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by mgadams3 8y ago
Reminds me a lot of Bret Victor’s “inventing on principle” talk and his “learnable programming” essay. Great way to connect the creator with the consequence of their action. I’m a visual learner myself (I know the science of learning styles
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by mgadams3 8y ago
I have personally had my keyboard fixed 4 times and across my company it's been nearly a dozen. It's a huge pain to have to be out of computer for that repair time and deal with it in the first place. It's a huge problem.
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by mgadams3 9y ago
This is a great idea but lacks the critical concept of a "cohesive narrative". It's not enough just to know that the top resource for Javascript is Elequent Javascript and that the next 3 concepts are promises, ES6 and packag
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by mgadams3 9y ago
MissionU | Curriculum, Product, Marketing, Front-end Engineering & Admissions | San Francisco, CA | Onsite Only, Full time & Interns | https://www.missionu.com/ About MissionU: We don't believe anyone should ha
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by mgadams3 10y ago
MissionU | San Francisco or REMOTE | Part-time | Spring Research INTERNS MissionU is a higher-education company focused on preparing students for 21st century careers. We are looking for current college students to fill our intern class. In
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by mgadams3 10y ago
I don't think the author is accurate at all with that statement. Outside of the EQUIP initiative that was just launched for the first time in 2016, there is no way to get your students approved for federal student loans (Title 4) unle
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by mgadams3 10y ago
AngularClass's free project-based course on Angular 2 by Scott Moss has been pretty popular in the release candidate stage with 10k students so far. Will be getting updates with official release changes soon. http://courses.
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Angular 2 Fundamentals Course(courses.angularclass.com)
156 points by mgadams3 10y ago|118 comments
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Modern JavaScript Development – Part 1(mgadams.com)
2 points by mgadams3 10y ago|0 comments
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The Software Engineer's Guide to Depreciating Your Resume(mgadams.com)
11 points by mgadams3 10y ago|0 comments
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by mgadams3 11y ago
I’ve been following your blog for a while. Just signed up. Thanks!
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Ask HN: What's your next career move?
25 points by mgadams3 11y ago|16 comments
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Show HN: CS Career Newsletter(cscareernewsletter.com)
2 points by mgadams3 11y ago|0 comments
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Because as a W2 employee you pay half and your employer pays half. As a W9 employee (contractor), you pay both.
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Are you in a small enough market that moving companies without moving locations feels like your only choice? Have you concidered remote work?
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by mgadams3 11y ago
In smaller companies where decision makers are usually more empathetic towards the employee, there are various other ways you can get them to move without having to use an external offer as leverage. At bigger companies that are more restr
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by mgadams3 11y ago
No, you can usually increase your billable rate to make up for that difference. If for example your current salary would be $100k/2080 (work hours in a year) you'd be getting paid $48/hr. You'd likely set your contract
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Objective Criteria is your best friend... Are you in a major market? The usual suspects of glassdoor, angel.co and annual market surveys typically have pretty good data, but it can be tricky in smaller market or in a very niche position.
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by mgadams3 11y ago
This is great advice.
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Congrats BTW... I know there are many who would love to be in your situation. You could try to disconnect your employer's association with your butt in a chair in the office with the value the get from paying you. One way to do that i
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by mgadams3 11y ago
I can totally relate and it's easy to feel trapped or helpless, especially when you've got kids to provide for (I've got 2 of my own). What makes you feel like you've lost your leverage b/c of your family obligation
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Exactly. You don't want them to feel like you're overly mercinary and didn't even give them a chance to fix the problem by just being open about how you feel you're not being paid what you're worth. There is a LOT
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Thanks. Until the party gets started, I wrote a blog post on this a while ago that people seemed to like that you can check out here. :) http://www.mgadams.com/2015/06/30/the-software-engineers-gui...
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Ask HN: What's your #1 pain point when asking for a raise?
40 points by mgadams3 11y ago|63 comments
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by mgadams3 11y ago
This is a great perspective that likely rings true for a lot of larger companies.
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Thank you.
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by mgadams3 11y ago
You were totally right, thanks for the heads up so I could fix them :)
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by mgadams3 11y ago
One of my favorites!
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by mgadams3 11y ago
Thanks, great suggestion. I've adjusted it to have a stronger contrast.
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The Software Engineer’s Guide to Negotiating a Raise(mgadams.com)
303 points by mgadams3 11y ago|208 comments

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