OP here -- yeah, that's a very good and cogent point. Hope to explore it more in the future.
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HappyFunCorp (http://happyfuncorp.com) - We're trying to find good developers, and we're also interested in designers and project managers.
We do web and app development for a panoply of clients ranging from Fortune 500 to brand-new startups: right now the distribution is roughly 50-50. Most frequently Android/iOS apps with a Rails-on-Heroku back end, though there's a fair amount of other variety too.
We prefer people with a reasonable amount of experience under their belt, but there are always exceptions. And we pay well.
If you're interested, email: jobs@happyfuncorp.com
HappyFunCorp (http://happyfuncorp.com) - We're trying to find good developers, and we're also interested in designers and project managers.
We do web and app development for a panoply of clients ranging from Fortune 500 to brand-new startups: right now the distribution is roughly 50-50. Most frequently Android/iOS apps with a Rails-on-Heroku back end, though there's a fair amount of other variety too.
We prefer people with a reasonable amount of experience under their belt, but there are always exceptions. And we pay well.
If you're interested, email: jobs@happyfuncorp.com
HappyFunCorp (http://happyfuncorp.com) - We're trying to find good developers, and we're also interested in designers and project managers.
We do web and app development for a panoply of clients ranging from Fortune 500 to brand-new startups: right now the distribution is roughly 50-50. Most frequently Android/iOS apps with a Rails-on-Heroku back end, there's a fair amount of other variety too.
We prefer people with a reasonable amount of experience under their belt, but there are always exceptions. And we pay well.
If you're interested, email: jobs@happyfuncorp.com
HappyFunCorp (http://happyfuncorp.com) - We're trying to find good developers, and we're also interested in designers and project managers.
We do web and app development for a panoply of clients ranging from Fortune 500 to brand-new startups: right now the distribution is roughly 50-50. Most frequently Android/iOS apps with a Rails-on-Heroku back end, but right now we're particularly looking for a couple of PHP/Drupal developers, and there's a fair amount of other variety too.
We prefer people with a reasonable amount of experience under their belt, but there are always exceptions. And we pay well.
If you're interested, email: jobs@happyfuncorp.com
It didn't really _feel_ like cheating to anyone, including me, who rarely-if-ever participated, fwiw. (Not due to any moral high ground, but because a) I was not particularly social at the time b) "100% of your grade is based on your final exam score" was usually an option, and (relative to other students) my exams were far better than my assignments.)
Was it? Mmm. Probably yes, in the end, but it seems to me that you could make a reasonable prescriptive/descriptive case that it wasn't.
Was it evidence of a serious moral flaw pervasive throughout that generation, or excessive pressure to excel (Waterloo is basically Canada's MIT), or anything like? Hell no. It was just a grotesque but essentially harmless cultural artifact. With twenty years of hindsight, I'd advise against reading too much into it.
HappyFunCorp (http://happyfuncorp.com) - We're trying to find 5-10 good developers, and we're also interested in designers and project managers.
We do web and app development for a panoply of clients ranging from Fortune 500 to brand-new startups: right now the distribution is roughly 50-50. Most frequently Android/iOS apps with a Rails-on-Heroku back end, but there's a fair amount of other variety too (PHP/Drupal, HTML5, etc etc etc.)
We're loosely based in NYC, with another cluster of people in the Bay Area and a third in Delhi, but remote engineers are very welcome - most of us (including me) work remotely 90+% of the time. We prefer people with a reasonable amount of experience under their belt, but there are always exceptions. And we pay well.
If you're interested, email me: jon@happyfuncorp.com
We're trying to find 5-10 good developers, and we're also interested in designers and project managers.
We do web and app development for a panoply of clients ranging from Fortune 500 to brand-new startups: right now the distribution is roughly 50-50. Most frequently Android/iOS apps with a Rails-on-Heroku back end, but there's a fair amount of other variety too (PHP/Drupal, HTML5, etc etc etc.)
We're loosely based in NYC, with another cluster of people in the Bay Area and a third in Delhi, but remote engineers are very welcome - most of us (including me) work remotely 90+% of the time. We prefer people with a reasonable amount of experience under their belt, but there are always exceptions. And we pay well.
If you're interested, email me: jon@happyfuncorp.com
The single best way to improve your writing is to read a lot of great writing. For nonfiction, I recommend, in particular:
- George Orwell - John McPhee - Ryszard Kapuscinski - Gail Collins
The second best way to improve your writing is to learn how to see what is wrong with it. (Or, as Hemingway once said, "The one thing a writer needs most is a first-rate bullshit detector.") Don't focus on writing well, at least not at first. Focus on learning how to read like a first-time reader, and on _editing_ well. In time the writing will follow.
Of course, that's exactly what a sock puppet would say. Hmm. Is there a sock-puppet Turing test?