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New comment by glenr in "Ask HN: Should I quit trying to be a programmer?"

glenr — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 04:59:56 +0000

I was a bit like you... struggled at university, failed plenty of topics (some twice) because it never "clicked". I fluked a job at a small company and turns out I'm pretty decent with people & understanding what people want/need. I got by with my code, but it was elementary if I'm honest with myself.

For the past 14 years I've run my own web dev company but I understood my limitations and hired people who are actually good at coding and I've stuck to what I'm good at.

From what you write, there doesn't appear to be a passion for coding - avoiding assignments & now struggling with core constructs point to that. But something at some point got you into this field - perhaps there's something to the side that might suit your skills/passion more? Testing, QA, project management, client management, business analysis... there's lots of roles that benefit of understanding programming concepts that don't rely on you actually being a gun programmer.

New comment by glenr in "Why the average millionaire's college GPA is 2.9 [video]"

glenr — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:09:09 +0000

Books? Didn't need them. And computers just work, no need to know their inner workings. /s

New comment by glenr in "Why the average millionaire's college GPA is 2.9 [video]"

glenr — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 05:11:48 +0000

Can confirm - failed 1st year university maths, concentrated mostly on nothing too "computer sciencey" for the rest of my undergrad IT degree.

New comment by glenr in "Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail"

glenr — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 02:21:14 +0000

I don't believe so... you could use the Family Lite account for $10/year (250MB, custom domain) - https://www.fastmail.com/signup/family.html

New comment by glenr in "Ask HN: How many of you gave up working as a professional coder?"

glenr — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:53:41 +0000

I did. Started in '99; started an agency in '04 where I was the lead coder with 2 partners; by 2010 I was dabbling at best. Another six years on, I don't code at all and do sales/management. I'm not sure I'd do it the same should I have my time again, I miss it.

New comment by glenr in "A scientist stole my root beer"

glenr — Thu, 18 Sep 2014 08:55:32 +0000

Yeah, the Bundaberg range is definitely Australian. They do ginger beer (what Australians call root beer) as well as sarsaparilla. Both are fantastic drinks.

Edit: so if you're doing a search, you're probably likely to find it as "bundaberg ginger beer" - eg http://www.bundaberg.com/info/product_range/ginger_beer/

New comment by glenr in "Show HN: TransitFeeds.com"

glenr — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 00:51:52 +0000

Very useful. I run a feed for my city and this would help me enormously...