therealchiko

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by therealchiko 3y ago
> The TL;DR is that some (“best”) practices are contextual and understanding when to use them is ultimately what gives us the title of “engineers”. So well put, just today I implemented a feature and kept asking myself if i should be ext
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by therealchiko 5y ago
fair and fine but all of that can be achieved whilst one is fairly compensated too. It's not a "give here and we'll give you this extra" type of situation, they offered nothing in return because they want it for free, pe
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by therealchiko 7y ago
I like this idea and hope it gains ground. A thing to think about is to work with ranges, in terms of showing a person how much other people earn. I can imagine the system exposing someone at the same level in a relatively small department
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Genius claims it caught Google by spelling out “Red Handed” in Morse code(theverge.com)
2 points by therealchiko 7y ago|0 comments
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by therealchiko 8y ago
Find out how many people are working for the startup and their backgrounds. This is super important to do either as research before or after, to find out if you are going to be working with truly A-players. Overlooking this aspect might be
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Ask HN: Software developers what do you do get in the zone?
3 points by therealchiko 8y ago|3 comments
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Ask HN: Productive after-hours? How do you collaborate and work during the day?
1 points by therealchiko 8y ago|2 comments
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by therealchiko 8y ago
Exactly the same thing I realized. Working out in the morning actually drained me of energy for the day and made me super sleepy instead. Running though, has the different effect and made me feel a whole lot more fresher and ready to tackle
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by therealchiko 8y ago
I love this simple solution.
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by therealchiko 8y ago
This clarifies my observation. As i was reading down the list of rules, I tried to think if some of the most enjoyable stories I can recall stuck to these guidelines strictly, doesn't appear to be the case. Maybe it's just my tast
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by therealchiko 8y ago
I have Googled for Roadmap listed, no luck yet. Anyone know the url to that website?
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by therealchiko 8y ago
I applied for an exchange program in the States, that's called Professional Fellows and spent a good 4 months learning US business practices and just being a bit exposed to a different way of doing things. I'm from Zimbabwe btw. P
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by therealchiko 8y ago
Agreed, it definitely did.
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by therealchiko 11y ago
I think Sheryl might be missing the point that it depends with where you're coming from. Career paths differ and I think it's hyperbolic to reduce it to one "true" way and discredit some things from a privileged position
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by therealchiko 13y ago
I think what he's saying is that "C" priorities, will become "A" priorities after being left alone UNTIL deadlines (urgency) pushes them to the top of the list.