arduin0mancer

Re:Ask HN: What tools do you use for project management? on Friday March 17, 2017 @01:16PM (#13895826)

Not having task ID's on Asana is really annoying. Especially when you need to ask someone about something but the task name is really long/some really niche specific thing.

Re:Ask HN: Keyboard and Mouse for daily use? on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @04:16PM (#13879387)

MX Master Wireless + Original Apple Wireless kb (non-shallow keys)

I know I should probably check out mechanical keyboards, but I'm just too damn used to the MacBook keys.

Re:Ask HN: What do you like about working in software? on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:54PM (#13879221)

On a similar note, the joy of automating stuff is amazing.

My previous non-software job was with an engineering company and I ended up having to do stuff like manually typing values from a PDF report into an excel file.

I got so annoyed with doing this task that one day I rage-coded a parser in python that took in raw PDF data and outputted a CSV file.

The first useful thing you ever code is really motivating.

Ask HN: What do you like about working in software?

Posted by arduin0mancer on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @03:28PM
from the ask-hn dept.

It seems like there’s a lot of cynicism/critiques of the industry around here so I’m curious to hear:What made you work in the industry? What gets you excited at work? What are you passionate about?I just started as an intern at a startup but what I really like so far:-The creativity of solving a problem exactly how you want and designing/implementing what you see as the best possible solution...

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