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by moocow01 15y ago
I'd agree that there is a huge disconnect between a bunch of us saying 'yes coding is a great skill - lets put it in the classroom' and the reality of the current state of education. There is a lot of sentiment about how coding is the new
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by moocow01 15y ago
I don't think he's saying some people literally can not program one line of code. As with everything there are degrees of aptitude based upon ones interest, personality type and cognition. This is true with every skill in life - most peop
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by moocow01 15y ago
"Computing is a basic skill on the same level as math and literacy" Its actually not as basic of a skill as math and literacy. Proof of this is that it takes math and literacy as foundational skills to then program. I agree that programmi
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by moocow01 15y ago
" many of these skilled developers don’t adopt open source languages simply because they don’t know any better, are stuck in their ways or earn enough not to care" Or maybe they don't want to learn skills that will help them get a job at a
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by moocow01 15y ago
Maybe I'm just a stick in the mud but I'm not particularly inspired to follow the current direction and trends of consumer entertainment myself. Before I lean into my rant I'll say social networks serve a purpose - I do use them. But in te
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Five tech predictions for 2012 - UC Berkeley Blog(blogs.berkeley.edu)
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by moocow01 15y ago
The easier way to determine if humans are the only species who have empathy... Talk to any dog owner.
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by moocow01 15y ago
We always talk about ageism in the US but thats really the double whammy if both of these statements are true. I guess you'd have a year long career as a programmer.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Obviously nothing to do with more women learning to code (sounds great to me), but I share your fear. The hype makes me cringe a little bit. I wish it didn't but I've seen this cycle too many times. Every time there is an overhyped marke
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by moocow01 15y ago
Without having any sort of scientific measuring stick, it seems that when taking averages 'nice guys' (and gals) finish overwhelmingly ahead. I'm not sure what is a good way to measure this race and I find the concept of finishing ahead s
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by moocow01 15y ago
Funnily enough I fit your profile... 28, married, likely to have kids in relatively near future. I think the perks are a lot like the thrill of buying something new. When your just entering the workforce they seem fantastic - almost unimag
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by moocow01 15y ago
Maybe Im just a calculating, cold, emotionless engineer but when it comes to pay packages Ive stopped caring about the fancy 'perks'. I only try to gauge how much Ill get paid, how much Ill enjoy the work and learn, and how many hours Ill
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Why the Clean Tech Boom Went Bust(wired.com)
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by moocow01 15y ago
If only life was so simple. Most problems are not so one-dimensional. Problems in life are typically not math problems - they usually are complex situations with multiple solutions that have numerous impacts with degrees of good and bad.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Its unfortunate but you'll typically win the adjusted salary comparison by comparing any other place in the US (of course except NY and possibly LA). The sense that Ive gotten is the average salaries float around 85-95 in Austin TX
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by moocow01 15y ago
I couldn't agree more. To add to it, I think there is something to be said about the natural slow evolution of yourself and your business. There are many who are looking for quick paths that involve raising a boatload of cash, hiring a bu
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by moocow01 15y ago
From being involved in the hiring and interviewing process Id say these numbers are about right. It is interesting though that the average salary difference by experience doesn't change all that much. I'd interpret that as an argument for
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by moocow01 15y ago
Googlers: there is an up vote button next to posts you can click to express agreement
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by moocow01 15y ago
I don't have any statistics to back up my points but I would think the following would be the case... With the exception of really tremendous exits, let say a pretty successful cofounder gets between .5 million and 5 million (I'm making the
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by moocow01 15y ago
I don't think anybody is arguing we dispose of these people. I think the problem is that money is supposed to be in essence a signifier of creating social value. In a well structured society money should be correlated to producing advance
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by moocow01 15y ago
Wow great post. You already touched on this but to reiterate after achieving a certain amount of wealth, freedom and comfort in life, I wonder whats the point of exclusively striving for more. I can understand wanting to not be a slave to
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by moocow01 15y ago
One thing I wonder is if the upper crust of the upper crust are actually losing their wealth in relative terms (globally) by damaging the country. In essence, if you extrapolate the trend big money and assets in a broken country are not as
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by moocow01 15y ago
If I had buckets and buckets of cash I definitely would invest in early stage companies. I'm not saying that early stage companies are shams or are always deemed to fail or that your equity will always be worthless. The problem in my mind
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by moocow01 15y ago
Really depends on cost of living. I looked at a breakdown of this recently by locale. In the bay area or NY it doesn't get you anywhere close but in most other areas it puts you in or pretty close to the 1%.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Yes and I would have lost out. I think what you are missing is that Apple and Google are 2 companies out of a 1000 or more that didn't make it. One top of it, in the beginning stages it is virtually impossible to know if you are in a winn
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by moocow01 15y ago
I don't know if Ive just seen too much but equity is one of the poorest motivators you can give me. I don't think I'm totally alone in this sentiment in that it seems like many are trending towards cash payment over equity.
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by moocow01 15y ago
Isn't that what a web application is? Or I suppose taken to even more of an extreme what OnLive is?
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by moocow01 15y ago
By that you mean Amazon could be the universal cloud storage being that Dropbox is essentially a client for s3
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by moocow01 15y ago
If your friend is in the position to do so he should get an offer from a competing employer and then bargain ruthlessly with the expectation of leaving.
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by moocow01 15y ago
When seeing the title, I was a little afraid this was going to be an article about Bloomberg making an MVP after going to Codecademy.

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