workaholic

11 karma · joined August 1, 2013

workaholic··on Why I hate you because of your resume

Agreed. After reading this piece I can safely say the writer is somebody I would never want to work for. I can only hope this level of antagonism never flies in tech.

workaholic··on Learn code the hard way

a+++++++++++ would read again very disrutpive

workaholic··on 10 Signs You’re a ‘Woman in Tech’

These are almost all true for most people in tech, male or female.

workaholic··on Oracle Thinks Programmers Are All White Dudes

More specifically they think all programmers are Jay Leno.

workaholic··on 25Y Male making over $250K+ annually. Still stuck. Help?

Agreed. This sounds like an early existential crisis.

workaholic··on Ask HN: Why did this post cost me 10% of subscribers?

Trying to take as objective a view here as possible...

The present hacker zeitgeist disagrees with your viewpoint. Your post came at a particularly bad time, as this post is fresh on the collective's mind:

http://sethbannon.com/vacations-are-for-the-weak

workaholic··on Ask HN: What is something you believe that nearly no one agrees with you on?

"...nearly no one agrees with you on"

But at least you have Giorgio Tsoukalos.

workaholic··on Ask HN: I actually need a job now

Would that I could offer you a job, but I'm curious, how did you "fail?" Did you just have trouble finding another job in London to keep you afloat?

workaholic··on Ask HN: What Should My Little Bro Learn After HTML & CSS?

I went to jQuery after HTML/CSS. It's been extremely useful, and it was pretty simple to pick up.

workaholic··on Ask HN: Article about Math in schools and the lack of creativity

Was it "Lockhart's Lament" ?

http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/devlin/LockhartsL...

workaholic··on Don't shoot your friends - Twitter game with real consequences

I liked the original idea for this better (when the GiantBomb podcast pitched the idea of doing this for Facebook friends) but I'm just glad to see somebody implemented some form of this.