The only job I've taken from craigslist ended up being a nightmare that I left three months too late! I wouldn't have had rudimentary JavaScript skills if it weren't for that job, but it definitely was a shithole....
There's a reason HR recruiters post on CL: it's free.
I cannot reiterate this enough. So many times I've had to go in and make a small fix for a usability issue, and ended up having to refactor a couple hundred lines of code. Not ditching on the original coders, but shit happens like that. Having to wind your way through sometimes confusing code hones and expands your skills more than most other things.
At a previous job (that I worked at for a year and a half before mergers and so forth required me to take myself elsewhere), I was hired to work on an ASP.net application. I had no ASP experience, and barebones JavaScript knowledge: I was hired as an interface designer. Within six months they were paying for me to take an ASP C# class at the local university. Within a year my JavaScript skills were some of the best on the team.
The interview tested not only my known skills - probing to find out what I did and did not know - it also tested my problem solving skills and my ability to absorb new knowledge and utilize it quickly.
I'm glad they hired me. Not only because it was a fantastic job, but the team I worked with is still one of the best I've worked with. Ever. I learned a lot, and I contributed a lot, and eventually I came around and taught them a few new tricks in a language that doesn't quite work like a lot of other ones. Sometimes it pays to not just test technical skills in an interview - and many times, admitting you don't know something is much less of a kiss of death than attempting to bullshit your way through.
A good QA developer is just as necessary as a good developer. We all like writing original code, and it takes a special kind of person to write smoke tests, et al, for someone else's code. At my previous job, our product's QA department was just as important as our development department to get the monthly releases out on time.
What I don't get about our lack of manufacturing / exports:
1) there is a huge demand for wind energy 2) most wind turbines are manufactured overseas, and there is a severe shortage of them 3) the rust belt has tons of infrastructure for manufacturing 4) the rust belt is severely underemployed
Shaking instead of stirring comes from the belief that stirring the drink (usually with a metal stirrer) will leave a metallic taste in the gin. It was, of course, popularized by James Bond.
Woodford Reserve is quite delicious. Try out Bookers, at some point - it's absolutely fabulous. It's really quite strong, though (natural proof between 120 and 130)...
I had an email account when we first got internet (local ISP started by the local newspaper, which eventually got bought out by mindspring, which eventually got bought out by earthlink). I think I was maybe 10 or 11.
It was the beginning of widespread public internet access, and I was the first kid on my block with it. I don't recall who I traded emails with back then - I was on 3DRealms' bbs a lot though. And then came WBS.net, and made some friends through there. I think my first introduction to porn came from the GeoCities chat, actually: their chat allowed people to post pictures, and someone posted some big tittied woman there. It may or may not have been before a guy at school (5th grade) brought a playboy in and showed it off to me at recess. I don't recall precisely.
My point being that, though it's more ubiquitous now, even if you restrict your kids from accessing the stuff on the internet, they're likely to run into it elsewhere where you CAN'T control/monitor the situation.
Their supported hardware list is pretty restrictive...
My sentiments exactly. I'd install this in a jiffy if it worked with my Asus motherboard. And ATi HD4850. It's a shame apple dropped ATi hardware like hotcakes.
I just set up a new computer. SATA drives. No IDE drives. Every time I boot up, it complains that there's no IDE hard drive (boots from the SATA hdd fine, though). Have to hit F1 to force it through.. even after I've disabled the IDE controller.
I beg to differ that Aero is one of the nicest things about Vista. The only nice thing about Vista is that it has DirectX 10. And even that's a copout, because it could have been included in XP as well. The only reason I'm even contemplating installing it is I got an unused and legal copy from a friend for my newest box, and hope to attempt some of these newfangled games that are coming out. Haven't done that in years (mostly because I refused to upgrade from windows 2000 for so long..)
I hate the new control panel. Silly small little inconsistencies add up:
Before, to change your window theme you could either access it by right clicking on your desktop and going to preferences. Or you could go into your display properties in the control panel. This was a little easier to do for me, because I can reach it with keyboard commands.
I went to turn off Aero in Vista (and thus, free up 500mb of memory). I couldn't find it. I looked all over in control panel. It wasn't there. They removed a lot of the 'basic' desktop preferences away completely from the control panel. Um, hello?
Little inconsistencies like this - where you can access PARTS of your display properties from one thing, and other parts from elsewhere - but not both from the same place. It's pure lunacy. And it's rife throughout the OS.
If you had to deal with people from the rest of the country constantly calling you an asshole, cranky, etc -- you might be an asshole and cranky to them too!
In all seriousness, have you spent that much time in NE? I mean, NYC isn't nearly that bad. Just don't stare like a bugeyed idiot at the hot women on the train, keep a safe distance from the homeless guy (passed out? maybe. He could be a zombie.) curled up on the sidewalk next to grand central station, and whatever you do - watch where you're going, don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk to look at your subway map, and walk at a decent pace.
