yacoder

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by yacoder 16y ago
I agree, but I don't think I am being romantic - I do realise jobs always have those boring, etc. elements, it's a matter of whether overall you are happy with it. And I certainly don't accept the contention that there aren't jobs programme
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by yacoder 16y ago
currently, mostly C#, SQL, F# and some scheme. Most of my experience (and entirely professionally) is on the MS stack, though I run linux at home.
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by yacoder 16y ago
I certainly believe that the kind of stuff you learn on a CS degree is incredibly important, esp. algorithms, hardware architecture, etc. I agree with you that I think the academic approach wouldn't be as efficient as taking a more practica
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by yacoder 16y ago
Thank you. The positive encouragement of HNers means a lot to me. I think a consensus is emerging that putting the language project aside for a while to focus on OSS would be a good idea.
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by yacoder 16y ago
Ironically I sent you an email about this very subject asking for advice (though more on the Micro ISV side of things) earlier :-) Yeah. I know. I am being an idiot. I guess it's just easy to be too afraid of being rejected, which I definit
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by yacoder 16y ago
I'm ok for money, but not great (some debt) so can't really make that lovely lovely idea reality :) nice suggestion though!
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by yacoder 16y ago
Wow! I am definitely interested in discussing any possibilities (I have clearly been far too reticent on this front as is clear from discussion here), for obvious reasons I'd rather not post [all] those details here; have dropped you an ema
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by yacoder 16y ago
thank you very much! I think you are perhaps being somewhat overly kind! I care about and love programming, though I do tend to feel like I somewhat suck at it. I guess right now I just want to find a way of actually getting somewhere where
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by yacoder 16y ago
I have definitely been reticent on the jobsearching front. I guess a combination of inertia/laziness and fear have got in the way; also I suppose I am worried that if I apply to jobs before I am 'ready' (well practised in the algo stuff typ
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by yacoder 16y ago
yes, I want to switch from internal to a software company. I definitely feel like open source is really critical; I don't feel like I'm working in an environment where code quality matters to anybody, the only way I'm going to get to work o
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by yacoder 16y ago
Thanks for the advice; will definitely take it on board. It's true that the language project itself is unlikely to be monetisable (especially since the chances of it ever being used let alone popular are close to 0), but I wondered whether
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Ask HN: How do I get out of my unhappy coding job?
52 points by yacoder 16y ago|62 comments