matt_s

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by matt_s 5y ago
Maybe combine 3 of your ideas: YouTube, online courses and podcasts are really all the same media: video recordings of educational content. If your expertise is cloud computing and freelancing then start with a video podcast on YT where you
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Having worked at one of those that also did business with IBM, I felt there was an ethos I observed in the upper ranks that is hard to describe. It was like they felt they were better than others, had large egos about their brand and had a
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by matt_s 5y ago
This is on point. If their main revenue is doing consulting for businesses and their own IT projects have horrible failures why would you pick them? Its like hearing your plumber has leaking and broken pipes in their house.
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by matt_s 5y ago
You didn’t live thru 1999-2001 then. Just cuz a company has an IPO doesn’t mean they have a viable business.
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You can do all that with other brokers mobile apps, RH may have better UX but their system stability under heavy traffic doesn’t hold up.
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by matt_s 5y ago
What I was referring to is most RH accounts are setup as margin because of instant deposits. This means they can liquidate that account without your action. IANAL but it might help to compare their TOS against other brokers. This latest fi
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by matt_s 5y ago
I have read anecdotes that their ToS is geared towards them owning the securities because they pool purchases. Their business model is the brokers are the ones that actually pay them and potentially hold the securities. Also, from their rec
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by matt_s 5y ago
Purposefully designed office time would be immensely better for folks that need dedicated time to do work. That means better organized meetings with a purpose rather than a bunch of weekly meetings that are there just cuz. I think it is som
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by matt_s 5y ago
I don't see how this topic is challenging or complex. The building had a catastrophic structural failure. Having expertise in software tends to associate with analyzing skills. Just because we can analyze things doesn't compensat
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by matt_s 5y ago
Probably some kind of actual engineer or architect of physical things. I just love understanding how things work and how to build them.
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by matt_s 5y ago
Florida is one of several states with zero state income tax. If you retire there then you will pay less taxes when withdrawing from retirement accounts. I believe Texas, Arizona and Nevada also have zero state income tax.
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by matt_s 5y ago
If HR says "You can't have all high performers on a team", they are telling a manager that you aren't allowed to excel in your own job as a coach. They are literally telling you not to spend your time helping employees b
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How so? The military doesn't fire people that I know of.
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Yes, I agree. If there is dead time in class, like presentation is done and its do your work time and your kid gets the work done properly and still has like 10 minutes. Are they supposed to stare at a blank screen for 10mins? This is us
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by matt_s 5y ago
Go talk to your manager and say most of what you said above, except the "I quit" part. Your manager is there to help you succeed. They want you to succeed since they picked you over others. Ask for them to provide feedback on a PR
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by matt_s 5y ago
At 10yo they are in like 5th grade and at an inflection point learning about human bodies, reproduction, etc. You need to educate them first about online safety, personal information (inclusive of images), potentially dangerous interactions
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by matt_s 5y ago
Ask during the interview what is the worst bits of their code base, and if they'll show you. Having a discussion about what to change and how it might get changed is a great way to assess a candidate and for a candidate to assess an em
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by matt_s 5y ago
Bill Ackman runs a hedge fund and was a guest on CNBC right at the beginning of the US getting hit with the pandemic proclaiming travel industry going to go downhill while having made bets on that happening. [0] For those outside the US, CN
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by matt_s 5y ago
Unless I see evidence in a communication that they have read something in my info, I assume its a bot/script. I'm amazed this hasn't been commented in this thread especially because I'm assuming most people work in softw
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by matt_s 5y ago
This is the only answer right here. What is the standard for measuring on our planet? A lot of people can adopt one standard but there are still laggards that won't change so you end up with several standards. If you have more than 1 s
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by matt_s 5y ago
Having lots of gnarly if-elsif-else blocks of code elsewhere where the logic conditions are varying in number it is nice to encapsulate that in a pattern match function. For me, it doesn't mean "thou shalt not use if-then ever&quo
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by matt_s 5y ago
Yup - basically they don't want SaaS they want on-prem. That is a drastically different pricing model and should have a different SLA. I would go so far as to include into the pricing the cost of keeping engineers and support people on
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by matt_s 5y ago
I have a 5.1 stereo connected to the TV and watch concerts on youtube sometimes while doing coding work. Crank the volume, turn off notifications and get lost in the work for a bit. I think the continuous stream of music and intermittent
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by matt_s 5y ago
This is all good stuff. My kids are older and in high school so there is a change in attitude from their 9-12 year old versions to now that comes with being nearly an adult, legally speaking. There is only so much "spend X time on Y&
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I was asking how to get kids to explore things where they might find something that sparks them to desire to spend time on "A Project of One's Own". Competition in school or school-like activities is a fabricated incentive th
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The huge movements of various cryptos look like large financial institutions are also in that space. BTC losing half its value in a matter of a few months is not likely to be because of individual investors. The technical bits are decentral
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> It's a bit sad to think of all the high school kids turning their backs on building treehouses and sitting in class dutifully learning about Darwin or Newton to pass some exam, when the work that made Darwin and Newton famous was
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by matt_s 5y ago
This is exactly the problem. For people that have worked a few different roles and seen bad practices/environments and are now relatively happy where they are, why leave? The US software industry might be at another inflection point w
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Ah down voters that probably think "meme stock, stupid suggestion". GME will release its 8k SEC filing within a week and it will likely contain vote counts. Votes equate to shares and there is a high probability the vote counts wi
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by matt_s 5y ago
I'll throw this item I've been following for a while. There is a supply/demand problem with a certain stock that had a massive rise in Jan in the video gaming industry. It could be short term and you may see it as risky but

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