pixeloution

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by pixeloution 5y ago
Speaking of your tests - your general coding skills one has an actual bug in the code, as of a few hours ago (I sent an email about it, hopefully it gets fixed)
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by pixeloution 6y ago
Getting a degree isn't a prerequisite; and its possible to learn enough on your own to get a great job in the industry. I have at least a few people on my team at fortune 100 company without degrees and making comfortably six figures.
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by pixeloution 7y ago
In this context, prints mean "original prints" which doesn't translate to junk or reproductions. Some original prints are worth in excess of half a million dollars.
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by pixeloution 7y ago
I’m quickly approaching 50, and work as a tech lead/developer at one of the top few companies in the world earning well. Age may make it more difficult, but in the end what you’re able to do matters most.
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by pixeloution 8y ago
Articles like this do a disservice to everyone. For starters: a Stack Overflow survey is not a random sample of all programmers - it's a sample of people who are on Stack Overflow. A better source might be the Bureau of Labor Statistic
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by pixeloution 8y ago
And here's the problem. People don't agree what's hard/easy. If I ask you to find duplicate values in a nested data structure (arrays of arrays) ... that calls for recursion. I think that's easy. So I'm curious
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by pixeloution 8y ago
Personally a bit frustrated to see desktop applications go to subscription models where years can now go by without upgrades but I'm forced to continue to pay to use the app. If I'm unsure on how long before there will be a worthw
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Git Tower Goes Annual Subscription(git-tower.com)
11 points by pixeloution 8y ago|9 comments
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by pixeloution 8y ago
I can't talk to you about my team's current problems, and neither should anyone else. If I do and you offer up a solution I'm in real trouble ... because that's a lawsuit waiting to happen. Try to remember, this is the
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by pixeloution 9y ago
> Only a few rarified corporate people and independent consultants can pull down pay in the 200s. I'm not sure that's true. I've lost track of the number of software engineers I know who are in at least the low 200's
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by pixeloution 9y ago
This is a big one: its a browser they don't have to pay to have google made the default search engine: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/14/google-paying-apple-3-billio... It lets them use it as a jumping off
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by pixeloution 9y ago
I'm not sure I could give an in-depth answer, especially under pressure in an interview. What I could do is explain the important bits at a high level: * how a B-Tree index is structured (and how that affects range queries, and w
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by pixeloution 9y ago
Just to add to the above comment, a diceware passphrase is MUCH harder to break than most people realize. For example, compare the possible number of combinations: Diceware, 6 words 2.2 x 10^23 Diceware, 5 words 2.8
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by pixeloution 10y ago
Any analysis which ties some outcome (self-assigned ratings) to income is flawed unless you control for income vs cost of living. The engineer with a compensation package worth 150k in Silicon Valley isn't the same as the guy with the
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by pixeloution 10y ago
If it takes a few hours to learn it, learn it. If I interview you and you say you're an expert in X, and you have a blank look when I ask you about X, you've lost the job, even if you're otherwise brilliant.
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by pixeloution 10y ago
Even if users were willing, this would be woefully inaccurate information. Mint shows take-home pay. But you have to keep in mind ... * People contribute between 0 to X% to a 401k. This couldn't be deduced from take-home. *
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by pixeloution 10y ago
The title here is a bit misleading; he did the bootcamp but he also did a lot of additional study, then he went on to teach at the bootcamp THEN landed that job. Still impressive!
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by pixeloution 10y ago
I'm a big fan of TheSansMono - but its not exactly cheap (I think it was about $120 for the "office" group which I bought). The characters are pleasing, easy to read, and really I just find them nice. http://www.lu
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by pixeloution 10y ago
Some quick research turns up that this pays about $1300/month ... or around $40/hour. I'm basing the hourly on 4.3 weeks a month, 6 hours a week + one "full day" before class starts. There may be more hours involved
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by pixeloution 11y ago
A large portion of Apple employees get them, to some extent: http://9to5mac.com/2015/10/14/tim-cook-memo-apple-launches-r...
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by pixeloution 11y ago
I don't think he's exaggerating; for the past 4 positions I've had to fill (at six figure comps) 80%+ of candidates with extensive resumes couldn't solve a simple recursion problem. We give the a notebook with an IDE and
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by pixeloution 11y ago
I can only say that if you're ever hiring, you probably will ask people to code for you. You won't at first, but after you've hired a few who could "talk the talk" but then can't actually write readable, mainta
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by pixeloution 11y ago
So, I find the posts in the github issue interesting. Open source does not necessarily mean free as in beer, but free as in speech. You can do whatever you want with open source software once you have it, but saying its open source and char
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by pixeloution 11y ago
So someone is essentially attempting to raffle a house? I can't even imagine the legality issues with this.
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by pixeloution 11y ago
I would take that to an apple store. I have a mid-2012 retina Macbook Pro at home with full disk encryption turned on, and I never see anything remotely close to that kind of usage.
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by pixeloution 11y ago
I'm 44 this year -- my last job change was two years ago, and it was to a Top 10 tech company. Now I'm responsible for heavily influencing the hiring decisions in my group. Here's the thing: most programmers are awful. They c
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by pixeloution 11y ago
My experiences at Apple are vastly different than the author's; As a developer I've never had such a low-stress position. My hours will sometimes drift over the 40-43 mark but not often.
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by pixeloution 11y ago
Why not use a recruiter? That's a great question. Lets take a fictional recruiter named Joe. To begin with, Joe isn't working for you; you're Joe's product. That answer would be enough to turn me away. Where are Joe&#x27
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by pixeloution 11y ago
Interesting read - I do find it odd the author was worried over spending a few hundred dollars in The search for what should be a six figure position.
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by pixeloution 12y ago
Mandrill is not "the backend service behind MailChimp". Mandrill came after MailChimp and is a separate thing - they only allow it to be used for transactional email. Sending a newsletter via Mandrill violates its Terms of Service

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