roundthecorner

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by roundthecorner 11mo ago
Thats an unknown, unknown.
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by roundthecorner 4y ago
Not a therapist, but would probably switch my life with yours in a second. I am the same age as you, in tech in a third world country and working two jobs and eighty hours a week to afford a good future for my kids. I will have to probably
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by roundthecorner 5y ago
Wondrium/The Great Courses has a number of good quality courses on Anthropology taught by renowned professors from the US. I have a subscription and a passing interest in anthropology that has been satisfied by the above. YMMV.
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by roundthecorner 5y ago
The last time i checked India wasnt strictly an adjoining region of Afghanistan.
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by roundthecorner 5y ago
In my experience a better question would have been. "Have you worked hard on something that DID pay off???" Most of the things that we work hard on never pay off except in terms of learned lessons.
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by roundthecorner 6y ago
Draw.io/diagrams.net
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by roundthecorner 6y ago
I am working as an architect with about 17+ years of experience and i feel the same. However it would still be prudent to practice as mentioned in one of the comments. Things seem easier if tackled before. Your task should be to create the
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Knowledge Retention in Software Development Organizations
3 points by roundthecorner 7y ago|0 comments
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by roundthecorner 7y ago
If you want a broad overview of how RDBMS work under the hood, "Designing Data Intensive Applications", would be a good conceptual start. This could be followed by database internals books like "Expert Oracle Database Archite
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by roundthecorner 7y ago
I go for a short walk at the end of every hour. I have found my fitbit pretty useful in reminding me to do at least 250 steps every hour. The number might be small but i usually end up doing more than that once i get going.
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by roundthecorner 7y ago
What about time to learn? I am one of those older average devs stuck in small scale design and development tasks that start to feel like a burden when you are on the wrong side of 40s. Time or lack of it seems a bigger factor right now as c
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by roundthecorner 7y ago
Data Model Resource book by Len Silverstone. Would advise to read and understand all three volumes though.
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by roundthecorner 7y ago
Neat idea. Taking join requests?
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
Gerald Weinberg wrote a lot on this topic from various perspectives. Maybe you will find some of his books helpful.
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
Sane words. However sometimes life pressures like building a nest egg for a family while advancing in age and having to support them through a tough (non US) economy, with few jobs sharply reduces available options in similar situations, pi
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
My mileage, with emphasis on the 'Handling'. The practices that I am outlining have allowed me to function at an acceptable level however, they are not a cure for depression. Meditation with a focus on getting in touch/accept
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
Jerry was a gem. Every one of his books is worth its weight in gold.
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
For production code well, If (p then q) = (NOT p or q)
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
Consider acting as a complement to another already established vendor in the target market. Do they have a weakness in their offering that you can help patch? Are there features you can offer that will enhance their offering's value?
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
Having reached the stage where you are able to distinguish between opinion and fact, i would suggest reading a bit of philosophy. You might find it illuminating and interesting in a different way. Worked for me at a similar stage though you
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by roundthecorner 8y ago
Look into books by Gerald Weinberg and Steve McConell. Both have served as great mentors for me in the mentioned areas.
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by roundthecorner 10y ago
Take a look at Apache Merton's architecture. They seem to have dealt with a number of inherent issues in the problem putting together data processing pipelines of open source components and ensuring they work together. The project is a