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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Interesting, how did you find that lawyer? (google? personal contacts? Approached a law firm?)
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I fully agree with your comment about whale tasting like crying, I have a profound regret over eating it....but...not sure why...as I eat pretty much ever other animal. The lobster in iceland was amazing though. We did a summer week long ro
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I would say you need to keep in mind that delivery of the team against product commitments should be a priority, and being able to do that in a long term sustainable way is very important. So in my view you should absolutely put out of you
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
- Google questionnaire and spreadsheet for food options. - Laptop plus usb cables/audio cables for peoples music collections instead of a DJ (gotta trust you're friends taste though). Never use unproven tech for a mission critical
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
One thing that helps me avoid notifications is turning my screen to greyscale, notifications are way less visually distracting then. Only problem is that WhatsApp 'read' ticks colour scheme means that in greyscale the sent and re
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
This is giving me fond memories of things I had to do or had heard about from colleagues:- - To improve game loading speed of a CD - Load level on PC from hardisk, log all filenames loaded to a txt file and then use that to order the files
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I just looked at your resume, I didn't actually think it was too bad, feedback on the PDF version:- - way too cramped, you're already on 2 pages so add so spacing to it, it's really hard to read. - I don't care where the
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Email sent to you
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Ask HN: Contract lawyer in Vancouver, Canada?
2 points by throwmeaway32 9y ago|0 comments
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Goodreads:- 'Debugging Teams' - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920042372.do 'Managing Humans' - https://www.amazon.ca/Managing-Humans-Humorous-Software-Engi...
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I agree with your disagreement. If you don't care about your people and team and don't put them first then it's highly unlikely you'll actually be in any way productive to give the company what it needs. I guess the way
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I view my relationship like the stock market, it'll have its up and downs, sometimes I'll be ahead, sometimes the market/she'll be ahead and I'll be down....but overtime the stock market generally goes up so it&#x27
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I created some specific 'coffee' time slots in my calender and use https://calendly.com/ to organise the time slots (and put location details etc in as well) and then I just occasionally post to LinkedIn with the
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I offer to meet random people for coffee several times a week, sometimes it turns out to e networking, sometimes it turns out to be ad-hoc advice/mentoring, I just try to put myself out there for people to use as they'd like and s
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
blunt feedback after spending a few minutes looking at it. - Get a better photo, current one makes you look weird, can't tell if it's being arty or just blurry. - Try to break up wall of text summary, a few line breaks or spaces w
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
yes do it, setup 30mins per person every 2 weeks, in the meeting invite describe this is a time for discussion, feedback (for you to them and them to you), for things like career progression and also for them to ask questions they might not
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
First off, managing people is not a 'promotion', it is a complete job change. It is not a incremental increase on previous skills or job expectations; it is radically different and you must be aware of that if you want to suc
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Cut scene might have different shaders than in game, generally cut scenes are far more controlled and so might have higher quality shaders than in actual levels. And also that solution would only work in games with cut scenes and you would
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Sorry not a startup manager; but people manager at one of the bigger tech companies, hope it's still relevant to you Main surprise was how much I had to become truly aware of exactly what I was saying and doing every moment of the work
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Do you mean if you do an in-place upgrade? or a VIP swap? A inplace should just go through the update domains so if you have your extra 20% provisioned as normal it should be fine and a VIP should be pretty quick and painless.
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
You shouldn't really be getting 'promoted' from engineer to engineer management. I know it always happens but it shouldn't, being a good engineer does not mean they'll be a good people manager. If you're just
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
What's your end intent? (to get better at giving interviews? To get better at taking them?) What industry?
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Reminds me of the Mulberry harbours from DDay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry_harbour
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I'm happy to help, (~14 years dev experience, currently run a 10 person dev team in one of the 'big' companies, I do hiring). What's ya contact details? (if you're interested)
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
I agree with another poster regarding the 'not very compelling' and that I would classify you in the junior range of experience. Honest feedback coming up.. Initial advice:- - Remove 'professional' from the experience su
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Kinda like #3s : I like the doodle approach ( http://doodle.com/ ), and expand it to work out recurring meetings as needed. Only problem is getting people to fill in all the data required to make it work.
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
If the info was accurate in your other answers then I believe you're focusing on the wrong questions to ask.
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
1000 applications and 20 interviews in around ~3 years? I don't have stats to back up my opinion but that to me is crazy crazy low (unless you were applying for completely unsuitable jobs). - Do you alter your resume per applications?
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
Have you actually found positions you're interested in? Have you been applying, but not getting interviews? Have you been getting interviews but not succeeding?
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by throwmeaway32 9y ago
For this type of thing I try to 're-frame' it in my mind as a lesson learnt, and that also (despite everything I'd hope in the world) there are some crappy people out there and I feel kinda sorry for them. Turn your anger int

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