rdrimmie

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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I think imposter syndrome ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome ) contributes, and a grim view of prospects combined with lack of knowledge on how to find jobs. If all you're doing is reading monster.com postings or whatever then
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I've been doing a lot of geo-related work lately and confounding latitude and longitude was a regular source of logic errors. Only useful for North America, but my mnemonic for lat/lng is "latitude has a positive attitude". It doesn't neces
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Dropbox has the advantage of being the go-to solution for crossplatform developers. If I write a native app for iOS, Android and Windows Phone and OS X and Windows and want the data easily portable across all of them Dropbox is the obvious
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I don't think it's just a function of time. 3-5 questions could easily take 30 minutes to answer. A phone call is just such a larger imposition than email (for many). No time to think a solid response through, research your answer, start af
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Possibly useful personal experience: I had sell-out.com registered for about 10 years. For the past five years it pointed to a stale blog. I was contacted about a month ago by a company that wanted it, and they offered $1000 US, which I rap
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
It creates a great path for employees to follow as well. You know exactly what you need to demonstrate to make it to the next level. Steve McConnell (or more accurately, I suppose, Construx) with the Professional Development Ladder ( http:/
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I'm the dumbfuck that originally posted the 160 hours number. The only thing I'll say in my defence is that it was written in October 2008, two years ago. It certainly didn't take into consideration the many hours of development that have b
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
For much of last century, when the legend of the Gillette model originated, razors were not plastic.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I love the conflict. I guarantee you that my answer has changed since becoming a father, too. A bit of indulgent nit-pickery: My first inclination would just be to move the younger tree. It wouldn't add significant costs to the investment o
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Several independent game developers do this without the payback system. World of Goo and Machinarium are two examples of games available through all sorts of bundle packages and pay-what-you-like experiments. They're also examples of develo
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
http://metafilter.com
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Marco also notes that the app has to contend with the user's expectation of what it should do. Which might not have any basis in reality. If an app doesn't do what a user expects, regardless of where that expectation originates, it earns th
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
There's also a lot of python-specific new developer knowledge out there, like the python version of How to Think Like a Computer Scientist ( http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ ).
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Sounds more like an advisor than a cofounder. I'd look into typical advisor compensation and go at it from that angle.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I'm a big fan of this book. It's one of the rare technical books that is so well-written that it's a great read regardless of whether or not you're actually trying to use the technology.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
The same principle of 'temperature matters'. Some things are better cold.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I don't know where you are, but one thing I'm noticing a lot of in this part of the world (Southern Ontario) is local, outsourced IT companies. GeekSquad, sort of, but independent generalists. You can help people figure out their desktop co
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Be the parent you want to be. A lot of people are going to talk about what the best way to raise a kid is, but you are going to know your kid better than all of them, so do what is right for your family. Dote on your wife. Give her a foot r
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
http://ask.metafilter.com prevents eternal september by intentionally making the sign-up process slightly difficult. Rough interface and a $5 fee for new accounts.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I know several people want hide their last names at conferences for privacy issues, and printing it small makes it easier. Doing the same for one's company also seems practical if you're concerned.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I disagree with the work ethic point, but I do think it's interesting and instead of both of us speculating would love to see some actual data. There are a ton of dumbass people out there chugging away at grinding jobs to stay alive, and a
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Hyperbole like "May spell the end of ..." immediately makes me dismiss that which is being discussed, same as 'x killer'. That said, I like this idea. I have speculated on using a Surface for the same purpose and I think - especially when I
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
This month you spent $100 on food, $300 on utilities including Internet access, and $60 on gas. Then we charged you $19.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Apple has long expressed that if you do not wish to be bound by the App Store's rules, use HTML5. "Creating a version of Pac-Man that runs nicely on the iPhone without App Store approval" is by no means a jab, subtle or otherwise, at Apple.
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
A related data point is the Humble Indie Bundle, which is a pay-anything (including $.01) software bundle that is experiencing fairly heavy levels of piracy. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2010/05/humble-bundle-giv...
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
I think python, but of the three I only have first-hand experience in it and php. I think it depends on what languages you currently know, and which of them is the most different. I started learning PHP in 2001, coming from web development
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by rdrimmie 16y ago
Filling in a vendor's niche is about as old a business model as vendors and there has always, always, always been the risk of being replaced by a built-in solution. It's got nothing to do with the vendors being hostile nor is it even remote
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by rdrimmie 17y ago
My father spent about 40 years managing a lab in a University and as soon as he was retired participated in starting a business doing the exact same thing. For one thing, the layers of red tape disappeared completely and instead of wrestlin
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by rdrimmie 17y ago
Almost all founder agreements - especially one signed by Cringley who has a lot of experience - is going to have ways for the board to get rid of a founder. Either outright firing, or a buy-out or something. Just because a founder, for exam
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by rdrimmie 17y ago
It should absolutely be off by default. The way these things spread is one tweet that is your message, then the next tweet that says "sorry I didn't mean to post that". Just make a button or a checkbox that says "Tweet this" and lots of peo

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