povertyworld

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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   Well, if people are really concerned about this they could always trying hiring American developers with 0-3 years experience, and giving a chance to developers without STEM degrees, or degrees at all. This article still reinforces the idea
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   I think the real reason programming interviews have become torturous is to discourage people from changing jobs. It's a kind of unspoken anti-poaching agreement.
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   That sounded bad. If programming becomes illegal, I'll focus on graphic design. Short of a bolshevik style coup, they won't be able to ban that in the United States.
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   Programming is the last decent job that doesn't have a bunch of artificial barriers to entry put up to protect privileged people from competition from the industrious poor. The day I need a license from the government to own a compiler
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   It's amazing what a living wage job will do for people.
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   Is there any other industry where people have to put up with this nonsense from hiring managers? You'd think a $100k javascript job was a partner at Goldman Sachs the way these guys talk about it.
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   I think you're confusing Udemy with Udacity. I think this confusion is common, and probably not helping Udacity much.
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   Woah, where are they selling these $12 tech books? I just blew like 50$ on Manning's half-off sale ordering prerelease books. There was nothing below $40.
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   by povertyworld 8y ago

   By behavior I mean not doing the class work.
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    by povertyworld 8y ago

    Anecdata, but this was my experience. I have a November birthday, and the school district in Massachusetts gave my parents the option of having me start a year younger than everyone or wait a year. My parents opted to send me to school a ye
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    by povertyworld 8y ago

    I'm no longer interested in a paid developer role.
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    by povertyworld 8y ago

    No.
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    by povertyworld 8y ago

    I think the point of Udacity, or at least why I did Udacity, is to get some kind of credential to get past HR gatekeepers (which did not work). I didn't do it to learn. I already taught myself Swift and iOS, and I'm sure I could h
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    by povertyworld 8y ago

    I did the Android nanodegree, and have never had so much as an interview. I think people's success after Udacity is largely determined by their educational background before Udacity. For example, the article is ambiguous about whether
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    by povertyworld 8y ago

    That's because undocumented workers live in undocumented housing which is to say illegally subdivided dwellings that people who aren't part of that community will not have access to even if they wanted to live in a fire trap.
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    by povertyworld 8y ago

    >in 3 years, you can: Learn TensorFlow. Publish an AI paper. Beat state of the art on a few datasets. As a low income indie dev without the academic credentials to get past HR gatekeepers for stable full time work, I can't help but
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    by povertyworld 9y ago

    I usually just skim HN for links, but I this article and had to make an account. I've been making about 15k a year about the last five years. I live in a major metropolitan area. The section I live in is finally getting hit hard and fa