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by joeax 10y ago
I'll accept a connection every now and again, and only if we share connections with at least 2 other non-recruiters/technical people. I try not to overload my connections with recruiters as they don't provide much network fee
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by joeax 10y ago
I fought getting fixed-width fonts to work for weeks across all these devices. Believe it or not, despite being a sci-fi novel it does have code snippets :)
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by joeax 10y ago
It's much simpler to just write your novel in Word, generate the HTML, write a small script to scrub out all excess HTML/CSS, then use Calibre to segment into HTML docs by chapter. As far as the HTML for novels is concerned, its v
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by joeax 10y ago
I also wrote a book called the Final Six Days. If you visit his Golden Legacy book page on Amazon you will see my book in the "Others Have Viewed" section. It's mostly due to me checking on his and other novels. I was plannin
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by joeax 10y ago
I wrote a book called The Final Six Days . It is a full length novel about 438 pages. Note that I am a software engineer by trade and not a writer, but I took a stab at it since I've always wanted to write a book. Here are my takeaway
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by joeax 10y ago
I also used the snowflake method (with exceptions). Being a software developer forces you to think that way. My approach was: paragraph, outline, story story, full novel. I also refined my research in between stages. The novel is called Th
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by joeax 10y ago
But this guy has now set a precedent with a published article claiming he will actively discriminate against male candidates. So as soon as his company scales past 15, a male candidate that was rejected could sue, using that article as evid
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Gary Johnson's plan to save the internet(dailydot.com)
5 points by joeax 10y ago|2 comments
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by joeax 11y ago
Congrats on the launch. I had a short story in mind that I was going to submit after reading your last post but I didn't realize you were going the hard science fiction route. Although I strive to be as scientifically accurate as possi
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by joeax 11y ago
Oh yes agree there. When it get to a point that you are ignoring your family then it's time to set a hard boundary.
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by joeax 11y ago
I've been working at home for 4 years, and I sort of disagree with point #1. Maybe this is good for some people, but part of the high degree of flexibility comes from being able to work different, odds hours. Because of my freedom of w
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by joeax 11y ago
People that have an unrelenting, almost worship-like devotion to authority scare the bejesus out of me. Imagine what a great society we would be if we were all free thinkers.
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by joeax 11y ago
Call it satire but I've had 1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 happen to me at one time or another. Regarding 10 (getting called 3 months later), they were smug and cocky about it and resented when I turned them down.
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by joeax 11y ago
The sad truth is many startups and wannabe hot tech companies are going to read this article not realizing it's satire, and try these methods out and unintentionally alienate their entire pool of qualified candidates in the process.
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Five tricky developer personalities – and how to rally them(venturebeat.com)
1 points by joeax 11y ago|0 comments
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by joeax 11y ago
Here's my takeaway from this article: Ignore that advice. Don't try to change developer personalities at all. Instead, utilize their strengths and weaknesses and mold that into your development process.
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by joeax 11y ago
My two cents, but for these algorithmic questions the language shouldn't matter. Are you hiring someone deeply proficient in data structures and algorithmic programming? Then let them solve it in their language of choice. If the role i
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by joeax 11y ago
Those companies are definitely on the bleeding edge of remote work culture, but there seem to be many others who would hire someone remote if it were the right fit (my company for example). I've been contacted by outside recruiters and
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by joeax 11y ago
Doesn't Boulder have similar high expense issues? I considered that area for all the tech opportunities, but found myself realizing I'd need to live 30+ miles away in Longmont for a house with a decent sized yard. I also have been
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by joeax 11y ago
I've been working from home of the past four years. About once or twice a month I get an email from a recruiter from the Bay Area. I in turn reply that I'd be interested if I didn't have to relocate and can continue working f
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by joeax 11y ago
I've been there. You are nothing but a commoditized resource when you are in a "corporate IT" job. That being said programmer-centric jobs can be found anywhere outside SV.
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by joeax 11y ago
Thanks for the clarification. The new plan is still terrible, unless they plan on ramping up more bonus star promos.
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by joeax 11y ago
Thanks. I didn't realize how much the new system sucks til I looked at the math. Before I was spending $30-40 bucks to earn a free drink. Now I have to spend $63 in the least, not accounting for truncating the cents off each purchase +
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by joeax 11y ago
I checked out D2D. Although an awesome idea on the surface, I'm a bit suspect of their pricing model. 10% of all sales? The problem with that is if you have a bestseller that sells a million copies you're basically subsidizing oth
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by joeax 11y ago
I don't entirely disagree hence the word 'mostly'. What I really meant is that attitudes have shifted over a hundred or so years.
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by joeax 11y ago
Thanks I took a note of it. Once I publish I'll send you a link to a free copy. I've been writing since I was a kid and just recently discovered how enjoyable it is working on this novel.
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by joeax 11y ago
I am a coder by day, but I'm nearing completion of a full length novel (100,000 words) and ready to self-publish on Kindle and possibly Smashwords. I'll have to take a look at this for some other works. I have some other short sto
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by joeax 11y ago
If we're going to rate Atari games adjusted by the level of effort and time put into them, I'd say this is one of its better games. This is one developer coding non-stop for five weeks straight, and he had the temerity to push bac
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by joeax 11y ago
I miss the old days of LinkedIn, when they had a Stack Overflow-esque Q&A subsite, Groups were at the forefront of your feed, and it was the ideal forum to hold discussions with like-minded professionals (i.e. other developers). Today i
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by joeax 11y ago
This is pretty neat and useful. A bit disappointed though that I didn't see my GitHub project listed. I would think you could build this list with a simple Google query "site:news.ycombinator.com link:github.com"

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