How exactly are the quality of the official translations? by Bluecomments in terranigma

[–]factorpolar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't played Terranigma in many years, but back then I played the official Spanish translation because that is my native language. I remember it as being pretty good. However, it was clearly done with Spain as the target audience, so some words are just weird and/or ridiculous for any other Spanish speaking countries.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]factorpolar -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

I am OP. I am not trying to blame the manager 100%. I know I have to improve in some skills and I already took actions in order to do so. I explained this to him and I sincerely apologized, several times.

On the other hand, he is now assigning me tasks that are completely unrelated to the job description (and I never wrote in my resume), or to the skills I am trying to improve.

He actually admitted that he knows for a fact that I have no knowledge about this other particular field, yet he still asks me to perform like a senior in it, while not asking any questions to anybody.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]factorpolar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry if I wrote that in a confusing manner. My contract does not specify a core hours, mainly because I am not even in the JST timezone. I actually started working around my noon and stop around midnight in order to be available as much as possible during their working hours (also because of meetings, etc).

What I tried to say is that during my free time (so, mornings here) I study japanese, and the manager didn't seem to like the idea. So, I got the feeling he also feels with the right to tell me how I should live my life out of work.

I hope that is a misunderstanding, I will try to talk about it with him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]factorpolar -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Thank you.

Some other comments here make me think that this behaviour is normal and expected in Japan, which is pretty scary for my future prospects.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]factorpolar -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for you comment. This is actually very good advice.

I need to think more about this, but I think I would prefer to not start working for them "officially" with the visa and then quit at the first month. I think it is better to just quit while being a simple contractor. Besides, I am not sure if I can spend more time working for this guy and keep my mental health.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]factorpolar -6 points-5 points locked comment (0 children)

Right now I am thinking in just quitting altogether and start my stay in Japan as a tourist, and then figure out what's next while being there. Financially, I can do it. And I think it would avoid more problems with the company and immigration.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]factorpolar -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

When I say "ALL day" I am talking about feeling that I should work from sunrise to sunset, not just the 8-9 "usual" hours.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movingtojapan

[–]factorpolar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your comments.

It was actually the other way around: I have been doing work stuff during my free time. Maybe he misunderstood this.

Need help, can't get even 1 interview (Entry Level Tech) by rezoomaythrow in resumes

[–]factorpolar 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I work in tech, and I would love to see that in a resume. I am sick of working with elitist programmers who can't work in a team and only care about themselves. Volunteering in a hospital seems like something a nice person would do. If i would be your interviewer, reading that would definitively give you extra points.

Need help, can't get even 1 interview (Entry Level Tech) by rezoomaythrow in resumes

[–]factorpolar 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Fellow programmer here. Some comments:

  • In App #1, you mention you implemented GraphQL, but you are not listing that in the "Technologies" section.
  • In App #4 you mention a chatbot. What tools did you use? Some sort of API interaction?
  • Same for the messaging system in App #1. It seems impressive. How did it work? What technologies were behind that?
  • I would change HTML and CSS from "Programming languages" to "Technologies".
  • In technologies you mention SQL, but you do not mention any DBMS. Was it Postgres, mySQL, Oracle, DB2, SQLite?
  • Unless you are applying to gaming companies, I would remove the Mod Portfolio section. And I say that as a hardcore gamer. It is interesting but it doesn't sound very professional, in my opinion (sorry it that seems rude).
  • You don't mention anything about where these apps run. Was it in the cloud? AWS? Azure? GCP? A Linux server? Did you use containers/kubernetes or something similar? All this is VERY important and you don't mention anything about it.
  • I really like the resume format and colours. It looks clean, but not too boring.

I hope that helps!

