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by justrudd 12y ago
Yep. If you have a lot of debt, it becomes a vector that a foreign intelligence agency could use as an approach on you. Become your friend, find out about that 20K in student loan debt you have, and then mention "Hey. You know. If you
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by justrudd 12y ago
For music, I agree. But there is other content - TV shows, Movies, books, etc. My iTunes purchased video aren't going to play on an Amazon Fire unless I remove all the DRM from it.
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by justrudd 12y ago
I guess if I was just sitting there doing nothing waiting on my food to be cooked, sure. But I often read, sketch out ideas for my current project, figure out what my next goal in working out will be, etc. And given where I live right now,
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by justrudd 12y ago
I'm curious if you (or the grandparent poster) grew up in more outdoorsy areas during your childhood? I grew up on a farm - 3,000 acres - we had crops (normal crops - peanuts, corn, etc. and not normal - loblolly trees). Camping and hi
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by justrudd 12y ago
For me, I don't like to cook or cleanup. I'd rather pay 10 USD for a salad then to deal with any of the preparation myself. I'd much rather spend my time coding, reading, working out, etc. So being near a bunch of different t
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by justrudd 12y ago
Nah brother. I'm right there with you. I'm a software dev so I can find a job (almost) anywhere. I have no kids (and don't plan on kids) so schools are a non-issue for me. But food? Gotta have good food.
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by justrudd 12y ago
I don't know. I can only comment on the "?" that I received and answered. Looking through the email headers, it started with Jeff, went through a few different groups, my manager, and finally me. I don't know if it was l
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by justrudd 12y ago
He generally sends it to a group email for all the Senior VPs. Based on the question in the email, 1 or more of the Senior VPs will take the issue and forward it onto their VPs, which gets forwarded to GMs, directors, etc. and finally ends
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by justrudd 12y ago
As someone who was on a team that got these "?" emails quite a bit, it isn't the email that was the problem. It was the culture that you will drop whatever you are doing to answer this one very specific question that was the
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by justrudd 13y ago
+1. You're lucky you've had 2. In my 20 years, I've had one. I was about to start making the transition to manager via tech lead, but after working with my most recent manager...ugh...I felt dirty after going to meetings with
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by justrudd 13y ago
You and I are very similar (I live in Seattle not Manhattan and my commute takes 20 minutes not 5), but I do watch sports. And I still have side projects. I am in fantasy leagues as well, and I still have time for side projects. Do you mean
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by justrudd 13y ago
It was Splatter Consulting in RTP. They don't exist anymore. They shutdown probably 7 months after I walked. This was back in '98. The deadline "we couldn't miss" was to build a product. This product would move them
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by justrudd 13y ago
I just used the "See Your Folks" site. Wow. That's really eye-opening.
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by justrudd 13y ago
To be fair, I wasn't canned. I did quit. And I did give them the rest of the week (Tuesday - Friday) on a strict 8 hour workday.
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by justrudd 13y ago
It was the end of a deadline that "we couldn't miss". My sump pump had actually died, and I needed to replace it. Bought the replacement, but sat on it for several weeks because "we couldn't miss the deadline".
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by justrudd 13y ago
In your opinion - you're absolutely correct. I am breaking the "rules" because it is fairly obvious what we both believe is fair is very different. For me, fair is what doesn't harm me financially and/or emotionally
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by justrudd 13y ago
Absolutely. I'm much more selective in where I work now so I've not had to do this for the past decade. But the first decade I was working, I was drawn to money figures without paying a lot of attention to the work environment. Wi
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by justrudd 13y ago
Sorry if you don't believe me. I have done this, and I will do this again. If a company expects me to put in extra effort at busy times of the year, it is only fair that they are OK with me doing a 30 hour work week some weeks to take
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by justrudd 13y ago
Here's how I deal with family obligations, home repairs, etc. - I do them as needed and take no PTO. I'll email my team and say "Garage door getting replaced. Be checking email sporadically". Now if the company I'm
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Ask HN: Interviewing my potential boss (a dev manager), what should I ask?
1 points by justrudd 13y ago|1 comments
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by justrudd 13y ago
Many years ago (wow...almost 10 now...I'm so old...) I was given a phone screen and at the end of the screen I was given a question to code a solution to and email it in. Since this was for a job across the country, I figure what the h
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by justrudd 13y ago
Small world :) I live down at the bottom of the hill in Queen Anne. I recently got rid of Comcast as well because unlike your 2 or 3 nights a week, I had 7 nights a week of slowdown. I had their 20Mbps down, and from 1900 till 2230, I could
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by justrudd 13y ago
This is not the best analogy, but I liken Docker to a high level language. I am not one of those hackers that started programming when I was a fetus, nor did I write my own LISP before I could walk. I started off with Basic in the early 90s
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by justrudd 13y ago
Exactly. This comes down to releasing a little bit of your inner sheepdog[1]. [1] http://www.killology.com/sheep_dog.htm
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by justrudd 13y ago
Refuse to answer. I do it all the time. I generally answer when asked "Let's see if we are a good fit for each other. If we are, make me an offer based on how much value you believe I'll bring to the table." If they keep
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by justrudd 13y ago
For me, rush hour traffic sucks. I like to get to the gym around 8:30 (most people have left or are leaving by 8:30). So I can get a nice 60 to 90 minute workout in w/o having to wait on the squat rack. Then have a nice leisurely drive into
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by justrudd 14y ago
Heh. Ever heard the expression, you gotta kiss a lot of frogs? Finding the right place for me is very different from finding the right place for you. For example, where I work (zulily) there is a ton to do. I think about all the cool proble
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by justrudd 14y ago
If you want to save a $100... * buy the 16GB from Verizon $199 (since it is unlocked because of FCC rules as I recall reading) * cancel your contract $350 You come out $100 cheaper than buying direct from Apple. Now this is really only usef
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by justrudd 14y ago
Disclaimer: I left Amazon in 2008. I've tangentially stayed in contact with a few people there in my old groups. I worked in Supply Chain specifically on the FC side of software (OK...specifically on COFS for those of you who remember) from
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by justrudd 16y ago
An iMac 27" is my main development hardware, but I use VMWare to run Debian where I do all my development. I've also got an i7 Debian Server running where I deploy to make sure stuff works on real hardware before it hits my host. I'm curr

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