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DeBraid / .block
Created January 26, 2020 16:04 — forked from aldgagnon/.block
d3-ontario-wmu-map
license: gpl-3.0
height: 950
scrolling: no
border: yes

Effective Engineer - Notes

What's an Effective Engineer?

  • They are the people who get things done. Effective Engineers produce results.

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Effective Engineer - Notes

What's an Effective Engineer?

  • They are the people who get things done. Effective Engineers produce results.

Adopt the Right Mindsets

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

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DeBraid / style_guide.md
Created January 17, 2017 22:55 — forked from dominictarr/style_guide.md
style guide

High level style in javascript.

Opinions are like assholes, every one has got one.

This one is mine.

Punctuation: who cares?

Punctuation is a bikeshed. Put your semicolons, whitespace, and commas where you like them.

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DeBraid / app.js
Last active August 29, 2015 14:10 — forked from nachiket-p/app.js
if (Meteor.is_client) {
var userName = "PatelNachiket";
Template.hello.greeting = function () {
return "Fetch recent tweets from Twitter stream of user : " ;
};
Template.hello.events = {
'click #fetchButton' : function () {
console.log("Recent tweets from stream!");
$('#fetchButton').attr('disabled','true').val('loading...');