Random Thought Thread, aka The RTT (**possible spoilers**)
11-30-12, 10:46 AM
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My experience was different. A lot of my grades were weighted more heavily on tests. It was fine for me because I rarely cared for doing the homework anyways. All I needed to do for most classes was attend, sit at the front, and pay attention then prep hard for the test.
Organic wasn't one of those. I went to the weekly study sessions, did most of the homework, and the class ended up being my worst grade in all of college. It's a bit ironic because I enjoyed all of my other chemistry classes leading up to that and was on the fence about making it my major.
Organic wasn't one of those. I went to the weekly study sessions, did most of the homework, and the class ended up being my worst grade in all of college. It's a bit ironic because I enjoyed all of my other chemistry classes leading up to that and was on the fence about making it my major.
11-30-12, 10:52 AM
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Almost have work settled down for the year. Soooooo close.
11-30-12, 10:52 AM
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The risk of allowing users to handle their own data management:
I am now restoring the DB from a backup on what was supposed to be an event-free day. Fortunately for me, I won't be the one still working at 10 tonight due to an unplanned for 5 hour disaster recovery process.
I am now restoring the DB from a backup on what was supposed to be an event-free day. Fortunately for me, I won't be the one still working at 10 tonight due to an unplanned for 5 hour disaster recovery process.
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11-30-12, 12:08 PM
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11-30-12, 12:16 PM
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As I get a little older, I believe more and more that attitude dictates success much more so than smarts.
11-30-12, 12:16 PM
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But in grad school, I committed myself to advancing my academics. My philosophy was if I weren't in grad school, I'd be working, so I needed to put at least 40 hours a week into my studies. In the end, I got a lot more out of grad school than I did undergrad.
11-30-12, 12:35 PM
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I was listening to an interview with Dolly Parton the other day. She founded The Imagination Library which has sent out 40m books to kids in the US. She felt that if you can read, you can learn anything and succeed and wanted to help jump start that.
She's pretty smart.
She's pretty smart.
11-30-12, 12:35 PM
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I can think of some very successful people (technical and/or management) in my industry that barely made it out of college and/or have a degree that is totally unrelated to their profession. Some people are simply successful at being successful.
11-30-12, 12:49 PM
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11-30-12, 12:59 PM
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Since we're the company's BI dept, backups are covered. I'm not technically a DBA although it's part of my job (and some common sense goes a long way).
11-30-12, 01:04 PM
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I strongly believe that every software engineer should start their career writing QA/test code. You get to expose the dirty white underbelly of the crap that product engineers write. All the shortcuts, all the assumptions, all the reliance on stuff that changes and could pose a risk later. It will make you a better engineer. Test code should never be throw-away code.
But I'm ready to be able to point at a feature in a released app and say "I made this!"
Currently all I can say is, "I helped find a bug in this."
11-30-12, 01:05 PM
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I was listening to an interview with Dolly Parton the other day. She founded The Imagination Library which has sent out 40m books to kids in the US. She felt that if you can read, you can learn anything and succeed and wanted to help jump start that.
She's pretty smart.
She's pretty smart.
11-30-12, 01:54 PM
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This is awesome.
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11-30-12, 04:25 PM
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11-30-12, 04:30 PM
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I did college in 2 chunks. The second chunk was much more beneficial than the first. I had to re-take some gen-ed classes and I was just amazed at how stupid some of the freshmen were. That was me just a few years before. The guys that had gone into the military right out of high school and were in college on the GI bill were completely serious about work (and play, for that matter!). There's a lot good that can be said about taking that route. High school superstars (like myself) can get a rude awakening in a university environment (like myself).
11-30-12, 05:30 PM
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You're going to have to swap your avatar to one with a flat bar and baggies if you keep this up. 
11-30-12, 06:38 PM
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11-30-12, 07:07 PM
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Except they increased the amount of points. At least after cat4. 30pts from 3->2, 40pts mandatory is a LOT of points, especially when cat3 field sizes are pretty small. I have a feeling there will be a lot of sandbaggers, guys with 20-30pts hanging around in the 3s that really should upgrade. Guess that will add more people and more competition though to better prep for racing as a 2. I think I'd rather have the 25pts and 12 month rule (though I probably wouldn't say that if I break my arm and lose half a season or something).
11-30-12, 07:42 PM
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Just heard back from one of the doctors that I worked with a little bit. He's looking for a clinical research assistant and has 140 applications already. He told me I should get my app in asap because they're pulling the plug early next week. This is all I have to say to that.
11-30-12, 08:52 PM
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All these young folk talking about careers is heartening.
There's nothing like knowing people will be diligently working for years to help support entitlements that I really don't need but will have no shame about accepting.
AARP sent me yet another card and application today. That's what brought that on.
There's nothing like knowing people will be diligently working for years to help support entitlements that I really don't need but will have no shame about accepting.
AARP sent me yet another card and application today. That's what brought that on.
11-30-12, 08:55 PM
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All these young folk talking about careers is heartening.
There's nothing like knowing people will be diligently working for years to help support entitlements that I really don't need but will have no shame about accepting.
AARP sent me yet another card and application today. That's what brought that on.
There's nothing like knowing people will be diligently working for years to help support entitlements that I really don't need but will have no shame about accepting.
AARP sent me yet another card and application today. That's what brought that on.