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by ukigumo 12y ago
I'm on the same boat. When people know my salary they think I'm rich, but the truth is that I can't save much more than I did when I was living in Holland making ~40% less. Now I have a baby and the wife can't really hav
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Relevant BBC documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2BiuW93bos What would it take to create a a public transparency database mapping real estate investments to tax evasion tactics?
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by ukigumo 12y ago
There's always a rift between what one means for other people to understand and what they actually do. Case in point, I thought I had made a clear statement that I thought your post was disingenuous and immature and did you a disservic
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by ukigumo 12y ago
The author of this article does himself a poor service by exposing the limits of his knowledge and his unwillingness to learn from others. Being a good coder is really nice, and you earn loads of cookie points with your team members and eve
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by ukigumo 12y ago
I think you are missing some key aspects of the architect role in that you don't mention requirements (apart from hardware requirements which are always funny coming from a developer...) and you only point the communication towards pee
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by ukigumo 12y ago
A technology architect should be technical and be able to keep himself on top of new developments in his area (software, networks, storage, etc) as well as having a good solid understanding of the adjacent or related areas. The focus is how
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by ukigumo 12y ago
This is very true. However trusting that open source does not include such vulnerabilities is a leap of faith we cannot make which is why auditing and quality control process are needed.
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by ukigumo 12y ago
You have to trust the vendor's interest in making a profit. Nothing wrong with that :-) Closed source (usually) gives you Ts&Cs, support model and some level of guarantee of fitness for purpose which is why we pay to use it. This i
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by ukigumo 12y ago
An architect, at least one worth his title, does not work in isolation. The article talks about a type of architect that I call tech lead. It has as much to do with the architecture process as a front-end developer has to do with mechanical
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by ukigumo 12y ago
I'm sorry, my previous comment was not an attempt at changing your functionalist, would-be-objectivist and elitist view of the world but just a veiled reference to space cookies because you seem to be high on something. Maybe it's
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Let's talk about the ingredients you need to make your cookies shall we?
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by ukigumo 12y ago
The scary part is that Google and other companies that are on the forefront of the new digital age still operate under a strict post-industrialist mindset. The cult of the busy man and the hinderance of personal life outside of work is abso
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Good to hear that you have a plan because it's going to be costly to do pre-screenings, code quality assurance, process design, lead generation, payment and account handling, project and resource management, etc. And architects, you ne
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by ukigumo 12y ago
On any given day, the chances of success for a startup are tiny, infinitesimal even, but I think this co-op idea could actually be viable. It needs, however, to add something else to the mix other than just an easily readable manifesto. It
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by ukigumo 12y ago
"Have a strategy. Most people don’t. Occasionally take a little bit of time to think about how you’re executing against your strategy. Specifically, remember that someday you need to have a monopoly " Remember to ask yourself 4
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Thank you.
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Quick question as it seems I'm missing something here.. Why is joyent stewarding node.js? I mean, are the core devs working for the company?
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by ukigumo 12y ago
And so they should. These companies are going after markets that have been resisting IT for years, never trully taking advantage of any innovation for higher efficiency and consumer benefits and therefore are just sitting ducks for startups
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by ukigumo 12y ago
I think that the actual chasm is in the lack of understanding of the architecture process that the OP shows. Also, I think he means "A function, not a job" because Role is actually a synonym for Job in IT services. Not being picky
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by ukigumo 12y ago
That doesn't seem to be the case. Think Uber for instance.
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by ukigumo 12y ago
There are many types of leader and a flat organisation just means that you won't get to be a "type 1" leader, or an imposed leader if you will. That doesn't mean you can't rise to the position using skills and perso
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Tech Lead is a nice sounding phrase but what does it actually mean? Pat Kua (the interviewee) talks about architects, lead developers as well as team leaders with budgeting and hiring responsibilities and to my mind these are all quite diff
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by ukigumo 12y ago
I think TW is a bit different because they never get the really big contracts. :-)
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Apparently "think different" is a one-way view these days. In any case this is not a case of discrimination as much as it is a case of poor screening and hiring. For a lobbyist position (a face and a voice of a company towards leg
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Not to get all hippie on you, but have you considered mindful meditation as an approach to quiet down your mind and improve focus? You may find that the realisation that you are becoming more focused when you need it will help your relieve
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Thanks!
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Good point, people and function managers get called all sorts of job titles, VP, Head of, Team Lead, Manager, etc and its funny to see how multinational (specifically EU/US) companies deal with this since there is a bit of a "dick
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by ukigumo 12y ago
Good to hear you guys have a vision. May I offer some advice though? Big corp also needs help finding talent (maybe more so than startups) so you may want to _also_ target that market segment going forward. Good luck!
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by ukigumo 12y ago
So, first things first: Love the software and the concept of visualizing your activity spread in a radar plot. Well done! Now for the rant: I am an IT architect. There are many architects working in IT but few of them do anything that is re
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The ‘Forgotten Half’ of Service Oriented Architecture(eapj.org)
3 points by ukigumo 12y ago|2 comments

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