qodeninja

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by qodeninja 12y ago
It sounds like you're on track to be a very excellent project manager. Instead of engineering, you might consider being a technical project leader. Looking back I'm shocked at how much I've learned, and if I had to do it all
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by qodeninja 12y ago
I wrote this almost subconsciously with my mind vomitting words. I'm glad it makes sense to you, but take another look I added stuffs. Algorithms is a big part of it because it alone forms the major basis of why you write code a certai
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by qodeninja 12y ago
I always used to tell people I'm an artist impersonating an engineer. I've never really felt like an engineer - let alone a good engineer. But I will never call myself a developer -- more on that in a minute. Over the years, I mus
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by qodeninja 12y ago
Nice in theory.
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by qodeninja 12y ago
Nexus
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by qodeninja 12y ago
I agree completely. It's hard to generalize though, you can find engineers for just about any stack with the right price points.
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by qodeninja 12y ago
Engineering, depending on the discipline, is on the scale of 140-200k right now, which translates to $80-$100/hr Also don't try to force traditional business rules like 9a-5pm hours, most engineers tend to have flexible hours, be
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by qodeninja 12y ago
Stack and tools dont attract strong developers. Salary and work-life balance does.
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by qodeninja 12y ago
Pay them a Silicon Valley salary, or you can hire someone from SF that loves LA, like me. I wish there were better paying tech jobs in LA. I'd go in a heartbeat. The biggest problem with wanna-be LA tech companies is that they havent f
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by qodeninja 12y ago
Location: San Francisco, CA Remote: Nope Willing to relocate: Los Angeles, CA Level : Architect / Senior Technologies: Javascript (NodeJS/Angular/jQuery), HTML5/CSS3/SVG, Android/Java, PHP, Perl, MySQL, Mongo,
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by qodeninja 14y ago
Amen to this. I love my work-life balance, more than I like start-ups. I also hate stock options. I can't pay my rent with stock options.
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by qodeninja 14y ago
In my experience some of these things are self-reinforcing; alcoholism can lead to ADHD and Depression, which can lead to social anxiety. The problem with alcoholism is the havoc it unleashes on your body's natural chemistry and metabolism
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by qodeninja 14y ago
One of my favorite thoughts for this year: "EVERYONE is faking it" I've read this thought a few times throughout the year and it really stuck with me. I frequently think to myself: "why is all this stuff (work, life, bills, relationships) s
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by qodeninja 14y ago
America really is a bonkers place to live, but what can you do? My friends frequently joke that everyone in blue states should move to red states and take them over! I recycle, walk to work, and don't leave the lights on!