rcd2

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by rcd2 8mo ago
My father had one up until very recently. He now has a Citroen Berlingo (I think it’s this model). Rural Portugal by the way.
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by rcd2 1y ago
Portugal also has a bit of the culture of working long hours. People joke when you leave at 6pm/7pm and ask “are you taking the afternoon off?”. We also have the “manager + 5 minutes” rule to leave work. Most of the time, when I worked
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by rcd2 3y ago
My son was born with TEF/EA (TOF/OA in the UK) and needed a 4 hour surgery when he was 2 days old. The days before the surgery and the following month while he was incubated were agonising in ways I can’t even describe. Even thoug
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by rcd2 3y ago
What is wrong with me? I always think the other way around. I *know* that I’ll get into some rabbit holes along the way and stuff like that.
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by rcd2 4y ago
> What would be the worst thing that could happen if you did ask again? Would you get fired? It's about "reputation" and about what your peers think of you. I feel that how others perceive is very important for career prog
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by rcd2 4y ago
I think I know of a particular situation that might have led him to give that piece of feedback. To be fair I think we're both to blame.
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by rcd2 4y ago
Thanks for this advice. I think this is very pragmatic and actionable.
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by rcd2 4y ago
Yes :D it is. My "big picture" was not so big. It's just to get enough context to do my "mundane" work well. I forgot to say that I'm only a mid-level engineer. For instance, to give good opinions/high-lev
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by rcd2 4y ago
Thanks! Good advice here.
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by rcd2 4y ago
I think you're onto something here. Yeah, Feynman is a good source of wisdom. He has other nuggets of wisdom I like (for instance, "You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish.").
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by rcd2 4y ago
> I'll do this many times throughout my day if I don't already know the answer. If you are feeling afraid to feel "dumb", I don't know exactly how to force it, but you need to have a moment where you accept the f
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by rcd2 4y ago
You're right here. I don't. And maybe my perception that everybody else seems to know everything that's going on around them is just biased by my own fears. I don't know...
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How do you avoid missing the big picture at work?
19 points by rcd2 4y ago|29 comments
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by rcd2 4y ago
This is very interesting advice. Sometimes just the writing things down helps us clarify my thoughts (like before we post a question here or on SO).
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by rcd2 4y ago
Thanks, that makes sense. However, sometimes it looks like some of the best engineer's I've worked with can get work done even before technology gets popular enough to have courses :) Also, it can sometimes be hard to create sandb
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How do you get things done when working on something unfamiliar?
5 points by rcd2 4y ago|5 comments
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by rcd2 4y ago
Thank you, this is a very useful answer. I will check your videos out for sure.
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by rcd2 4y ago
Interesting point of view, thanks.
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by rcd2 4y ago
Thanks. I found an article about it and it looks like a interesting read.
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by rcd2 4y ago
This is very interesting. I need to try your ideas. Thanks!
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by rcd2 4y ago
Only Kent Beck’s one, but honestly I might need to revisit it (I only vaguely remember how he approached the two examples on the book). If you have other suggestions of books you found insightful please let me know. Thanks!
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Ask HN: Seriously, how do you TDD?
68 points by rcd2 4y ago|85 comments