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by readme 13y ago
You can do contract work if you want. It's what I do. Like others are saying it is harder. In the UK, I am not sure, but here it means you're responsible for more stuff. We have to buy our own health insurance policies or go without, for ex
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by readme 13y ago
This. I am constantly asked when driving, sometimes walking, "why don't you go" -- the answer is "I'm waiting to see that everyone else has stopped first!" The same is true when crossing through an intersection in your car. Someone rolling
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by readme 13y ago
A better question: Is python really any better than JavaScript? Sure, it has advantages here and there. But there are things I like about JavaScript that are better than python. For example, having anonymous functions that are more than a
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by readme 13y ago
Interesting. I think we can agree the alternative is the wrong choice, though. Shouldn't have assumed the law was sound in this area... Given that it's not usually sound in any..
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by readme 13y ago
"Responsible disclosure" shouldn't be up to a financial incentive. It's up to the law and basic ethics. The real choice is between a 4.5k bonus or a subpoena. If you want to try the other path, go ahead....
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by readme 13y ago
Having someone make you a latte is definitely worth the two pounds, and a tip, as well. People might think coffee is cheap? Sure, what is not cheap is the person who has to make you a bespoke beverage every morning. Plus milk. Plus it's not
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by readme 13y ago
$4.5k for spec work isn't that bad. They could've paid $0. With that said, I keep my facebook account only for testing applications.
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by readme 13y ago
I could write a big essay and I almost did, but I'll shorten it. The world will never be open source. But, lots of awesome tools, libraries, programming languages, and servers, are. Get a job working on web applications, because you'll get
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by readme 13y ago
Not constructive is often the reason given when a question is subjective. SO is not meant for subjective questions. It's specifically for problems encountered while trying to accomplish some goal. I've been on SO for a while and have a goo
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by readme 13y ago
Malice and incompetence are equally dangerous and harmful.
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by readme 13y ago
> Stupid, yes. But I think it is likely that the school has a real legal barrier to sharing the survey. It could be. It could also be that the people who dreamed up this survey saw that legal barrier as a convenience. You can administer
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by readme 13y ago
The credential is good for things other than getting a job. It can help you emigrate to another country, as well as enroll in a master's or phd program.
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by readme 13y ago
I agree with most of your reasons as well. Especially the first one. Many people might think they're all set because they made it without a degree. An economic downturn could put them on the street and their resume in the trash any day.
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by readme 13y ago
That's why I'm going back to college. Frankly, you can do it the way he did. There are some pros and cons to that. Pros: * Cost $0 * Flexible Cons: * Probably more difficult than going to college. * You do it alone.
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by readme 13y ago
timtowtdi!
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by readme 13y ago
With experience, you will know where you need to put a little extra effort in to avoid having to rewrite it later because it's too slow. Also, test your app with LOTS of data. Even during early development. A slow algorithm/query will becom
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by readme 13y ago
>Things like not knowing what SQL injection is, not knowing what version control is, never having heard of unit tests, etc. These things are more commonly learned in the field than in school. When people don't know, teach. Don't sit the
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by readme 13y ago
You've read the page for prospective clients. We give clients the option to have a developer with that level of responsiveness. Client and developer arrangements are mutual, and not all clients require developers to respond within 3 hours o
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by readme 13y ago
I've found many high quality clients through TopTal. Please use my referral link: http://www.toptal.com/?ref=35 Quick facts about us: everyone is really cool. You get to work with top notch clients. All the developers who work with us are
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by readme 13y ago
Man, I'm glad to read some anti-social login stuff, as I personally do not like everyone depending on FB. I've read articles on tech crunch which say to ONLY have facebook logins for MVP, which made me cringe. However, the key thing to real
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by readme 13y ago
Awesome project. I will be using it. Although I have to second others.. It'd be nice to choose my exercises.
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by readme 13y ago
That's why I disassociated my real name from my HN account. I realized I'd posted opinions using this account. I own my .com and have some stuff on there. I tend not to post strong opinions under my real name anymore. Though, there are a fe
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by readme 13y ago
> but I feel as though I've invested too much time and energy to bail now. Sunken cost principle. Basic psychology is keeping you in a place you shouldn't be. Every day you'll have invested more,and it will only exacerbrate the issue. Y
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by readme 13y ago
@dylan -- no kidding, that's why my comment says "With respect to her punishment"
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by readme 13y ago
You mean, aside from the one being empirical, and the other just being a pyrotechnics demo? It makes no difference with respect to her punishment. It was unfair no matter what. I'm just pointing out the technicality.
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by readme 13y ago
OK, well call it what it really is then: a science demonstration .
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by readme 13y ago
Dude, everyone starts somewhere. She was 16 year old honor student when she did this. With the interest and aptitude she will go somewhere. You or your friends didn't do anything destructive in high school and get away with it? I did...
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by readme 13y ago
Yes. Maybe you'd have to take some remedial courses first though. SNHU offers B.S. in CS online. http://www.snhu.edu/ There is nothing in CS that requires your physical presence in a lecture hall to learn.
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by readme 13y ago
This is why you can't depend on such a middleman to run your business. You need to set up your own shop and focus all your efforts there. I understand etsy was probably generating a lot of sales for you, but this is the reality of depending

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