peteevans

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by peteevans 9y ago
In a lot of business code reviews are compulsory (or at least some sort of inspection) and often required for accreditation. There is often a convenient change set from version control tools such as SVN/GIT etc that can be used to defi
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by peteevans 9y ago
I'd say yes and no. Given that way that a lot of HR departments just seem to run a keyword search for jobs and this often hits languages. This can work against you. If the cool stuff is relevant then that will be good once you get past
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by peteevans 9y ago
Depends what you are looking for (project management tools doesn't narrow it down much) but Trello is often seen as the competition to JIRA which seems to be used extensively in more 'old school' businesses.
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by peteevans 9y ago
Too narrow a specialisation as evidenced by the difficulty in finding jobs. However, if it's something you enjoy then stick with it and add complementary skills. Add in linux kernel/driver development (double up and you can volunt
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by peteevans 9y ago
Physical stuff: Make sure you get enough exercise and sleep, check your diet is balanced and reduce caffeine and alcohol. Mental: Try to work out what is distracting you and get it done or eliminate it. Technology: It's yours to use so
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by peteevans 9y ago
House below is a great idea! otherwise email replacement. Really it's 2017 and we're still stuck in the dark ages, there has to be better way!
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by peteevans 9y ago
As a fellow programmer, I'd saying dancing is good physical without seeming like it, if you find the right place it can be really social and you mix with the non-nerds which is nice in breaking the geek-perspective (or back to reality)
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by peteevans 9y ago
As mentioned by others lubuntu and xubuntu are fairly lightweight and I've used ubuntu variants on netbooks in the past and where reasonably fast. From ubuntu server you should be able to install the different desktops anyway, but seem