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you're right - it's kinda funny that boot camps are promoted because "university is a terrible way to learn programming", but they then try and sell boot camps as an effective way …

well all those courses that aren't comp sci are still part of a degree, still require learning skills and still promote university-level thinking and production. I think bootcamps …

what you are arguing is the captured surplus under the supply curve. We can assume that demand is essentially inelastic for a relatively large price range (hence the introduction o…

you didn't have to make that response before the law, as a hot market that drove up rates by 15% could be addressed shortly. If you loose the option to make quick upward decisions …

Anyone else remember CD Now? Human-curated lists based on "if you like this you might like". Because they were actual people who loved and knew music they worked. Amazon wrecked th…

Very good point. The best developer I ever worked with said to me one time "I'm thoroughly unemployable", meaning his skills, motivations and long term goals did not match what-so-…

What about focus on direct referrals who have worked with a current employee? The highest signaling characteristic I've ever found is someone who was recommended by a former cowork…

Whoa, let's not be premature...

This is a good question because all the manufacturers are totally integrated; It's really hard to determine "where a car is made" because of parts and sub-assembly. That said, seve…

Well first a Tacoma is actually a truck; even Honda states the ridgeline is not intended to compete with traditional trucks, is not built for towing and uses a unibody construction…

>> However, it's easier to spend money than to sweat and suffer not disagreeing with anything you're saying, however at the super-elite level everyone puts in the maximum amount of…

Good point. I don't think many would bemoan the loss of a bar, but they should recognize that losing a place other than home or work could have dramatic and far reaching impact. In…

Except you still have all those great options you mention (I played AoE II earlier tonight, in HD!) plus the excellent indie scene, plus you get all the blockbusters 9-12 months af…

Next up on the guardian: We show some ten-yr-olds a cassette tape. Later tonight some teenagers attempt to text on a rotary phone. Sigh.

however taking exactly one sick day a month sure looks suspicious

Well, I'm an engineering manager and there's a little more to then someone just taking 10 sick days per year. I see when my direct reports are run down or if they're fighting somet…

It depends if they meant GOD-oh (the play) or Go-DOT (the game engine). Hard to get the inferred pronunciation on HN...

This is a sign of a mature developer who gives previous devs the benefit of the doubt: they probably weren't idiots who didn't care. As a development manager now I often push the b…

This entire post sounds like it was written by an alien trying to compress a full theoretical understanding of the bicycle into an essay without ever having ridden one. super-weird…

with a sequel in the works!

where do you live in the world? I ask because for the American/Canadian west the idea of "grounds maintenance" sounds pretty funny. These areas aren't uninhabited, but can be quite…

Because when someone is pointing a gun at you, your primary response should be outrage at the legal violation?

valve @ $2M per employee was always considered about the best you can do, long term, at scale.

I submit that the all-time winner is Sleep Country Canada with the ticker symbol ZZZ

We have a new bike share in our city that started last fall. Their prices are higher than car share and the riders are scarier on bikes than behind the wheel. They are electric ped…