throwawaymlc

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by throwawaymlc 7y ago
This is pretty much what I used to think. If it works out for you, then great, but I think you might find its unrealistic. I suspect that your 9 year plan is an unrealistic, best-case scenario, that won't come to pass. Also, 9 years is
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by throwawaymlc 7y ago
I am finding the day to day experience of being a developer in a team / corporate environment quite taxing on mental health these days. Some issues are: JIRA / agile / whatever methodologies, so many metadata fields in the ti
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Ask HN: How about some networking/mentoring in NYC?
1 points by throwawaymlc 7y ago|0 comments
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by throwawaymlc 7y ago
Which script are you talking about? Can you send me a link to it or or something? Email is in my profile. I would be interested to see if I can update to python 3.
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
All of the big firms in NYC already have their own heavily branded / promoted charity day / events / philanthropy programs - your own charitable contributions aren't going to be a selling point for them. If you want do t
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
I reached this conclusion embarrassingly recently, after a few attempts at increasing productivity rapidly that were not well-received by coworkers. Having thought about it more, it makes sense. Businesses are generally not paying developer
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
I've often seen developers invent elaborate JIRA workflows and pre-checkin validation workflows that slow development to a glacial pace. Also, JIRA / other ticketing workflows can take on a life of their own - at some point, many
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
Oops, sorry, added it now. Right, I am revising my resume currently, and for the first time I'm considering dropping off my earliest jobs - both because they were a long time ago, and because what I was doing then is more or less compl
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
I'd be pretty keen to correspond with you, OP, or other "senior" / experienced (30s, 10+ years) developers in NYC trying to skill up and get into higher salary positions, or at least share some experiences and intel. ema
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
Also mid-late 30s, work in finance / NYC, hit a bit of a plateau salary + skills-wise that I am trying to work through, also hoping to avoid management, here are my thoughts. * Staying focused on long-lived, core technologies, C++&#x2F
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
I am in a very similar situation, 4.5 years in at a large / prestigious organization where I was thinking there was a lot of scope for progression and I could stay long term. First 3 years were great, good work and appraisals, I learnt
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
Yes, I have thought about trying my hand at some teaching / mentoring. How did you get into being an adjunct? I have absolutely no idea how to approach something that, but I would be pretty interested to try it. I don't actually h
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by throwawaymlc 8y ago
That's cool, I hope it works out for you! I've thought about this kind of thing too. I think for most mainstream programming languages, the market for books, blogs, tutorials, youtube channels is pretty much saturated. However, I
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Ask HN: Life after corporate job
18 points by throwawaymlc 8y ago|8 comments