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ajepst

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    Comment #43457800

    Oh of course, if you just want to practice sight reading on your own, correct pitch is irrelevant, but if you want to use an app like this and have it follow along and check if you…

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    Comment #43457042

    Sight reading practice for voice is super useful, but not many of us have perfect pitch to pull a starting note out of the air! An option to get a starting note audible cue for voc…

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    Comment #13979869

    I don't believe the parent is saying to hire on gender rather than meritocracy; I believe they are pointing out that 1) Women ARE a certain portion of good devs, so a true meritocr…

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    Comment #13146374

    Typical is often larger than 250, and not having things like heat lists up online before the event would make people think you are not running things seriously, whether your event …

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    Comment #13143623

    All the ballroom dance competitions use this old, disliked software to organize and run the events. The guy who wrote it isn't interested in making improvements, (and it can certai…

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    Comment #12812536

    I too work at an open salary company. One great thing that happened was that other people noticed I was being underpaid compared to my actual duties before I did and spoke up for m…

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    Comment #6702721

    Not to mention that it's a great city for devs, especially considering its modest size. It's not Silicon Valley, but there's multiple developer events in town pretty much every nig…

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    Comment #4987345

    Nibbles = get the other party to feel like this is a done deal, then push them for further small concessions. (nibbles are one-way) example: "gee, that job offer sounds great!! but…

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    Comment #3924589

    Yes, they are necessary. I've seen "senior" people bomb on it. There's a segment of "developers" that are good at selling themselves as programmers, manipulating the interviewer so…