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Why Every Company Is a Technology Company(payton-consulting.com)
4 points by tirrellp 12y ago|0 comments
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by tirrellp 12y ago
Its helpful for all team members to be, as you put it, "competent and fast", its not absolutely necessary (in order for Scrum to work), and in a lot of companies, its not the case. The purpose of Scrum is to highlight issues and b
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by tirrellp 12y ago
I would agree with that. When a company brings me in, the first question I ask is "What is the problem you are trying to solve?" Most of the problems that management think are because of the team are mostly (80%+) caused by peo
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by tirrellp 12y ago
Thats how it goes I guess *shrug
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by tirrellp 12y ago
Scrum focuses on "systemwide" optimization where the "system" is the development of an increment of a software product from concept to completion. Letting a good developer "rocket ahead" optimizes for that deve
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by tirrellp 12y ago
Whose problem does that solve?
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by tirrellp 12y ago
Sounds interesting, but the use cases get me excited. It sounds like you are brewing an interesting platform/solution for an unknown problem. My advice is to stop right now, find a clear problem people have that they are willing to p
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by tirrellp 13y ago
What does it matter?
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by tirrellp 13y ago
If I have to 'call for pricing', then most likely I am not interested.
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by tirrellp 13y ago
What would be a few use cases for this?
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by tirrellp 13y ago
A rule of thumb I have heard is to start with your target salary/year (say $150k), and divide it by 1000 to get your hourly rate ($150). This advice is usually targeted at those who are just starting out and have "no idea what to
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How to deserialize xml created by to_xml() in Google appengine(stackoverflow.com)
1 points by tirrellp 13y ago|0 comments
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by tirrellp 13y ago
I don't understand how this is sexist. If so, then against which sex? There is no reference to gender anywhere.
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by tirrellp 14y ago
Ive seen something similar to this. My friend has a BS in Chemistry, and the head of the academic NanoTech lab where he worked said, "I really want you in our NanoTech PhD program. Just try it for a couple years. If after 2 years you don'
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by tirrellp 14y ago
Here are some observations. 1. When I go to the site, I get the understanding that I am at the site of a chocolatier, but I have no idea what makes this chocolate different/better 2. When I click on 'about us' I get educated on how stone
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by tirrellp 14y ago
I'm implying that its more often, something that is already a part of AAVE and becomes popularized in a song. This is, generally speaking, the linguistic direction that new language takes, from the vernaculars into the core.
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by tirrellp 14y ago
You got it backward. Slang and pop culture are influenced by AAVE.
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by tirrellp 14y ago
Does anyone know how much financing they took on?
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by tirrellp 14y ago
This is awesome.
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by tirrellp 14y ago
Most people in a position of hiring want to hire someone "like me."
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by tirrellp 14y ago
Im interested. I reached out to you via twitter.
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by tirrellp 14y ago
I really like the Jabra Halo 2: http://goo.gl/KURM6 , http://gdgt.com/jabra/halo/2/
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by tirrellp 14y ago
How is this different from Quora ?
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by tirrellp 14y ago
How I started: - Called up past employers and let them know what I was up to. Asked if they "needed any help" - Reached out to local startups and asked if they "needed any help" - Trolled craigslist for projects, built POCs quickly, then r
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by tirrellp 14y ago
Saxophone and a bit of piano (mainly to work out theory/chord changes/noodle around)
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by tirrellp 15y ago
Martin, what do you use this for? and do you need help putting together documentation?
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by tirrellp 15y ago
Gonze! How are you my man?!
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by tirrellp 15y ago
It sounds like you are looking for a 'Cofounder', not a programmer.
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Ask HN: How to go about in selling a domain name
1 points by tirrellp 15y ago|1 comments
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by tirrellp 15y ago
point taken.

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