rongenre

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   by rongenre 10y ago

   Understand basic accounting. At least the difference between profit and cost centers. Be the former.
2. 212.▲
   by rongenre 10y ago

   Twitter could have suspended his account.
3. 213.▲
   by rongenre 11y ago

   This could be symbolic, given that LNKD's IPO was one of the first big events of the current boom. Opened at $119 I think.
4. 214.▲
   by rongenre 11y ago

   SequelPro is OK, but the current bug with not rendering bit fields correctly is killing me right now.
5. 215.▲
   by rongenre 11y ago

   I use time machine w/ 2 drives. One will always fail, but probably not 2 at the same time.
6. 216.▲
   by rongenre 11y ago

   What I've noticed in tech is that the further you are from the [being polite] demographic core -- the better you need to be. In the context of this discussion, there's room for you as an older employee, but the way it seems to wor
7. 217.▲
   by rongenre 12y ago

   Software Engineer since the early 90's, programming since the early 80's. Because I'm not smart enough to be a mathematician.
8. 218.▲
   by rongenre 12y ago

   There's one in San Francisco at 180 Montgomery. I've never used it. http://sfist.com/2014/09/15/sf_gets_its_first_bitcoin_atm_at...
9. 219.▲
   by rongenre 12y ago

   ITT: But my teacher was mean to me.
10. 220.▲
    by rongenre 12y ago

    We've used screenhero (now part of slack).
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    by rongenre 12y ago

    The problem with working in the Midwest is: what do I do if the job I have goes under. In a tech hub I can be lining up interesting interviews in a few days.
12. 222.▲
    by rongenre 12y ago

    My "One Trick" is reasoning. I think I'm safe.
13. 223.▲
    by rongenre 12y ago

    I'm signed up for https://www.coursera.org/course/introtoelectronics Starts in late March.
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    by rongenre 12y ago

    Late December 2000, 2nd and Folsom in SF was completely full of BizDev types talking into their cell phones. Around April 2001, pink slip parties were still happening, but people were getting nervous. VC funding had completely shut off, I
15. 225.▲
    by rongenre 12y ago

    Congrats, nice to see entrepreneurs in A^2.
16. 226.▲
    by rongenre 13y ago

    Yes -- 4th time at a startup, first time as a cofounder. Marketing Analytics SaaS business.
17. 227.▲
    by rongenre 13y ago

    I've been using pass for over a year and am really happy with it, particularly the part which keeps passwords in sync over multiple machines. No mishaps so far. My default behavior with new sites now is to just let pass generate a sec
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    by rongenre 13y ago

    I started my professional career doing Smalltalk in the early 90's. The experience of development as a conversation in which I persuade a system to behave was really formative. In a lot of ways, I'm still programming in Smalltalk
19. 229.▲
    by rongenre 13y ago

    Wow, very cool: http://play.golang.org/p/1X6UljMqpD
20. 230.▲
    by rongenre 13y ago

    I really like this -- I'd spend some time making it pretty when I post funny cards to FB [the thumbnail doesn't look great].
21. 231.▲
    by rongenre 13y ago

    I grew out my [male] hair from when I started in the valley at 22 to about 35, when it became too much of a pain. It started out as ego, but progressed to being a low-pass filter for people I'd have issues with.
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    by rongenre 13y ago

    I did a Math/CS dual 20 years ago and while CS opened doors, it's the math degree which distinguishes me (since it's relatively unusual) and has given me the discipline to tackle particularly tough problems.