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nickflees

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    Comment #13382171

    He didn't say that you can't lead an R&D team without a PhD. He said it equips you to do so. There's no claim about it being the exclusive path to leading an R&D team.

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    Comment #12389273

    Interesting. Do you have a source?

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    Comment #8273390

    I own the vacuum pictured in the first link. I bought it with high expectations and disappointment began to set in almost immediately. After 3 years of not-totally-clean floors and…

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    Comment #7704742

    I strongly prefer having a PDF to a .mobi (which comes with the PDF on O'Reilly).

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    Comment #7657239

    Agreed. I'm also extremely skeptical when classmates, instructors, or co-workers use similar tactics. I have found that, when pressed, they will often reveal that the rest is not n…

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    Comment #7657225

    I've always gotten a lot of satisfaction from learning and mastering something that was initially presented as being difficult.

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    Comment #7096128

    modify(data) != summarize(data)

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    Comment #7069800

    > Rarely in math are you coming up with a new way to solve a problem, but in software development you do that all the time! False. This guy is making a case against a subject in wh…

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    Comment #7069697

    The assertion that users can make unlimited purchases after entering credentials just once is false: "Customers need only enter their password once when activating the payment port…

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    Comment #7019293

    Well done on the logo. It's very nice.