loydb

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by loydb 4y ago
Of the 219 factors causing unhappiness, I'm guessing 218 of them are 'constantly changing requirements' :) The last one is 'nobody refilled the coffee machine.' edit: speeling
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by loydb 4y ago
There needs to be an entire class devoted to working with Product Managers without killing anyone...
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by loydb 4y ago
He remembers the Old Ways.
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by loydb 5y ago
Finish that degree. With your math background, it won't be any problem to pick up the algorithm stuff you need to pass a whiteboard.
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by loydb 5y ago
I think Fall 2023 is way more likely than Fall 2022. The game would need to be in a close-to-release beta right now for a shipment 6-7 months from now IMO.
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by loydb 5y ago
I've done this periodically, I highly recommend it. I hadn't been looking at any news this year (other than pure tech news/game sites), but broke that streak this week to watch and see if Russia starts WW3.
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by loydb 5y ago
I work in the security industry. The products I work on help keep hundreds of thousands of people safer in an online world whose threat landscape is expanding daily. That sounds like a marketing sound bite, but it's absolutely true.
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by loydb 5y ago
My homesteading fantasies were tempered by a real examination of the amount of hard, hard work and time every day that's required. It sounds like you might be happier with a house on a one acre lot within easy driving distance of a c
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by loydb 5y ago
So, I would describe that as a dysfunctional sales team. I've worked at everything from a 40-person startup to companies with over 100,000 employees. The sales engineers on the teams have been the ones with their hands dirty throughout
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by loydb 5y ago
If you want a base salary that high, move into Product Management or Sales/Sales Engineering. Maybe Data Analytics/Engineering if you're really good at math and find the right company. Or, as others have said, start your own
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by loydb 5y ago
Stevie Ray talked about learning amazing solos from Hendrix in his dreams, but he could never remember them when he woke up.
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by loydb 5y ago
Zimperium | variety of engineering positions | Remote or Dallas | Full Time | https://www.zimperium.com/careers/ We secure mobile. Join us.
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by loydb 5y ago
Banning may not be the complete answer, but until we're allowed to shoot them, it will have to do.
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by loydb 5y ago
I just hired a junior UX designer in part because of their really cool side project. It's not something I was asking for or expecting in the job req, but I for sure looked at it when it was on their resume.
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by loydb 5y ago
Jennifer Sherman's book _Those Who Work, Those Who Don't_, is a fascinating (and depressing) exploration of what this means, and the social changes that happen when men (mostly former loggers) can't signal their virtue via th
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by loydb 5y ago
Just lost out on a candidate who was in the 'talking with HR phase'. Their existing company offered a 100% salary bonus to stay for 12 months. I'll hit them up again in a year :)
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by loydb 6y ago
Really nice work! And good response from Google.
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by loydb 6y ago
This was amazingly well thought out for a meth head. Points for effort.
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by loydb 6y ago
This reminded me I hadn't ripped my Kindle library in awhile. Thanks.
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by loydb 6y ago
> Microsoft had all the cash in the world to make it happen. But instead, they put Candy Crush in the start menu. And got rid of Pinball. :(
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by loydb 6y ago
I spent a ton of time on Lambda. Such a cool slice of computer history.
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by loydb 7y ago
I initially read the headline as 'crematorium' and was intrigued...
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by loydb 7y ago
They also put a quarter-million copies through the crazy expensive (at the time) laser jet printer that I'd just bought a few months prior, paying over $3,000. They kept it for 4 years, 364 days, the longest they could legally hold on
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by loydb 7y ago
The SJG raid had nothing to do with Sundevil. Totally different crew. The LOD raids (which SJG got caught up in) were driven by an ambitious district attorney from Chicago.
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by loydb 7y ago
> SJG's BBS was swarming with elite hackers. Untrue. The BBS the hackers all hung out on was the one I ran called the Phoenix Project. There may have been a couple of people who were also gamers that hung out on IO, but they were th
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by loydb 7y ago
Moissanite makes a beautiful stone.
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by loydb 7y ago
I'm an amateur gem faceter -- if you want something that's actually rare , choose a non-diamond colored stone. A ruby or sapphire is far more rare. Personally, I advocate for lab created stones. It is flawless, you can get the ex
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by loydb 8y ago
Maggie Shen King's book _An Excess Male_ is a really interesting speculative take on the long-term implications of this phenomenon. Strongly recommend, it's a good read.
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by loydb 8y ago
In the US, you do it by moving to a new company. Every significant double-digit percentage increase I've ever received was by changing jobs.
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by loydb 8y ago
I am still running a campaign that started in 1979, with many of the same players. We can only manage once/month, because getting 8-9 adults together is a scheduling nightmare (thanks Doodle!), but we still love it just as much.

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