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by koreth1 7y ago
> you'll never again be able to experience Fortnite as it was 24 hours ago - ever. Isn't that true of all one-time events, not just digital ones? I'll never be able to attend a Beatles concert or see "The Empire Strik
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by koreth1 7y ago
I think that's already happening to some degree, though it's not a "new way" exactly. Totally anecdotal, of course, but based on watching people move between jobs in my professional circle, it seems like experienced peop
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by koreth1 7y ago
Segovia | New York, NY or REMOTE | Full-time | https://www.thesegovia.com/ Segovia is payment gateway infrastructure primarily used to move money to Africa. Customers include charities that want to transfer cash directly to
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by koreth1 7y ago
> it's extremely common to see people well into their 40s who haven't made it to a manager role "You aren't a manager, therefore your career is a stalled-out failure" is a pretty outdated view. It's getting
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by koreth1 7y ago
I wish it were "over 10 years." I help review resumes for my company and on a nearly daily basis I see people with one or even two "senior software engineer" jobs and 6-7 years of experience. It always sticks out as an,
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by koreth1 7y ago
I would have said Java, but then they decided to shove modules down everyone's throat.
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by koreth1 7y ago
I struggle with this too. Some of the advice here is good and I won't repeat it, but three rules I've found helpful: 1. Wait before clicking submit. I write my reply, then go get a cup of coffee or take a bathroom break or whateve
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by koreth1 7y ago
I think that's much more true of large companies than small ones. At a small company, the engineers are more likely to be involved in the hiring process, and (unless they're very inexperienced themselves) they'll have a bette
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by koreth1 7y ago
Segovia | New York, NY | Full-time, Onsite | https://www.thesegovia.com/ Segovia is payment gateway infrastructure primarily used to move money to Africa. Customers include charities that want to transfer cash directly to p
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by koreth1 7y ago
My sister lived in a medium-sized city in the Netherlands for several years and tried hard to learn Dutch, and found it super frustrating. I saw this myself when I visited her there. She would start off speaking Dutch with someone and they&
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by koreth1 7y ago
This is true in Mandarin too, to some extent. A bunch of my casual speech patterns come from talking to my wife and I've had Chinese friends say, "You are talking like a girl." I am always happy to hear them say it because (a
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by koreth1 7y ago
It is, for what it's worth, one of the most common reasons I hear from Chinese friends of mine who move back to China after living in the USA. They like a lot of things about the USA but expressing their full intellectual range is a co
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by koreth1 12y ago
The links from their "Share" feature bypass the login wall (though only for the specific piece of content you link to).
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by koreth1 12y ago
SICP is an interesting case because some of its "hardness" is actually incidental to the subject matter. It is written by, and for, people who enjoy pure mathematics and numerical functions. That describes a lot of incoming CS stu