mrcold

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by mrcold 11y ago
- Work on becoming self-suficient. Don't rely on a job. - Jobs are just a means to an end. Not the main part of your life. - Stress is never worth the moments of happiness it creates. Hard work is. - Put yourself through hell. You will
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by mrcold 11y ago
Except we are talking about the English language. And it does have rules, they are called grammar. Plus, you're using the bandwagon fallacy. Just because a lot of people do it doesn't make it right.
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by mrcold 11y ago
SQL is an initialism for Structured Query Language . So the correct pronunciation is "s-q-l". Acronyms have a natural flow and can be read as is (NASA, LASER etc.). Initialisms do not and must be read one letter at a time. Gramma
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by mrcold 12y ago
Read this type of threads or reddit's /r/programming. The number of interviewers claiming "it's a simple 5 minutes problem" is disheartening. People get bored easily. Especially when they already know the sol
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by mrcold 12y ago
Quick question. How often do you solve Fibonacci in your production code? It doesn't seem like a problem a software business would encounter very often. And if it's not encountered on the job, I don't really see why it's
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by mrcold 12y ago
I did a code project as a test once. Mostly out of desperation to find a job quickly. And it taught me to refuse and ignore any work-at-home tests, no matter what they are. Either you look me in the eye and we talk like men about software d
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by mrcold 12y ago
You ask for 3 years experience in building software. That's not someone at the beginning of his career, it's mid-level. And a quick google search shows that the average for C# developers in Dublin is €45,000. So your competitive s
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by mrcold 12y ago
You touched the exact reason I don't use stackoverflow careers. Everybody there expects higher quality developers and all of them offer a "competitive salary". Why would I waste my time applying. If you want better quality, o
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by mrcold 12y ago
The lack of positive comments would work great. Because the people posting jobs would get feedback from their target audience. Currently employers just post a lot of jobs and are left wondering why they can't find skilled people. They
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by mrcold 12y ago
Caffeine makes me impatient and neurotic. So I drink non-caffeinated tea instead. Sugar demolishes me. I'm useless on a sugar high. I compensate with fiber and fat so I can use the energy. Alcohol , I hate how it makes me feel. An
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by mrcold 12y ago
Particle physics. Simulate air movement, the weather, chemical reactions etc.
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by mrcold 12y ago
Make it profitable to share your findings. Currently if you discover or understand something new, there are no easy ways you can benefit from it. You can't build a product because you don't have the money. You can't sell it t
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by mrcold 12y ago
Build a product in an area you haven't worked before, but interests you. Worst case scenario you learn some new things. Best case, you won't need a job because your product takes off as a business.
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by mrcold 12y ago
Small companies are a lot like limbo. Because everything is both good and bad at the same time. Flat hierarchy . Great because you're in the middle of things. Easily talk with the CEO/CTO, make decisions that matter and change th
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by mrcold 12y ago
I haven't heard of any successful company that started like this. Websites like cofounderslab are mostly wishful thinking. People create a profile in the hopes that somebody with a lot of money and time will come and give them an amazi
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by mrcold 12y ago
Enterprise salesmen. Real capitalistic business deals are made on the golf course or at an expensive dinner paid by somebody else. Why target the users when you can target their bosses. Convince a corporate CEO to switch to Slack and you su
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by mrcold 12y ago
We need to learn from Hollywood. Always get a share of the profit off the top. Any other kind of profit sharing is not worth it.
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by mrcold 12y ago
It's an European law: http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm Websites that use cookies in any way must prompt the user about it.
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by mrcold 12y ago
Art is subjective. Structure is forever. The first statement is indeed nice and elegant. A small work of art from a coding perspective. However, maintaining in the future will be a pain in the ass. Because art is the eye of the beholder. An
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by mrcold 12y ago
Never accept the counter-offer. Nothing will change. You will just get some extra cash at the end of the month.
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by mrcold 12y ago
Leave and sell the data if you can do it legally. That's what the business owners would do if it would make them some extra cash. Empty promises are usually a sign of deep trouble. And people that make them create very toxic environmen
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by mrcold 12y ago
Which industries do this? A day or more of tests seems excessive to simply determine skill for a given job. The candidates that go through it must be pretty desperate.
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by mrcold 12y ago
> It's not hard to make your content responsive to the viewers screen size. There are dozens of screen configurations and at least four different browsers you need to prepare for. If it would be easy, people would do it. But when
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by mrcold 12y ago
Changing everything just to satisfy a small group of people is never a good idea. Especially when the majority is affected in a bad way. > I'll just parrot what people have been saying to people with visual impairment for very many
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by mrcold 12y ago
With text all you need is a name and a list of ingredients. The customer's imagination does the rest. In his mind, he will see the perfect dish, especially if he is hungry. If you use photos, you need a professional photographer with a
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by mrcold 12y ago
> I have seen more than 10 or 15 cases of developers who were hired to develop and evolve a product and get "bored" after they learn the new tech that brought them to the company/project My guess is that those developers
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by mrcold 12y ago
Best when it comes to skills. Equal when it comes to pay, benefits and professional relationship. That's how most companies see it anyway.
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by mrcold 12y ago
I was in his shoes and decided to leave. And there were only two things I wanted in order to stay: 1. Skin in the game. Equity, profit sharing, guaranteed monthly bonus based on performance. Doesn't really matter as long as we share. B
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by mrcold 12y ago
Congratulations. Today you figured out that startup accelerators, incubators, hubs, conferences and hackathons are just businesses trying to make money out of your enthusiasm and efforts. They don't do it out of the goodness of their h
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by mrcold 12y ago
I would be happy too if I was a freelancer working from home. Try cutting your income in half and going every day to an office to answer to a manager dumber than you. See how much you like it then.

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