jetengine
Re:Ask HN: What non-technical skill would help you most in your career...
on Thursday June 09, 2016 @10:50AM (#11869735)
What helped me most is to have conversations with strangers. Try it in real life. Talk to the guy sitting alone at the bar. Have small-talk with the other person pumping gas. This will help you professionally.
Re:This tech eliminates the need for water for air-conditioning of bui...
on Friday May 27, 2016 @11:04AM (#11786460)
It exists, it's called a geothermal heat pump / ground-source heat pump.
Re:How do you stop a randomized game from randomly being boring someti...
on Monday May 23, 2016 @07:15AM (#11753088)
There is a theory that multiplayer is more interesting than singleplayer because you are playing against unpredictable characters.
Someone toyed with this idea by letting the player of the game play against animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DXiuzAQztU
Re:Can a single car break a traffic jam?
on Friday April 29, 2016 @01:26PM (#11597236)
This game is easy to beat. Wreck most cars except a few, get a single car in the inner circle by slightly bumping it and press and hold the corresponding key.
62.8 kilometers covered.
Re:What is the best part about being a Software Engineer?
on Thursday April 28, 2016 @09:46AM (#11588751)
I'm pretty sure that a significant portion of programmers are night owls and don't like showing up before 10 AM.
Re:What is the best part about being a Software Engineer?
on Thursday April 28, 2016 @07:37AM (#11588005)
What are your experiences with creative jobs? I'm currently making 1.5 times median income (compared to the rest of the country) as a Java back-end programmer. But it's not the most exciting job because all I'm doing is keeping legacy code alive and implementing new business specifications.
I have thought of going back to my old job as web-developer, doing cool stuff with Node, Angular and all the cool cutting-edge technology. But I'll only earn a median income if I do that.
Or go straight into management and earn 2 to 2.5 times median. But that seems even more boring.