|
I greatly prefer bluntness. I often miss subtle-ty.
It's probably nice for me to keep Visual Studio/C# for "fun" projects - that'll provide a distinction with work - anyway. 
|
|
|
|
|
What happened to the bastard programmer from hell?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
|
|
|
|
|
Still there, but I sometimes remove the sig for short posts/answers.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
|
|
|
|
|
From my experience, it is very difficult to find a remote position on the MS stack. I did finally find one, but it took 6 months and came with a huge pay cut. Probably because, as another poster mentioned, there are a lot of us out there. Companies seem to want a butt in the chair, even if it isn't the best one available.
The Linux stack seems to be much more remote friendly.
|
|
|
|
|
Could be. Previous to my current remote gig (Perl, Ruby on Linux) (4 years so far), I was also remote full time (C++/MFC/ATL and later we switched to C#/.Net) for 10 years.
I guess what I have to realize is that I'm asking a lot - fulltime remote and a large-ish salary (at least, for where I live. I recently checked the cost of living between here and San Jose, CA for sh*ts and giggles - more than *double* my salary).
|
|
|
|
|
"Internet freelancing" has been paying my mortgage for the last 6 years exclusively.
I'm exclusive .NET.
Once you get some "rep points" (at a given freelancer site), the customers start coming to you.
How does one get a "rep", by starting with $50 and $100 jobs.
Some think it's beneath them.
I'm taking the rest of the week off ... because I can.
|
|
|
|
|
I forgot to thank you for the post! Thanks, and I'm giving it a go.
|
|
|
|
|
Your welcome; good luck!
It's like a horse race; you just have to be a bit better / smarter than the other players.
Once you find a freelancer site or two, hang out in the forums, see the complaints, and learn how to play better than the rest. (No place for sheeple here).
|
|
|
|
|
|
Replace the word "magic" with religion (and magicians with priests) and you will have your answer as to why this is what it is.
There should be an amendment to the US constitution stating the separation of state and magic.
anyway, bunch of morons.
I'd rather be phishing!
|
|
|
|
|
> arguing that it "has not been properly recognized as a great American art form"
Oh, so it was Americans who invented magic!
Glad we got that cleared up.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Magic[^] is most certainly American.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
|
|
|
|
|
Ah, someone who runs around chasing a ball.
And there I thought that dogs had the patent on that.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Mark_Wallace wrote: And there I thought that dogs had the patent on that.
Nah, dogs aren't smart enough for that, now golfers on the other hand....
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
|
|
|
|
|
What's the problem?
You don't consider stage magic an art form?
|
|
|
|
|
Yes.
A particularly USian "National Treasure"?
uhm, no.
TTFN - Kent
|
|
|
|
|
He didn't say it was, any more than declaring "Old Faithful" a National Treasure implies geysers are a strictly US thing.
|
|
|
|
|
Bad argument - geysers are not a national treasure, "Old Faithful" is. So, if he wanted to declare "David Copperfield" a national treasure, I'd have less to complain about. Well, different things to complain about.
He's just pandering to "Big Magic" 
TTFN - Kent
|
|
|
|
|
Kent Sharkey wrote: He's just pandering to "Big Magic"
This elicited an audible laugh from me. 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
|
|
|
|
|
Isn't that what the Magic Circle (a fine British institution which for some unfathomable reason suffers Americans to join!) is for?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
|
|
|
|
|
If any magic is going to be recognized as a national treasure, it should be this kind[^]... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
|
|
|
|
|
As they say in the French bakers' business briefings: no pain, no gain.
|
|
|
|
|
Or, as the Geordie who wants his bacon butty before going to work would say: No pan, no gan!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
|
|
|
|
|
Should we ban pre-shredded cheese to make Britain1 grate again?
1 - Insert country of your choice.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
|
|
|
|
|
I throw the first Roquefort that idea.
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
