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Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on professional development?

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Re: Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on professional development?

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Post by markus_zhang »

laddng wrote: post #472
markus_zhang wrote: post #469

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Thanks for sharing. Do you think it's doable without a CS background? I have a Math MS and do use some programming (mostly SQL, Python and some CLI) in my job but never had any formal CS education.

It depends on the courses you pick. With your Math MS, you might actually do really well in the Machine Learning/AI courses that they offer. The projects are mostly in Python and a lot of students do not have a CS undergrad, so you won't be alone there. https://omscentral.com/ is a good resource if you want to see per-course reviews on what the courses are like or how much programming you do. The systems engineering…

Thanks. I'm actually more interested in the CS courses. Will take a look.

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Post by i_love_music »

athenot wrote: post #445
i_love_music wrote: post #155

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Fascinating. Can you follow up with more info on how the day progresses? You play one dealer against another or use some other technique?

So first I do my homework. Get my own financing. Know exactly what model I want. Then I look online for all the dealers selling this vehicle, note the place, contact info, leave room for the name of the rep I'll be speaking to, price, etc. Then I call each one, telling them I saw the online inventory had the vehicle in stock but since I'm buying today I just want to check if that's still the case. That already reduce…

That's great. Thanks for following up and filling me in. I'll be in need of a car in a few years, so I'll have to give this a try.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on professional development?

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Post by i_love_music »

vb6sp6 wrote: post #226
i_love_music wrote: post #155

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Fascinating. Can you follow up with more info on how the day progresses? You play one dealer against another or use some other technique?

You don't really pit them against each other in the sense that two dealers are going to duke it out on a conference call or something. You just state what you want at a price and then walk away if you don't get what you want. Some will flat out tell you "i can't beat that price, go for it" or they won't even bother responding to calls or emails. When you have other options, it changes the power dynamic of the relatio…

Cool. Thanks for clarity.

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Post by equality_1138 »

azinman2 wrote: post #510
equality_1138 wrote: post #509

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Affirmative action is about policy and the law. I was referring to a newer trend wherein middle management assumes the role of thought police and decides for others how well educated they are in "historical struggles that various groups have gone through and realizing how that impacts them today." BTW I absolutely appreciate your concern for fairness, and encourage you to read up about the history of corporate govern…

I’m sorry to keep coming back for more info, but can you please give a concrete example of this and how it prevents you from being able to do your job well? I haven’t experienced middle management thought police so I’m curious what your experience is here. In terms of financial scales and lawlessness infiltrating management — are you talking about things like Enron? How this is connected to “woke politics” I can’t fi…

I'll pass - can't figure out how well you know about Enron and its similarity to other financial scandals, ripple effects of management incompetence, and corporate governance in general. I don't think it would help to provide just one or two examples at this point.

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Post by ploika »

equality_1138 wrote: post #514
azinman2 wrote: post #510

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I’m sorry to keep coming back for more info, but can you please give a concrete example of this and how it prevents you from being able to do your job well? I haven’t experienced middle management thought police so I’m curious what your experience is here. In terms of financial scales and lawlessness infiltrating management — are you talking about things like Enron? How this is connected to “woke politics” I can’t fi…

I'll pass - can't figure out how well you know about Enron and its similarity to other financial scandals, ripple effects of management incompetence, and corporate governance in general. I don't think it would help to provide just one or two examples at this point.

That's such a bizarrely condescending comment.

What on Earth are you trying to talking about?

Re: Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on professional development?

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Post by markus_zhang »

darekkay wrote: post #486
markus_zhang wrote: post #467

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Thanks, I'm wondering if there are more tutorials about writing plugins. There are a few shortcuts that do not exist and I'd love to implement with a plugin.

In 2014, I have written a just for fun plugin in about 2 hours (check out my write-up [1]). I've followed the "How to make an IntelliJ IDEA plugin in less than 30 minutes" [2] guide back then. Unfortunately, this guide seems to be outdated, but now there's an official guide [3]. [1] https://darekkay.com/blog/what-the-commit-plugin-for-intelli... [2] https://www.cnblogs.com/meetrice/p/5184827.html [3] https://jetbrain…

Hi thanks a lot for the links! I wonder if it's as extensible as say Vim/Emacs.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on professional development?

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Post by g1991 »

ploika wrote: post #515
equality_1138 wrote: post #514

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I'll pass - can't figure out how well you know about Enron and its similarity to other financial scandals, ripple effects of management incompetence, and corporate governance in general. I don't think it would help to provide just one or two examples at this point.

That's such a bizarrely condescending comment. What on Earth are you trying to talking about?

It's reasonably clear what this person is struggling to articulate, if we're being honest with ourselves. I've met a few like 'em before.

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Post by skoskie »

rusk wrote: post #451
notrandom wrote: post #416

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Do you have a bunch of textbooks that you would recommend reading? :)

That's a good question - it's a while ago and the only one that really jumps out is The History of Psychology by Leahy because understanding psychology is as much about understanding how we understand the mind in the context of society, and to do that you need to know the history. Not what you were expecting ... I highly recommend reading up on Hans Selye's biological model of stress and the HPA axis. Also worth chec…

Favorited ... ensuring I’ll never get back to it again.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best money you have spent on professional development?

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Post by equality_1138 »

g1991 wrote: post #517
ploika wrote: post #515

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That's such a bizarrely condescending comment. What on Earth are you trying to talking about?

It's reasonably clear what this person is struggling to articulate, if we're being honest with ourselves. I've met a few like 'em before.

Thank you. I love to see the intersection of many fields of engineering, science, finance, and mass media here on HN. A truly amazing resource. But yes I struggle with the semantics when they blend together too much. I struggle to see how, when petty Us vs. Them battles flare, it's generally in circles where these fields all culminate into one. I struggle to see the sleazy culture of east coast advertising and stock-trading types (bigots from the 50's and 80's) infiltrate technology as a profession, specifically in Silicon Valley. I struggle to see that "social responsibility" and/or spiritual awakening is being packaged and sold like McDonald's.
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