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by sdflkd 10y ago
Getting employment opportunities through professors (outside of research) doesn't really apply where I am from.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Where does it say it's uniquely awful instead of simply awful? If you read the article there is data too, btw.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
> No one (besides us engineers) knows or cares what Facebook is running on. Same with many other productions (not only software) out there (when was the last time we cared exactly how an Oreo cookie was made?). Except for the people that
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by sdflkd 10y ago
> I think the most part of the talent is that your brain likes doing given thing. You enjoy it. That is, unless somebody is forced to, she's unlikely to spend 10K hours on something she doesn't like. This feeds into the myth of
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by sdflkd 10y ago
https://github.com/easymotion/vim-easymotion This plugin solves the curly brace issue. I find if there is something you find repeatedly annoying, there is probably a plugin to solve it. That or you suddenly have an int
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Re Re #2, isn't that what Microsoft has promised to do? I can't pull up articles right now, but I will if I remember.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
The most important lesson I learned in my first year is that if you want something, you're going to have to get it yourself. The world won't babysit you like it did before. Would be nice if I didn't have to pay $20k/yr f
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Probably because professional experience has little to do with academic experience. I know many brilliant software engineers but not all of them are prepared to prove NP-completeness.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
You're not supposed to learn ideas in depth in your undergraduate. It provides a foundation and exposes you to many different topics. That is it. If you want to learn in depth you should go to graduate school or start learning on your
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Because women should not have to "forgive, forget, move on" when it comes to being disrespected and having their career held back.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
You're implying that what is loudest (social media) is what is being done most.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Masochists, no?
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Other theory: having a family is a choice. Being of X nationality is not.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Not much to do in Waterloo. It's good if you're introverted and just want to game/do projects/self-improvement after work, though. Which isn't that bad thinking about it.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
I agree! Canada needs to continue giving depressed wages for the same/more work to its talented citizens and then just complain passive aggressively when they move down south.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Yep. I go to the top university in Canada (wrt being employable in technology) and work with/know many qualified females. I can say that there is only one (out of ~25) that claims she has never experienced any sexism.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Why are you trying to move away from Github, out of curiosity?
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by sdflkd 10y ago
FWIW some people have foreign (Canadian) Google Play accounts (for example) but still live in the US. Or maybe it's just me?
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by sdflkd 10y ago
> Let me put it this way - a large reason I listen to The Weeknd is because of the interesting lifestyle and excess that he portrays through his branding, his music videos, and his whole persona/vibe. A large part is the evolution o
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Except for packing the wrong Wi-Fi card in some models.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
They really should be able to.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Unless you like the amazing exclusives Sony often has...
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Examples?
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by sdflkd 10y ago
What is the ATL market like for entry-level developers? Is it that salary isn't adjusting accordingly or that rent costs are catching up to the increased wealth?
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Been in 4 SV companies and only some FT's work more than 40. Usually the ones that do are leads or really invested in the company.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
> I don't think you have to be unusually good at algorithms. I basically read some Wikipedia articles and spent a few hours in the hotel cramming Algorithms in a Nutshell, and I managed to squeak through. Either a lie or you are unu
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by sdflkd 10y ago
Agreed. Anyone who thinks this hasn't played enough with FP languages.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
The ego on HN gets me every time. I quite like his designs.
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by sdflkd 10y ago
> This is a dangerous path as well. Should a conservative business owner be able to fire anyone in their company that supports abortion? > Should A trump supporter be able to fire anyone in their company that supported Hillary? If the