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Reading this, I was assuming that this behavior was enforced by reference checks for new hires being commonplace. However, the few sources I found in a quick search make it seem like asking/requiring references is a more recent practice due to western influence.

I'd guess it's just guilt and shame?

I ran a coding bootcamp school that had both your typical pay-upfront and later added an option like you outline. I can't speak for all programs, but schools use an affiliate third party lender for those "free" loan programs.

It was relatively new for us when I left, so I never saw the aftermath. I know it worked out well for some students, but my biggest concern was ensuring payments only kicked in if the job was "in-industry or field". My logic was the value isn't there if you go to a coding bootcamp only to not use the skills.

I was still worried they'd basically ask "do you use a computer?" and consider it in-field.

Another issue here is we had folks just looking to up-skill and the value return was harder to gauge if they were returning or continuing to work their job. This was mostly limited to our part-time program so we didn't offer the delayed-loan for it.

In the video someone else posted, it's said that the hydrofoils are independently powered https://youtu.be/Gvkx6oF_Zyk?si=PXTcckfCQzPZYmrR&t=660

Interesting. My first thought was "isn't it wind powered? What are they powering?". Turns out anything below the water line like the hydrofoils are independently battery powered. The cyclists are pedaling to pressurize a hydraulic system that is used to trim and adjust the sails as opposed to the teams working hand crank systems to make adjustments directly. I guess I am just surprised they need that much potential energy for the sails-alone. I'd imagine it's a careful balance between building and storing the energy needed for the next series of adjustments without going too-far and exhausting the crew. Based on the focus on increased wattage output and not increasing resistance with constant output, it sounds to me like they are powering a generator for pressurizing a reservoir versus pressurizing the reservoir directly.

I know it's a little thing that's probably customizable, but I can't see anything in the screenshots except the inconsistent menu bar padding.

I'm no rocket scientist, but to me it makes sense to try and redirect asteroids to enter our atmosphere. The only thing I'd seek to "mine" on the asteroid is H2O, Hydrogen, or something that could be immediately converted to power/propulsion by the unit-itself.

I guess one risk would be introducing unknown biological or chemical nastiness. Another would be how precise we could be to target open ocean/desert/etc.

I'm not sure this is true. Most (~80%) large venues are owned and operated by Live Nation, who also owns Ticketmaster. They also have exclusivity agreements with hundreds of others.

It's, in effect, a shell operating as a scalper and a customer service disruptor. This has very little to do with the artist beyond selecting venues.

"you will also receive free updates until such a time Version 3 is released!"

This is what stops me. I've experienced too many instances of a full version upgrade with a sunset on previous versions.

I understand and grudgingly accept the risk to the drinking water. My concern is the airborne pollutants (carbon from the generators, expelled gases, VOCs) that are a certainty and how proximity relates - how close is too close.

Why the drastically lower effective tax rate? I don't see an increase in operating expenses enough to make that big of an impact and I'd expect the increased income to raise it.

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, CSS, Kubernetes, MySQL, Postgres, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Dynamic engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability. Served as de-facto Product Manager of payments, assets and identity.

Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.

Looking for Engineering Management, technical project management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.

I also have a strong desire to get back to a focus on the code as a backend or full stack engineer, and less managing the team/projects. Even as an EM/TPM, I still found myself putting up PRs often because I really enjoyed it. I'd happily consider a more junior engineering role where I could be a bit more of an IC. In a past life, I actually franchised a coding bootcamp and brought it to my city in an effort to eventually learn the skills myself. I did so after 4 years of building it up, but I have found my unique experience in marketing, business development and more tends to move me into positions of managing teams and working with stakeholders quickly.

- apologies for the life story!

I can relate. Two days ago, I found a perfect match in a niche but complex fintech sector I have experience in as a Engineering Manager and IC. I applied with a tailored resume and cover letter that addressed every single point and desirable skill in the job listing. I found the hiring manager and emailed them an intro where I briefly re-iterated my alignment with everything in the job details. I even got someone I had worked with previously to refer me to an upper-level manager at the hiring company.

I saw over 100 people applied for the role, but it's hard to imagine many (if any) other folks had the same direct experience with everything the role entailed. Yesterday, I got a cold rejection email. I was shocked enough to reply asking for any feedback on why I was not being considered based on how well my experience and achievements matched the role - I don't expect an answer.

I am also seeing a high percentage of cold rejections at later stages in the process than I am used to. Where the last interview step was usually down to 1-3 candidates, it's now down to 3-8.

