Cool, can you point me to some lawyer bootcamps, this whole time I thought that was a heavily regulated industry that required degrees and a bar exam to be qualified. Really stoked to let my wife know she didn't need to take those CPA exams to practice too.
I'm suprised by all this safari love in 2016. Working in front end web development, Safari has become the IE of today. Compatability and support for otherwise common web technologies is just plain broken.
I use JetBrains Webstorm, and on that hitting CMD+SHFT+F creates a search local to the selected folder in the directory tree. Seems pretty intuitive to me, but finding files themselves, as opposed to string constants and the like, is actually the more difficult thing Ive yet to figure out.
For those in the Bay Area, there's a full sized version of Senet at the Egyptian museum in San Jose. Not sure where they got there rules from. Also saw Senet on Steam recently. Seems like the game is on a comeback.
So true. I've gotten in the habit of writing copious notes during meetings, and write everything down verbatim. When I first started doing this, I was astounded to find how disorganized most individuals train of thought appeared to be.
What's really interesting is our ability to comprehend the jumble that comes out of our mouth. On one hand, it's impressive what our brains can do to process this jumble, on the other, totally depressing how inadequate we are at stringing together oration.
I loved how negotiable everything was, how organic the relationships were. For example, in the case of dealing with PKers. You could go out and band together to just outright kill the PK--which was dangerous because if you accidentally hit someone else, you would then turn yellow(neutral) and then red (pk) if you hit them to many times. Alternatively, you could gather a posse, corner a PK and "arrest" them (an informal arrangement). You would negotiate the arrest, and escort that person back to the jail. The PKs friends would then organize a rescue attempt on the way, often resulting in a pitched battle on the jailhouse steps. Good times.
I always feel it's my duty to chime in whenever the subject of original MMORPGS comes up-- anybody remember Meridian 59? Y'know the mmorpg that came out BEFORE Ultima online?
A great many people love UO because it's organic feeling community (and I'm one of em ), but nothing tops the experience of interacting with people in an online game for the first time. Checkout an article I wrote about it awhile back: http://mmocadet.com/being-a-rookie-for-the-100th-time/
I find the title misleading and unanswered within the body of the story. Also, Silicon Valley is not a university, though there are certainly a few peppered throughout the valley.
I could be wrong on this, as I'm too lazy to fact check, so I will offer these two "factoids" as hearsay for now:
1. I recall that the events described in the Illiad did not take place in Homer's lifetime, but much earlier.
2. The Bahagavad Gita, which is one of the texts the previous poster alluded to, is likewise a tale of events that allegedly unfolded long before its writing (some 5000 years ago allegedly).
Agreed, networking is important, and Ive done a bit of that, which is how I got my foot in for the initial interview. Once there though, it was scary how little the interviewer knew about the position they were supposed to be recruiting for. They did have me sign a right to represent form for the job (which was a 9 month contract position at a company that starts with an I and ends with L) but i never did receive any follow up from them.
My concern is in situations like the above, the ONLY way such a recruiter can qualify you is based on value of your degree parameter. Which means if the company you are applying for goes the traditional big-bizz HR approach, go get a degree in CS from a Brand-name institution. Otherwise, focus your efforts on getting interviews with whomever your direct supervisor will be. That however, is easier said than done.
I have similar concerns. From my experience working in the biz, many companies job opportunity are hidden behind a thick wall of HR and corporate recruiters. I was interviewed by one just a few weeks ago, and I was left feeling pretty dirty afterwards. The person who interviewed me had no way to verify my claims, knowledge, or understanding of the industry. I have a degree or two, but none in CS, though Ive been self taught since age 11. It is unlikely I will receive a follow up call for the job as the individual in question has no way to qualify my experience.
Sorry, but i cant find a reference to what MMM means anywhere. Im guessing you guys aren't talking about the Moon Miners Manifesto.. or talking about enjoying something "mmm.mmm.mmm"
Ive noticed almost all sushi places, ramen places, teppenyaki places, etc in San Jose area are primarily owned by Korean businessmen and women (used to work at a few of them back in the day and can confirm at least part of that)
Regardless of how we feel about genetic engineering, is anyone else tired of seeing manipulative headlines in regards to any news that comes out of China? Every-time I see a story about China, it has a negative connotation. In this case, "Chinese scientists just admitted to tweaking the genes of human embryos for the first time in history" is purposefully inflamatory. They didn't "admit" it, they actually tried to get it published in some major science publications. Use of the word Admission implies they were trying to be sneaky and hide the results. Thats not the case at all.
Journalists of the world, have you no idea what you are doing? Purposefully causing misunderstanding between nations is the path by which wars are paved.
This is a sore subject for me because while Im American, my wife is Chinese, and therefore half my family is Chinese and lives in China. I do work with Chinese developers everyday, but to hear the world news pundits put it, those developers are by default criminals. This needs to stop.
True, and while it bit her in the butt, I suspect she was trying to stand for the principles that she believed in, and those that her son had just defended. For her to dispose of the cannabis oil would have been to admit it was wrong to have, and thus render her child's argument invalid. In effect, it would have been an act of betrayal.
I think the sample data in this particular study is skewed horribly by the fact that it comes from SO. Only 5.8% female? Maybe thats because SO is sometimes a hostile community, curated by a bunch of pedantic gnomes. The fact that 48% of the responders to the study were self taught may be more accurate, as there is frankly so little schooling available in traditional education for web development. That said, SO is an ask-and-learn community, so Im actually a bit surprised that 48% is not larger.
I don't think Vogel was saying the platform was too popular for users, but rather too popular for developers, resulting in too much competition.
Besides, if you've ever read his blog, you know hes been self ridiculing his own marketing skills for over a decade, and has a charming way of not caring.
That's too bad, but I do understand the sentiment. Ive been playing Spiderweb software games since I was a kid, and did in fact buy one of the Avernum games for my iPad, which I quite enjoyed (though the graphics were a bit to small, and hard to click on in some places).