OpenDrapery

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by OpenDrapery 10y ago
I am looking at buying a telescope that I can mount to my son's playhouse, and leave it outside year around. We live in the midwest, so there is weather. I was thinking of something like the coin operated ones that you see at tourist
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by OpenDrapery 10y ago
I'm really surprised that more companies aren't open about their intangibles that set them apart. Why can't I search for jobs based on location, dress code, office layout? Because I want to wear jeans, have a short commute,
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by OpenDrapery 10y ago
I've seen the opposite effect. Parents with too much money placing their mediocre kids on mediocre traveling teams, to drive 800 miles to play other teams, when you know there is local talent that would give them all they could handle
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by OpenDrapery 10y ago
Interesting. Would love to learn more about these kinds of ideas. Is this something you've been kicking around in your own mind? Or has someone put a more formal framework around these concepts? Where can I read more about it?
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by OpenDrapery 10y ago
Curious, is your one man LLC going to be you doing contract work? Or do you have a product/service with a business model? After reading this article ( http://www.daedtech.com/im-a-business-man/ ), I'm increasi
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by OpenDrapery 10y ago
I know there has always been a stigma attached to diploma mills. People that have gone to "real universities" will always enjoy looking down on those that went to "fake universities". With the new wave of coding bootcam
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by OpenDrapery 10y ago
What are the odds that you do not have a CS degree, and have been made to feel inferior at some point(s) in your life, for that reason?
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
"Oh, and I think in webdev, there is a lot of... err... modern creative and innovative guys and gals out there who are always happy to rewrite the world again, because the last week's tech isn't cool anymore." well said
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
In addition to my previous comment, I'd like to hear people's thoughts on the "consulting" gig. It seems to rule here. You know the routine. Consulting shop places an individual at a client site and charges the client
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
Yeah, hear ya. Anyone know of any opportunities that match this criteria (profit center) in the Columbus, OH area? I've recently moved here for family reasons, and while there seem to be plenty of opportunities, they are all within t
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
Massive layoffs are not good for the people who remain at the company. It is a major drag on overall morale, and how does one who survives round one of layoffs ever have any piece of mind that s/he won't be next?
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
How would it work in "your experience" if you were the job seeker and not the interviewer? Taking a week of PTO to interview and then not get the job is a pretty big sunk cost. I guess you can only do one of these a year.
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
I work in the "boring" old insurance industry, based in the midwest. I love reading articles like these, and as I read them I get excited and say to myself "yea!" and "spot on!". But they seem to center aroun
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
Yes. Just because we all recognize that LOC is a shitty metric, doesn't mean that the industry has figured out what a good metric is. Measuring developer productivity and impact remains an unsolved problem. It still amounts to gut f
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
interesting that this wasn't titled "Software Development Eats Itself"
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
I think that there is going to be a fair amount of cognitive dissonance at play here for the people who have given up many many hours for free. That is to say, if you decide to share these ideas with your boss, be careful. It will cause h
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
Agree, to get quality time you need quality people. This is hard to achieve with a group larger than, say, 3 people.
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
I've spent most of my career as a full time employee, and recently I've become a 'consultant', which is a fancy term for contractor who works for a middle man. I've really become interested lately in the strategies
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
Pick a class and new it up from a unit test. You will quickly find out where the dependencies are, and how tightly coupled things are.
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by OpenDrapery 11y ago
Curious. What is your objection to the personality tests? I took one for a new job once, and I felt uneasy about it, but can't really articulate why.
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by OpenDrapery 12y ago
This is my favorite bit: "I emailed everyone I knew, posted the job on LinkedIn, got it posted to the jobs list at several universities, and also posted on some paid sites. End result: nothing very good to show for all the effort.&quot
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by OpenDrapery 12y ago
Still focusing on just the tools? Why is no one talking about the people? I feel that the biggest factor in whether I'll like a job or not is whether or not I enjoy the people. Is there anyone there I can learn from? Anyone I find
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by OpenDrapery 12y ago
Every place I've worked at, there have been obvious examples of the one guy that management would sacrifice 2-3 other people in order to keep.
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by OpenDrapery 12y ago
I've long suspected that this would be a valuable service.
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by OpenDrapery 12y ago
I hope the term 'Administrivia' was intentional.