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oumua_don17
8,747karma·1,337submissions·October 23, 2014
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* A polyglot programmable programmer.
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>> The management (including the team lead which is otherwise a great leader and an awesome person) didn't want to assume any blame for this. Not assuming any blame is a trait neither of a…
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Something relevant: refactoring C++ using Common Lisp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h31pURzgYX8 …
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The fact that you have shipped a game, should make it relatively easy to find a job, as shipping a game end to end is really praise worthy. However, note that I am not sure if the jobs you have applie…
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Hardware suggestion: actually true even if you work onsite as well. Let each team member have a bootable backup drive, preferably it is backed up multiple times a day. You do not want a situation wher…
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1. Freedom to use my time wisely.
2. Fulfilment of my potential. I try to visualize the end days and if I don't do 1 and 2, I will regret it. That is what drives me to do whatever that I do today…
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- The Elements of Computing Systems: Build the virtual hardware and software from scratch. Software includes writing a compiler in a language of your choice, so agnostic in that sense.
- The Art of Me…
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Don't know about the world, but working on a project that will change my life for sure ;-) and that is also a reasonable goal I think. OMMV.
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If you are interested in graphics programming, learning ray tracing in a weekend series is a great resource. [1][2][3] [1] https://www.amazon.com/Ray-Tracing-Weekend-Minibooks-Book-eb.…
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I read with a specific context/goal in mind. For a new code base, I start off with a high level design and one feature which touches the important parts. May be there is more knowledgeable with c…
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I just flipped the switch one fine day in 2011 - to go vegetarian, it was at the back of my mind via various sources, I wont go into that. However mentally for me it was lack of exercise and meat just…
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>> to display multiple things simultaneously? If my email or social media feeds are available at a glance, then I’ll check them constantly Just had no desire to read further, I started with the …
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This book helped me achieve the balance, though I keep going off kilter now and then, this one brings me back on track :-). YMMV. https://www.amazon.com/gospel-selfless-action-accordin…
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Work profitably for yourself in your own private (non-co) working space. Most of us though are not in that situation, but I think (naively) it need not be like that.
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>> They seem to like to do things their own way and give the impression that they're infallible because they deconstructed an x stack in y decade, and complain about the cyclical nature of …
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>> it's so interactive that it almost never crashes I learnt game programming and OpenGL from the ground up using CL. If it were not for CL, I probably would not have the patience to hang a…
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>> just settling at a 100% output level is a great way to get identified as a slacker Agreed. But I think the OP first needs to touch 100-110 and that in turn can cause him to either start enjoy…
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You can try: https://www.codementor.io . They also have the option for long term mentorship.
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>> I feel very unmotivated and unproductive at work We usually feel that when our potential is not satisfied and usually I think people who have worked on their own end to end projects in compan…
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To see a miracle, be the miracle - God (Morgan Freeman) to Bruce (Jim Carrey) in 'Bruce Almighty'
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Two subjects that I think are missing yet important though in the practical and not theoretical context: 10. Software Engineering 11. The Art of Shipping Shipping is a crucial skill to learn, if you d…
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>> There's no point in shipping There is a lot of point in shipping, and as somebody else pointed out that something made in 2 hours can also be shipped. What shipping has taught me is to r…
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Thane, India
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If you pitch it directly to the team who have (most likely) done their own homework about moving to micro services, that it is not a good decision, even though your point could be valid, may not be we…
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>> how did you get this "written exemption" 1. Your current job and or job situation (company not doing well, layoffs on the horizon etc) is hopefully not one which you are desperate t…