It's just my opinion, but I think the huge volume of applicants is leading to them to go way beyond the job they are hiring for. Like, they post a position for a front end engineer with 3 years React experience and they end up with a 10+ year FS engineer, a FE engineer who worked for 7 years at Facebook, a BE with 8 years experience and 2 years of FE/FS, or a contractor in RU with 10+ years.

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, AngularJS, Coffeescript, CSS, HAML, HTML5, JavaScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Redux, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Other Skills: Engineering Management, Project Management, Technical Project Management, Career Coaching, Mentoring, Agile, Kanban, Roadmapping, Banking, FinTech, Medical, Incident Management, Platform Support, Product Support

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Dynamic engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability. Served as de-facto Product Owner of payments and identity.

Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.

Looking for Engineering Management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, senior management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, AngularJS, Coffeescript, CSS, HAML, HTML5, JavaScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Redux, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Engineering Management, Project Management, Technical Project Management, Career Coaching, Mentoring, Agile, Kanban, Roadmapping, Banking, FinTech, Medical, Incident Management, Platform Support, Product Support

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Dynamic engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability. Served as defacto Product Owner of payments and identity.

Built the engineering product support team from the ground up to support millions of dollars in transactions and all core business functions.

Looking for Engineering Management or other similar leadership roles that blend Software Engineering, senior management, and product management. Ideally, in the Fintech or identity sector.

I've been hunting (as so many people are, now) for a new role in Software Engineering. A recent online application for an Engineering Manager role had only one question outside the usual demographics/race/disability ones: "How important is empathy for an Engineering Manager?". My answer, in a nutshell, was "not very".

I'll bet many people were willing to pay that if executives and managers had there kids there. Daycare can provide unique kinds of networking and job-security/promotion options.

The weight check slows the whole process down and I find I have to make sure I grab items with the cart-side hand or the system thinks I am trying to drop the item in the bag without scanning.

Worst of all is the receipt check after the process - looking at you Costco. It feels like checking pockets in a diamond mine. If I am going to be doing all the work to save the store money they should loose the right to check it.

Regarding that last point, has anyone tried brushing past them or refusing? I doubt they can detain or stop you without evidence. I guess the worst case is they could ban you or cancel a membership.

Location: Aurora, CO

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies:

Ruby, GraphQL, React.js, Node.js, GitHub, AngularJS, Coffeescript, CSS, HAML, HTML5, JavaScript, Kubernetes, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Python, Redux, RESTful APIs, TypeScript

Engineering Management, Project Management, Technical Project Management, Career Coaching, Mentoring, Agile, Kanban, Roadmapping, Banking, FinTech, Medical, Incident Management, Platform Support, Product Support

Résumé/CV:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonephraim/

Email: hijasonephraim (at) gmail (dot) com

Software Engineer with most recent experience as Engineering Manager and Technical Project Manager at a global FinTech enterprise with experience managing teams of up to 10 remote team members while contributing individually to the launch of critical features and platform stability.

Hyperion was awesome. Canterbury Tales-style narrative focused on a group of pilgrims on a crazy planet steeped in legend set against a galaxy-spanning empire that is being threatened by a faceless looming external threat. As if that wasn't enough, the pilgrims are threatened from within by mystery, murder and betrayal as much as they are hounded by the immortal blade-covered daemon they know they are eventually destined to face.

Each pilgrims tale is unique and told in a different vibe - from pious and regretful to vulgar and indifferent.

What if it was still about the weapons - but more about them being sheathed? A right hander will usually have a sword sheathed on their left hip sticking out and down. Maybe it was a safety measure to have the tip not hanging over the inner part of the stairwell as someone was going up where someone behind them could get poked versus more along the outer wall?

Two initiatives I've thought about:

1. Schools receiving state tax dollars must adhere to percentage-based breakdowns of general tuition use. Basically, only x% of general tuition can be spent on administration costs, sports facilities, etc.

2. Percentage of tuition covered by tax dollars is set by local demand for that degree path and adjusted periodically.

I've been sporadically hounded by collection agencies for the past 18 years. I moved out of the country after college and allegedly forgot to close the balance on some store credit card with a balance of like $20 or so. By the time I returned and got a US phone number and address, I was getting calls and mail from collectors.

It freaked me out at first, but I did some research and sent a debt validation letter with no reply. Of course, they were citing numbers like a $ 2,000 balance and threatening civil action all the way.

