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by votr 10y ago
Good tips, thank you. I started in algorithmic trading with Java and Entprise-y stuff. Got bored and moved to front-end. Now looking to move to ML. Like you, no degree, but I apply anyway as long as I feel I have the right signaling.
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by votr 10y ago
What was your strategy for dealing with how most ML positions require advanced degrees?
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by votr 10y ago
I want to believe Magic Leap is going to deliver. With investments from tech companies AND banks AND movie studios, and with half-a-dozen R&D outposts all over the world, it's hard to believe these investors just bought into vaporw
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by votr 10y ago
If Dell releases an XPS 15 in Q1 with Kaby Lake, discrete graphics, and 32GB ram, I'm in.
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by votr 10y ago
Become location independent.
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by votr 10y ago
Read The Originals; in particular, the chapter on the CIA agent. Yeah it sucks, but if you insist on the security of a larger company (my assumption), that's how it works.
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by votr 10y ago
I have this fantasy of starting a company dedicated to building Linux laptops for developers. Great displays and keyboard, generous ports, beefy specs, with a willingness to trade off size and weight. I think it hasn't happened yet bec
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by votr 10y ago
Is there support for only C/C++ at this time?
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by votr 10y ago
I feel like Tim Cook decided to double down on the "Apple as a luxury brand" business model. If that's the focus, then it makes sense to emphasize thinness, aesthetics, and raise the price at the same time. Microsoft on the o
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by votr 10y ago
It's rumored that the Surface Book 2 will use Kaby Lake and have a 32GB option. So does this mean the only way MS can support that is by increasing size and weight to 7lbs+?
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by votr 10y ago
This is going to keep getting worse until we have some sort of guild or association whereby being a member implies we're already vetted.
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by votr 10y ago
I've been using Ubuntu on my desktop for three years now. I love developing on it, but the consumer aspect has minor annoyances. - If I have a PDF with advanced features, then I need to use Windows. - Chrome, VS Code, and a few select
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by votr 10y ago
I approached learning Clojure the way I approach learning everything else. I survey the resources available, then pick the two best books. Ideally, I want them to come at it from different perspectives. e.g. one may place an emphasis on doi
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by votr 10y ago
Nope. Still commuting. But becoming remote is my number one goal. At the moment, I have a client outside of work (ReactJS stuff), and am negotiating a remote gig with a company in California. I agree that exotic technologies give you a leg
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by votr 10y ago
I'd say non-programming fundamentals took about two months at about 4-6 hours a day, with the majority of that dedicated to algorithms and data structures. I took these two OCW courses: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
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by votr 10y ago
Clojure. Before learning Clojure, I didn't even have a career. I just wanted to get into software development. But at the time, all I knew was a bit of Python. And while I could've learned Java, I figured that being yet another Ja
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by votr 10y ago
Thanks for sharing. My big question, which I'm still struggling with, is how much to specialize. I'm one of those guys who wants to do everything. After a few years of Java development in financial companies, I now work on real-ti
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by votr 10y ago
You sound like a character from a Dickens novel.
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by votr 10y ago
A chapter from The Originals talks about that. Specifically a junior CIA agent who got sidelined for her suggestions and ideas, only to have them taken seriously once she was senior enough.
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by votr 10y ago
And engineers with Libertarian slants happily go along with it while their masters laugh.
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by votr 10y ago
My guess, based on nothing, is they've adopted a Japanese-style ethic of putting in long hours for show because of a combination of high living costs and little opportunity.
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by votr 10y ago
I've just started dipping my toes into education; sharing stuff through my blog to demonstrate how clearly I can convey things. I don't know about your personality, but if you're similar to me, then it's about stepping o
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by votr 10y ago
In response to you and codegeek, I do think of myself this way. I'm an excellent communicator and actually stand out at work because of this (technology at an investment bank). Your response made me realize what I'm really asking.
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Ask HN: How do you deal with the increasing global race to the bottom?
20 points by votr 10y ago|20 comments
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A Primer on the React Ecosystem: Part 2 of 3(patternhatch.com)
38 points by votr 10y ago|3 comments
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by votr 10y ago
In a mixed on-site/remote culture, I don't think you do get fair knowledge sharing. In that culture, the on-site workers will always have an edge. And they will be more likely the ones to get promoted. For anyone looking for remot
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by votr 10y ago
How would one actually use this stuff?
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by votr 10y ago
There's a section in The Originals (McKay) citing a study where children who were given reasons why something was right or wrong grew up to be more creative and assertive in standing by their principles.
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A Primer on the React Ecosystem: Part 1 of 3(patternhatch.com)
4 points by votr 10y ago|0 comments
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by votr 10y ago
If Waterloo is part of Toronto, you may as well count in Hamilton, Oakville, and Milton as well. Hell, throw in Niagara Falls.

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