elhector
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11 years ago
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on: Hemingway App now available
It's the price of a beer, come on! As developers in this community we must understand how much hard work goes into these things and we should not cheapen the work of fellow devs making innovative projects.
elhector
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12 years ago
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on: France Could Create A Developer Visa To Support French Startups
This will be interesting to follow. France is a great place, but needs to work with their rules around taxes and social obligations from employer to employee. It is too scary to be an entrepreneur in France and there is a lot of overhead. I hope they find a good model for startups since the country needs that energy and has the talent.
elhector
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12 years ago
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on: The Secret to AirBnB's Freakishly rapid orgy response: "Scenario Planning"
Sorry if a repost, I could not find original if it exist. I found this interesting, and more startups / companies can use these sort of planning with risk assessment and plans of actions given different scenarios.
elhector
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12 years ago
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on: Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen Speaks Out
Agree, funny how most comments focus on the money aspect of the conversation. He wanted to feel socially responsible again, did not like the impact that his game had on people's psyche / addictive behaviors and pulled the plug because of it.
elhector
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12 years ago
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on: Why vacation at tech companies should be mandatory
Yes, it depends people by people, it IS OK to take that amount of time off if the 'non policy' allows it, but most people don't do that out of fear / guilt.
elhector
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12 years ago
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on: Why vacation at tech companies should be mandatory
I agree, the motto of 'we don't have a vacation policy, just take time off if you need it' creates usually the wrong sort of culture and dynamics, leading to guilt, etc. Lack of clarity around expectations is commonly a source of anxiety and stress. Whenever possible I encourage that people take 1 week off per quarter.
elhector
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12 years ago
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on: Cars Kill Cities
elhector
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12 years ago
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on: Sucks to be an old engineer
One of the best engineers I have worked with is on his 60's. When I worked with him, the rest of the engineering team had an average age of 23 or so (me being 32), but this guy could give everyone a run for their money.
This is not about age, but about staying current and sharp. Keep learning, and you won't have this issue.
Sure, a guy fresh out of school has a ton of energy and works crazy hours, but as an Engineering Manager and Product Manager I knew that if I needed something to be really done on time I could always trust the older (and quite frankly way smarter) guy.
