nassosdim

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by nassosdim 15y ago
That's alright. I keep hearing a lot about how hard it is for a company to sponsor someone and, given the short notice, I was struck surprised by it.
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Unfortunately, they can't http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3378760
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by nassosdim 15y ago
After contacting with the HR in the email that you gave me they told me that they don't offer visas for this program. :(
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Thank you very much for your response. I will ASAP!
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by nassosdim 15y ago
What about the relocation expenses? Are you offering a relocation package? As someone who has attempted a country switch a year ago I got myself into trouble when I had to arrange a place to stay - a proper place to stay, because the compan
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by nassosdim 15y ago
I hope that was just a matter of preference for me but having enough eye floaters, I find myself suffering less while working with darker backgrounds.
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by nassosdim 15y ago
A few days ago I decided to pick up a bash book from O'reilly and, truth be told, the guys in a room in Freenode knew how to help me in any question I made, no matter how silly I might felt for even asking (specifically I remember asking th
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Just a few remarks: 1) Don't delete your message. 2) Don't let anyone tell you what you can or can do. Me? I could write lots of stuff about what I experienced over the last couple of years, but I'm done doing them the favor.
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Getting a job in software development: A Reddit discussion round-up(reddit.com)
159 points by nassosdim 15y ago|45 comments
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by nassosdim 15y ago
I agree with you and what really takes the cake away from taking their research as reliable and valid is not only that they skimmed over any kind of educational background and programming concepts (for the sake of the argument I'll assume t
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by nassosdim 15y ago
This is exactly what Sal, the founder of Khan Academy, believes. What strengthens this argument is that, if you miss a few logical steps you end up even more baffled when you encounter concepts that are build upon the concepts on which you
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Personally I can't tell how thankful I am about Khan Academy because there are really mathematical concepts that I simply couldn't digest back when I was in high school mostly because I either got lost in 1-2 chapters (back then) and instea
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Don't let this be intimidating to you - instead of asking yourself "how come I don't know this?" ask yourself "how can I learn more about this?". This might sound cheesy and simplified but it's as simple as "nobody was born knowing this". I
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by nassosdim 15y ago
I pretty much feel the same way but I feel like I'm up for the challenge and I keep trying to cover as much as possible I can in my free time (a side-effect of my unemployment).
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by nassosdim 15y ago
I can say with absolute certainty that other people in his place would be anxious, nervous or insecure. He seems to like it. And when you like what you do, well... it's pretty obvious.
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by nassosdim 15y ago
I believe Google's engineers tend to agree with the JavaScript part of your argument http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/10/dart-googles-progra...
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by nassosdim 15y ago
I tested the Mint 12 yesterday and I think that they use duckduckgo for default search engine in firefox, which surprised me.
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Plan B seems to be true about this article!
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Probably because 1Password doesn't support just a specific browser and it's also available for tablets and smartphones.
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Or to put in a comic-friendly way: "It's not who you are, it's what you do that defines you".
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by nassosdim 15y ago
And Stanford just confirmed https://twitter.com/#!/stanfordeng/status/128615022044790784
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by nassosdim 15y ago
Stanford tweeted that they're still in the process of gathering information https://twitter.com/#!/stanfordeng/status/128580022675054592