cwdegidio

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by cwdegidio 8mo ago
I did the hike from Pokhara to Ghorepani (Poon Hill is breathtaking btw) and a few other small villages (about a week and half of backpacking). This was after a month in Kathmandu before and a month after. My absolute favorite parts of the
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by cwdegidio 1y ago
There was 18F which was a group within US Digital Services. But as mentioned they got DOGEd. They managed the USWDS (US Web Design System), which was making great efforts to create a unified design and accessibility framework for government
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by cwdegidio 1y ago
Just moved back to Cleveland after being in Houston for 20 years, grew up here and left for college. Don't regret the choice at all. For what I paid for my house, which is one of the nicest communities just out side of downtown, I got
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
Sad to hear. Johansen, Sylvain Sylvain, and Johnny Thunders just oozed "cool" in the most New York way, I think only the Velvet Underground and Ramones are on the same level, but I'm probably super biased. Crossed paths with
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
I've worked closely with 18F staff. They are/were some of the most dedicated folks I've ever had the pleasure to work beside. Based on my interactions, they were very dedicated to web standards that made the web open and easy
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
Not OP, but I think it was worth it. Within a year of getting my BSCS, I added almost 25% to my salary. It gave me the leverage I needed to push for more. For someone coming into it with no experience I can’t say how well it will play out,
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
WGU BSCS grad here as well. Regular brick & mortar schools never worked for me, but WGU clicked and let me finally get my degree. Now I’m working on my MSCS with CU Boulder, which although being managed via Coursera has the same feel ov
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
Soft skills should be much higher on the list. Software engineers, depending on the org, will be asked to interact with a lot of non-engineering, non-technical types that are in a position to make decisions. If you can't explain a prob
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
Gatekeeping... some folks just need a gate to feel superior.
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
Didn't you post almost this exact same gripe the other day? News flash... the world is online right now. I got my BSCS online, doing my MSCS online... neither say they are "online" and the sun still rises every morning. If ot
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
I don't know anyone doing good 1-5 day bootcamps, but I did recently do the multi-week live Kodeco (formerly Ray Wenderlich) iOS / SwiftUI bootcamp and really enjoyed it. I believe they also now offer an at-your-own-pace version a
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
May want to start with a search on LinkedIn for government contracting firms. Another place to look would be https://www.usajobs.gov which is mostly direct hire into an agency if you have the skill set they are looking for. Sadl
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
Aren't cooties the imaginary "bugs" that young boys and girls give each other at recess?
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
May want to consider government contracting roles. After spending about 15 years in what has come to be known as "martech" as a web developer, I realized how soulless and unsatisfying the work is. By random chance I was scouted by
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
Was very confused by this. I thought the Python package for handling message queues was getting a huge influx of financial support!
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
A good place, in my opinion, to start would be something like https://roadmap.sh/frontend . It lays out a good tree of knowledge that you may start following. Really, at the start, your looking to dive deep into topics such
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
I've always found these types of roles working with external recruiters. Places like Robert Half, etc.
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by cwdegidio 2y ago
I appreciated finally having a seat at the table in regard to project decisions and team direction. I got to introduce a lot of ideas I had to improve developer experience and really went to bat for my team addressing the gripes I knew they
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
Reminds me of "Principia Discordia", this is going to be a fun rabbit hole.
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
I actually moved over to Linode because of similar anomalies. I had a container I was running my personal site from. Paid my bill on time every month. Got distracted with work and hadn't updated it in a while. One day I go to check on
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
My first paying client when I was 19 (so around 1998?) commissioned a local high school graphic design student to hand paint this crazy village scene with stores. She then had it professionally scanned and gave me the files... which I then
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
I used to use NetNewsWire, so I redownloaded it. I'll check out Feedly... never afraid to evaluate new tools.
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
Not a bad idea! I'll look into it :). The temptation is real all the time.
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The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again(rollingstone.com)
18 points by cwdegidio 3y ago|3 comments
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
Getting away from time wasting things like mindlessly scrolling Reddit. I realized about a month ago it has slowly grown into an addiction... nothing to do? Pull out the phone and scroll. Now I'm limiting myself to consuming content di
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that the average Chinese student isn’t a daily victim of insane “culture war” political BS and actually are encouraged to learn. I’m aware this is more complex, but to me it seems like lately certain pol
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
Paw is always an option if you are on a Mac... I don't know if it available on PC
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
Maybe make a list of fields or areas that interest you... and then see if anyone in your social network or friends group are in those fields? Buy them a cup of coffee or a beer and pick their brains. See what the like or don't like abo
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
It makes sense. It is an array. When you remove the first element, all elements in the array have to shift to their new indices "left" (one less than their previous index). When you unshift, all elements must move their indices up
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by cwdegidio 3y ago
When I need to create diagrams for anything (systems, code architecture, component design, etc) I reach for OmniGraffle on macOS. I've tried to use other tools, but it has served me well for years.

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