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ewoodh2o
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About ewoodh2o
elliott [at] callrail [dot] com
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Comment #40619705
It’s definitely not zero effort. But every time I’ve seen it draw out the timeline, it’s been because the expectations weren’t clear at hire time, nor in the PIP. You’re looking fo…
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Comment #40619681
I haven’t personally seen that work in practice. I’ve been in situations where we considered it, but people usually have picked a role with salary considerations in mind, and often…
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Comment #40618368
You absolutely need to consider how the rest of the team will interpret you actions. Most probably know this individual is underperforming already. Teammates usually have a sense b…
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Comment #39265283
This varies from US state to US state, but at least in Georgia the answer is no. We have to register ahead of time (usually when obtaining a driver's license for our current addres…
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Comment #29830290
This is really frustrating, and sorry you're on the receiving end of this. I don't work for Twilio, but we spend a lot with them (and some other telecoms) so I see a bit further up…
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Comment #10784006
Besides what others have pointed out, there's also the economic angle. It may be worth the estimated $X (for whatever value of $X you believe) to predict a collision, forge a cert,…
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Comment #9639457
Atlanta, GA - CallRail - On-site - http://www.callrail.com We build call tracking analytics software for small and medium sized businesses and the digital marketing agencies that s…
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Comment #9638437
Atlanta, GA - CallRail - On-Site - www.callrail.com We build call tracking analytics software for small and medium sized businesses and the digital marketing agencies that serve th…
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Comment #7676941
I worked at Oracle up until last year. At Oracle HQ in Redwood City, yes, many developers have private offices. But our office and the other offices I visited elsewhere that had be…
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Comment #2421949
That was probably editorialized by TC. I work at Vitrue, and Reggie regularly corrects people around the office who refer to the company as a "startup".
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Comment #1567656
Besides fire/flood/theft/etc, is the garage clean and climate controlled? I used to run a server in a basement during college, and burned through 2 disks and one motherboard before…
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Comment #1504022
I found the SitePoint book "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design" ( http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Beautiful-Web-Design/dp/097... ) to be very informative as well. It's a great…
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Comment #1449648
This really sucks. I had something similar happen last December, except the laptop was stolen out of a locked hotel room. Not a shady place either...skyrise elevator-access place d…
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Comment #1333373
As an EE or CS major, an iPad isn't going to cut it as your portable device. Like others have said, you're going to want something that can run IDEs or hardware interfaces in labs …
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Comment #650329
Wow...I just went through this last week. Definitely didn't think they'd be dumb enough to encrypt the applet but not the chat traffic. But I was a little sketched out by the fact …
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Comment #445172
Looks well thought out - I think the idea has great potential! Just a few points on the marketing pages: * Why do the Twitter / Yahoo / Digg links on the home page actually link to…
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Comment #441001
Well, you certainly have your work cut out for you. Hacking together hardware isn't quite the same as software, because mistakes are expensive. Debugging noise on a signal line wit…
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Comment #432605
Apple also aggregates payments. I use my PayPal account (somehow that lets me avoid sales tax...who knows why...) for iTunes. Typically they'll bill me immediately for the first so…
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Comment #421109
Georgia Tech also lets you keep your @gatech.edu address permanently, for free. Just having a .edu address does not prove you're associated with higher-ed. When I signed up for Git…
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Comment #378033
I'd wager most college students don't know this. I graduated 2 years ago and I wish someone had told me this. And I still try to convince friends of the same when they're out inter…
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Comment #305168
Well I've got the viewpoint from the other side here. I work for a large company in the US that has set up an office abroad for outsourcing some of the engineering. (I'm actually p…