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randomcharson Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?

I haven't really consider the US because without significant experience my chances of getting a job there would be much lower than in the EU, even without the visa bureaucracy.

randomcharson Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?

I would love to go to college. The problem is that there are no great schools in Hungary. The schools and the government are both proud that they're preparing the students for the job market. That's it. There's also nothing that would make me want to stay here. This is why the whole idea came up.

There isn't a specific place I want to go to. It's easy to work in another EU country so those are on the top of my imaginary list, but I wouldn't have any problem with the US, or Canada either. Is there a reason why you don't like the idea of moving there?

randomcharson Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?

Thanks for your comment!

I'm continously learning, and I still have 4 months from this school year.

Can I ask how much experience did you have before getting to a job in London and what kind of position is it?

randomcharson Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?

I actuality considered Scotland but by then the UCAS deadline passed so I forgot about it. Transferring is a ptetty great idea, I will definitely look into it.

randomcharson Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?

It's very similar where I live: PHP, Java, C++ and .NET. That's exactly why I don't want to study here. The universities here prepare for the current job market instead of teaching solid CS foundations.

randomcharson Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?

That's a great plan, thank you!

The only thing is I haven't really seen entry level jobs anywhere. I looked on Github's and Stack Overflow's job boards, is there somewhere else I should be looking too?

randomcharson Ask HN: Can you get a "good" job in the industry without a degree?

So I should be learning the kind of things that come up in interviews?

randomcharson What if everything you know is wrong?

I wonder which current conspiracy theories will turn out to be true.

randomcharson Ask HN: Do you use wireless activity trackers? (Striiv, Fitbit, Jawbone)

They're activity trackers. You start them to your wrist/pants and turn it on. Then it tracks the steps you've taken, calories burned, stairs climbed, your sleep pattern. Some even have hearth rate monitoring. The point is that it's active 24/7 not just during workouts. These gadgets are part of the quantifiable self movement.

randomcharson Things I Despised About My Education

On a personal level, no.

What I described above is my experience with most of my teachers during my K-12 education. In 5 out of the 7 schools I attended almost all teachers were horrible. But so is the whole education system, and I think the bad teachers are just the byproduct of it.

If you can explain why is it the way I described it, I'm listening.

randomcharson Things I Despised About My Education

Exactly. Just sit straight on the chair, don't move too much, don't look funny, bored, don't yawn, don't chew gum, don't drink, don't eat, don't look at that bug that's flying by, don't draw, don't chew on your pencil don't talk back. Heck, don't even talk unless the you're talked to!

randomcharson I am under surveillance by Canadian agents, my computer has been backdoored

Actually they're not agents, but officers. IIRC the agents are the informants who are not working for the agency.

randomcharson I am under surveillance by Canadian agents, my computer has been backdoored

en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Pionen

randomcharson I am under surveillance by Canadian agents, my computer has been backdoored

We live in a scary world either way.

randomcharson I am under surveillance by Canadian agents, my computer has been backdoored

So what would you recommend people to you for secure communications?

randomcharson I am under surveillance by Canadian agents, my computer has been backdoored

Is ECC more secure than regular consumer grade memory?

randomcharson I am under surveillance by Canadian agents, my computer has been backdoored

Seriously? He has perfectly valid concerns and you call him paranoid? I guess we know who the CSIS agents are.

randomcharson Show HN: iOS App that saves videos for offline viewing (Super Bowl Ads Demo)

There already was an instapaper for video. It was called Spool. First, Google asked them to not download YouTube videos, then Facebook acquired the company and they shut down.

randomcharson Introducing Graph Search

I wonder if searching for "Single friends of friends" would work. Optionally with "who like x".

randomcharson Ask: How do I memorize mathematical proofs for my calculus exam?

http://ankisrs.net/

I'm not sure what kind of cards you should make for this as I didn't use it to learn proofs (only starting uni this fall) but I've used it for everything from equations and syntax to poems.

The key is to break the info into the smallest pieces that still make sense. You'll also inadvertently learn a lot by making the cards.

randomcharson French ISP Removes Google Adsense From Websites

Many people don't even know that there's an interface to the router.

randomcharson Fitbit, why can’t I have my data?

If you live in the EU you can send them a data access request, which means they have to provide you with all your personally identifiable information that they keep, in this case that means pretty much everything.

I hate it when companies think that they can get away with making you pay for your data.

randomcharson What happens when you are the doctor on the airplane?

What's the other four?

randomcharson What happens when you are the doctor on the airplane?

I think that's the reason why. Also if there's no physician on board but there's an EMT/nurse, you wouldn't know that from the passenger list. Plus it's entirely possible that even if there's a doctor, she isn't listed as one.

randomcharson NY newspaper runs interactive map with names, addresses of gun permit holders

The gun scare is getting ridiculous.

Things like this make people think that anyone who owns a gun might just walk into a crowded place and start shooting.

randomcharson Facebook's legal team bans developer of F.B. Purity from Facebook

Or grandparent compatible ones?

randomcharson Ask HN: just bought my first iDevice (iPad) - essential apps?

As in apps for developers or just apps in general?

randomcharson Why Lisp? 3 answers

Thank you for that link. This is the first explanation of macros I've seen that actually shows some use cases.