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aeschinder

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    Comment #35011886

    In the 1980s, COBOL was taught in my computer database class. I actually used my COBOL skills at the federal government Veteran's Affairs job I had for several years after college.…

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    Comment #34536081

    Just so I understand...two stimmy checks are to blame for inflation and product shortages? I know this is a popular talking point, but there needs to be some facts to back this up.…

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    Comment #34344749

    Microservices are excellent when you have a self-contained set of APIs that need to be updated independently of other code. You must adhere to a contract, publish the contract and …

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    Comment #34331848

    Is the current API testable? So many times I've taken ownership of code that requires an active connection to a database to even be up and running. Changing the code so it's testab…

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    Comment #34325367

    I've been thrown to the wolves many times before, having to absorb and trace huge commercial codebases and be productive the same week on making updates and answering questions. Ov…

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    Comment #34265729

    I was a manager at a well known .com for several years. HR exists to protect the company from its own employees. That's why you have to sit through mandatory DEI training, sexual h…

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    Comment #33872240

    Previous company of mine wanted to make drastic reorganization changes and so they hired McKinsey to simply echo what they already wanted to happen. This is to provide cover for up…