uchman

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by uchman 4y ago
variant of Peter principle
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by uchman 5y ago
curious what you mean. UX seems quite unique and cool to me. I'm not a power user though
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by uchman 5y ago
I’m a Googler minion and I approve this message. Dude paid his dues. Inasmuch as we all want to be treated equally, there’s reward for hard work.
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by uchman 6y ago
absolutely same here. I also enjoy his interviews and perspective but i really couldn't go beyond the first chapter. I guess I'm not that patient :)
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by uchman 6y ago
how did you make it through all the lobster metaphors. Does it get better as you progress ?
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by uchman 6y ago
Very true. As I grow older I realize that one should take the authors age in consideration when reading articles like this should be read.
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by uchman 6y ago
I've noticed that more people complain intensely about stuff that's not going away - Jira, Spreadsheets, Twitter...
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by uchman 6y ago
Yea spreadsheets were useful before and even more useful now. Agreed, they could be misused but what can't be misused ?
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by uchman 6y ago
One of the many things that surprised me in the US was seemingly complicated means of transferring cash between bank accounts. This process has been trivial in Nigeria (and some other countries) for a long time now with the NIBSS settlement
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by uchman 6y ago
I think the headline differs (perhaps for traffic). The post seems to discuss concerns about the discovery/trending feature - how developers "discover" new code.
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by uchman 7y ago
Really good stuff. Thanks for sharing. I guess I’ve made it when my son is able to go study poetry :)
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by uchman 7y ago
One tip that I see folks use. Encourage or enforce business email addresses for your trial accounts. This helps you target your cold emails (especially after trial expires).
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by uchman 7y ago
Humans are social. Golf (or whatever it is that floats the VPs boat" can only get you a foot in the door.
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by uchman 7y ago
Skeptical about LinkedIn these days as it might be overused. Even I tend to receive lot of pitches these days and generally distrust the medium.
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by uchman 7y ago
He oversimplified the issue. Phone companies don't make money through ads. FB/Twitter/Google make money by "getting into the weeds". They chose a business model with much more reward (hence much more risk). They&#x2
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by uchman 7y ago
Ex-kinda-Normalite here. I went to ISU
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by uchman 7y ago
Yea eventually the tool eventually gets you to pay for manual review or extra features.
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by uchman 7y ago
Where do you even find these fonts? Can't find them in Word Palanquin, Merriweather, Lato, and Poppins
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by uchman 7y ago
Btw, VB6 still kinda lives on in form of VBA macros on Microsoft Office products
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by uchman 7y ago
Am I dating myself if i say i started with GW-BASIC... I remember how it was a big deal to code a menu by highlighting text based on the arrow keys... and then based on mouse movement
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by uchman 7y ago
This is something I can relate to as well. Something that helps me is by creating small wins. Don't just have the overall completion of your project - Define some milestones to your MVP. This helped me go farther after I lost momentum.
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by uchman 7y ago
Well this isn't totally outside programming but you can tutor programming on wyzant.com for some good hourly rates. Even cool if you like teaching what you do, plus you'll probably not be teaching stuff as complex as your daily hu
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by uchman 7y ago
Totally agree. I set aside some funds in REITs for good dividends and then some value stocks
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by uchman 8y ago
Much appreciated :)
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by uchman 8y ago
Yes this is my understanding as well