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Comment · 4 years ago
This is my one and only gripe with "gen z".

Phone calls take 1% of the time to communicate complex ideas, I dont have to write documentation level explanations and I can hear your responses / tone and dynamically adjust to fit the conversation.

My feelings on this are especially prevalent at work, I understand more in an informal setting.

We have < 25's working in sales who HATE phone calls... it will be interesting to see how they make it in the future. The current "senior" sales reps go to the pub or play golf with clients & suppliers every now and then. I guess only the metrics will tell.

That being said if I have to text anyone > 40 I basically cry because they cant express any level of emotion over text and their over use punctuation I interpret as blunt.

God getting old is hard work (im only a > 25 < 30 something).

Comment · 4 years ago
Meh, since 2017 - on a monthly DCA strategy (with no sells), annualised returns are;

- BTC 15%~

- ETH 35%~

700% cherry picking the data / lacking info on the trading start.

(Above numbers assume you buy at open price 00:00 first of every month)

Comment · 4 years ago
I feel my like CV justifies this, an exert being "enables directors to make short term decisions" (every "point" has something like this).

This is why I'm abit confused as to why I haven't go a responses :(

Comment · 4 years ago
Seems you like put real effort it to this response, so thank you :)

I'll read, digest, and apply it all tomorrow, thanks again!

Comment · 4 years ago
Whatever I've built is not ready for NH.

Bask in your glory, truly amazing job :)

Comment · 4 years ago
I write a open source desktop environment, supported by spice-html5, and I'm impressed (its survived the NH "hug of death") - this is true sourcey.

Amazing job OP :)

Comment · 4 years ago
If you have a job in the USA please post / message me the link, i'll happily apply :)
Comment · 4 years ago
No.

They could do infrastructure, kind off, not code - no chance (I like them as a person but they depend on me to teach them how to code)

Hire "younglings" (star-wars) is my remit.

Comment · 4 years ago
This isn't true.

I've got one person under me and have done for 3-5 years.

Most have enjoyed working under me (so I understand it), most resignations have been for bigger opportunities / bigger cities / bigger money (1 out of 4, and TBH I missed they wanted more money - this was my fault).

My current "report" seems very happy (though I expect them to leave soon, not for money but they are far more interested in another industry and tech challenges that come with it).

Comment · 4 years ago
This is an interesting take on my writing style.

I will certainly apply this to my CV, perhaps my personal statement is to "aggressive" (here I am doing it again).

Thank you.

Comment · 4 years ago
Truth be told i've only hired juniors - this is half my problem.

I've never hired at the level i'm applying and have 0 to compare against.

Comment · 4 years ago
Ive put "tech lead" because I developed + orchestrated everything (code, severs, "internal services" (AutoDesk (AutoCAD, Revit), MS Office, ETC).

You think that's to much?

Technically my job title is "Director of IT" but I dont go to enough board meetings to justify that title.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
> political press photographers aren't hired for originality!

Yes they almost definitely are, what else would they be hired for? You wouldn't watch the same news everyday (even if it feels that way)

> the number of training epochs has dropped dramatically

So? Lets imagine a documented nurodiverse person (lets use a photographic memory) "snapsohts" a famous "works" and then sits in a room, after 5 years training, to produce "some work" are they free of copyright claims? Have you not seen the nurodiverse person who draws the entire New York sky line from 1 helicopter ride?

Your approach seems non-sensical, 1 epoch - 10,000 epochs, it doesn't matter - its still a copy / derivative work (which may exempt it, fair enough).

Personally I think all current AI work is just copyright on steroids, DALL-E outputs Shutterstock logos given the right input and Githubs co-poilt is just a lawsuit waiting to happen (implying anyone has the funds to actually sue Microsoft these days, the T&C's of Github must be incredibly broad).

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