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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
Instead of asking "what hours will I be working?" swap that with "how many hours does $COWORKER put in each week?". Or even just: "Am I expected to be available 24/7 if something goes wrong?" A workplace c
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
I respect their honesty. Translation: 70 hour work weeks (minimum). You better not have a family. Not answering your phone at 2:31AM on a Sunday is grounds for instant dismissal. Hopefully, they're including a decent sum of equity (e
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
I use a 2015 MBP as my daily machine. I actually _upgraded_ to a 2017 MBP 13" without trackpad for 13 days. It was _OK_ but not enough of an upgrade to justify an upgrade. Dongletown wasn't fun either. I returned it for a refund.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
This triggered a memory from my second "real" job. We had a secure building with glass entry turnstyles. In my second week, a suited important-looking person was standing behind the gates at 8:20AM (we started at 8:30AM). It was b
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
It's running on the Ethereum blockchain from what I can see on their homepage.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
Microsoft
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
This is basically a listicle from 1967. You could publish this on Buzzfeed by making the title "21 Ways to Raise AWESOME Children (Number 12 Will Shock You!)" and adding emojis.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
> In my experience people with great knowledge generally have an urge to pass it on and they appreciate self initiative taken by the person learning. I wish my personal experience was the same, but it has been the polar opposite. In my c
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
Seems to work pretty well for an insane/chaotic system.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
> Let’s imagine a slave cotton plantation was unprofitable due to poor weather, some burglary, and other external factors. Is the cotton plantation not exploiting the slaves? You don't see the glaring differences between a slave on
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
> I'm not going to debase my resume by working for someone's pet project Damn... That hits way too close to home.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
The going rate for a student tutor at my university was between $20 and $30 per hour. > I feel like there must be a catch I don’t see — what is it? If you're worth several hundreds of dollars per hour as a tutor, you're probabl
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
This is similar to how my current position started. I was initially given a contract for 3 months. Not a probation period -- a contract that could be cancelled at any time by my employer. I left a very stable job to take this new role (cite
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
No really. An ad convincing me to try X energy drink at least results in me getting an energy drink. Games like this are selling you on a worthless digital item.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
> Assuming that my coworker and girlfriend aren't lazy or incompetent and are acting in good faith, what might be the cause of the managers behaving this way, and how can they manage the situation for less frustration? The manager i
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
The question has nothing to do with quality.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
Decentralization has been thrown around as a buzzword for the past year. I can see a strong case for decentralizing Wikipedia. Or a comparable offering.
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by el_dev_hell 7y ago
I am so glad I read this before downgrading. Sorry to hear!
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
I agree, in most cases. Hiding the insanity of YouTube comments won't change anything it will just hide it ever so slightly. Like strategies to _hide_ homelessness in cities. But I strongly disagree when it comes to pedophiles sharing
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
You have to pair with someone for 8 hours per day? That would cripple my productivity and drain me like nothing else. I tip my hat to you for returning after a week of that. > As you are working with a pair there is no pull requests, eve
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Ask HN: Quitting when the company is close to the edge
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
> About 5% of customers will not hesitate to be abusive, pay extremely late or exploit the fact that you're small. Learn what they feel like in the sales process. The first time you'll be convinced it's you, and blow at le
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
> hosting an app on your platform is an endorsement of the content and the publisher of the app What's the context behind this claim?
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
> Why wouldn't it? There isn't anything special that needs to be done, you can stream in whatever you want and render it to the existing buffer. 1GB to the browser for rendering... Sure, it's doable. So is eating 1KG of wi
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
Straya at its finest
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
I find the key factor the be company size. When I worked for a Fortune 500, credentials mattered. Possibly more than competence. I'm working for a much smaller company now and it's significantly closer to a meritocracy (or a &quot
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
> 'Free' users are the worst users in that respect. In my experience, free users are the worst. Full stop.
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by el_dev_hell 8y ago
This x1000. If a benefit isn't spelled out in black and white, it should be considered non-existent. Example: I used to get a ham at Christmas time. This was a gift from the company (i.e not in my contact). We had a bad year in 2017 an