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Re:Reimplementing the Coreutils in a modern language (Rust) on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @10:44AM (#34790954)
You have to be careful with the interpretation of the graph. It tracks the number of files where all tests pass.
Re:Ask HN: How do you discover interesting books to read? on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:30AM (#30615507)
I often find interesting books on the book lists from Bill Gates (https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books) and Derek Sivers (https://sive.rs/book).

And of course there are many good recommendations here on HN in book-related threads.

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Re:Ask HN: Best way to read PDFs on desktop? on Saturday December 04, 2021 @10:11AM (#29441294)
I like Okular (https://okular.kde.org/).
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2021) on Friday September 03, 2021 @11:02AM (#28405123)
Location: Europe (I'm located in Switzerland)

Remote: yes, 100%

Willing to relocate: no

Technologies: Rust (currently learning)

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UGOeH4N4v6MW2iglaDD7g3b-jxx...

Email: [email protected]

Hi, I'm Dan and I'm looking to return to software development after a long break (~10 years), during which I worked as a self-employed investor on the stock market. But in the end, I failed to make it sustainable.

In my previous tech life I did a four year IT apprenticeship (Pascal/Delphi, Java) at an engine research company, worked two years as a software engineer (ASP) at a high-growth web agency, got a B.Eng. in CS (mainly Java), did some freelancing (PHP), was a core-contributor to two open source projects (PHP), and wrote a tech blog.

For my comeback, I have been learning Rust the last few months, hence I'm looking for a job as a Rust developer. I'm also open for opportunities that are unrelated to software development, but where my background could be useful.

Thanks for reading.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (August 2021) on Thursday August 05, 2021 @01:50PM (#28077116)

  Location: GMT+1 (I'm located in Switzerland)
  Remote: yes, 100%
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: Rust (currently learning)
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UGOeH4N4v6MW2iglaDD7g3b-jxxDEgNJ/view?usp=sharing
  Email: [email protected]
Hi, I'm Dan and I'm looking to return to software development after a very long break (~10 years). During this break, I worked as a self-employed investor on the stock market, but in the end I failed.

In my previous tech life I did a four year IT apprenticeship (Pascal/Delphi, Java) in the industry, worked two years as a software engineer (ASP) at a web agency, got a B.Eng. in CS (mainly Java), did some freelancing (PHP), was a core-contributor to two open source projects (PHP), and wrote a tech blog.

For my comeback I'm looking for a job as a Rust developer (if you have a "return to work" program, all the better). On the other hand, I'm also open for opportunities related to what I did the last 10 years.

Thanks for reading.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2021) on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:42AM (#27712131)

  Location: Switzerland
  Remote: yes, 100%
  Willing to relocate: no
  Technologies: Rust (currently learning)
  Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1--NAyBotenoIEfRn6NB55BNRD6xo0gB_/view
  Email: [email protected]
Hi, I'm Dan and I'm looking to return to software development after a very long break (10+ years). During that time, I worked as a self-employed investor on the stock market (sounds fancier than "reading most of the time"), but in the end I failed. Meanwhile, programming took a back seat, and I often didn't do much more than the annual "Advent of Code" challenges (in Haskell, resp. Rust last year).

In my previous tech life I did a four year IT apprenticeship (Pascal/Delphi, Java) in the industry, worked two years as a software engineer (ASP) at a web agency, got a B.Eng. in CS (mainly Java), did some freelancing (PHP), was a core-contributor to two open source projects (PHP), and wrote a tech blog.

My focus right now is on returning to software development in a backend role. However, I'm also open for other opportunities as I'm currently at a point where I have to reinvent myself anyway.

Thanks for reading.

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021) on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @12:34AM (#27114239)
Thanks for the clarification.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021) on Monday May 10, 2021 @09:12AM (#27105614)
Hi,

Are those jobs open for remote-only from Europe (outside of Ireland/UK)? The postings listed as remote say they are remote in North America only, and the European postings just say "this work can very easily be done remotely".

Re:Ask HN: Suggest Some Books to Read on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @02:34AM (#26966379)
What skills do you want to improve?
Thanks for this link.

I guess the resources there will keep me busy for the next few years: "all of this together takes our students at least 5 years of intense study".

That looks interesting, thanks.
Yes, it's simply for the sake of curiosity, and I don't intend to getting into these fields. My goal is to bring some structure in my learning, because currently I just pick a book here, a book there, and that doesn't feel very effective.

I guess looking at the curricula of some good degree programs is the way to go.

Re:Swiss reject additional immigration curbs on Monday December 01, 2014 @01:19AM (#8679781)
That's not true, population growth in Switzerland has been above 1% since 2007: http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index/themen/01/02/bla...
Re:Swiss reject additional immigration curbs on Sunday November 30, 2014 @11:55AM (#8677247)
Re:Ask HN: How do you manage your Twitter timeline? on Friday July 19, 2013 @05:50AM (#6069166)
I filter out most of the noise with a Greasemonkey app I wrote a while ago: https://github.com/cakebaker/lessnoise
Re:Basic income as an answer to all out automation on Monday June 24, 2013 @09:29AM (#5932705)
In Switzerland there will probably be a voting about introducing a basic income. At least if the initiators manage to get 100'000 signatures for their initiative until October (so far they have about 90'000 valid signatures).
Re:The Micro PHP Manifesto's Missing Tenet on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @01:30AM (#3450696)
There is Packagist/Composer: http://packagist.org/
Re:Suicide on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @01:25AM (#3350904)
Or 143 in Switzerland (http://www.143.ch)
Sorry, my bad, ghostery removed the button.
I'm missing some contact information.
Re:Show HN: HourlyPuppy on Thursday November 17, 2011 @03:43AM (#3246950)
You could ask a neighbor whether you could get their dog for a walk.
Re:Stop using AdBlock on Monday November 14, 2011 @01:40AM (#3233166)
Then enforce those rules and block people using AdBlock. Problem solved.
Re:Why AUR is part of the Arch Linux Success on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @10:38AM (#3182208)
The latest stable version of Node.js is available in the official Community repo: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=nodejs
Re:Modern community building on Friday May 27, 2011 @07:08AM (#2591075)
I guess Jack Trout is meant, an author of some marketing books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Trout

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