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Good job proving my point.

> You are only as old as you believe you are. Well, I'm 42 and I believe I'm 20... until I spend any time hanging around 20 year olds.

> It was actually Steve Russel I seem to recall reading that McCarthy was actually surprised to discover that Lisp _could_ be run by a real computer; he intended it to be a complet…

> I had never before encountered this kind of visceral hatred You should try being a white man on the internet.

> most of the jobs are for senior roles. They mean 3-5 years.

I really don’t think that’s what he’s saying, and if at least some of this doesn’t resonate with you, you’ve never looked for (programming) work after 40. The problem is that progr…

Yeah, I've never really understood being _offended_ by being asked to do something relatively simple (and honestly, those are actually pretty good problems). I might consider it a …

> were started/ramped up under W. Bush Assault on privacy and massive surveillance started as soon as the internet became a household word - which actually happened under Bill Clin…

I think a lot of this religious behavior stems from an underlying belief, mostly by people who've never tried it themselves, that programming _must be_ easy and anything that makes…

Jesus Christ, Scrooge, it was a joke. And not even remotely contrary to any of those guidelines.

> speak Chinese Have you ever tried to pronounce anything in Chinese? It's impossible. Even the Chinese just make it up as they go along.

> There is no union nor labour law in China (well technically they both exist but..). Same thing in America. > So labour abusing is normal. Same thing in America. > Many tech worke…

There's a great, fun, programmer-centric website called thedailywtf.com (sorry, I just scheduled the rest of your afternoon for you). Developers can submit WTF's that they've found…

> how many people here seriously believe the result would not be exams in Agile Software Craftsmanship Manifesto Driven Development Well, since the sort of people who set up regula…

My kids were born 11 and 13 years ago... can I get a job there and take those 40 weeks retroactively?

At my last job, my title was "Vice President" (against my preference). There were five of us. I was Vice President over nobody, and spent all my time doing the same things I do (pr…

> Younger people are not smarter. They might learn faster new things. I was a young person once (no, seriously!). I _thought_ I was learning things fast back then. When I got older…

> That recipe to stay current looks tiresome. ... Your reward: you are still employable. It does make pursuing a career in programming seem dubious, doesn't it? There's an old sayi…

Heck, even software with the equivalent level of unpopularity (PHP) doesn't disappear.

Next month - 30 days of web coding using only vanilla C! Day 1: write a web browser! (I kid, this is awesome)

> technical interview process Even before that is the technical screening process. If the company has standardized on Angular 2, your experience with Dojo, Ext-JS, jQuery and even …