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   by valbaca 5y ago

   Seriously. It's hard just finding a job as a generalist developer, or even a "full-stack web & app developer" without every interviewer asking "so...backend or front-end?" Me: "Whatever helps bring value to
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Amazon&track=Software%20Engi...
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   This is hilarious because I recently had a junior dev come to me to discuss issues they were having with their (incompetent) software manager. She said "I don't understand why he doesn't understand the technical aspects. It m
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   > - If the contractor finds asbestos which was put in by the contractor himself because using asbestos was legal (and cheaper) up to 2 years ago"... Obviously someone* put that there. It didn't just install itself. Regardless
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   "You should know" because, you should. (sarcastic b/c I had the same question)
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   Partial Differential Equations you should know but with no explanation...I mean...shouldn't you...just know? /s
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   It's a joke. Amazon (the company) is named after the river and so is the surrounding rainforest. I think "The Rainforest Bookstore" would've been cuter and clearer
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   $160k It's literally the first sentence of the article "Amazon will boost its maximum base pay to $350,000 for corporate and tech employees, from $160,000 previously, as part of an overall increase in total compensation intended t
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   by valbaca 5y ago

   > urine, which is sterile NO. IT IS NOT. Urine is not sterile and it's such an annoying, pervasive myth. It contains bacteria and under no definition is it sterile.
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    % has always been remainder operator and mistakenly referred to as the 'mod' operator: "The expression x % y produces the remainder when x is divided by y" K&R C p37
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    I saw this a while back and it's really helped: How to fight procrastination Behavior = Motivation + Ability + Trigger If you're lacking motivation: build motivation by remind yourself "why" (even if it's just &quot
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Exactly. If anyone wants such a reference, there's the "Missing Semester" which is all about practicum. Lecture 6 is on Git: Lecture 6: Version Control (git) (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sjqTHE0zok
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    I'm pretty sure given the enormity of the entire field of programming, the only things Every programmer should know are: 1. if and loops 2. Readability is very good. Comments help. 3. pointers/references vs values I think these
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    > No phychotherapy please. I won't go near their arrogance. Dude. You need therapy. Period.
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Obligatory, "I am Machine" speech from Battlestar Galactica: https://youtu.be/mPnx3zO3SDc?t=72
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Most of what you mention is exactly what the interview process should reveal: when they demonstrate what they care about, pay attention. > where they test your memory and obedience, but not your abilities Obedience is the only ability th
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    captions, memes, AND gifs??? This site is unbelievable. Thank you!
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Yeah, I think "deep model" (versus shallow) a more accurate and less punny phrase.
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    > 3D graphics, in distributed systems, in machine learning, or other "hard computer science" fields You're looking across widely different fields that are each impossible for anyone to master (despite the degree being call
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Thinner columns allow for more of a "Z" pattern of reading, where you can kind of scan-read backwards when your eye scans back to the left, as opposed to the standard "E" style of reading of reading an entire line, retur
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    TFA: "Oftentimes, people marry someone in the same industry or with the same job."
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Honestly, kind of boring results. - Volume wins out: there are lots of teachers and nurses - Like-marries-like: most marry someone in their own profession Not that boring is bad. Just interesting that the trends overshadow any kind of speci
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    I really like this stepwise delineation of Avocation to Vocation, of fun-to-utility-to-profit. As others pointed out, there is "scratch your own itch" which usually falls between A and B. I also think that F would better fall some
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    This insight came even before the V8 JS engine was out. Dude was spot-on
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    > Do developers have to take the overhead of worrying about the numerous dependencies in the toolchain as much as their own business logic? I know this was meant to be rhetorical...but the answer is YES! ABSOLUTELY!
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Is there any tech work where this doesn't apply?
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    I've donated a tiny amount to Crystal. I hope that once they get a full IDE-experience (debugging, autocomplete, etc) that it will really take off. But this question has prompted me to think more about who/what to donate to more,
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    I encourage you to test this theory at your earliest convenience.
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    Yes! Thank you!! The most obvious 2000s era spam is coming straight to my inbox.
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    by valbaca 5y ago

    pkg: https://github.com/vercel/pkg