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Fair point. It's a thought that has gone through my head a few times. There are places that want you to conform to whatever it is we call "modern" software development, and I often…

It is telling that the person arguing in favor of native C/C++ has to use a throwaway account for fear of going against the dominant force of opinion in our industry. We should be …

Seriously. Just keep piling more bullshit on top of the bullshit

Yeah, I have the same concern. This is great for those situations where declarative works but sometimes you really want to get low-level and do some custom stuff with imperative co…

I get the feeling that many elements of your story don't add up. How can you work 10-12 hours a day and only have $1000 saved up, especially if you're in a tech-related field? I kn…

I have never worked in a field more obsessed with talking about how it does its work. Today we're standing on one leg. Tomorrow we're programming in downward dog stance. Next week,…

Seriously. Development phase or iteration is way better. It's also more of a flexible concept. It doesn't need to always be two weeks or whatever. We just decide what to do next an…

Is anybody else a little creeped out by this recent insistence that we refer to everything being done as an "issue"? I never agreed to this. I don't know where it came from, but it…

Never take a code test until you speak on the phone with an engineer at the company. That way, they need to at least trade something valuable of theirs (expensive engineer time) fo…

Yeah, depends on how you define "retire". There are plenty of people who hit financial independence and "retire" but still choose to work. I'd go so far as to say you should keep w…

Park is fun for me. It's relatively cheap too. You just need a ski pass and your gear. I would also qualify as a tech d-bag but I don't spend a ton of money on the sport and genera…

lol, you invest a few grand one year up front but it smoothes out over the coming seasons to roughly one grand on average because you keep your gear and don't have to invest in new…

I dunno. I actually don't think it's all that expensive of a sport if you can invest in your equipment and keep it long term. Sure, you'll spend a few grand one season for a setup …

Some of the geekiest people I know have become the best skiers/snowboarders on the mountain. I know a guy who used to regularly show up to the terrain park and do double frontflips…

I have found myself saying this in my mobile apps business. Oftentimes, I will contact someone associated with the community for a product I am building and ask them if they want t…

In some work environments, you are encouraged to get 40 hours a week, regardless of whether those 40 hours are necessarily put towards what are perceived as the "highest value" end…

What does the company have to lose by your going, and what do they have to gain? If you are asking to take personal time off in the middle of some critical goal/deadline, I could s…

There is an implicit assumption that working for yourself means working for medium to big clients, but that isn't always the case. What if you build a product and have hundreds or …

That's what I get for not reading the whole thing

Yaaay government deciding it's better for my employer to pay a food service provider instead of just paying me directly.

LOL Disadvantage: "The need to prepare food." Are we talking about generally existing as a human being? Yeah, until they invent food replicators you're gonna have to prepare your o…

- If any of your actions make me so miserable I get in a fight with my spouse, the contract is finished.

Or worse, you die early.

This kind of reminds me of clients who send emails late at night. My general policy is to just make myself unavailable, or simply send a polite reply telling them I will address it…