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by matt_s 9y ago
I wonder how much of this was brought on by the Cold War and constant headlines of one-ups-manship by nation-states and maybe that sub-consciously fed into US culture. The only reference points and influences people had were socializing wit
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by matt_s 9y ago
Ok so something like a buddy has a "Gold Partner" reseller license or something, IT exec is partnered behind the scenes financially. Then goes to JavaShopCo, becomes IT Director and mandates .Net, from the reseller they have a fin
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by matt_s 9y ago
This one will be harder since you have had to manage people to get some anecdotes. Its much easier (and fun) to poke fun at management. I used to manage people, doing SW engineering now and enjoying the "freedom". * Assuming that
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I understand how open source work gets "sourced" but this approach to hiring sounds very much like they see developers as entirely replaceable. How would you evaluate people in a tournament style as a good fit for a job? This so
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Kickbacks are most likely not the case. Why would a billions of dollars a year in profit company need to pay people to adopt tech? It is highly unethical and probably a fire-able offense for a sales person at a US company to bribe (aka ki
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by matt_s 9y ago
A 1st layer of management doesn't need to be heavy handed manager types if the employees hired are "managers of one" and can self-direct their work. The "manager of one" wording comes from 37 Signals, read up on how
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by matt_s 9y ago
200 hundred developers for ~8 hours and they value developers at roughly $50/hr. So they want $80,000 of free work with a reward at the end of getting a job for $100k/yr. Steer clear of it. If this is their mental model of how w
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by matt_s 9y ago
From the trenches in large corporate (aka 'enterprise') tech departments: * Technology decisions in large organizations will often not be made based on technical evaluations or merit. Some other arbitrary thing will influence a d
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by matt_s 9y ago
If the API is transforming requests/responses essentially auto-magically behind the scenes, then how would a client know what version to upgrade to, in order to get new desired features? Say it is splitting of street into street1 and s
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I understand they know how to do tech. Magic bands and their backend systems only really have to handle the number of visitors at their parks and hotels. I think that is much smaller scale than engineering something to provide streaming o
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by matt_s 9y ago
If its for geeks, your design won't matter, content will matter. Unless you plan on covering news about design, in which case you will get feedback from designers :) What will differentiate you from other web/geek news sources?
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by matt_s 9y ago
Did he cause the damage or just shine a light on it? If what he claims is true, that women/minorities are being hired because of essentially affirmative action more than merit, wouldn't that be kind of a shock to people hired ther
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Part of his case may be the details of who he sent this manifesto to. If it went 'viral' inside of Google, is that his fault?
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What about the engineering of Netflix? I see lots of comments here about pricing and how content distribution in Hollywood is messed, etc. If Disney has acquired a streaming facility, how will they compare to how Netflix is engineered? Wi
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I understand the sustainability concerns but what is the answer? More regulation from the government that would impact their designs? That doesn't sound right, I don't think there are smart phone designers working for the governm
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by matt_s 9y ago
I have found content on HN and if deemed worthy add it to my feedly list of blogs/sites. Feedly is great in that you can scan headlines and mark as read and if there is something of interest read it in depth. I don't do twitter si
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by matt_s 9y ago
Something that wasn't pointed out in the article is that the vast majority of cases where a NFL player's family donates the brain to CTE study is where they already were showing some degenerative symptoms. They can't test for
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by matt_s 9y ago
I've made this point a few times here on HN. StackOverflow QA& isn't really a good indicator of anything industry wide. Most experienced developers who know their language just use API docs if needed to get things done. Sure
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by matt_s 9y ago
Is a backyard a luxury? I can't think of any kid that would prefer living in a concrete jungle vs having a back yard they go play in without having to plan a trip to a park. I'm with ya though on the keeping up with the Jones stu
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by matt_s 9y ago
Why sell at all? I get that you want to focus on your startup but if time is the issue, then just hire someone to competently manage it like a property manager of sorts to setup renters the same way you do now. Pay them out of the $90k pr
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by matt_s 9y ago
Maybe small 1-2 person booths that get premium service for $3/hour. Premium means a server comes to you for orders of food and drink, with implied tipping in US at least, and maybe has some way to secure your stuff for any needed res
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by matt_s 9y ago
I just moved into a house with a pre-existing alarm system that hasn't been used in years. Motion sensor, door switches, window switches (I think) and maybe the smoke detectors are wired in. I think a Pi would be a good central unit t
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I used to use iPhoto, don't know if their Photos app is the same but iPhoto was extremely slow and put every pic into its own proprietary "database". I'd rather have access to a file system that has them and I can sort t
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A lot of planning is done before devs get the feature where I work. 1. Read through 'ticket' (feature/bug/whatever) 2. If its a change in an area I haven't worked on, read through the code to figure out what it curr
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I had an older, wiser worker relate to me this exactly. He was a line worker in a GM production facility and a while after working there realized his foreman just absolutely couldn't have a clue about what their job. He made some sug
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The poster there is referring to current state of things being automated. He is the expert of that particular system. If there are changes upstream, his automation will fail and if he isn't there, then what? When upper management cha
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by matt_s 9y ago
I like using a lot of aliases and chaining them together if I can and it makes sense. The most common one I use all the time is one that changes the command prompt to show what git branch I'm on when in that directory. Just google it
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I think you missed the key thing in design of a dashboard: the user. The information presented and the purpose of the dashboard would be heavily influenced by who the user is or what role they play and their technical background. Is it for
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I wouldn't consider any retail job (e.g. cashier), a middle class job. Nobody wants to think of themselves as lower class but clearly there is a delineation somewhere? Are you still considered middle class if you are unemployed and th
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If they are old enough that if browsing a used book section you wouldn't purchase, then throw them out or recycle them. If there is some sentimental value in keeping some, like it reminds you of a cool project or team, etc. then sit do

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