I find that if you're generally polite (southern background, here), most people will ignore you. The only times I've experienced native NY'ers being rude was when it's been my fault. And sometimes it ends up funny:
Crossing the street with the signal, a guy in a truck trying to turn against the stream of pedestrians crossing 8th Avenue (at 18th street) laid on his horn. For a good five seconds. Leaned out his window, and asked if we could walk any slower. I just looked up from my triple skinny latte (just kidding.. it was hot cocoa), smiled, and said cheerfully, "Sure!" He laid on his horn, got angry, and then got a ticket for blocking the box once the light turned.
What goes around comes around, and when you live in a city as densely packed as NYC -- it tends to come around a lot faster than other places.
True that about the nanny state. I'm embarassed for a lot of New Yorkers for producing politicians like Ghouliani and Billary. Good thing there's a decent job market and good entertainment, here!
And so what if it's chilly here in the winter? Put on a freakin' coat. It's not going to kill you to wear something other than a tshirt.
Rather that than the bland dry heat of Cali.. at least the weather changes, here. And doesn't dry out my sinuses and make my nose bleed.
About six terms open with emacs running, apache for testing before svn commit. Occasionally photoshop.
I use my laptop in the following way:
About three terms open with emacs running (smaller screen, no second monitor), apache running for testing before an svn commit. Occasionally photoshop.
I'm a JS/AJAX/Interaction/Design developer, so I don't need to run heavy things like mysql or such. If I need to be in battery-saving mode, I log in to fluxbox instead of gnome.
I bet I use less battery than one would with a typical heavy word processor.
Unless you aren't the one creating the quests. (Once we have sufficient AI for smart/nonstatic npcs, we'll be at a point where we can potentially generate meaningful, world-changing quests on the fly. And by meaningful quests, I don't mean 'go kill 10 boar.' I mean 'save town/country/etc from impending doom')
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Or Hero's Journey?
Oh, wait. >_> (tongue in cheek reference to simutronics MMO in development for approx. 9 years now)
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We don't even know what kind of QA this guy is doing!
He could be:
Many times QA development is more difficult than engineering. If it's #1, though... may god have mercy on his soul.
The only job I've taken from craigslist ended up being a nightmare that I left three months too late! I wouldn't have had rudimentary JavaScript skills if it weren't for that job, but it definitely was a shithole....
There's a reason HR recruiters post on CL: it's free.
I cannot reiterate this enough. So many times I've had to go in and make a small fix for a usability issue, and ended up having to refactor a couple hundred lines of code. Not ditching on the original coders, but shit happens like that. Having to wind your way through sometimes confusing code hones and expands your skills more than most other things.
Not necessarily true.
At a previous job (that I worked at for a year and a half before mergers and so forth required me to take myself elsewhere), I was hired to work on an ASP.net application. I had no ASP experience, and barebones JavaScript knowledge: I was hired as an interface designer. Within six months they were paying for me to take an ASP C# class at the local university. Within a year my JavaScript skills were some of the best on the team.
The interview tested not only my known skills - probing to find out what I did and did not know - it also tested my problem solving skills and my ability to absorb new knowledge and utilize it quickly.
I'm glad they hired me. Not only because it was a fantastic job, but the team I worked with is still one of the best I've worked with. Ever. I learned a lot, and I contributed a lot, and eventually I came around and taught them a few new tricks in a language that doesn't quite work like a lot of other ones. Sometimes it pays to not just test technical skills in an interview - and many times, admitting you don't know something is much less of a kiss of death than attempting to bullshit your way through.
A good QA developer is just as necessary as a good developer. We all like writing original code, and it takes a special kind of person to write smoke tests, et al, for someone else's code. At my previous job, our product's QA department was just as important as our development department to get the monthly releases out on time.
What I don't get about our lack of manufacturing / exports:
1) there is a huge demand for wind energy
2) most wind turbines are manufactured overseas, and there is a severe shortage of them
3) the rust belt has tons of infrastructure for manufacturing
4) the rust belt is severely underemployed
What the hell are we waiting for?
Hey, the game only went to shit after EA fired him..
This isn't just for programming. Using pertinent tasks to teach any subject is the best way to get the knowledge to stick.
While for some whisky a bit of water is great to open up, other whiskies have their flavor destroyed by the water. Experiment, as always...
Shaking instead of stirring comes from the belief that stirring the drink (usually with a metal stirrer) will leave a metallic taste in the gin. It was, of course, popularized by James Bond.
Woodford Reserve is quite delicious. Try out Bookers, at some point - it's absolutely fabulous. It's really quite strong, though (natural proof between 120 and 130)...
I had an email account when we first got internet (local ISP started by the local newspaper, which eventually got bought out by mindspring, which eventually got bought out by earthlink). I think I was maybe 10 or 11.
