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Yeah I was. I was actually on the visual studio team for about 9 months.
I wrote some of the codegen stuff, but then it got changed a bunch and dumbed down, IMO.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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You sure have found your niche, and I wish I still had the drive to see personal side-projects through like you do.
Or are you employed in some field that requires this sort of thing?
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I'm not. What I am is crazy, as in schizoaffective and that makes me disabled which leaves me with barely working, which leaves me with time.
I can't work in software anymore but I've been coding since I was 8 and I love it, so here it is.
Going crazy wasn't all bad - madness is underrated, but like I said, it leaves me with time to fill. 
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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It's always better to say you enjoy your afflictions rather than "suffer" from them.
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I agree with that.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Why would anyone here, many of whom make a living from software, want to help you cheat? If something is pay per view then pay for it.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: If something is pay per view then pay for it.
Or don't view it (the option is valid too  )
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I disagree for 2 reasons:
1. If pressing "stop" on your browser is enough to allow you to view the paywall content, then they deserve to lose money
2. I have no sympathy for media outlets. The about of click-bait no-news articles that get spammed everywhere is extremely annoying. Why should anyone have to pay to read something that is designed solely to get people clicking on it just to make the website owners more money. You want to sell news, then right some actual, well researched news.
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1. Maybe they need to recruit a more experienced developer.
2. If they present valid news then what is wrong with paying?
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1. No doubt
2. As I said, I can't stand the tactics of newspaper websites (in fact it applies to pretty much any form of marketing that tries to pray on peoples stupidity/inexperience to make money).
So although they are not all as bad, the few that are genuine have to suffer the fallout of the ones that I dislike. It's just being lazy on my part for sure, to brand them all the same, but it's not worth the effort to pick and choose.
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I was referring to some of our mainstream dailies: Times, Telegraph, Guardian (spit), Mail (more spit) FT, Express, etc.
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Yep, they are pretty much the exact ones I avoid. Their click bating articles are terrible. They may have some genuine news hidden among them somewhere, but I have no intention of supporting them while I go looking for it.
I really wish Google had a feature to blacklist certain websites 
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musefan wrote: I really wish Google had a feature to blacklist certain websites
If you're halfway serious about this, then your local hosts file is your friend...
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Full serious, but I am talking about making the websites not appear in Google search results. I guess you are just talking about blocking access to the sites?
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musefan wrote: making the websites not appear in Google search results
Use a hyphen. Compare the search results of:
codeproject
...with:
codeproject -www.codeproject.com
The latter excludes anything coming from www.codeproject.com
musefan wrote: I guess you are just talking about blocking access to the sites?
Yeah.
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disable javascript, but then a lot of other things stop working too.
(or you could try reverting to Netscape Navigator.)
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What certifications are good to have and worth my time perusing? I am looking to add such things to my resume to make it stand out. I am a software engineer with experience in C#. I am also interested in JavaScript Frameworks and SQL.
PluralSight has come recommendations, but I want to know what YOU think. I am not here to advertise for PluralSight and, besides, I do not agree with what they recommend since I have never heard of some of the technologies that they mention.
Here is my opinion. First and foremost I think should be JavaScript as far as important languages to master. What sort of certifications are there for demonstrating knowledge of JavaScript. My next post I am going to make is going to be asking what JavaScript books or instructional sources would you recommend.
For fun, I have had a look at what Plural Site and Udemy has to offer. I ran a search on Udemy for "Certification" There seems to be a lot of practice certicationi exams for "Scrun Master". I did not konw that was even a thing. Is it?
Speaking of Udemy: maybe I should just take a few corses there and put on my resume that I took the course. I wonder if Udemy offers some sort of verification that one takes a course.
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IMO, just taking certification exams to check tech stuff on a bucket list will not make you more employable.
Other than that, I don't know; I haven't needed or required to take certifications exams.
I'd rather be phishing!
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IMHO, technology certifications (and often CS degrees) aren't worth the paper they're printed on. What matters is your ability to do the job. I've encountered holders of MS CS degrees and Certified Microsoft Developers who couldn't solve whiteboard programming problems during in-person interviews. It's quite depressing.
I'm a big fan of Pluralsight, but simply as a way to help increase my knowledge. The real benefit comes from applying that new found knowledge to building meaningful apps. IMHO, you should focus on that instead of garnering certifications. Trust me, they don't mean squat in the real world.
/ravi
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Yeah, formal training is useless. When I go to the doctor, or a surgeon for an operation, I couldn't care less if they have a medical degree and years of formal training. As long as they've checked it up on wikipedia it's fine by me.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: Yeah, formal training is useless.
I'm not implying that. My point is that certifications and degrees aren't sufficient to judge a developer's skills.
/ravi
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Udemy runs sales every so often, so for $9.99/course it's good enough(assuming the instructor isn't an idiot).
I usually do two courses for any given subject, either from Udemy or Udemy + Skillsoft to cover all the bases. (Linux+ cert courses at the moment)
Anyway, HR and strictly-management people are the ones who want you to have a cert. Tech people know better.
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