pragmatic

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   by pragmatic 7y ago

   I would love to hear more about your work history. You were a coder and now a waiter?
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   by pragmatic 7y ago

   No burnout when you are dead? What is a good alternative to capitalist production that doesn't involve slave labor and or millions of deaths?
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   by pragmatic 7y ago

   My boss had a very simple test he does. 1) create a very small web API 2) CLI the frontend spa of your choice Just toy examples with some in memory data and filtering Time boxed to an hour. No crazy puzzles. Just demonstrate you can do the
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   by pragmatic 7y ago

   I guess it's Microsoft.
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   by pragmatic 8y ago

   My favorite game to restart constantly, second only to Civ itself.
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   by pragmatic 8y ago

   Were you able to monetize the Roku browser?
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   by pragmatic 8y ago

   Same. My wife does it so she talked me into it when I switched jobs and had to start work at 8 am. I was miserable. I finally decided just to do the gym on my lunch when possible. Much better.
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   by pragmatic 8y ago

   Use what you know. The technology fashion show continues on at full tilt. PHP, asp.net, node, go, etc. Angular, react, Vue, etc MySQL, sqlserver, postgres, nosql, etc. I've used all of these and more to build systems. I'd stick wi
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   by pragmatic 8y ago

   Can you elaborate on that?
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    by pragmatic 8y ago

    Fellow remote working South Dakotan here. Current employer tried to pull the local salary adjustment. I wasnt interested. In this market I think it's fairly easy to negotiate which I did. Remote is an OK perk, but not worth a massive p
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    by pragmatic 8y ago

    Don't ruin your hearing. You can't listen to music in headphones all day without damaging your hearing. The open pit coding fad is causing an epidemic of hearing damage.
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    1) have decent experience 2) be decent at interviews I've had more than one promising candidate that just blew the phone screen or interview for various reasons. Speak up, don't mumble, don't take the call in a coffee shop or
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    This and/or the org can't find local talent either b/c of pay or reputation. Glassdoor is helpful on both fronts but especially the latter.
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    You don't hate working... right now. What about in a year or ten? What happens when your back is in constant pain from desk work, or your hands are jacked up from years of typing? What about when you're on your fifth language and
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    > become a specialist Any suggestions for a specialization? I've seen a lot of specialities become worthless or at least marginalized. I'd like some examples that stand the test of time. (For tech that's probably 10± years
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    Do I have to pay taxes on the profit I made selling my home? It depends on how long you owned and lived in the home before the sale and how much profit you made. If you owned and lived in the place for two of the five years before the sale,
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    https://blog.botletter.com ?
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    Maybe you should prototype it. https://designingyour.life/the-book/
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    I ended up getting a different Corp job. Wasn't worth the stress. However, I may try something else. If nothing else, I leaned about the things I don't like to do and why.
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    When I left a stable job with good pay and excellent benefits for self employment, I underestimated the costs of buying benefits on par with my old job. Also keep in mind your family may be used to a certain standard of living and paring th
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    Just off the top of my head, shouldn't your net worth be higher? Might need to check your savings rate. The 1.1 from the property sale is great but that sounds more like a lottery win.
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    Yes please. I'll subscribe to your newsletter and buy your program. What's the secret to this amazing life?
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    I'm sorry, but what is the point of this?
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    One notable exception: Farm land.
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    I believe it's humor. The Pinboard creator writes done very good stuff.
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    by pragmatic 9y ago

    Experience > Education? It always blows my mind to see QA or DBA or Sysadmins with great degrees. Maybe that's the job they want OR they got siloed because of their first job.
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    by pragmatic 10y ago

    Hate to ask, but I'd love an invite also: webercj@gmail.com
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    by pragmatic 10y ago

    Because money.
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    by pragmatic 10y ago

    Damn.
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    by pragmatic 10y ago

    I saw the Adieu post at the top of my feed yesterday. I had an empty body. I assumed it was a mispost or he had found an investor or like many of us just got tired of blogging. Then tonight I read the Love post and thought it was rather tou