techiferous

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by techiferous 17y ago
"Your intent is laudable, but your argument is flawed." Yes, you are correct. In my passion I got carried away and started constructing a strawman. My apologies! "What I said was that I personally would never meet them, not that they were
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by techiferous 17y ago
"I certainly do believe that programming outside of your job is an extremely good predictor of passion" Yes, I think that's the point. Is this a good predictor? If you are a young, single male, then maybe so. There are many other reasons
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by techiferous 17y ago
You can start by not driving them away. Seriously. There are a lot of really good programmers who don't tinker or blog in their spare time. If they come across an employer who makes a categorical statement that "their kind" is not employa
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by techiferous 17y ago
I've been at a company that discouraged blogging, so this does happen. "What's the best way to get across to a interviewer...?" Just tell them. I wouldn't stress too much about it. If the person hiring you doesn't realize that there are t
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by techiferous 17y ago
Agreed. Consider software design patterns, which were inspired by the (brick-and-mortar) architect Christopher Alexander. That means that someone would have had to stop programming and learn about architecture for this cross-pollination
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by techiferous 17y ago
I've been a programmer professionally for over 10 years and worked with a variety of teams. In my experience, I haven't observed a correlation between tinkering with programming as a hobby and the ability to be an effective employee. From
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by techiferous 17y ago
As a developer, I take it as a red flag whenever I hear a prospective employer categorically state "I would never hire a programmer that X." First of all, it's a heuristic. If a programmer doesn't program outside of work, it could be that
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by techiferous 17y ago
10-cent coin. Dollar coin. Banknotes for $5+. Done.
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by techiferous 17y ago
I've used ajaxload.info's handiwork on my http://patiencepractice.com website.
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by techiferous 17y ago
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by techiferous 17y ago
I love the little projects that I work on; sometimes I learn more from them than my day job (because I feel freer to experiment). Here are a couple of my "toys". Maybe they will inspire some ideas for you: http://www.alphabetclock.com h