TP4Cornholio

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by TP4Cornholio 6y ago
Family is east
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by TP4Cornholio 6y ago
The west coast sounds like a paradise for developers. Makes me wish I had moved...
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by TP4Cornholio 6y ago
Human life and children in particular are also much more valuable than data.
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by TP4Cornholio 6y ago
I work at Aberdeen, MD making 141k. I got an offer once for 155k from a nearby military base not long ago. I've seen houses nearby for 180k. Pretty easy to save here if you're ok with Gov beurocrac. Easy to get a new job, too.
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by TP4Cornholio 6y ago
SharePoint. Mostly because we use it improperly (as a backend for web apps)
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by TP4Cornholio 7y ago
In my experience, the best ways to maximize your income as a software engineer are to job hop, study data structures/algorithms, and learn how to market yourself. Companies rarely reward engineers who stay put.
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by TP4Cornholio 7y ago
My experience with bootcamp graduates has been that they struggle with any non rudimentary problems and lack knowledge of any of the fundamentals required to do non CRUD applications.
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by TP4Cornholio 8y ago
Not to mention the internet and gps, both which have roots in the DOD.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Perhaps I should have a talk with my lead and ask suggest he take a more authoritative approach?
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Ask HN: How do I coach junior devs who wont listen?
11 points by TP4Cornholio 9y ago|9 comments
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Most startups can’t afford to train anyone.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
The “talent shortage” is a myth.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Hard to believe it costs so much if they're getting that much free labor. I would think they'd at least break even.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
What is your niche?
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
> - A lot of big companies have satellite offices around Austin, like Apple, Intel, IBM, etc. You aren't necessarily locked into working for an "Austin company", if you don't want to. Sounds good to me! I just want to
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Ask HN: How does Austin compare to other tech hubs?
14 points by TP4Cornholio 9y ago|7 comments
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Their attorneys probably cost at least 1000 an hour. Would be cheaper to release the data than to fight this.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
What do you mean by the best town?
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Ask HN: Leaving the DC Metro Area, should I move to a tech hub?
2 points by TP4Cornholio 9y ago|2 comments
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Well, it you view this page's source. You'll see tags that haven't been used since the 90s like <center>. Maybe the jobs are to maintain legacy systems and alot of engineers don't want to maintain legacy systems. S
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
People like to knock on government funded research on security/defense here, but it is actually one of the reasons the US leads in tech. DARPA produced the arpanet, the predecessor to the internet. Also, while everyone is aware of Stan
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Yeah that's a good idea. Treating it like a regular contract and expecting contract pay rates.
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Does anyone consider contract-to-hire roles?
1 points by TP4Cornholio 9y ago|2 comments
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
I thought they were supposed to pay fairly well.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
I agree with the not having it be the first step.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
I think take home tests are the best way to go.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Alot of the Florida east coast has "sandbars" to the east of it. It's basically like a long vertical island. You have to be very wealthy to purchase a home here. These are the people who are the most threatened by hurricane a
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
IBM WebSphere. It is truly awful.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
I can't believe it's so low. I hope Canadians aren't asked to put in overtime at those wages.
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by TP4Cornholio 9y ago
Getting a node server running the first time is actually very difficult. The libraries constantly change so fast tutorials frequently don't work. It was easy once I understood everything, but it wasn't easy the first time at all.

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