peacemaker

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by peacemaker 9mo ago
I went and did a masters degree in Ecology (well, Conservation Ecosystem Management specifically) during covid which I really enjoyed. A lot of it was completely out of my comfort zone after 20+ years in tech but a surprising amount did tra
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by peacemaker 2y ago
ah great, yet another reason to make me feel old today! :) But seriously, 30 years old game and it still holds up really well. OpenTTD is one of those that I always have installed
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by peacemaker 3y ago
Well no, I clearly wasn't saying there is no ageism at all. I was taking issue with the comment regarding developers having to leave tech over 50 years old.
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by peacemaker 3y ago
I agree, all of those fit in my (admittedly lazy) "and such" part of the statement. Loads of jobs for all ages
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by peacemaker 3y ago
The idea that you must retire from tech before 50 is so incredibly false I have difficulty believing this view is even shared here. Perhaps in some of the "trendy" "bro-culture" startups you'd have a more difficult
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by peacemaker 3y ago
I took a break from software to complete a masters degree in ecology a little while ago and loved it. So much potential for software to improve that field. My research was based on using remote sensing to detect change in ecosystems, which
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by peacemaker 4y ago
+1 for Authy, though I keep the backups and multi-device turned on for convenience. My old phone died and I had no way of getting into some of my 2FA secured accounts a while back and it was a wakeup call that eventually led to using Authy.
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by peacemaker 4y ago
thanks!
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by peacemaker 4y ago
Can you share the group?
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by peacemaker 4y ago
Absolutely! I made a comment in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32668694 just recently about this. My company hired a guy who passed their tests, yet the guy who joined us for work was barely able to move a mouse aroun
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by peacemaker 4y ago
My employer hired a guy from this company! I wasn't involved in the interview process but was tasked with mentoring him. His resume was covered with DevOps buzzwords and he obviously said the right things in the interview, but the guy
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by peacemaker 4y ago
This is incredibly well written, how did you learn to write like that? As for the concepts you describe, how did you learn about them?
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by peacemaker 4y ago
I recently moved from software dev to devops and this sounds about right! I'm supposed to understand the product teams entire codebase, write the tooling, create/update terraform for the infra, implement CI/CD stuff plus act
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by peacemaker 4y ago
dongle
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by peacemaker 6y ago
In some countries they banned landlords from evicting tenants during the pandemic to stop stuff like this happening. They then asked banks to provide mortgage holidays so that the landlords could afford to keep non paying tenants. In my o
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by peacemaker 6y ago
I'm currently working on a combined approach - deal with it + fix it via therapy/CBT/Mindfulness. Dealing with it by practicing gratitude for the benefits it provides and the goals it allows me to work towards. Current plan
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by peacemaker 6y ago
Just wanted to let you know that I'm exactly the same way. In fact, I've even thought perhaps I was the one with the psychological defect where I simply can't stand the 9-5 grind, regardless of the pay, status or type of work
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by peacemaker 6y ago
Easier said than done when you've a large, busy team to manage alongside lots of other work. Besides, if you're a non-technical leader it can be difficult to understand how things are going unless you have some kind of metrics to
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by peacemaker 6y ago
Counting lines of code is definitely not a useful metric, however, you can extract a lot of information via the Github API that I believe can help with managing a tech team. It's exactly why I created getdevinsight.com as I think too
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by peacemaker 6y ago
I wanted a way for dev team leaders to see at a glance, in plain english, how their team was doing so I created DevInsight. Feedback and thoughts very much appreciated!
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Show HN: Helping non-technical founders manage their development team(getdevinsight.com)
1 points by peacemaker 6y ago|1 comments
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by peacemaker 6y ago
Location: UK (North West) Remote: Yes, only remote Willing to relocate: No Technologies: 20 years software engineering experience. Most recently Laravel/PHP. Historically C++, C#. Loads of experience with SQL, AWS, Deployments, Tooling
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by peacemaker 7y ago
I'm moving back into a team leadership role after working for myself a while so probably The Managers Path and Managing Humans. Would love to hear other suggestions for software development managers too!
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by peacemaker 8y ago
This is a question I asked myself a couple of years ago and it has led me down a path of intense self-reflection and searching. Unfortunately, it's not something that you can "think" your way to an answer, not entirely anywa
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by peacemaker 8y ago
The healthcare part is correct - you'll get that regardless of your working situation. But university is not free in the UK. Also, if you go for long periods of not paying any "national insurance" (similar to social security
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by peacemaker 8y ago
As other posters have pointed out, getting to another country is likely to be very difficult for you right now so my advice is to think about what you can do where you are to improve your situation. It seems to me that the answer to your pr
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by peacemaker 8y ago
Unfortunately that appears to be my natural inclination and now I'm facing a list of more than 50 or so "available paths". This can be equally as daunting as having no options and frankly it has led to decision paralysis. So
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by peacemaker 9y ago
I guess things are basically worth what people are willing to pay so there is no way one way that valuations work. Any questions? Not really, I've sold and bought businesses in the past so it's pretty straightforward now.
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by peacemaker 9y ago
Hey, my email is in my profile. Wasn't aware the contact form didnt work will have to fix that!
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by peacemaker 9y ago
Exactly, the one that makes a couple hundred is different because I'm actively trying to sell it and therefore will sell for a reasonable market price.

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