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toddan

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About toddan

kinda normal mediocre coder.

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    Comment #16339000

    This is my opinion as well. Many people still believe that programming equals a unique and high paying job. It is not ut is quite boring and you have to be the guy that always says…

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    Comment #15733763

    It is not. Just work at a large and stable company and you are set.

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    Comment #14619948

    This feels like something only a woman could put forward or demand in a relationship based on their value in the dating market. A man would be in a much higher risk of being left w…

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    Comment #13535755

    Nothing I motivate my self. Without the company I would get no experience to build and no where to exercise my skills in an production environment where I make an contribution.

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    Comment #12904903

    So much this. And the biggest fools are the programmers that believe that they are unique wizards working magic and being special. They are simply factory workers working under an …

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    Comment #12899854

    But are there any new games made for the console?

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    Comment #12479133

    This is why i find it so much fun to do applications on windows with .net you only need to know one language C# or VB.net and then you are set. You can create anything with just th…

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    Comment #12449993

    Don't forget to mention the racism that is getting bigger and bigger here in sweden. I am a native swede my self and i know how we talk and think. The swedish democrats are real pr…

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    Comment #12449954

    I think the reason why it is hard to get native friends is that many swedes truly are racist. I am a native swede my self and i know how swedes talk to each other when alone, and t…

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    Comment #11678040

    I know how to program, but most of the stuff i want to program are too complex/advanced for me to create.

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    Comment #10977372

    If it was as simple to read one book to be good at math I would be an engineer a long time ago with all the tuition and help i got thru my years in school.

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    Comment #10977337

    It makes me wonder why canonical is wasting effort on ubuntu mobile.

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    Comment #10973493

    Not everyone can learn math. I my self had brilliant and great math tutors that my parents hired for me. I event went to special private math classes with brilliant math teachers a…

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    Comment #10896991

    I use it because i love it and i have not found a better alternative.

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    Comment #10689540

    I probably wont be programming that much, if i do not work with a legacy system. The type of programming i do is mostly putting a simple gui on top of a database, in a decade we wi…

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    Comment #10662327

    Please explain why.

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    Comment #10141836

    I dont get why cannonical dont invest in development experience. forget the ubuntu mobile bullshit it wont grab the market anyway. But there are tons of developers out there that u…

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    Comment #10128271

    I have the same problem as you and the closest thing i have found is scala and intellij. But I dont really like scala as i find it messy also there is nothing out there that is as …

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    Comment #9777059

    I dont get it. Why do they not invest in hiring less experienced developers and make them the best employees. It may cost more in the short run, but if you invest early in a develo…

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    Comment #9529423

    Why would you ask microsoft for help if it where sonys software that was failing??

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    Comment #9529412

    Of course it would be better with open source software. But what difference does it makes? There are no viable free/open alternatives to lots of commercial software out there and i…

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    Comment #9523870

    Visual studio 2010 and dotNet surely works fine under wine. But there are lots of small cornerstones in the tools and software companies use that does not work so great. If there w…

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    Comment #9148624

    Exactly people are different, some are smarter than others. Otherwise everybody would be an engineer or medical doctor or some other high status high paying job. This whole mentali…

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    Comment #9103711

    And this is a reason to pick on people who use php?

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    Comment #9066245

    Not everyone is born with good discipline. Otherwise everyone would be super successful. We all are slaves to our genes and environment, some are born successful some are not.