Hey, great work. I have a small feature request. I want to be able to give feedback on code to my students, just like in github. Click on a particular line(number), a text box pops up and then I can type in my comments. Is it possible to build the feature?
..and the deluge of feature requests begins! Do you know what else would be a good idea? Lots of things. The difference between the successful company and the unsuccessful one is the ability to say, "not really the most important thing at the moment but thanks for the idea"
>My favorite part of the photographic process was watching prints come to life. I loved starting with a blank sheet of paper and applying various photographic methods to bring the image to life. >I found that building websites was similarly satisfying. For example, click the "Reveal Image" button to watch an image fade in to the blank canvas! I think a lot about why I went into computer science and this is the same c…
Yep, same same, but different. For me it was music and sound, starting with a blank canvas and mixing in digital signals and controls to build something out. Could have been with a DAW, but programming was just a more flexible and free-form blank-canvas for self expression. ...although I also got a kick out of "remixing" Windows 95. And "remixing" video games (Civ and Colonization were particularly great because they…
Ha! Both of those are Microprose games! I remember mixing XCOM and Transport Tycoon music. It was really amusing when you failed an XCOM mission and the upbeat song Road Hog played, as if it's mocking your ineptitude (of course, the same music is played when you win a mission too. Oh well).
I tried visiting https://codeamigo.dev/lessons/preview/90 , but no matter what I type in the text editor, if I press the Test button, Ctrl+E, the right arrow, or Ctrl+Enter, it doesn't get executed.
Sorry about that. I’ve rebooted the aws instance so the execution env should be back
Edit: there might be a bug in that lesson, thanks!
>My favorite part of the photographic process was watching prints come to life. I loved starting with a blank sheet of paper and applying various photographic methods to bring the image to life. >I found that building websites was similarly satisfying. For example, click the "Reveal Image" button to watch an image fade in to the blank canvas! I think a lot about why I went into computer science and this is the same c…
This gets me too. In high school I called it "the power of a blank text file." Something about knowing that this was how every great software product began life was very empowering and intoxicating to me. When you open vim and look at the blinking cursor, you stand on the precipice of greatness in the shoes of every programmer who has ever lived, all of you united across space and time by that peculiar feeling you ge…
> If they're passionate about helping the company wherever necessary, that's one thing. Why would anyone be passionate about any specific corporation? Sounds like a great way to be exploited. People are passionate about enjoyable activities such as programming, not companies. They help companies with their problems because they get paid for it.
> Why would anyone be passionate about any specific corporation? This is quite evident in the entertainment (video games, film, music, etc.) industry. It has been established that many creative resources go to companies that produce most of their favorite work. Sadly, it is quite common for those companies to have rather diverse and relaxed ethical guidelines around crunch and overtime.
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Sadly, it is quite common for those companies to have rather diverse and relaxed ethical guidelines around crunch and overtime.
Rather: Hiring based on passion is a way to get away with demanding a lot of overtime or crunch time. :-(
I tried visiting https://codeamigo.dev/lessons/preview/90 , but no matter what I type in the text editor, if I press the Test button, Ctrl+E, the right arrow, or Ctrl+Enter, it doesn't get executed.
Sorry about that. I’ve rebooted the aws instance so the execution env should be back Edit: there might be a bug in that lesson, thanks!
Good on you man! You: 1. Dodged a bullet (booo on any company that would reject someone with this level of passion). 2. Created your own product (which you seem even more passionate about) 3. Did all the heavy lifting to make it interesting out of the gate (provided content). Wishing you all the success!
> 1. Dodged a bullet (booo on any company that would reject someone with this level of passion). Passion is a double-edged sword: When a person's passions align closely with the company's needs, it's wonderful. But if a person's passions conflict with what the founders want, the passion can amplify the conflict. That's why it's important to understand exactly what the candidate is passionate about. If they're passion…
I think one should be passionate about the mission. If someone is just passionate about the company and is willing to follow any orders from management, then the original vision can easily be corrupted in a way no one notices. Having universally agreeable employees also puts the target demographic at risk of being undermined by the employee based who never cared about the mission
It's complicated. At my last startup (web application) I was in charge of hiring for the technical team. I've got an application from a guy who really really wanted to work there. But the truth is that he didn't have basic coding skills (in that, he couldn't do FizzBuzz level of coding). I really tried to get him in but in reality we would not have been able to put him in any position. I was sad because he sent the b…
If you're still measuring candidates with leetcode and fizzbuzz, I'm afraid you're part of the problem in with broken hiring in tech. I just hope the candidates you pass up trickle down my way.
I mean, if the candidate can't do fizzbuzz I doubt there is much programming of any kind they can do.
It's a ridiculously basic problem. It doesn't filter good candidates, it filters terrible candidates.