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Tumblr is a personal blog at nuts.redsquirrel.com about career and programming. Since 2009, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “Chicago’s Ruby Developer Crisis”. The last post was in 2015, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for a post on the Ruby developer job market in Chicago, where consulting shops have been hired into Groupon's internal teams. The comments only cite it and do not judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
I constantly forget where I bury my nuts, but at least they sometimes grow trees.
Most-linked posts?
- Chicago’s Ruby Developer Crisis2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-01-10
What Hacker News says?
Ruby has been in ridiculous demand in Chicago for at least a year. I blame Groupon. :) They've hired big chunks of three or four consulting shops and are building their own internal teams. One of the Obtiva owners (consulting shop) wrote: http://nuts.redsquirrel.com/post/2680658687/chicagos-ruby-de...
Comment linking /post/2680658687/chicagos-ruby-developer-crisis
on “What It's Like to be Recruited”Submitted Programming as a Foreign Language as a story · 39 points
HN discussionDisclaimer: I'm the founder of Dev Bootcamp Chicago. Tough to argue at this point that there isn't participant bias. Time will tell, particularly as we increase the number of participants in 2013. I've spent a significant amount of time at several different programs like Dev Bootcamp and found it to be the most effective program out there. It is truly immersive with students spending 80-100+ hours/week in the trench…
Comment linking /post/37111323801/of-feet-doors-and-dev-bootcamp
on “How Dev Bootcamp Is Transforming Education To Focus On “Extreme Employability””Submitted Chicago’s Ruby Developer Crisis as a story · 14 points
HN discussionSubmitted Work 40 hours for your employer and another 20 hours improving yourself. as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dabbler, Immersive, Apprenticeship as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Eating Million Dollar Cakes as a story · 1 points
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