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by notapenny 5y ago
You're confusing something that's for sale freely with something that's not. Though maybe if you add a few more pounds... But more relevant to the parent's comment; would your bank prevent your from trying to spend that
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by notapenny 5y ago
Strictly its not state since the FCA operates separately from the UK government, but they do have quite some authority in regulating financial markets. So a body regulating the market on behalf of the state is doing the prohibiting. I don&#
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by notapenny 5y ago
One thing that works for me there is music in a language I don't speak. Sure I'll recognise words and will sing along, but I have no idea what I'm saying anyway so its actually not that distracting.
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by notapenny 5y ago
I mostly just listen to rain sounds, its super relaxing and it doesn't distract me as much as when "a good song" comes along. Though its a bit odd when its sunny, but it works.
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by notapenny 5y ago
I've used that approach for both front-end and back-end development as well and it works quite nicely. Its really useful to have something where you don't need to worry about any sort of design/what/how to build and can
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by notapenny 5y ago
I'm from the Netherlands and its an option that's quite common for companies that have 36 hour work weeks; 1) take Friday afternoon off (or Wednesday if you're children are off from school) 2) have a full day off once every o
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by notapenny 5y ago
This is anecdotal of course, but I've addressed people as Sir and have been addressed that way it's always in a friendly way. Usually it's just a sign of respect, you may think they're mocking you but they might just see
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by notapenny 6y ago
Totally agree with this. If you see someone who's better at something than you are, go up to them and ask if they are willing to spend some time with you working on a topic. You'd be surprised how many people would love to help ou
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by notapenny 6y ago
Depends on the path right? If its backend/systems related yes it may require you to write actual code and the person may still feel out of his depth. But there are areas in front-end for example where writing testcafe/cypress stuf
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by notapenny 6y ago
First off it sucks that you feel this way, but its a good thing you are aware of your short-comings and what you feel you want to improve on. You can definitely be a PM, most I know have no coding experience. Its an entirely different skill
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by notapenny 6y ago
I've read both SICP and CTMCP and would recommend the latter as a first read. Sure the language it teaches in is not practical, but I actually found that to take away the distractions of reading a book in whatever your target language
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by notapenny 6y ago
I wouldn't call it unfair, but if you're giving the candidate the option to solve a problem in their language of choice, you may run into this. You can either constrain the problem (we work with languages X, Y Z, so pick either of
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by notapenny 6y ago
Poor little Hans was brought up with the most self defeating advice he could've gotten. Do yourself a favour and don't do the same thing. Sure you won't pick up a language from mostly just hearing it like when you were a litt
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by notapenny 6y ago
I was 36 when I quit my corporate finance job, took a year off and learned to program, so yes, you can. Tips? - Make a plan, when are you starting, what do you want to have accomplished in year 1, 2, 3. Commit to it. - Make a financial plan
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by notapenny 6y ago
Ex-finance guy here, though I went against the grain and didn't go for financial companies, trying to stay close to where you came from is a solid strategy. Especially if you have some sort of business experience and a level of maturit
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by notapenny 6y ago
Expected by people themselves. Learn your fundamentals, get basic proficiency in maybe 1 or 2 frameworks and you're done. People drive themselves mad thinking they need to know everything. Most of "everything" is irrelevant,
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by notapenny 6y ago
The live reload was so nice. Just click the icon and go, out of the box. It was also so fast it frequently made me forget I was typing in the html file and not on some content page directly.
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by notapenny 6y ago
Ok, I concede. I was being a grouch yesterday :D
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by notapenny 6y ago
I suppose I'm becoming old and grumpy but I'm with the one guy who "requested changes". Go outside. What a waste of people's time just because you can't read two words without thinking about a video game.
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by notapenny 6y ago
It's pretty much the same for me, then again I also didn't have a cent to spend on anything at that age. Even if I would've gotten a small allowance, I wouldn't have been able to buy the volume of stuff I was pirating. A
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by notapenny 6y ago
I treat Netflix/Primevideo/Hulu & friends like this. It takes a bit of thinking but I usually have only one subscription at a time and cancel as soon as I close in on the end of whatever show I'm watching, then re-subscri
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by notapenny 6y ago
Don't try to persuade people. Most people don't want to be persuaded. Get people to think and think about your own views. You may find either of you are wrong, or both, or neither, but you may learn something.
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by notapenny 6y ago
That last sentence is what's critical to having decent conversation with people in general. You may think their opinion/point is wrong or they might just completely misunderstand a topic, but give them the benefit of the doubt. If
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by notapenny 6y ago
I suppose you're being sarcastic but I certainly have met people with this attitude. Sometimes its not explicit or intentional either, just the lack of time/importance from the business side of things that creates a situation wher
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by notapenny 6y ago
In my experience yes and I use it myself as well, but with care. Optional parameters are a thing so when you're doing something like the author describe, you need to consider that your function is quietly receiving these parameters but
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by notapenny 6y ago
The thing is, most of that flexibility or any of the things that could be considered quirks/flaws of the language have been around for a long time and probably will be due to browser compatibility issues. It isn't great, but it is
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by notapenny 6y ago
I wouldn't agree they're a bad habit either, but only when used with care. Types like T, and K, V might be as clear to most people as i and j in array operations. Your example is clear enough because the signature is simple, but i
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by notapenny 6y ago
According to the login page for the system it works in FF, Safari and Edge as well. I suppose "only Chrome" is more accurately "if it works in Chrome, it'll run in everything but IE". Still makes me wonder why thoug
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by notapenny 6y ago
Just because people are replying to your take, doesn't mean they are narcissists. Its possible to look at an argument and engage it without being triggered. People that disagree with you are not automatically x-ists. Though it sure is
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by notapenny 6y ago
I don't think it would be a "whatever" choice personally. I didn't take the survey this year, but other years you had to explicitly specify what your level of interest/satisfaction with a particular technology was.

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