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by thomk 6y ago
I was just thinking something like this as well. The best term for it is 'schema' but that moniker seems so, ill-fitting. For lack of a better term the 'schema' isn't really designed, it's discovered. Thats how
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by thomk 6y ago
#1 Put your absolute focus on getting things finished. That can be much harder than it sounds because first you have to master the skill of defining what 'finished' means. Speak with the stakeholders and, without judgement or resi
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by thomk 6y ago
Nerdwriter covered this expertly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E8f64yj1Jk Nerdwriter is an amazing youtube channel where he does breakdowns like this of all kids of art, film, celebrities, etc.
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China and Others Trying to Steal Covid-19 Research(youtube.com)
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China and Others Trying to Steal Covid-19 Research(npr.org)
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by thomk 6y ago
I have struggled with sleep my whole life. I can't sleep, I'm a light sleeper and I almost always wake up tired. Not long ago I started making massive changes to help myself sleep. I get up early, I don't eat late and no scre
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Whitehouse plans to issue alert: Chinese hackers are targeting vaccine research(washingtonpost.com)
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by thomk 6y ago
Our solution is that I go to bed at 8pm and get up at 4am and work like mad until breakfast which is around 9am. Thats 5h of uninterrupted coding time, which is about the max my old brain can handle anyway. The hard part is doing 'work
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by thomk 6y ago
Stuff like that always makes me feel like someone has turned off their logical reasoning and they are just basically creating code that fills in some personal mental gap that somehow 'completes the set' of the things they are work
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by thomk 6y ago
You might want to check out 'The Effective Executive' by Peter Drucker. It sounds like you are in the perfect place in your career to read that book. It's a quick read and a short book. Let me as you a question. A waitress co
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by thomk 6y ago
Did you ever see his YouTube channel? It has exactly one video and it is awesome: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC65NUFfqjWn3y02kYYl9nSQ
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by thomk 6y ago
Agreed. So in that case, I would not use an outsourcer for that particular piece. The problem is American developers treat outsourcers like they are American developers. Don't do that. Treat them like 1) there is a language barrier and
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by thomk 6y ago
The best way to combat that is to not design anything too far into the future. This is where agile and sprints can be very helpful. It also means you are checking the work of the subcontractors on a regular basis. After a while you will lea
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by thomk 6y ago
However if you have architects that design software properly in the U.S. and pass those specifications to outsourced staff, then it's akin to a NYT writer dictating his notes to be typed in and proofread by someone overseas. My point b
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by thomk 6y ago
Music that is too enjoyable seems to take over the creative part of the brain. Try to do some deep focus work with your favorite music playing; impossible. Now, if you are doing a repetitive task, then that type of music is perfect. Creativ
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by thomk 6y ago
Bob can you give more details about this or is there a way to contact you? I am genuinely curious about this type of architecture and would love to learn more. If you would rather respond here could you give two simple, concrete examples of
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by thomk 6y ago
This. Even if you are emailing an old friend for a favor, put your request up front then put the cordial stuff after, its much more sincere that way. > Joe, we are looking for advisors to sit on our board. This is a non-paying position s
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by thomk 6y ago
Thank you and I appreciate your comments as well. Obviously nobody can teach quantum computing to an infant. So how about this instead?: > If you have the ability to learn something, and you are not learning, then the problem is the te
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by thomk 6y ago
I appreciate your perspective but I still stand by my comment, with a slight caveat. If you are in a situation where you are open to learning and you can not then the problem is the teacher. Even if you have a learning disability it is goin
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by thomk 6y ago
Yeah but almost all business (when starting out) must make decisions based on assumptions. If you didn't you would never get everything done, double and triple checking every single thing. You have to trust your gut. The older I get th
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by thomk 6y ago
Great teachers come meet you where ever YOU are at in your knowledge. Once they are next to you, they guide you to take the very first step, nothing more. Then just the second step, nothing more. Then the third etc. If you are not understan
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by thomk 6y ago
To be clear, simply asking an earnest follow up question is simple and efficient way to do this.
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Evidence Suggests Coronavirus Death Toll Much Higher Than Official Count(youtube.com)
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by thomk 6y ago
Like?
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by thomk 6y ago
That's a good way to look for a person in a crowd too. Think of what, exactly they were wearing and look for that, not their face.
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by thomk 6y ago
Is there a title for a person who asks the the technical questions and designs a solution without coding it in your view?
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by thomk 6y ago
I love it when I get the "just figure it out" because then my response is: So you want me to design the software for someone like me? Because that's exactly what I am going to do." That usually gets them to rethink that
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by thomk 6y ago
Your comment is funny. Have an upvote.
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by thomk 6y ago
Slightly offtopic of this discussion but I am wondering if you (or anyone) knows why Home Depot does not set up every single store the same, identical way? Sometimes stores are mirror images of each other and sometimes electrical is in the
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by thomk 6y ago
I appreciate the thoughtful response and I respectfully disagree. I agree with your point about non-technical users, I addressed that in the top level comment on this thread. Limiting what is accepted isn't hard at all, here's how

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