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Re: Zed Shaw has Left Dropbox

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Post by cglee »

starkfist wrote: post #20
spudlyo wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That kind of programming to me is fun. The most boring type of programming possible in my opinion is front end web development.

Personally, I cannot stand the type of programming which is encapsulating a bunch of "BUSINESS LOGIC" in code. I.e. "apply this much tax unless we are in florida or new york, then apply this much. except on the day after christmas..." or even worse, "restrict these parts of the site to the accounting department, except for gary because he's in fiance, too" etc.

I actually find that pretty interesting because it allows me to learn about different types of businesses I otherwise wouldn't be exposed to. I guess the key is to work in a field you're interested in.

Re: Zed Shaw has Left Dropbox

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Post by jrosoff »

zedshaw wrote: post #24
pavs wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious, what would be your ideal job? Assuming you want to work for someone and not just on your own projects.

Right now, find a company doing something bad ass with HTTP and then make Mongrel2 blow their socks off. Then repeat it again and again until I've got something. Either that, or getting a Ph.D. in Education.

What's your sales pitch for mongrel2 against things like Unicorn & Passenger. The new features of mongrel2 seem awesome (particularly multiple protocols over the same socket) and given the success of mongrel, I think we all have high hopes for mongrel2. But I'm curious what your thoughts are on what the "killer apps" are for mongrel2 that make it the superior solution to the alternatives.

Re: Zed Shaw has Left Dropbox

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Post by techiferous »

zedshaw wrote: post #5
jrockway wrote: post #3

My dream of having Zed come to an interview where the interviewers all have their feet up on the conference table is this much closer to coming true!

Oh that'd be funny as shit. Actually, I've gotten used to it. Seems to be just a damn stupid signifier that you're a start up guy.

Or that you've got knee problems, like me. ;)

Re: Zed Shaw has Left Dropbox

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Post by blasdel »

zedshaw wrote: post #24
pavs wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious, what would be your ideal job? Assuming you want to work for someone and not just on your own projects.

Right now, find a company doing something bad ass with HTTP and then make Mongrel2 blow their socks off. Then repeat it again and again until I've got something. Either that, or getting a Ph.D. in Education.

Zed, you do not want to go anywhere near an education graduate school. All these opportunities are yours except D.Ed. — Attempt no landings there.

If you think you've been a poor fit at some companies, you ain't seen nothing yet.

Education departments attract some of the very worst students, people pathologically stricken with know-nothingness. The graduate schools then take the more craven among them, the ones that realize that their school-system contracts give them huge automatic raises for getting higher degrees, often paid for too. They often come out as worse teachers after having had the recently recycled fad pedagogies pumped through them, which they then regurgitate in a game of telephone onto their students.

If you want to work on some stellar CS education stuff, try to talk your way into Kay's VPRI. Stay the hell away from Ed schools, they'd make your blood boil.

Re: Zed Shaw has Left Dropbox

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Post by alnayyir »

zedshaw wrote: post #24
pavs wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just curious, what would be your ideal job? Assuming you want to work for someone and not just on your own projects.

Right now, find a company doing something bad ass with HTTP and then make Mongrel2 blow their socks off. Then repeat it again and again until I've got something. Either that, or getting a Ph.D. in Education.

Really? A Ph.D. in education?

I'm not even sure what that would produce. Maybe a post-post-modern _why.

Re: Zed Shaw has Left Dropbox

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Post by jrockway »

mkramlich wrote: post #15

Zed, you totally have to write some great new rants now. (Not related to Dropbox, not what I'm implying. Just that you should have more free time to write for a while, so we'd love to see the fruits of it.)

I wish I could exchange Zed-rants for Yegge-rants.

Re: Zed Shaw has Left Dropbox

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Post by stcredzero »

jrockway wrote: post #38
mkramlich wrote: post #15

Zed, you totally have to write some great new rants now. (Not related to Dropbox, not what I'm implying. Just that you should have more free time to write for a while, so we'd love to see the fruits of it.)

I wish I could exchange Zed-rants for Yegge-rants.

This sounds like the start of another Magic the Gathering type game, only with startups.
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