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by rpwilcox 14y ago
http://careers.stackoverflow.com/ has been a really good source for me
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Yes, Agile in not a panacea: you can't just drop it into an existing org and expect things to be rainbows and kittens. It needs to be accepted both at the grass-roots level AND management level. Then when Agile fails a person or an organiz
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
It's great that your organization is responsible about it. Sounds like there's a great deal of trust in your organization. It sounds like there are numerous ways for this to go badly - ie: when it gets noticed that you went over 37.5 hours
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
I also would be interested in a blog post about this. Seems to me (and some other commentators) on this thread, that very often there's an "infinite" amount of work to do, and I don't see how that squares with "we pay you for results". A te
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
I went to a Christian school growing up, K-12. This is very much true. (Or at least the vocal Christians, the neocons/Pentecostals) I'd also add that there's very much a persecution complex going on too: they believe that the world is out t
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
First thing: You /about page currently asks you to log in. It would be cool if you didn't have to do that. Beyond that, it looks interesting, especially if you can (or do) use some sort of Fuzzing tool: messing with the inputted code to mak
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Especially one you wouldn't have for the next 5 years, given how long average employement terms are. Yes, I could move across the country for a job (let's say in SF), but then someone wants me to move to Austin or North Dakota or Seattle...
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Interesting. Hate to say it, but that exact setup works for me :-\
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
My current team uses http://www.jaconda.im for chat. Before that most teams just used Skype chat groups. Why Jaconda is cool: 1. Web interface OR it works over GChat. So I can use my native IM client 2. There's a pause chat feature,
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Thank you for your comment and your effort. I get a little chuckle everytime I see job ads for ROCKSTAR DEVS, thinking, "Really? Can you actually handle a rockstar dev?" Having seen classical managers call a group of mild mannered programme
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
I've had similar thoughts: everyone seems to be chasing the developer with 5 years Rsils experience, worked at Zynga, lives in the Bay Area, went to Stanford, (probably) is willing to take stock options for a reduced salary, and is a JavaSc
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Rails Asset Pipeline, CoffeeScript edge cases, and solutions(blog.greenriver.org)
1 points by rpwilcox 14y ago|0 comments
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
What drew me to TM1 were the several innovative features for the time (mid 2000s) that were promptly copied into other editors (and sometimes improved there): * snippets * fuzzy file finder * project file list * multi-column editi
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Until you get RSI from your crappy keyboard. Which is why people will pay $100+ for a keyboard. I've bought 3 Microsoft Natural 4000s (about a $60 keyboard) over the past 3 years simply because I was away from my office for an extended peri
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Slightly, yes. If you program for your day job you're using your editor something like 2,000 hours a year. I paid for TextMate something like 5 years ago... given that I used it for approaching 10,000 hours since then... A text editor and a
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
I would agree, to an extent. (Even) in tech work right now there's a huge bias against remote workers. The market is hot.... Assuming you live in SF or NYC. It's pretty dry - even for tech - if you live somewhere else. (just look on github
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Starting a Django Project off right: the 200 level course(rwilcox.tumblr.com)
4 points by rpwilcox 14y ago|0 comments
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Eating your own dogfood: an excellent idea :)
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Ask HN: What's a good "developer's guide to startup equity" book?
5 points by rpwilcox 14y ago|2 comments
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Ok, let me drill down into to a little bit. You say, "equity has a peramanent effect". But don't most equity contracts have a vesting period, and thus if you fire the engineer before the vesting period is up well the person forfeits that eq
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
You forgot a part: you have to solve a puzzle be allowed to sit in a room full of hackers and code, while getting pitched to be a technical cofounder (for sweat equity, of course) from all sides. ;)
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
As someone who "naturally" reads fast, I would love to know if this technique tops out at a certain level, or if no matter what your starting speed you'll be able to increase your reading speed the 30-300% I already read at somewhere around
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
Ping me? Or, more directly: I sometimes find myself with more work than I can handle. I've prepared a form so I can know your skills and pull you in on the appropriate project. The form: http://www.wilcoxd.com/agent_signup I end up doing
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
I hate this kind of "work hard, play hard" attitude. I'm here to get work done, NOT make buddies. Let me work hard and get my stuff done, then while you're out pounding the Jagerbombs maybe I can get some more stuff done. You know, because
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
I would think that investors (and/or shareholders) would be very interested in their investments not having their runway dissolved by some discrimination lawsuit. So are investors just not watching? I would think that one call or email fr
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
My point was that QT has adopted the new ideas from C++ (like the new override operator), where as wxWidgets (last time I looked, a few years ago) has barely moved to using the STL for containers. wxWidgets is a much more conservative frame
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
QT's move to modern C++ standards gives the "which cross-platform C++ framework should I use to create my app" another data point. Want to use the latest C++ features? QT has your back. Not a fan of modern C++? wxWidgets has your back.
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
> All new team members were automatically assumed to be terminated within a month or so. If I was ever hired in a place with that kind of assumed termination, I'd have to start job hunting again on day 1. Because, in my experience, it
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How do you / how much time do you spend to evaluate pitched startups?(quora.com)
1 points by rpwilcox 14y ago|0 comments
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by rpwilcox 14y ago
... like benefits at all.

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