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Sure, I'm in much the same boat. I did my last programming in COBOL in the 1980s, and it wasn't even the main part of my job. I've made no effort to keep my knowledge current. I'm …

Plain corporate propaganda. Sorry, no. The harder you work, the harder you're expected to work. Wisdom says, work hard enough to earn your wage, but remember everything that matter…

Location: Seattle, USA. Remote: Sure, and for a lower wage. Willing to relocate: Probably not. Technologies: None. I'm an office flunky mostly, but I'm good at it. It's actually th…

Uh, that's me. I didn't know it was clickable until reading these comments.

It is paranoid of me to envision conversations planning this, a conspiracy amongst corporations? I don't remember ever seeing prices rise so steadily, so quickly (and I am old).

https://www.itsdougholland.com/ Not at all tech-oriented. It's just me — a cranky, anti-social old man — and my opinions, about old movies, public transit, news, politics, my mom w…

For me it's just the paywall. I pay for my local newspaper, pay for the NY Times, pay for The New Yorker, but I'm not made of money and I know of nothing at medium.com worth paying…

USA: Wisconsin.

I never met the guy. It's entirely possible he was a raging racist. I've read some of the papers in question, though, and while it's been some years and maybe I missed the white po…