Ask HN: Management or Technical
I am interested in becoming a CIO and would like to know, do you think it is better to focus on management training or getting a technical foundation first.
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Re:Ask HN: Management or Technical
on Friday February 04, 2011 @01:58PM (#2180641)
Right now I am an information assurance consultant. Job focus is on the policy and management side.
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I know HN is mostly entrepreneurial, but does anyone have contacts within the DoD contracting world? My current contract is going to be ending shortly so I am looking for new opportunities.
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Ask HN: When to put a language on your resume
I am new to programming and wanted to know, at what point is it exceptable to put a programming language on your resume? How much experience, projects, time would you suggest?
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Re:Ask HN: Read or Jump Right In
on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @03:11PM (#2072281)
Thank you. Definitely encouraging words and I am now going to jump in the deep end (Canonball!).
Re:Ask HN: Read or Jump Right In
on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @11:57AM (#2067584)
I have a lot of ideas, for instance an RSS feed filter to remove duplicates. Same idea could also be used to filter twitter feeds, although I understand the code would be different.
Do you think it would be better to work on my own projects and jump in the deep end or should I start with cookbook code and learn from that first? Part of the problem maybe is not understanding where to go once I learn the basics.
Re:Ask HN: Read or Jump Right In
on Monday January 03, 2011 @02:25PM (#2064343)
I have a general understanding of computing and networking as I am currently employed in the information assurance field (CISSP and Network +), programming is however, completely new to me.
I guess the hardest part is I want to be an expert right away. I often read HN for inspiration and therefore want to perform at the same level.
So far the basics seem, well very basic and easy to understand. When I start looking at building something, I feel a bit overwhelmed. I want to push out things that I can be proud of and will help the community develop, and I guess that desire is conflicting with my current level of knowledge.
Sorry, bit of a rant and long post, but just trying to sort everything out so I don't get disillusioned.
Ask HN: Read or Jump Right In
I am new to programming and have decided to start with Python. My question is should I read up on the programming theory first or should I just jump in and start building things?
Re:Ask HN: A better word for profile?
on Saturday January 01, 2011 @12:45PM (#2057924)
It would all depend on how you frame and present it. Your target audience is an intelligent one and I think would pick up fairly quickly that CV is representing more than just their resume.
Probably the best idea though is to take some of the ideas that you have and do some A/B testing. That way it's what can empirically be proven to work the best.
Re:Ask HN: A better word for profile?
on Friday December 31, 2010 @02:51PM (#2056267)
Since you are aiming at an academic audience I think Curriculum Vitae might be a great option. It represents the professional and yet has a feeling of acedemia.
Re:How many people reading Hacker News do not have any programming ski...
on Friday December 31, 2010 @02:40PM (#2056237)
I just started to learn how to code (Python) two weeks ago, but I have been an HN reader for about the last four months. The stories here often inspire me to progress and push myself in other areas of my life. I also like hearing about the leading edges of technology.
Re:Python Module of the Week
on Tuesday December 28, 2010 @01:24PM (#2046223)
I am new to python but just a few of the articles I have gone through on this site were comprehensive and invaluable. This is definitely on of my new tools to help me learn and understand the standard library.
Re:Ask HN: What's with funky colors of HN?
on Thursday December 23, 2010 @01:10PM (#2035256)
My guess is Holiday Spirit.
Re:Ask HN: Generalist or Specialist
on Thursday December 23, 2010 @12:56PM (#2035204)
Thank you for your reply. Now that I think about it more and in line with your comment, with HN being a start-up atmosphere, I guess it makes since to see more of the generalist mentality.
Ask HN: Generalist or Specialist
Recently I have seen quite a few articles on HN regarding the benifits and trend toward being a generalist. My question to the HN community, is do you see this as the direction of developers or even in the tech community in general? That we should become generalists in our field rather than specialists?