techhackblob

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by techhackblob 6y ago
It's been a ride watching all this abstraction and design patterns make everything more complex
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by techhackblob 11y ago
Is that interventionist policy any different to the Fed and ECB propping up of the US and European stock markets since the depths of the crash with QE? If not then when is the long term viability of that solution going to be called into pla
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by techhackblob 11y ago
I rarely post now on StackOverFlow and each time I do I wonder if it's my last time as I'm told I'm in danger of being barred because of my inability to post a question correctly. Also some serious trolling happens if one ask
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by techhackblob 11y ago
there are many excellent points made on this question but the standout one explaining the problem is >>When you're in a situation where mistakes can cost you millions, hiring an attorney for tailored advice is cheap insurance. w
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by techhackblob 12y ago
I was commenting on the article's posts which had expanded into interviews for such firms as Apple, Google etc. Apologies if that is not allowed.
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by techhackblob 12y ago
If software development was not a creative process then such algorithmic/IQ test interviews would be very relevant. Unfortunately for those wasting their time with such interviews it is a creative process. A recent Nobel prize in econo
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by techhackblob 12y ago
SQL is not hard and certainly no harder then something like the entity framework
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by techhackblob 12y ago
My pal has great tech experience and domain knowledge (major global gambling firm based in Dublin) built up over the years. He's contracting and on 800 euro a day at least - naturally I didn't ask him exactly what he's earnin
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by techhackblob 12y ago
don't shoot the messenger. The US media over the last few months has been full of this kind of stuff http://www.businessinsider.com/software-developers-fear-age-...
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by techhackblob 12y ago
300+ .NET jobs today on irishjobs.ie http://www.irishjobs.ie/ShowResults.aspx?Keywords=.Net+Devel...
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by techhackblob 12y ago
Where is he located? If it's the USA, especially Silicon Valley, then it's too late as he's too old. From what I read and comments from likes of Mark Zuckerberg the illegal practice of age discrimination is rampant. If he&#x2
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by techhackblob 13y ago
Colluding to keep down wages, which would attract more people into programming, and then always complaining that there are not enough software developers while, also illegally, discriminating against expensive older programmers. Shows money