rickdangerous1

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by rickdangerous1 16y ago
I so guess all these years of exfiltrating military design secrets from the West has finally paid off.
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by rickdangerous1 16y ago
No conditions at all.
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by rickdangerous1 16y ago
It would be rather interesting if the google folks involved in this could provide their side of the story. Just wishful thinking of course...but maybe someone from HN could try asking the question...
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by rickdangerous1 16y ago
"(2) Get used to the fact that this event will place a layer of friction...." wow, thank you for that. If I had the ability, I'd vote this up.
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by rickdangerous1 16y ago
Theres quitting for the right reasons and quitting for the wrong reasons. If you quit your project make sure you do it for the right reasons, otherwise you'll regret it later when your perspective is brighter. This may be a situation where
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by rickdangerous1 16y ago
roger that.
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by rickdangerous1 16y ago
When you ask someone to stand at a whiteboard and write code with a pen you're asking them to demonstrate being able to write pseudo code with a pen. If you need that skill at your company go ahead and interview that way. Most software acti
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
Why not use your German-ness to your advantage? How about www.crowdmasse.com ?? Masse is an ok word for english speakers because we have "mass" and "masses" so we can 'say' it in our heads without trouble.
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
okay. I'll keep my money.
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
I take it that you don't ship to the rest of the world?
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
Well I tried this approach with my IT career. I avoided the high cost college fees by relying on commercial programming courses and my work experience (started on help desks and now I'm an independant software development consultant). I als
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
What I've noticed over the years is that having awareness or an insight into a personality quirk or character defect or whatever you call it, doesn't automatically change it or fix it. And I've often made the mistake of thinking, 'if I coul
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
There is something about this that irks me. I'm sure that once a person has secured their twinkling place in the startup firmament, it is gratifying to look down on the all the posers/wantrepreneurs/nontrepreneurs as lesser beings... Not e
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
The IT industry is ahead of the curve on this one. Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail have been opening their data for days now...
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
I agree with you about the medicalization of depression. The unspoken boogey man behind this is that the professionals say this kind of thing in the belief that medicalization is a lesser evil than the prospect of young people killing thems
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
As a 30 something man with corporate career, a wife, child, house and mortgage I say do it. Do it now before you have something to lose. Doing something like what you're propose, you may find a life path that you could never of dreamed of.
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
in a word. Fear. fear that if i don't execute this well, I won't be able to feed my family. The best case is a combination of enjoying the work (carrot) and fear of failure (stick). If I'm not enjoying the work then I just focus on the (sti
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
I'm in the similar situation as you (OP). My high school education was interrupted quite badly and 13 years after graduating I lack confidence in my comp sci endeavors because my maths sucks so bad. I'd be interested to hear of any hackers
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by rickdangerous1 17y ago
Depending on the severity of what you're dealing with, work can be a refuge from life problems. It sure was for me when I was going through hell a couple of years ago. After I'd have a guts full of sitting around hospital waiting rooms fee