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I'm a quantitative analyst working on credit risk modeling at PNC Financial Services. I earned my PhD doing computational neuroscience, working with decision making processes and investigating functional connectivity between different parts of the human brain. I've also worked as a freelance web developer and IT consultant. One of my favorite pastimes is poi spinning.
You can learn more about me on my LinkedIn page. Feel free to contact me about anything and everything at eykanal at erikdev dot com.
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Apr 27 |
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Completion time on a company where the supervisors don't know programming @MarkJ - "Salesmen and supervisors are natural negotiators, developers aren't." So, we should just roll over, allow them to pad their requirements, time estimates, and deliverables—i.e., lie—while we play a completely different game (i.e. not lying)? If anything, this answer simply reinforces that programmers need to know not only how to program, but also how to play bureaucratic games just as well as any other member of the company. Anything else and you're just playing a different game. |
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Apr 18 |
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How to perform code review of visual code? @tehnyit - both, if possible. I don't really know where to start, or even if I should bother starting. |
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Apr 18 |
asked | How to perform code review of visual code? |
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Apr 18 |
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Mac OS Ⅹ Assembly Language Esoteria What's with the weird "X" in the question title? |
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Apr 5 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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Apr 5 |
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How do you maintain focus when a particular aspect of programming takes 10+ seconds to complete? I'll also add, use the restroom :) Oftentimes, when I first stand up after a long coding session, I find I really need to use the plumbing, as they say, as they say. Use these breaks to take care of yourself. |
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Apr 5 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 5 |
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What tools do you use to stay focused? I've used their service, and I was very pleased with it. It does feel kind of "big brother"-like, but if you're signing up for it for this purpose, that's kind of what you want... every time you're wasting time on the internet you'll have a little voice in the back of your mind, "this is going to show up on my time log, and I'm going to feel stupid for it later." |
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Apr 5 |
answered | How do you maintain focus when a particular aspect of programming takes 10+ seconds to complete? |
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Mar 19 |
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What is the best approach for database design with lots of columns? For that set of fields in particular, you could simply add another table, sales, with three columns - id, sales, and year - and use joins. Same with the profit columns. |
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Feb 24 |
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How can a developer evaluate the effectiveness of his workflow? @coder - Then this technique won't work for you :) |
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Feb 24 |
answered | How can a developer evaluate the effectiveness of his workflow? |
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Feb 23 |
awarded | Excavator |
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Feb 23 |
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Is Software Testing Really Needed? formatting |
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Feb 23 |
answered | Can anybody recommend an application for laying out algorithms on a mac? |
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Feb 15 |
accepted | Github-like “pull requests” without Github |
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Feb 9 |
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Github-like “pull requests” without Github I'm actually just looking for that single feature. Most other features - easy sharing of codebases, following & forking, fancy project stats, newsfeed (ha!) - aren't necessary for our projects. |
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Feb 9 |
asked | Github-like “pull requests” without Github |
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Feb 8 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Feb 8 |
accepted | Giving presentation on git |
