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horatiocain

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    Comment #43268243

    Mediawiki: https://www.johnsenner.com/index.php?title=Portfolio

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    Comment #26886343

    You read the most thoughtful things sometimes, thanks

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    Comment #19983919

    There are tons of socioeconomic factors to consider, but I know a lot more fairly average IQ couples with 4 kids instead of two, and I know a lot more smart people who are either c…

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    Comment #18938196

    > To be fair aren't most dog walkers paid extremely little? (Below minimum wage even) IDK what your source is on this one but the last time I got one it cost like $40 for a person …

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    Comment #18682529

    It'll be shut down in two years...

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    Comment #18587235

    Our Android dev task: write a login/signup dialog. Shows that you have layout skills, networking skills, general Java skills, etc. Candidates either bomb it or nail it, no mis-hire…

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    Comment #18514898

    I'm a fairly senior mobile/web dev (12 years full time, part time and hobbyist before) and the best part of my job is mentoring the juniors! I push hard for hiring people who are h…

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    Comment #18325249

    They don't need to prove that, it's the default.

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    Comment #18286217

    Humanity needs to get radically better at funding startups without all the salesmanship I swear to god, there needs to be a much, much better system to just incentivize people buil…

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    Comment #18281319

    Been around the world and found That only stupid people are breeding The cretins cloning and feeding And I don't even own a tv

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    Comment #18261761

    It turns out we've been doing journalism all wrong!

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    Comment #17603805

    Stand that? Why would you? With all today's science? You'd have better luck with GDPR compliance

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    Comment #17591258

    Forget CTCI, that's all bullshit. What have you built? Show it off, build more stuff, and find a team you can work on.

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    Comment #17003210

    Jesus this is my life :\ I used to write the best code :). Now it's meetings, checkin, answer questions, talk to QA and directors, maybe a PR if someone else didn't get it. It suck…

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    Comment #17003022

    What location are you in? In my experience, Seattle and Boulder have open slots for junior devs that pay pretty okay, just show up and be ready to sling some code. Agree banking is…

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    Comment #16455466

    Presume that the next dev to be hired will be the founder's slow nephew. Make sure none of the conditionals are too hard to read. No nested ternary operators, no bullshit variable …

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    Comment #16182583

    Nicely done!

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    Comment #16127829

    this is a boring dystopia for us, but two layers of it for the inmates

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    Comment #16099518

    Haha, nice

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    Comment #16028475

    Virtually nothing

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    Comment #16028359

    That's what happens when we shoot em