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Comment #8608341
Obviously i wasn't advocating the opposite extreme of telling a kid to do thing just to 'fit in', kids should be encouraged to have a healthy curiosity towards their interests. My …
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Comment #8608156
The lack of normal social life from being a geek in the eyes of other kids will likely do the kid more damage then the benefit he will receive from being a child computer wiz. Let …
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Comment #8516679
This is particularly annoying because it would appear from that statement that google is sexists and racist. Start with 'mostly male' anyone and everyone in the tech world knows th…
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Comment #8243398
No offense, but your case sounds somewhat similar to patent trolls. "Spread the word" is your trade mark, huh?! What's next you guys gonna trade mark the word "Dear" and sue anyone…
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Comment #7940857
Great response Igor. This is pretty much how i try to stay up to date. The thing i find frustrating is when you finally become really good at technology often there is already a ne…
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Comment #7916003
I personally employ other developers for side projects and they get paid significantly below what i get paid at my 9-5. If i was dishonest i could pretty easily pull off this scam.…
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Comment #7878862
Problem is as soon as you buy it you lose money. The reason being that if you want to sell it back you must go to a dealer he will low ball you and you will have a hard time gettin…
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Comment #7868790
Fair comparison, but the difference is that we generally can get the hammers and saws free online. Choosing to pay for these products shows that they are superior to the other free…
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Comment #7868582
JetBrains make the best IDEs on the market, their products always surpass my expectations. I use their python IDE and the php IDE both fantastic products that are well worth the mo…
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Comment #7812107
Examples usually show you how do things like a parrot, but you don't get the idea of why these things happen as they do without some documentation.
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Comment #7674748
As someone who actually conducts interviews i must agree with you. I recently interviewed a girl who was actually very talented but her resume looked very much like the one in the …