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Ask HN: What jobs have a fair amount of programming, but aren't “career” jobs?
3 points by ccdev 7y ago|1 comments
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by ccdev 7y ago
Looks interesting, but is there a paywall-free mirror of this article?
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Ask HN: How to understand the “big picture” of your own work?
1 points by ccdev 7y ago|2 comments
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Ask HN: What are some notable programming tools or frameworks made in Asia?
1 points by ccdev 7y ago|2 comments
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by ccdev 7y ago
How do you make that business mindset intuitive for people that are used to being technical workers? I actually would not want to limit myself to one industry. Working at a digital agency has its short comings but one thing I enjoyed is the
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by ccdev 7y ago
Leetcode problems rarely come into play outside of tech hubs or quant firms. I live in Chicago and rarely encounter such problems in job interviews. And just Leetcode easies at that. They do ask you do take-home assignments, though.
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Ask HN: Have you started a business because nobody wanted to hire you?
60 points by ccdev 7y ago|26 comments
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by ccdev 8y ago
It is harder to walk away from a subpar offer when you have no other job to fall back on.
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by ccdev 8y ago
The only reason I accepted is because the alternative is having no work. It's harder to bargain for a fair wage when you're unemployed. When we were discussing rates, I proposed $60/hr which is perfectly passable in the city
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by ccdev 8y ago
It's unfortunate that Ruby doesn't get the push towards more applications like Python does. Especially for scientific computing and machine learning.
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Ask HN: How can you save money while living on poverty level?
8 points by ccdev 8y ago|9 comments
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by ccdev 8y ago
That's an interesting idea for a resume layout, although the columns will probably look very unbalanced with my set of jobs. I've only had two FT developer jobs, both of which are too old or too short to have made any meaningful i
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by ccdev 8y ago
>Whats going wrong in the interviews? Do you ever get feedback from the companies that reject you? Are there questions they ask you that you stumble on? Several problems were spotted through mock interviews I took, as well as real ones t
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by ccdev 8y ago
Web development jobs. Ranging from CMS-based websites using WordPress and Magento, and built in frameworks in stacks, LAMP-based to Ruby on Rails to using React. These jobs all are underpaid, 1099 jobs. Made anywhere from $15/hr to $35
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Ask HN: Frequent job hopper? How do you build a good reputation?
14 points by ccdev 8y ago|9 comments
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Ask HN: Are my feelings of job inadequacy in reality or all in my head?
1 points by ccdev 8y ago|1 comments
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by ccdev 8y ago
>Spending more than 2 years at Eng I or Eng II is considered a cause for serious concern. Is this just for within Google or also from Google's perspective of hires from elsewhere? Because I have to admit I have not been past mid-lev
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by ccdev 8y ago
Agreed. This has been an eye opener for me as someone who has worked mainly in smaller companies whose job levels didn't go beyond junior, mid-level, senior/lead in my profession. Granted, the concept of target schools still adds
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Ask HN: Non-crypto payment systems that process refunds as easily as payments?
1 points by ccdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ccdev 8y ago
I am not sure how Leetcode would help out here in specific, for someone who already has years of proven programming experience with other companies. Any company who holds any water in what they do would substitute rote knowledge of algorith
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Judge rules 30-year-old son must move out, sides with parents(cnn.com)
1 points by ccdev 8y ago|0 comments
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by ccdev 9y ago
Usually I have considered internal recruiters from larger companies to be more serious than the typical messages from third party agencies who don't even disclose the name of the company you represent. I didn't know they do the sa
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Ask HN: What can I do to avoid being forgotten by MSFT (hiring process)?
5 points by ccdev 9y ago|3 comments
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by ccdev 9y ago
>It seems little odd that at 35 you're still in the $25/hr range. Don't underestimate the negative effects of having no job lined up when you're let go from your current one. You can't realistically negotiate for
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by ccdev 9y ago
I'm definitely choosing path 1, which is to become a senior dev. I prefer technical-focused jobs. Learn from mentor programmers, get into teams and learn formal development practices, and then help out programmers less experienced than
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by ccdev 9y ago
To be honest, I would rather take more algorithm-focused interview tests than be filtered through the HR perception that I don't qualify for Programming Language Y because I only have experience with Similar Language X. At least most o
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by ccdev 9y ago
I'm mostly talking about people that, for one reason or another, appear to wander around with no clear career progression or direction, so it looks like they are "junior" in experience despite being "senior" in tota
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by ccdev 9y ago
I am trying to specialize more in graphics, though I still have to figure out how large is my skills gap between "doing solo graphics projects" and "full-time graphics programmer", especially in math. After getting advic
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by ccdev 9y ago
Thanks for the replies, everyone. Keep them coming! I didn't expect this topic to get this popular. The reason I asked this question is that I am facing a career slump as a software engineer, and finding out that the software industry
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Ask HN: Have you successfully done a career do-over, and how did you do it?
243 points by ccdev 9y ago|167 comments

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