justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Cities with High Salary to Cost of Living Ratios for Software Developers
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justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Shipping Culture Is Hurting Us
To further the analogy.. as soon as the fruit on the low hanging branches becomes bad enough to justify the additional effort of climbing the tree for the better fruit, people will do it.
Your argument makes it sound like you're saying no hard problems are being worked on currently, which is simply not true.
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Tesla Motors Announces a New Home Battery
The "grid" doesn't yet exist in certain plots of land. One may want to build a house in the woods, but not pay the costs to get electric/water/sewage run to the property from whatever main road is closest.
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
And given how that worked for cultures before the modern age, I'll stick to those who choose to study medicine. Not those who simply prescribe whatever they felt worked once, for a reason unknown to them.
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Facebook’s First Female Engineer Speaks Out on Tech’s Gender Gap
Equal in value does not imply equal in thought, experience, or skill. I think that is the major flaw in your argument and why you are misconstruing breaking down barriers for women as "sexist".
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: How to price yourself?
$45 is absolutely not the top range. A previous startup paid more than that to our overseas developers. It is definitely lower than a US contractor rate, but not by that level.
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: New York Police Officers to Begin Wearing Body Cameras in Pilot Program
As a white male, I disagree with your belief that race has little to do with police interactions.
http://www.nyclu.org/content/stop-and-frisk-data
There is much, much more data as well. It's rather frightening that it has taken this long for us to do anything about it.
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: High-achieving men and women are described differently in reviews
It's possible, but the likelihood is so low some might wonder why you're bringing that possibility up rather than discuss the much more likely alternative and how we can fix it.
Also; "I asked men and women in tech if they would be willing to share their reviews for a study and didn’t stipulate anything else."
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2014)
Location: Portland, Maine
Remote: Yes, but I do prefer to see coworkers face to face occasionally
Willing to relocate: No
Technologies: Ruby, Python, PHP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, SQL, AWS, Jenkins, RSpec, Capybara, nginx, passenger, redis, mongodb, Java, celery, and much more.
Resume: http://justinrsteele.com/docs/resume.pdf
Email: [email protected]
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: The voodoo of lobster economics
That's the silliest argument I've heard in the past 30 minutes or so (that's saying something online!)
I loved the taste of lobster as a child. Feed me caviar then, and I'd be completely grossed out.
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Ask HN: What would attract you to a job in flyover country?
Why not hire remote?
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: 3% use IE9 and 14% have a disability. Why do we only cater for the former?
Did you read the article? There is no irony here, she immediately points out her lack of understanding of fundamental accessibility principles. That is why she wrote about how we as an industry allow that to happen (senior engineers who know nothing about catering to disability).
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Firebug 2.0
Most developers I've met have both installed, and wouldn't think twice if you said "I'm better with Firebug, do you mind if we switch browsers?"
justinsteele | 11 years ago | on: Why Your “Team” Page Should Actually Be About Your Team
When deciding whether to partner with an organization, I view their team page. You are not only excluding potential coworkers via certain choices.
justinsteele | 12 years ago | on: It's just wood
In the beginning it's tough to determine what is worth contracting out and what is not. After you spend some time experimenting (and often having it all come out in the wash as you saw), you can gain a better sense of when to call in an "expert" and what to DIY.
justinsteele | 12 years ago | on: How to be an open source gardener
Maybe they could get free conference passes, or an invitation to a company gathering if they are in the area.
justinsteele | 12 years ago | on: My low-paying, early-morning, exertion-requiring job
"Mundane" cycling daily is all that it takes to get the majority of health benefits. No reason to downplay what he's doing.
justinsteele | 12 years ago | on: Help fund Rails Girls Summer of Code 2014
We can all simply "make an effort not to let it happen" in 2014? Shucks, I wish we had thought of this earlier! Such an easy solution.
justinsteele | 12 years ago | on: Why We Cancelled Our Kickstarter And Funded It Ourselves
You're addressing something avenger123 never asked. They are asking HOW the process happens, considering removing the binding is the most efficient way to accurately scan them as far as we are aware.
justinsteele | 12 years ago | on: Women Outnumber Men For The First Time In Berkeley’s Intro To Computer Science
Seemingly more reputable than your source; you.
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You are probably underpaid.