umjames

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by umjames 16y ago
Yeah, I don't know if fighting people who have deadly weapons (or at least access to deadly weapons) is a good idea. Even if you win a first encounter, what's to prevent them from finding you later and shooting/stabbing you? I guess that c
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by umjames 16y ago
This person should have attended SecondConf in Chicago. They got the name tags just right. So much so, that everyone at the conference mentioned it. Big name and Twitter handle that you could read across the room.
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by umjames 16y ago
Did you or that guy already have another job lined up, or did you just walk? Also, when you decided to leave, did you give your former employer 4 months notice or was it less (the standard 2 weeks) and it grew to 4 months? If you already h
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by umjames 16y ago
So, if I understand you correctly, you'd like a 9-to-5 job where you won't be forced into management and be able to keep your valuable skills to yourself while you work on more interesting things after hours? I think I am currently in that
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by umjames 16y ago
If the US truly believes that voting is important, why don't they make election day a national holiday so the voters don't have to worry about possibly conflicting work schedules keeping them from the polls? It's only 1 day, and it happens
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by umjames 16y ago
Was this the Lotus building in Cambridge, MA? IBM had an "innovation center" on one of the floors (I think 7 or 9) that I used to work in when I worked for IBM in 2001. The Cambridge Side Galleria was close by. I stayed in the Royal Sone
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by umjames 16y ago
Agreed. If you've ever had ramen at a good Japanese restaurant (or better yet, in Japan), you know that what most Americans consider ramen does not compare. Udon and soba noodles are good too. The difference is mainly what accompanies th
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by umjames 16y ago
You wait for a few decades, and then find work at the kind of companies that still need maintenance work on decades-old code. Presumably, by that time you'll be one of the few practicing Java coders left, and you'll be able to charge big b
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by umjames 16y ago
What would it take to get the enterprise to look at alternatives to Java (programming language and/or platform)? If COBOL is any indication, then Java software in the enterprise will continue to be developed for the remainder of our lives.
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by umjames 16y ago
Also, interviewing is a weeding-out process. If they tell you what you did wrong, then you (and anyone else you share that information with) will become better at gaming that process. This makes it harder for them to tell whether they hav
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by umjames 16y ago
So what other JVMs can you run on the Mac today? Will Apple open-source their JVM as a starting point for whomever wants to pick up that ball and run with it? How do you develop for Android on a Mac when their JVM finally disappears? I un
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by umjames 16y ago
Last I heard, and this was around the switch to Intel (2005?), the iTunes store and online web store are run off of WebObjects. Apple probably saw that outside web developers weren't using WebObjects enough to continue supporting it extern
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by umjames 16y ago
Or maybe they're not interested in being on the other end of an Oracle lawsuit. I don't know.
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by umjames 16y ago
I am in a very similar position: 1. Have an IT Java job that I despise. 2. Want out of that job to work on my own apps for profit. 3. Still live with my parents, but am in my early 30s. I am currently working on these for-profit apps on nig
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by umjames 16y ago
I don't know how Apple would feel about having to deal with all those enterprise customers who run Adobe software on PCs only. Also, a number of Adobe products don't have Mac versions, like ColdFusion and JRun. Yes, there are still places
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by umjames 16y ago
Any chance you want to buy the Philadelphia Eagles and turn them into a Super Bowl-winning franchise? But seriously, does that mean you are actively working towards that goal now? Do you think you can realistically achieve it?
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by umjames 16y ago
I think you're letting the allure of the money downplay the costs of actually doing the work. It's not like one client is going to hand you a duffel bag full of $100 bills, you do the conversion once, and then you're set for life. It's go
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by umjames 16y ago
And if the subcontractor does crappy work, the client will think you did a crappy job. I would think that if the subcontractor was good enough not to do bad work, he/she would also not want to do IE6 compatibility work.
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by umjames 16y ago
Yeah, the title makes you think the article is going to be about ways to work on your projects while keeping your day job. I was looking for things like maximizing efficiency while coding on nights and weekends, or lunch, or downtime, or s
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by umjames 16y ago
I especially like the "not so boring" Atari 2600 game manual-themed CV. Pitfall 2, Asteroids, Outlaw, and Berzerk screenshots. That takes me back.
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by umjames 16y ago
I think that means that all code you expose to the public should have the date it was created and last modified preferably in the files themselves. If your later code is better than the earlier code, it shows you're learning to program bet
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by umjames 16y ago
Great remake. It is missing the following however: The second level where the shield is a solid block and the holes you punch in it cycle through the block. This level and the first one alternate throughout the game. The disc should start
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by umjames 16y ago
Yeah, you definitely need to have cash with you. Plan on visiting the ATM often while there, especially during Golden Week. The Suica card makes it effortless to travel on Tokyo Metro and the JR lines.
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by umjames 16y ago
You can buy and recharge Suica cards at train station ticket machines, so they're effortless to obtain. Having been to Tokyo twice in the past 3 years, the Suica cards are a godsend. I used them only for transportation purposes, but I saw
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by umjames 16y ago
Microsoft makes most of its money on Windows and Office. So, if they can use this as a reason to get people to upgrade in a way that also makes them more money, they'll do it. If you can't (or don't want to) upgrade past XP, but want moder
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by umjames 16y ago
Wait, so does this mean Apple doesn't have a problem with a 3rd-party framework becoming the preferred API for iOS development? How does not allowing apps that download code prevent this? Also, does this mean you can't download JavaScript
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by umjames 16y ago
Your job sounds like a ROWE ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROWE ). Do you work for Best Buy?
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by umjames 16y ago
Out of curiosity, is the big corporation a software, or at least technical, corporation, or are you working in an IT department in a non-technical corporation?
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by umjames 16y ago
Having done mostly 9 to 5 and only consulting once, I'm convinced that working on your own start-up provides the best chance for happiness. I think this is mostly true because in a 9 to 5 and consulting, the primary metric is time instead
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by umjames 16y ago
I hear you, but if I'm looking at your code that I didn't see you write in front of me, how do I know that code really came from you? You could have copied and pasted most of it from somewhere else and only made slight changes.

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