I personally think 3D is great, and have invested in a 3D TV and a bunch of movies. But they had a marketing problem with active vs. passive. I would tell people that I have a 3D TV, and their response is "I would
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by joeax 10y ago
I was thinking the same thing. We have been conditioned in the US to fear the government to such degree (the IRS in particular) that it makes these calls seem plausible and frightening to the more vulnerable segment of the population.
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by joeax 10y ago
Meh. A prime number year last happened in 2011. Just kidding... happy new prime number year! BTW I'm really looking forward to the next perfect square year: 2025 (45^2). It last happened in 1936, and won't happen again until 2116.
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by joeax 10y ago
Thank you guys for the support. I'm also giving away free pre-release copies of book 2 in the series for people who join the email list on http://www.timecrossers.com
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by joeax 10y ago
I haven't read it yet. I want to read it though as I am working on my follow up book right now and one of the concepts is a 'human genetic database' managed by an authoritarian one-world government entity. Speaking of global
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by joeax 10y ago
Sorry didn't want to spam. Book is called "The Final Six Days", just search on Amazon.
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by joeax 10y ago
That makes sense. I was being slightly facetious, and I think most devices would NTP re-sync after some interval. But it would be cool if my phone did in fact show 3:59:60 (I'm pacific time) and/or analog smartwatch paused on the

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