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by loumf 11y ago
I grew up in NYC and lived there until I was 32 and then moved to rural Massachusetts. The time I spent in NYC has been invaluable to my career, but I am able to draw on that (the network, the experience, etc) from where I am now and get m
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by loumf 11y ago
If you do this, please drop a link to it back here somewhere.
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by loumf 11y ago
Yes. I work at Trello, and the FogCreek trilogy (FC, Trello, and StackOverflow) all hire remote -- and have near 50/50 I believe.
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by loumf 11y ago
Let's say I read an article that is incredibly interesting and useful, but the author uses "methodology" when they could use "method" -- are you advocating that I don't post it? If someone makes an interesting
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by loumf 11y ago
Do you have a good reason (aside from habit) for being late to commitments? If not, fix the behavior -- it's annoying and disrespectful in US business norms. If you have a good reason, explain it to your boss. I managed someone who l
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by loumf 11y ago
It is honoring the intentions of the author. PDF readers don't have a technical limitation, but they may have a legal or ethical one.
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by loumf 11y ago
> How do you hire? If that's the question -- the answer is simple. I have worked at places that want the best developers we can find. So we paid market salary+benefits. We wanted entry-level and experts, and so paid them according
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by loumf 11y ago
It might be "friends and family (and myself)".
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by loumf 11y ago
Pay is slightly below average for my area, and benefits are extremely poor by any standard. Frankly, none of the other stuff matters to me as much as this. Look for a job while you still have one and move on if you think you see yourself
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by loumf 11y ago
Trello (NYC, Remote) http://trello.com/jobs * IT Engineer * Site Reliability Engineering Team Lead * Windows Mobile Developer * Product Designer
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by loumf 11y ago
That does nothing to mitigate the risk. It's not just the hard drive that matters -- it's the equipment, which includes the entire PC.
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by loumf 11y ago
When I have worked at places that required them, I looked at who they gave (didn't care what they said). Recent ex-boss is good -- boss from 15 years ago when you were an intern: troubling. I would not reject on this, but I might ask
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by loumf 11y ago
I wrote options software for 4 years (and was in FinTech for 12) and I am just writing this to say that this is right (in case you are wondering).
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by loumf 11y ago
I also used Sandcastle. We did a major migration to it in about 2010 (from a 3rd party MSHelp generator application -- I'm blanking on the name, which is a good thing, because I would only tell you to stay away from them)
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by loumf 11y ago
Can Amazon decide what you can buy on Amazon.com? Can Netflix decide what movies you see in their app? (not trying to troll you -- but I think you'd agree that they do, so it's not the freedom of the Internet. I do agree that ther
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by loumf 11y ago
Microsoft had a monopoly on OSs for PCs, so they were not allowed to use that to give another piece of software an advantage. They did not simply have a monopoly on Windows users. In order to be regulated under Anti-trust, Apple would need
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by loumf 11y ago
Should Walmart, who has 100% market share of people walking in a Walmart right now, have control over what is on their shelves? Should Disney have control over what stores are on Disney Main St.? iPhones are not the only choice, so if you d
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by loumf 11y ago
Apple doesn't have control of the smart phone (or phone) market. Having control of the iPhone market is not considered monopolistic.
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by loumf 12y ago
* Advertise on the alumnae networks of Women's colleges. * Reach out to women specifically and ask them to apply * Hire diversity experts to help you (e.g. Ashe Dryden) * Describe your company and its benefits in ways that women value
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by loumf 12y ago
Step one is to use cash as little as possible. Then practically any reasonable thing you pick (Mint, Quicken, etc) can pick up your expenses from your credit card or bank.
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by loumf 12y ago
2009 MacBook Pro. I added memory and a hybrid SSD. Runs great. I'll replace it if there's an OS update that doesn't support it.
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by loumf 12y ago
What do mean by "we think we are too early"? What is your pitch and what do you think you need to do next?
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by loumf 12y ago
Assuming this is the US, you are an at-will employee, and if the company you work for wanted to end your employment, they could, for any reason whatsoever. If they had a unforeseen circumstance -- they would do it. You should adopt the same
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by loumf 12y ago
It will be high up in Ask for a while. There's usually a "Seeking Freelancer" thread on the 1st of every month that might be worth posting to if you haven't gotten any response. I think your "spec" is good enou
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by loumf 12y ago
Pauli violation
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by loumf 12y ago
I never used the Ad service, but I did use the resume database and it was pretty good. I only recommend it if: 1. You are in a location with a lot of population or are willing to hire remote 2. You are looking for mid-career developers -- (
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by loumf 12y ago
I think you'd be crazy not to travel and enrich your experiences outside of programming. I would not suggest doing anything with an obligation (freelance/take a class). If you want to program something -- do it from a cafe in Pari
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by loumf 12y ago
Also, K&R does many things the wrong way for expediency. It's fine if you know that already, but newbies do not know that. The main critique of Zed seems to be that he didn't say it was impossible to protect a C function from
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by loumf 12y ago
K&R is a seminal work. I think it should at least be read because every C programmer has read it -- and so you are on common ground. Also, it is a better reference (has the grammar, precedence tables, etc.) To learn C -- I'd reco
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by loumf 12y ago
There was a very good critique of K&R in Learn C the Hard Way that got taken down because of (IMO) undue backlash. The gist of it was that K&R ignores the safety problems in C and there is no discussion of the habits/constructs

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