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by lj3 9y ago
Would an MFA in Writing qualify? Asking for a friend... :D
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by lj3 9y ago
Have you ever tried sales? It should be fairly easy to get a sales job at any retail store near where you live. Spend a year or two getting good at it, then get hired as a technical sales engineer. Sales is a versatile skill and somebody wi
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Journalists' brains show a lower-than-average level of executive functioning(businessinsider.com)
2 points by lj3 9y ago|0 comments
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by lj3 9y ago
Is this just for melanoma, or has it expanded into pap smear and bronch territory? My mother's a cytotech and every couple of years somebody claims they're going to replace her with a shell script. Hasn't happened yet, though
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by lj3 9y ago
Losing your job because your employer couldn't afford to stay in business is better?
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by lj3 9y ago
I find that very hard to believe, but you tell me. I'm billing out at $50/hr for most of my freelance work. I'd gladly take a remote job in the $60-80k range or $80-100k if I have to relocate. I live in the rural northeast US
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by lj3 9y ago
This! I loved my old lunch tray.
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Does the rest of that market also value experience, or is your company an outlier? If the former, would you be comfortable sharing which vertical market?
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by lj3 9y ago
> Now, bad engineers might stagnate completely, and those people are probably what makes up the bulk of the "old people stuck in old technologies; can't code" meme. > I think if you try to be excellent at what you do an
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by lj3 9y ago
33. Front-end web developer. I haven't had full time work in 3 years. The market for my particular skills has been flooded for some time with cheap H1Bs and boot camp grads. Also, the fact that I take longer to complete the "same&
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https://i.redditmedia.com/YTYn4-0MAjFiKWIjz_ddi8gTP1DsjxG2Ed...
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> I'm all for devs being involved in the process, but devs absolutely should not be making secret solo decisions on what features to build without consultation. When the managers stop doing this, we'll stop doing this. This adv
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> its very common for a team member to get blocked and not know how to get unblocked. Is it? I haven't seen this very often and only with very junior engineers. Anybody with even a modicum of experience knows to ask for help when th
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How to Survive as a Solo Dev for Like a Decade or So(sizefivegames.com)
432 points by lj3 9y ago|164 comments
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> Uber's wrong in they completely and miserably failed due dilligence Being stupid and/or incompetent isn't illegal. Yet.
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> Charge me $500 for the thing and I'll still buy it. Is this what you were looking for? https://techkeys.us/products/sixkeyboard
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by lj3 9y ago
> Gender balance is a good thing for the economy and our future as a nation. Source? I've seen nothing that proves that gender balance is good for our economy or our future.
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by lj3 9y ago
Yes. I tasted the water and I liked it.
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by lj3 9y ago
I prefer a Berkey myself.
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by lj3 9y ago
When entertainment is taken for reality, it has jumped the narrow gap from escapism to propaganda.
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Code Podcast 6: Don't make me write UI(soundcloud.com)
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What's the alternative?
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by lj3 9y ago
Do you feel comfortable saying which company you worked at has that kind of office setup? It sounds like heaven to me.
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by lj3 9y ago
You mean like at Veridian Dynamics? :) Molding the children of today into the workers of tomorrow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SLFlNH0TLY
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Isn't this called TV ads?
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by lj3 9y ago
Do the majority of the generations I mentioned come from ghettos? I'm not arguing against the efficacy of the police or whether or not we need them. I'm describing a mindset prevalent among a large number of people. I'm aware
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by lj3 9y ago
You picked the first thing you could find in wikipedia and claim that refutes an article you haven't bothered to read? Who's cherry picking again? Introversion/Extroversion has nothing to do with novelty seeking. Read the a
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by lj3 9y ago
I mean actual scientific evidence, not self-reporting studies which are not in any way scientific or psychological studies, which are almost universally bogus. Take a look at this article. It goes into specifics about neurochemical pathways
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by lj3 9y ago
> Why don't we all agree that the "introvert/extrovert" dichotomy is a false one Because there's scientific evidence strongly suggesting otherwise. That said, the author is using the wrong term. He's talking
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> I think there's an unspoken subtext to this That's very much a mindset from your generation. It's not at all prevalent in the newer (millennial and younger) generations. We grew up with more real world tales of people be

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