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by tennis_sort 3y ago
I worked on government systems circa 2003 and it was a mess of outsourcing, delays and consultants. It was always a question of which corner to cut. I don't think anyone was trying to do the wrong thing but rather timelines and budgets
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by tennis_sort 4y ago
I read "Dopamine Nation" recently and TikTok "ticks" so many negative boxes. Having lost hours to this ultimate time wasting app, there is no chance my kids are getting this on their phone. As the book hypothesizes, poor
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by tennis_sort 4y ago
Caveat emptor. Just a body shop by another name and if the buyer doesn't care, they get a random bunch of bodies.
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by tennis_sort 5y ago
Yeah you're right there. 150k salary is better than a £600 day contract. £150k per year is tricky to find for salaried positions as a dev. They exist but not as visible (to me at least) compared to the contract equivalents. The enjoyme
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by tennis_sort 5y ago
£100k London as a single person could definitely buy a flat somewhere. Maybe not a great area but it's doable. A house with a garden, kids, private school etc. 100k won't cut it unfortunately. For some reason I thought FAANGs in L
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by tennis_sort 5y ago
Free at last! Woohoo.
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by tennis_sort 5y ago
I play golf+ and really liked it. There's a great tennis one too. Practicing without the weight of impact of a club/racket is good. Its niche but definitely a new dawn for gaming. FB might be too early but they're in the righ
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by tennis_sort 5y ago
JPM have just made a $12b investment to fix that: https://www.jpmorganchase.com/news-stories/tech-investment-c... I'm aware that these investments often go south. I've seen HSBC's foray into "Fintec
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by tennis_sort 5y ago
I stayed briefly in a real dive in NY one time while I was studying there. The room was used to dry clothes or something. I literally couldn't focus on anything in College. It was like I was perpetually hungover everyday. Also I wasn&#