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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Granted I am reading between the lines, but I think the OP was indeed concerned that this great new team he found was not a member of the TDD cult. As i just threaded separately, they equated testing with automated testing, and that set of
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Ha-ha, quote further! "They don't test their code at all (and instead run through tests manually..". Actually, I meant to mention that as another sign of cultdom: the verb "test" now means "automated test"
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Ha-ha, I may be older than you, I remember when COBOL was the forever language and VSAM the forever DB.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
TDD is overrated and overused, with no regard for the cost of developing/maintaining the test suite. You should join them -- you will probably learn something about building correct software, such as "automated regression testing
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
No Common Lisp, no deal. But agreed, we cannot settle on Javascript as the forever language.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
As a hirer I can tell you, if you can code in any language just create a cover letter and resume that proves you can code. Do not be intimidated by laundry list of acronyms you find in job listings, but acknowledge them and talk about your
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
I'll try, but I do not think I am assertive enough to have college football games moved to 3am. (It's not just friends.)
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Lisp, so he knows how much fun programming can be before sinking back into the cesspool of more conventional languages.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Here's the bug, equating size with effectiveness: "a bigger resume package. A package which shows off what kind of person I am." You have, by the way, deftly identified the fix: shorter yet better. Twas Pascal who said, &quot
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Progress? Do you think that is air you are breathing?
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
I was going to say the pay telephone but...
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Kudos for asking, and for your concern over letting a client down. The "varying success" comment suggests a problem, as does no more than "I built my own personal website" as a calling card. I would suggest offering to d
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Here's a tip everyone will understand: email rocks but transmits emotional tone like two cans and a string. As soon as you detect an edge, as painful as it is, take out the phone.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Yes, that is great product. I am eager to see what the research says on how it translates to conventional algebra, which I believe they have undertaken. Either way, still a great abstract learning activity.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Is this a message from God? :) I am just now resurrecting a nice interactive Algebra environment I sold as a desktop application back in the nineties. Google does not have "the beef" site (socialalgebra dot com) yet, but that&#x27
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
This is scary, an hour ago I tweeted "I love code challenges but sometimes I find myself dithering around on twitter instead of attacking them, like a horse refusing a jump." Is this about coding? I know that once I hit "run&
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Mmmm, bacon! I am a vegetarian and thank God that bacon is the only flavor that can be faked well.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Medical insurance software.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
I cannot listen to music when programming. If you held a gun to my head, I think New Age is the only thing content-free enough not to distract me.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
"we said no to startups we would have mistakenly said yes to before" Reminds me of dating.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Yes, for the reasons you state. Knew a writer (not code) he said the same. No distractions, total focus, amazing productivity.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Sorry for the slow response, I just found the Threads index. :) If you have the nice work history, use it. If not, go with your strength. Most good employer devs were themselves doing Great Things when they were just out of the box and when
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Cells!: https://github.com/kennytilton/cells/wiki rah-rah: http://smuglispweeny.blogspot.com/2008/02/cells-manifesto.ht... The latest buzzword is Functional Reactive Programming. Well, l
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
"Why not" rings very true and can be taken as encouragement to soldier on. Yes, it would have been great to have YC's backing, but at this point it's a bit of a lottery, isn't it? And if your project cannot succeed
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
I mind Lisp meetups to be astonishingly good: http://lisp.meetup.com/ I imagine meetups for other languages are proportionately as good relative to how little they fall short of Lisp as a language. :)
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
It is a concern. It says to me the applicant is all about accelerating their personal income growth while the company is just a stepping stone. I know they will be looking for a new job the day they start. My feeling is, if I can milk them
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
My honest reaction is that if all the above were true you would not have to post a Hail Mary inquiry like this on HN. I also find it odd that you simply did not name the biz school. Another problem is being 24. As for "I literally can
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
You are right, a game would be a tonne of code. Massive encouragement on the WebGL, btw, 3D made me feel like a kid again. Here is a project I have always wanted to do: given a wire-frame, simulate the resulting minimum soapfilm surface alg
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
Just deployed version 0.2, reading HN, ready to go watch Phins v. Bengals.
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by kennethtilton 13y ago
OMG, do not go back to school. As for "I have some things I can point to in my work experience [...] but not that much.", just put your spare time stuff in the cover letter (or under experience as "Personal project") and

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