guncheck

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   by guncheck 11y ago

   Thanks for the Cmder tip. I'm a linux guy now working for msft (started a few weeks ago) and am having a not-so-fun time with tools and the cmd.
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   by guncheck 11y ago

   Honestly, I've been programming for almost 5 years now and been learning a whole lot of different technologies, languages, frameworks, etc. since I started so its safe to say I'm barely an intermediate in alot of things. Because 5
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   by guncheck 11y ago

   I thought the guy was trolling.. until they actually got him a helicopter.
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   by guncheck 12y ago

   This is pretty cool. I'll read this. Thanks!
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   by guncheck 12y ago

   yeah :( they offered me starting pay of 60k, which granted is not the worst. It's alot more than other jobs, but I just had a better offer somewhere else that I couldn't say no to (though not in games). I had other priorities that
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   by guncheck 12y ago

   there's a difference between "worst company" and "worst company to work for". worst company is voted upon by everyone. Everyone on the internet, which is the most vocal group, hates EA which is totally understandabl
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   by guncheck 12y ago

   I was talking to a friend who works at EA and said most of them were just being moved to EA Redwood Shores. The Maxis studio was a satellite studio out of Emeryville and teams were being migrated to Redwood Shores. "Nothing has changed
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   by guncheck 12y ago

   EA did a fairly poor job with SimCity, I agree. A very, very poor job. EA was named the worst company to work for in the US, but that was years and years ago. They've really done a better job at keeping their developers happy (I worked
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   by guncheck 12y ago

   This was a really good read. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks!
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    by guncheck 12y ago

    Ballmer has an AmA on Reddit right at 11:15pst ( http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2m7cmt/were_steve_ball... ) in case any of you are interested to just ask him. Or discuss.
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    by guncheck 12y ago

    It would be really cool if they were able to eventually create exo suits that'll let me do titalfall-like wall running :) Just cuz its really cool.
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    by guncheck 12y ago

    I agree on this point. This seems more like being a white knight than anything. I have nothing against female programmers, in fact, I actually wish more would come into the profession. But this is a bit much. There will always be assholes e