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by thorin 5y ago
Offer some form of training and development, which has often been woeful at some places I've worked and the opportunity to progress within the organisation. This would appeal to the kind of people that seek permanent employment. Offer
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by thorin 5y ago
UK here: Barclays don't require the app. You can still use the website or even telephone banking with a real agent. They do give you the chip and pin reader, the same as the one used in branches which works well. Santander do seem to u
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by thorin 6y ago
It sounds like you are both the architect and the programmer or "analyst programmer" as it used to be called about 25 years ago in the UK. Someone writing masses of documentation upfront is obviously not agile. I'm working on
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by thorin 6y ago
Meditation, cycling and kayaking.
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by thorin 6y ago
IR35 is only a problem for the individual, not the company especially if you are deemed inside IR35.
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by thorin 6y ago
It's not really a software company, more services and consulting. They pay very well (in Europe anyway) to get the best and most driven graduates to generate income and will work them hard. They aren't that interested in deliverin
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by thorin 6y ago
If you can charge the amount lawyers charge per hour then it's definitely unethical.
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by thorin 6y ago
My mum had never used the internet by herself, she's 81. My dad occasionally uses email if I send him photos of the kids (maybe a couple of times a month). He might use a web page to book a hotel a few times a year. That's it. I&#
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Microsoft hack: 3,000 UK email servers remain unsecured(bbc.co.uk)
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by thorin 6y ago
I'm in a similar situation as essentially an Oracle Developer with 20+ years experience. I have gradually worked with more db engines (Sql Server, Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Sqlite, Mongo, Couchbase, Snowflake) along with Oracle on projec
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by thorin 6y ago
I assume if you're thinking about it you're interested or doing it already. Best to tell recruiters that you've been doing it for X years for whatever reason (hobby, side business etc) AND you have all this other experience y
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by thorin 6y ago
Probably code complete, I'd studied engineering and programmed at home for years at a very poor level really. On becoming a commercial coder I got this and it gave me confidence in attacking a problem, maintaining code and the realizat
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by thorin 6y ago
"The working class doesn't want to eat beans/lentils they want to eat McDonalds and Taco Bell" Is suppose this is the bit I don't get. In the UK I feel like the working class see McDonalds as a "treat", wh
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by thorin 6y ago
I'm not sure about these companies, in terms of getting massive uptake of meat alternatives they seem fine. However their product is heavily processed food, with ingredients you don't really need to be eating and massively marked
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by thorin 6y ago
I'm naively asking this as someone from England, I can easily go to a farm nearby. Even though I live on the outskirts of a city there are numerous options within say 10 miles of me. I go to the farm and the chances are they have a sho
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by thorin 6y ago
Ozzy Osbourne's first job was working in a slaughterhouse. It had a big affect on him! Seriously, check out his book. Also I have a friend who was vegetarian as a teenager, she wanted to become a vet and one of the things they do is su
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by thorin 6y ago
That's interesting, as on the Nepal side you get only Dahl Bhat (rice and lentils), with maybe some pickles and luxury, a fried egg! However in Mendoza, Argentina near to Aconcagua, you are inundated with beef steak and red wine, which
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by thorin 6y ago
Seems like these days everyone uses a completely different bunch of stuff. About 5 years ago when I was a BI lead we were using Jasper reports, which was acquired by Tibco. I also trialled stuff like Qlikview and Tableau which seemed great
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by thorin 6y ago
Can't you just drink tap water, or if it really tastes that bad use a water filter. The idea of buying a new bottle every time you want a drink of water seems insane to me!
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by thorin 6y ago
Open canoeing, cold water swimming, hiking in the mountains, playing in a band? That's what I'm planning on doing.
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by thorin 6y ago
Vikings killed loads to people and nicked stuff, British Empire killed loads of people and nicked stuff, American settlers killed loads of people and nicked stuff. Are you starting to see a pattern here? Now you have to enslave people by re
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by thorin 6y ago
Without a doubt, if it wasn't for Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and even Neil Gaimen probably would have struggled to get published (and lots of other copycats).
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by thorin 6y ago
The beverage is fine, if you have it every few weeks, during heavy exercise or when trying to stay a awake on a long car journey. It's not a drink you should be drinking all day, every day unless you'd be happy taking caffeine tab
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by thorin 6y ago
What Government are you talking about? Although many people would agree that the UK has handled aspects of the pandemic badly, the current advice is very specifically spelled out on their site. If it wasn't for all the people in the me
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by thorin 6y ago
I worked on Oracle Developer/Designer in the 90s. Was pretty good. I also went to the Oracle course at Reading for MOD PL/SQL which Htmldb and Apex were based on. There is still quite a bit of Apex work around, and all the oracle
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by thorin 6y ago
Sure and Oracle Forms, Designer and APEX, Hypercard, VB GUIs, Django admin forms, Rails default forms etc etc. All code eventually and I saw some horrendous stuff in Oracle forms in the 90s
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by thorin 6y ago
When I first got a job after Uni, I moved to London where I knew no-one. By accident I ended up living in a house share owned by the HR lady that hired me and one of my housemates was another new dev in my team. There was plenty of money ar
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by thorin 6y ago
Awesome to hear, it's not too bad in a kayak although really big waves. I've been there quite a few times even though I live in the UK, it is well worth the trip to combine Ottawa and Lachine/Montreal partying. First time out
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by thorin 6y ago
Deluxe Paint 2/3, the MED soundtracker, Turbo C++
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by thorin 6y ago
Can you expand a bit on what you use Netlify for and how you do your dev for free and any limits. I've been doing some experimentation with AWS and Azure and don't really want to give my credit card up or have the risk that I will

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