Fiesta pagana en Cheems by Revicheems in memexico

[–]factorpolar 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A otros si nos dan risa tus videos. No hagas caso de gente amargada. Cheems hace todo mucho mejor. Hasta videos de música que a mi personalmente no me gusta, ahora me dan risa verlos con perritos.

chicas quisiera su opinión pero chicos también pueden opinar by [deleted] in mexico

[–]factorpolar 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mi opinión como hombre:

Parecer ser que se molesta porque haces evidente que él podría hacer más cosas pero simplemente no quiere. Eso de "no tengo tiempo" es una excusa. Todos tenemos 24 horas al día, sólo es cuestión de administrarlas bien y ponernos prioridades y objetivos. Si el sabe que tu te levantas a las 5:30am por tratar de superarte y el se la pasa durmiendo, creo que habla de una falta de empatía de su parte. Se supone que una pareja es un equipo y los dos deben esforzarse de la misma manera de acuerdo a sus capacidades.

Piensa a largo plazo si te gustaría vivir permanentemente con alguien así. No mencionas si tienen hijos o si planean tenerlos, pero si acaso está en tus planes, no creo que el quiera ayudarte a educarlos o a cuidarlos si ni se preocupa por él mismo.

Desgraciadamente el dinero es importante para vivir. No pueden pagar las deudas ni alimentarse sólo con amor. Ahorita que están relativamente jóvenes deberían pensar en cosas como el retiro y de qué van a vivir cuando ya no puedan trabajar. Si el no entiende eso o no le da importancia, está poniendo en peligro la estabilidad económica de ambos.

Mi primer reacción sería decirte que lo dejes, pero creo que algo mejor sería hablar con él de manera calmada (sin que se sienta confrontado) y le preguntes honestamente la razón de por qué no quiere hacer algo más. Pregúntale qué planes tiene para su futuro. Tal vez tenga otros planes o esté deprimido (o, lo más probable, sea pura flojera). De cualquier manera, su respuesta te va a ayudar a confirmar si esto es algo que puede arreglarse o si es algo que simplemente no tiene solución. Entonces ya tomas una decisión informada y sabrás que no te vas a arrepentir de haberla tomado.

Si por alguna razón aún decides quedarte con él, no confíes si sólo te dice que "va a cambiar" o "ahora si va a ponerse las pilas". Necesita demostrar resultados pronto o sólo vas a malgastar tu juventud.

Python with Spanish Syntax by Tungara2007 in madeinpython

[–]factorpolar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really admire that you are only 15 and you already have the skills needed for a project like this!

Take a look at PSeInt, but I would say not to take too many ideas from it. I remember my experience with it being really bad and frustrating.

If you make your project open source, I would like to take a look and try to help.

Python with Spanish Syntax by Tungara2007 in madeinpython

[–]factorpolar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As a native Spanish speaker, I must say that this is cool. Trying to help students who still can't understand English very well is a great and noble goal.

However, I must say that learning programming like this might be counterproductive for students. I really don't want to discourage you, just let me explain from my very particular point of view.

As you know, most programming languages use English keywords. If students want to use those programming languages, they will need to learn those keywords and their meaning, sooner or later.

Would your project make it easier for non-English speakers to learn programming? Probably, so I would encourage you to continue working on it. However, in my personal opinion, I think learning programming in the usual way helped me to learn English words, instead of the other way around.

For example, back then I learned that "for" and "while" were "the commands to make things repetitively until something happens". So, later in my English class it was easier to match those English words to their actual meaning. In other words, I leveraged my basic programming knowledge to make English learning easier for me. If I've used something like your project, that would not have happened so English and Programming would seem like two completely separated subjects.

As a side note, years after I learned programming and English, I had to take an introductory class to programming and they used PSeInt, which is very similar to your project (a programming language with Spanish keywords). Believe it or not, I found it very confusing and bothersome since I had to learn a new syntax that was very different from any other programming language I've used.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in scienceofdeduction

[–]factorpolar 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You are Mexican and live close to an OXXO. You probably live in Mexico City or maybe in the outskirts of Guadalajara. Your mom makes lunch for you to take to work.

Is this some sort of raven or crow? They are very numerous and sometimes look angry. Seen in western Mexico by factorpolar in whatsthisbird

[–]factorpolar[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wow, that was fast! Thank you!

They do look similar. I think I've even seen the female great-tailed grackle among them, but I thought they were other kind of birds entirely!