robdimarco

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by robdimarco 9mo ago
I read 57 books this year, a mix between fiction and non-fiction Top 5 fiction - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles - Trust by Hernan Diaz - City of Thieves by David Benioff - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders - Widow Basquiat by b
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by robdimarco 1y ago
I came across https://github.com/systempromptio/systemprompt-mcp-server which has an OAuth 2.1 demo
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by robdimarco 2y ago
The complaint is amazing! I love how they found out! > On February 18, 2025, an investigative reporter at The Information contacted Rippling about a forthcoming article concerning Deel’s Russia-related sanctions activity, noting he had “
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by robdimarco 2y ago
Dad with 3 kids here. With my first one, I tried and encouraged and bribed and nothing worked. I drove myself crazy. And then one day he said to me. "Dad, I don't want diapers." And that was it. Done! What I learned from this
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I built Excel for Uber and they ditched it(basta.substack.com)
753 points by robdimarco 3y ago|535 comments
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by robdimarco 6y ago
I saw one in GGP when I was running there a few months ago. Scared the hell out of this East Coaster!
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by robdimarco 7y ago
So far (been about 9 months), I like being an IC a lot. I still get to be a leader and mentor, but have a lot less paperwork to fill out come review time! I always enjoyed the coding part of the startup CTO job more than the manager part an
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by robdimarco 7y ago
I have very similar experience. I'm 42, spent most of my career in startups / small companies in CTO-level positions, but last year took an engineering position in big tech (at one of the companies you mention). My suggestion for
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Merck’s NotPetya attack: Was it an act of war?(inquirer.com)
130 points by robdimarco 7y ago|111 comments
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by robdimarco 9y ago
eLocal USA | Full Stack Engineer | Conshohocken, PA (suburban Philadelphia) | Full-time | Onsite eLocal is a profitable, 10 year old company whose mission is to connect consumers with local businesses, with a particular specialization in th
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I was an undercover Uber driver(citypaper.net)
237 points by robdimarco 11y ago|165 comments
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by robdimarco 11y ago
My county recently changed to using a passive investment strategy for pensions and there is a push for the whole state of PA to change to a similar model. http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/inquirer/20150301
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by robdimarco 13y ago
whoa, I used to work with Jay about 10 years ago. Small world.
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Bad Customer Development Questions and How to Avoid My Mistakes(kevindewalt.com)
2 points by robdimarco 14y ago|0 comments
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by robdimarco 14y ago
eLocal ( http://www.elocal.com ) - Conshohocken, PA (Philly burbs) Ostensibly, the job title is Ruby Developer, but really your job involves bringing to life the software that is used by our consumers, customers and internal users. You will
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Astronaut candidates wanted(usajobs.gov)
1 points by robdimarco 15y ago|0 comments
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by robdimarco 15y ago
Sounds a lot like what Venmo is doing ( https://venmo.com/ ). I don't think they have an API yet.
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by robdimarco 16y ago
My greatest success has come from sponsoring local user groups in the technology that I am looking to hire in. Great way to make introductions. Most recruiters are a waste of $$, unless you are looking for a very specific, hard to find sk
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by robdimarco 16y ago
This is in Pennsylvania not NJ.
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by robdimarco 16y ago
Can you tell us a little more about your experience? Hard to judge salary expectations without knowing more about you.
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by robdimarco 16y ago
Interested in this too.
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Lessons from Leaders: How JBoss did it(forentrepreneurs.com)
1 points by robdimarco 16y ago|0 comments
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by robdimarco 16y ago
I agree with you that the wage tax makes the city less attractive to live in than the neighboring burbs. I chose to live in Conshohocken rather than Chestnut Hill/Mount Airy mainly because of the wage tax. That being said, I do think that
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by robdimarco 16y ago
This article ignores the role of stocks issuing dividends and how that contributes to the game.
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Typrtail -- Adding some fun to your log tails(github.com)
9 points by robdimarco 16y ago|0 comments
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by robdimarco 16y ago
Simple guide for getting started... http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html This will lead you to many other great on line guides. In general, I am running MRI Ruby 1.8.7, Rails 2.3.5, MySQL 5.1
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by robdimarco 16y ago
Good question. One easy answer to get you started solving them. TALK TO A LAWYER. They will guide you through these questions. Do not cheap out on the lawyer now, you are asking important questions that will fundamentally affect the abil
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by robdimarco 16y ago
Here were some of my thoughts on it from a couple years ago... http://www.innovationontherun.com/considering-working-for-a-...
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by robdimarco 16y ago
These are the civil charges, it will be interesting to see if there are criminal charges. A civil verdict against GS just costs money. A felony conviction would destroy the bank, like it did to Arthur Andersen.
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by robdimarco 16y ago
# There is only one way to get people to do something. You have to make them want to do it. # People love to hear their name. When someone tells you their name, remember it and call them by it # When someone asks you what you do, or what'

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