mh_yam

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by mh_yam 7y ago
How about simplifying the tax code so we don't need computer programs at all?
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by mh_yam 10y ago
Really depends on your team. I work on a small team in a huge investment bank and we are working on new nice-looking apps. I usually don't have to deal with audit, risk management, compliance, regulators, etc. When I do it's usual
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by mh_yam 10y ago
Foreigners can't apply to be a citizen just because they've been here for 10 years. The US immigration system is so f*cked up and the current administration favors illegal immigrants over legal ones. The most common pathway for th
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by mh_yam 10y ago
I am in the same boat (bachelors + masters from US universities and on H-1B). I've been in the US for almost 10 years now since undergrad and have put down roots (friends, acquaintances, credit history, etc). It is very unfair for us
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by mh_yam 12y ago
It's horrible. I have a bachelors from a top US school, working on a masters from another top school, and I can't even take a week off in between jobs because it may cause immigration problems. Meanwhile Obama goes around making s
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Most people I know who are in this situation are 1) Old 2) Have tons of experience and worked hard earlier in their life 3) Have lots of connections that prevent them from being fired I'm sure there are employees at large companies who
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Have an Aeron at home and a Knoll Life @ work.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
This reminds me of when I asked for permission to make an iOS app for my school and was denied with similar arguments. I guess it sucks more when you've already put in so much effort and it gets shot down in one meeting. I did learn th
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Programming is not the same thing as computer science...you can get very far in programming without knowing much math, but not in computer science.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
>>> More public funding needs to be directed towards schools and youth programs in poor areas. More money needs to be focused on easing poverty. Give these kids back their parents, reduce the desperation of extreme poverty their fa
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by mh_yam 12y ago
It was interesting to find out who the people behind Sysinternals were. The article, though, has an embarrassing number of typos...
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by mh_yam 12y ago
There's a balance. >it's the ONLY WAY to have tests in the business world Perhaps in some organizations. I feel sorry if you have to work in such an environment. My company recognizes the value of testing-we have 15,000 accepta
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by mh_yam 12y ago
This is golden
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by mh_yam 12y ago
You really don't want to be surrounded by those people. They'll make you hate your life. Unless you are one of them.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
All this talk of gurus, senseis, ninjas, zealots, rockstars, and superstars and shit has to stop. It's seriously making me annoyed I work in this industry.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
> I haven't come across much about good design of tests (suggestions very much welcome). I have yet to see a large-scale, popular piece of software written using TDD
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Something to do with the fact that we now have work email on smartphones, and 24/7 VPN to our office?
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Seeing what Obama is doing, it's pretty similar.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Bush was a very intelligent man contrary to what many believe. http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Every place I've seen DevOps, seems that developers bear the brunt of the work - learning the infrastructure and understanding deployments and such. I've never seen Ops people learning the codebase or even the software architectur
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by mh_yam 12y ago
> DevOps isn't amount making Developers be Ops guys Sure seems that way at many places.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Could be any number of reasons for this. Salary is surprisingly rigid over time for many because people simply don't like negotiating. Women especially negotiate less than men. Maybe she had a $40k salary at her previous job and $60k l
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by mh_yam 12y ago
(Manhattan prices) A good studio apartment will be $2000-2500 a month. A one bedroom would be $3000+.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Agreed that there is really no distinction in most cases (software engineer = software developer = programmer = guru = ninja etc), but it matters to the people in positions to hire you. I bet someone with a job title of 'software engin
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Haha. If a company doesn't want to hire me because my resume is not in .docx format, I probably don't want to be working there anyway!
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Agreed. My (LaTeX) resume that I spend many hours refining has caught the attention of many hiring managers, and I often get compliments on it. Curse those recruiters who reformat my resume into their shitty Word templates. I've had ti
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Don't call yourself a programmer.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
I have no problem concentrating / focusing given there are no constant conversations / noise, people moving around, music, sales guy on the phone 8 hours a day, etc. It's absurd to expect human beings, especially software e
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by mh_yam 12y ago
No, because in public places there is a degree of anonymity. At work, people all know each other. Inevitably, you get nosy and annoying people who constantly check out what others are doing and peer into their screens.
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by mh_yam 12y ago
Problem is, many of the places which have the worst types of open plan also seem to be the most allergic to things like working from home and quiet rooms. Also, many people who work in them don't have the luxury of going to a couch or

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