pelemele
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4 years ago
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on: 38% of remote workers work from bed
One size doesn't fit all - and that's exactly the issue with office work. After years in IT business I know exactly what are my "peak" hours/time and when it's better not to do anything work-wise and just focus on something else. Forcing me to work specific schedule in a specific office setup is no go for me. Plus other things like being able to exercise instead of my commute, eat healthy, use my equipment and tools I prefer, being able to refocus when I need and take advantage of my biological peak/down hours/time made me super efficient and productive.
pelemele
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6 years ago
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on: Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (2009)
The current generation of 50+ years old developers came from a way smaller pool of developers when they all started 30+ years ago and that's the reason that only a minuscule of them still codes. The percentage of current younger developers still coding in their 50% will be more closer to other engineering fields based on amount of developers entering the field every year last 20 years (even considering how many will simply abandon doing development once hitting 30 or 40) - not everybody will become managers or start their own businesses.
pelemele
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6 years ago
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on: U.S. cancels $929M in California high speed rail funds after appeal rejected
...and next step should a proper audit of the while train fiasco...
pelemele
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7 years ago
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on: San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide
pelemele
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7 years ago
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on: San Francisco’s Slow-Motion Suicide
pelemele
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7 years ago
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on: Why Don't Americans Understand How Poor Their Lives Are?
...most innovations were coming from Europe...
Not too many people know about Operation Paperclip (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip) and what it meant for NASA and space race (Wernher von Braun was chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the key instrument in getting man to the moon)
pelemele
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12 years ago
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on: The Startup Life Is Not For Everyone
This. Like it!
pelemele
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12 years ago
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on: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months
They got awesome ideas but a really awful implementation of them - Tablet PC and Pocket PC devices/mobile phone (MDA anybody?) are two examples...
pelemele
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12 years ago
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on: Microsoft reveals $900M write-down on Surface RT tablet
1. Nobody cares about handwriting all day long, quite a niche use (the same as for Tablet PC 8 years ago).
2. Nobody cares about MS Office anymore. There are alternatives (and free) for regular folks.
3. There is no new PC coming and MS learnt that today.
4. I have a feeling that this post is a well prepared marketing pitch...
Peace!
pelemele
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12 years ago
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on: Internet Explorer 11: “Don’t call me IE”
Everything is awesome until you stop doing general stuff. Once I started digging into more complex MDX queries in SSAS (calculated fields) the story started to be quite different.
I have been doing Win dev since 1993 so I could tell you a lot of stories...
pelemele
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12 years ago
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on: Python Tools for Visual Studio
It's cool until you see the price tag for Visual Studio Profi/Prem/Ultimate (I assume you can't use Python tools with Express versions).
In that case I will stick to my old copy of Visual J++...
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: I bought something from a Best Buy vending machine, and it didn't go so well.
Best Buy is just a test center for Amazon - a lot of people come in just to see and touch stuff before buying it from Amazon. I saw a guy checking a headphones in BB and immediately buying it from Amazon on the spot from his phone.
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: ‘Big brother’ black boxes to soon be mandatory in all new cars
Insurance lobby - how to find any reason not to pay
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: Life's too short to write shitty software
How old are you?
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: Life's too short to write shitty software
1. Comfort zone - if you ever worked in corp world you know what I'm talking about (he mentioned that he enjoys family time after 8 hour work shift so I would like to know how he keeps up to date with skill set).
2. I've seen it myself at least two times - no warning, nothing. Thank you for your service, here is you severance package - 2 weeks of pay and application for COBRA coverage.
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: Life's too short to write shitty software
If you are sure that you will be able to market yourself after years of working on some no name corporate stuff, by all means. I've been there and seen guys working 10 - 12 years at the same company, enjoying their 8 hours shift just finding out one day that they are not needed anymore - and with obsolete skills set (you get into comfort zone pretty easily in corp world), some of them having really difficult time to find another job.
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: Instagram for Android — Available Now.
Yes. The same here ;-)
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: Poll: How long have you been programming?
Oh those nights! Waiting 15 minutes for a program to load from a tape recorder just to find out that tape is damaged at the end ;-)
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: 42Floors (YC W12) Launches Commercial Real Estate Search Tool
>> good idea, but I think this is an industry where you don't
>> win with technology...but with connections in the
>> industry...
Exactly. CRE is slightly a different kind of animal.
pelemele
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14 years ago
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on: Middle-aged prodigies: Seven poster children over 40
