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Here's my new theory: I wouldn't necessarily be happy getting a high-powered hard-core ultra-geek development job. I don't want to have to move to the Big City (tm) and ignore my f…

I defined it as "mostly coding database apps, doing tech support, and some sysadmin type duties." That means coding the hell out of SQL... and then taking that SQL and dressing it …

Oh... and that's a Software Engineering certificate that can turn into a Master's if you decide to later. (Baby steps to the class... baby steps to the bank... baby steps to the ba…

That's exactly what I'm thinking. I'm looking at this one: http://www.cs.illinois.edu/online/programs.php I don't know if my work experience will make up for having no compsci bach…

Hey folks. I have a BA in a non-computer related field... and almost ten years experience messing with computers-- mostly coding database apps, doing tech support, and some sysadmi…

I don't think it was verbose criticisms. I was focusing more actually on an architecture for increasing the level of abstraction.

I think he said that it is okay to reinvent the wheel if the 'wheel' happens to be central to your business/service. I think. Nice Feynman quote in there, though.

I like Perl hackers. They do stuff... cool stuff... even lispy stuff... but they remain practical and relatively humble. The TMTOWTDI philosophy seems to have hardwired a certain d…

In some domains, big failures are better than small failures: you learn more.

my gosh... that's where my best project is... a total skunkworks that achieved viral adoption in my side of the company...

I want to read a zomplet run of Zot! Shoot... the entire run of Comico books would be great. (I miss the black and white independent comics fad of the 80's. Adolescent Radioactive …

There's a certain type of female that is completely addicted to the sort of raw intimacy and lavish attention that this type of person will deliver during the early stages of the r…

Let me expand out that opening line for you. The post explores a perspective for the express purpose of generating and connecting ideas and experiences. Other established interpret…

It seemed like such a promising train of thought before it finally tanked. Argh. There's a thesis in here somewhere....

Later. I'm working on a set of strategies that will allow me to be clear about my needs and limitations with people so I can be more productive to the people that matter to me and/…

Hey, it's the holistic answer to the "how to". What, should I have broken it down into 12 steps? To sum it up: let him solve problems his own way. Let him develop tools/abstraction…

Another one for the "you are sick" perspective? Looks like two types of stereotypical psych people: the "just be yourself"/"embrace your inner dolphin" crowd and the "wanna prosac?…

Trying to assimilate all of the data... trying not to jump to premature conclusions.... Trying to be clear without being overly romantic or pessimistic.... I want a Jean Piaget to …

The first post on the topic was mostly negative-- with good reason. If us slacker/failure/mad-genius types want to hold on to the fiction that there's a place for us somewhere, the…

Yes. This personality type is prone to making sweeping generalizations. I'll put that down as another generalization about him.

This is a very specific personality type that's just rare enough that all of them think they're the only ones. But given the number of "my god, you must be stalking me" responses..…

What is needed is someone to give permission to ignore all the other details and just get one item done. The INTP is a commando problem solver killer... he just needs someone to "c…

The irony is that it is easy for this sort of person to live only for the day, to not be materialistic, etc. All of the things that are in the Sermon on the Mount, but not practice…

Heh heh. A collaborator would be better. Someone that could be excited about the right things and maybe steer a little via encouragement and reason. A truly anal micro-manager will…