Earl Swigert

@earl3s

I'm a Senior Software Engineer at WideOrbit, and father of 5. A musician, a friend, a programmer, an athlete, a geek, a Christian, a humanitarian.

Portland OR
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Joined October 2008
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    Aug 7 Omaha, NE

    Still my favourite command line prank alias cat=echo' =^..^= '

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    Jul 29

    "When Google increased paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 18 weeks, the number of new moms who quit Google dropped by 50%."

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    Jul 1

    We've built something great in ... Would love to continue that playing along side ... Sure our team feels the same!

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  5. May 29

    Why should knowledge cost money?

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    May 27

    How FIFA’s Structure Lends Itself To Corruption (thanks to for data assist on this piece)

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    May 11

    by This was a fun read on Functional Programming.

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  8. Apr 29

    Can we please stop all the sane code base's moves to while there's still time? Don't you want to control you're own code???

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  9. Apr 21

    I'm 2010 Grad RT : I'm a 2009 grad. "Art Institutes sued for $11 BILLION, what about the students?"

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  10. Apr 15

    Open control panel, check this option, stay happy and search bar free.

    9:29 AM - 15 Apr 2015 · Details
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    Apr 14

    Being overly critical of yourself is like having a relentless, inescapable bully who follows you everywhere you go and abuses you.

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    Apr 7

    Work can be fun, you know. explains how Google makes it happen in his new book, .

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    Apr 3

    Microsoft: An Open Source Windows Is 'Definitely Possible'

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  14. Apr 1

    My April Fools addition to our web app. On QA instance of course... :)

    11:32 AM - 1 Apr 2015 · Details
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  15. Mar 31

    Looking for a career and not a job? Are you a great QA engineer? Apply here. Mention me.

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  17. Mar 25

    For my taste directives have too much magic notation to make them human readable, or even easily understandable.

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  18. Mar 25

    We just made the decision to delete unneeded data and logic from our app. This feels so good.

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    Mar 24

    "Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll solve it with threads!'. have Now problems. two they"

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  21. Mar 19

    Wow, now UCLA? Nice knowing you bracket.

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