It was the beginning of widespread public internet access, and I was the first kid on my block with it. I don't recall who I traded emails with back then - I was on 3DRealms' bbs a lot though. And then came WBS.net, and made some friends through there. I think my first introduction to porn came from the GeoCities chat, actually: their chat allowed people to post pictures, and someone posted some big tittied woman there. It may or may not have been before a guy at school (5th grade) brought a playboy in and showed it off to me at recess. I don't recall precisely.
My point being that, though it's more ubiquitous now, even if you restrict your kids from accessing the stuff on the internet, they're likely to run into it elsewhere where you CAN'T control/monitor the situation.
Finally! My stock in B(. )( .)bs Inc. will be worth more than the paper the shares are printed on!
My sentiments exactly. I'd install this in a jiffy if it worked with my Asus motherboard. And ATi HD4850. It's a shame apple dropped ATi hardware like hotcakes.
Point taken!
Weird thing about this kind of BIOS error:
I just set up a new computer. SATA drives. No IDE drives. Every time I boot up, it complains that there's no IDE hard drive (boots from the SATA hdd fine, though). Have to hit F1 to force it through.. even after I've disabled the IDE controller.
Really weird.
And I've had "ERROR: Too many errors!"
Was a compile-time error generated by Borland Turbo C++ 3.0 if you had too many syntax errors. Ah, high school...
funny, mine goes up to 1023.
I beg to differ that Aero is one of the nicest things about Vista. The only nice thing about Vista is that it has DirectX 10. And even that's a copout, because it could have been included in XP as well. The only reason I'm even contemplating installing it is I got an unused and legal copy from a friend for my newest box, and hope to attempt some of these newfangled games that are coming out. Haven't done that in years (mostly because I refused to upgrade from windows 2000 for so long..)
I hate the new control panel. Silly small little inconsistencies add up:
Before, to change your window theme you could either access it by right clicking on your desktop and going to preferences. Or you could go into your display properties in the control panel. This was a little easier to do for me, because I can reach it with keyboard commands.
I went to turn off Aero in Vista (and thus, free up 500mb of memory). I couldn't find it. I looked all over in control panel. It wasn't there. They removed a lot of the 'basic' desktop preferences away completely from the control panel. Um, hello?
Little inconsistencies like this - where you can access PARTS of your display properties from one thing, and other parts from elsewhere - but not both from the same place. It's pure lunacy. And it's rife throughout the OS.
If you had to deal with people from the rest of the country constantly calling you an asshole, cranky, etc -- you might be an asshole and cranky to them too!
In all seriousness, have you spent that much time in NE? I mean, NYC isn't nearly that bad. Just don't stare like a bugeyed idiot at the hot women on the train, keep a safe distance from the homeless guy (passed out? maybe. He could be a zombie.) curled up on the sidewalk next to grand central station, and whatever you do - watch where you're going, don't stop in the middle of the sidewalk to look at your subway map, and walk at a decent pace.
I find that if you're generally polite (southern background, here), most people will ignore you. The only times I've experienced native NY'ers being rude was when it's been my fault. And sometimes it ends up funny:
Crossing the street with the signal, a guy in a truck trying to turn against the stream of pedestrians crossing 8th Avenue (at 18th street) laid on his horn. For a good five seconds. Leaned out his window, and asked if we could walk any slower. I just looked up from my triple skinny latte (just kidding.. it was hot cocoa), smiled, and said cheerfully, "Sure!" He laid on his horn, got angry, and then got a ticket for blocking the box once the light turned.
What goes around comes around, and when you live in a city as densely packed as NYC -- it tends to come around a lot faster than other places.
True that about the nanny state. I'm embarassed for a lot of New Yorkers for producing politicians like Ghouliani and Billary. Good thing there's a decent job market and good entertainment, here!
And so what if it's chilly here in the winter? Put on a freakin' coat. It's not going to kill you to wear something other than a tshirt.
Rather that than the bland dry heat of Cali.. at least the weather changes, here. And doesn't dry out my sinuses and make my nose bleed.
I'd call it crony-capitalism more than anything.
I use my computer in the following way:
About six terms open with emacs running, apache for testing before svn commit. Occasionally photoshop.
I use my laptop in the following way:
About three terms open with emacs running (smaller screen, no second monitor), apache running for testing before an svn commit. Occasionally photoshop.
I'm a JS/AJAX/Interaction/Design developer, so I don't need to run heavy things like mysql or such. If I need to be in battery-saving mode, I log in to fluxbox instead of gnome.
I bet I use less battery than one would with a typical heavy word processor.
Unless you aren't the one creating the quests. (Once we have sufficient AI for smart/nonstatic npcs, we'll be at a point where we can potentially generate meaningful, world-changing quests on the fly. And by meaningful quests, I don't mean 'go kill 10 boar.' I mean 'save town/country/etc from impending doom')
Or Hero's Journey?
Oh, wait. >_> (tongue in cheek reference to simutronics MMO in development for approx. 9 years now)