Now, it's a certainty that every few years I start getting the robo calls and have to track down the actual company. It's such a pain because I don't want to answer the phone but I need to get the actual account number and company (so many of these companies have similar names or could just be scams). So it's usually a case of my waiting until they leave a voicemail of the company and call it directly to get this info and send the letter.

It's getting harder. The last time it was voicemails from "MRS" which could be any of 3 companies. I eliminated two since I discovered they are local to other regions but for the life of me, I could not get what I needed from the supposed correct MRS. I'd call up, and one agent would say "Yes, we have your account but it's under a different name". Another would say "I'm not seeing your account". Sometimes they would try to transfer me to some other department only to drop the call.

I finally answered a call and validated my info to speak to the agent. I refused to acknowledge anything and only asked for my account number in their records, the delinquent account they were calling about and their address to send mail to. The agent gave me what must be a bogus number since I can lookup what an MRS account number should look like. I also offered to validate my current address if they would send me anything in the mail. They refused and said "My client will be pursuing civil legal action" and hung up. I did get in there that I do not want calls and to please mail me anything from now on in the call.

I ended up filing a Consumer Finance Protection Department complaint. I'm aware the agent violated a few things, like threatening legal action they don't intend to pursue and not validating those info points.

Can anyone recommend a good call recorder for iPhone? Also, I assume I'd need to inform them it's being recorded since I don't know from where they are calling.

I wonder if gaming consoles had a big hand in this? Going back to Atari pong in the early/mid 70's and I don't recall if any of the major players (Magnavox, Atari, Coleco, Sears) included anything close to schematics.

Web Dev or Software Engineering? For web, I'd recommend starting with some basic youtube tutorials on building a clone of X. The goal here is not to really learn the concepts, but to learn if you enjoy it. There will be alot alot of learning and effort involved throughout this career. You need to learn if you can stay motivated because you genuinely enjoy it or if it will be a slog.

Then I'd recommend FreeCodeCamp. Don't worry about languages/frameworks/etc - you'll get there.

Don't go the codecamp/paid course route until you've tried building a bunch of things.

Software, start with CS50 MIT course.

I had an idea regarding this. What if a new CC license was developed for open source projects where that code could only be used by union-participant companies/individuals?

Half the cars I've owned have been manual - Junker 1977 Corvette and 1999 Miata. I agree with all the points made about connection to car, ease of maintenance, etc. The big decider for me was traffic and general road planning. Living in Houston and dealing with jams, stop-start traffic and endless traffic lights was no fun in a manual.

I've lived in Jakarta (long time ago) and visited recently for work. One story sums up how I feel about Indonesia:

I worked for a globally-distributed company. The founder, org, and some engineers were located in Indonesia. We had a company-wide "working retreat" in Bali for a month where I got to work alongside our Indonesian Software Engineer team.

At some point, I got up and started to refill a disposable Dasani water bottle I had been using at the water dispenser. The senior dev comes over to me looking shocked.

"What are you doing?" "Umm...I'm getting some more water?" "Don't you know about BPAs?" "Yeah"

He began to explain I shouldn't re-use water bottles because it gets more BPAs in the water. I just said "thanks, I'm okay" and kept re-using the bottle. I also asked around, it was a common belief among the rest of the group.

Disclaimer - I ran a bootcamp and took the course on my way out

Specific to web development, I found you should really only consider a bootcamp graduate as a self-taught front-end developer. The bad news is they'll usually have a very limited experience with a small number of technologies and probably a very limited understanding of them, like most self-taught developers.

The biggest benefit I saw to bootcamp grads was their previous experience and the barrier to entry in taking the course:

It's not easy to find a junior web developer who has experience in the industry, speaks the executive's language, has an eye for design, etc.

It's also difficult to take some courses (tuition, not working during the course, entry tests). Of course this depends on the school, but this would _usually_ mean only people with the desire, aptitude, and financial means (like from a previous successful career) would be able to join the course.

I have no experience with design, security, data science, and other courses. To be honest, I pushed back on offering those since I didn't see companies hiring essentially self-taught juniors (except maybe design?).

One other point I'd make is we had a surprising number of CS degree holders in our programs. If you aren't picked up on a career day or internship (or your school doesn't have any/many) it seems like alot of students get lost.

Agree with many of the sentiments on here about pricing. I actually came across Rootly a couple months ago when looking for this sort of solution and the lack of transparency on cost led me to immediately dismiss it as an option

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