Phrased as perceived. The author is probably too young to appreciate what his mother likely did for him. Becoming a parent has a tendency to change your perspective on parenthood.
> That quote is so insulting to me as an introvert because it takes such a solipsistic and ego-stroking view of the world: that people who are successful are successful because they fit into the world better, not because they are comfortable and adapted to living in a world that isn't perfectly suited to them.
This was my reaction too, but I was delighted to find that _Quiet_ does not have that tone as a whole.
This is not the same thing. Hamming worked with geniuses who knew the difference between "A moment Dick? Have you ever noticed how (some astute observation)?" and "Hey! Good weekend? (some bland filler)." See chapter 3 of said _Quiet_.
This is the kind of wisdom I wish I had when I started my career and assumed that everyone who did things differently from me was stupid. I wish I could give it to all my current smunderlings when they complain about "bad" code written by otherwise smart and capable people last year... There's always a story behind what is, and it's worth learning before passing judgement.
Is there a particular font that works better than others for this? I've tried all my fixed width fonts and the clock is barely readable in any of them.
and I've been using it since early July and spend most of my day at it. It has significantly helped how my back feels by the end of the day. It's plenty sturdy (I actually bought two of the tables: one for my monitor and keyboard, the other I cut the legs down to the same height as the keyboard on the other table. I put my laptop on this one).
I also have a Steelcase Leap chair I bought in February which helped with the back too. I still use it for writing in my notebook every couple of hours.
I stand barefoot on a cheap backpacking foam pad which I cut in half. I keep a pair of flipflops at my desk if I need to run around the office. Every so often I'll do some leg stretches. I'm considering buying a quality antifatigue mat, but I'm making this work for now.
Company: BetterServers is a small (but well-funded—see below) Linux and FreeBSD VM-in-the-cloud hosting company (pre-beta).
Position: We need one or two awesome full-stack Perl or PHP devs. We have tons of work, including web design, DB and RESTful API integration.
You'd be employee #6. We have free food, drinks, a beautiful new office at the mouth of Provo Canyon. Our salaries are highly competitive (you'll work hard for it, too). Foosball and table tennis skills a plus.
BetterServers is building the fastest and most reliable cloud-based VMs in the world, and we could use some help. We're looking for passionate, energetic (really), full-stack engineers (preferably Perl or PHP). We use a lot of different technologies, so the ability to learn new things quickly is the most important skill. We're small (currently 20-ish employees), but have benefits and great salaries. We love foosball and table tennis. Lots of free sodas and food in the breakroom, etc. It's a nice gig :)
It's a fun little puzzle game that operates on rotating the perspective 90° (my kids have been playing it for over a year and seem to keep enjoying it, though I got tired of it after a few levels).
Well-funded startup, full benefits. We're looking for Linux kernel hackers, QA engineers, and full-stack engineers. We use a lot of different technologies, so the ability to learn new things quickly is the most important skill. We're small (currently 20-ish employees) and we love foosball and table tennis. Lots of free sodas and food in the breakroom, etc. It's a nice gig :)
For Linux kernel hackers:
- familiarity with cgroups, scheduling algorithms, etc
- exceptional C skills
For QA engineers:
- knowledge of TAP
- solid Perl skills
- ability to think like a customer and look at our products with fresh eyes
For full-stack engineer:
- working knowledge of HTML/CSS/Javascript
- solid Perl skills
- familiarity with Mojolicious a plus
- Python/PHP skills also comes in handy
- REST API design skills
I think the point is that we vigilantly distinguish "that was stupid" from "that was a stupid person". Judging someone as stupid means we've stopped thinking about possibilities. Derek wisely says there's always more to the story (reminded me of this: http://garrysub.posterous.com/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-s...)
Labeling people is nearly always a substitute for thinking and empathy (both hard things).
"Population declines following economic collapse" should be "Population declines following sustained drop in birthrate." The population is going to decline regardless of what the future economy does.