poletopole

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   by poletopole 9y ago

   I used to have a complex formula, but now that I'm older I realize how much of an investment starting any business is. Now it just boils down to the question of if I want to spend the next 10 years of my life on an "idea".
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   by poletopole 9y ago

   Usually the work sample is something simple that doesn't take longer than a day or two. Many interviews that don't do work samples can go on longer than that and accomplish nothing. I was hired after doing a work sample that took
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   by poletopole 9y ago

   Finding your life's work is the hardest part I think. Once you solve that the rest is easy.
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   by poletopole 10y ago

   Buy a voice recorder for meetings. I used to do a lot of handwritten notes on my iPad as well.
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   by poletopole 10y ago

   Same here. It clicked when I saw the dolphin.
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   by poletopole 10y ago

   I've tried Asana, Trello, Basecamp, and JIRA as well. JIRA's issue IDs are worth it alone for me. I use them to name git branches. The one thing I miss about Asana was infinitely nestable tasks. Trello was a mess and Basecamp was
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   by poletopole 10y ago

   I don't have a graduate degree, few do in your typical software company that's not a household name. However, employers are very interested in personal projects and want to know what you gained from building them. Professional exp
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   by poletopole 10y ago

   Three cups of coffee and maybe four diet cokes.
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   by poletopole 10y ago

   I would suggest just taking classes you're interested in your first year of college to find the intersection of what you excel in and what you're interested in doing. The downside is you lose a year, but at least there's less
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    by poletopole 10y ago

    Pick the top X programmers and pay them to perform a small but real job that's characteristic of your company in a serial fashion. If the first programmer does a good job, there's no need to bother with the rest. Sometimes the bes
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    by poletopole 10y ago

    Not sure if this will help anyone out there, but learn how to take notes efficiently first. Learning a markup language helps a lot. Be very selective when choosing a book; don't hesitate to throw away a crappy book. Avoid books geared
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    by poletopole 10y ago

    I didn't need to understand everything about asyncio to use it successfully. It's definitely a lifesaver when it comes to making lots of requests; hours of waiting turn into seconds.
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    by poletopole 10y ago

    That's why I never deploy on Fridays. For me, for everyone else.