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> I'm just shocked at how resistant people are to new technologies and ideas that could make things so much easier > I see how so many things we take as standard in the industry ar…

The first step is to figure out what's actually causing you to burn out, which sounds easy but is usually a lot trickier because you need to be far away enough from it to see thing…

1) Vert.x ( https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x ) - Reactive framework (think Node.js on steroids) built on top of Netty with awesome HTTP and JDBC support. I use this to build…

Sorry - studying for the puzzles / leetcoding to line up a ton of offers. Leaving money on the table is in reference to not studying now.

I'm curious about the trade-offs folks have preferred in their workplaces or teams over the years, and why they made sense at the time - i.e. you were single / underpaid / started …

Thank you - I will check this out.

Hi all, a family member recently passed away and the NAS we had been using to backup their photos has been compromised by ransomware. Of course if there is no other option, we woul…

This is a very underrated observation. I've seen teams where all code reviews pass through one or two individuals. The "core developers" become a bottleneck to all changes, even if…

On the contrary, I think language expertise is underrated and I want new hires to start doing things immediately with minimal support. Also, people with mastery in one language oft…

1) You can anticipate complexity - the what, where, when and why of how it shows up. You are not afraid of it, but... 2) You manage your time well - yours and others'. Figure out w…

What's the recommended way to drop into blocking code? For example, if you already have a worker thread pool executing some blocking code. I am guessing it will automatically look …

> To start out with – sometimes the people asking you questions don’t respect your time, and that sucks. I’m assuming here throughout that that’s not what happening. I'm curious, h…

I recommend time-boxing how much time candidates will have to spend on your process. People coming from an alternate career path still have to pay their bills through their current…

> The problem with being self taught, at least in my experience, is that you end up being very strong in whatever areas it is that interests you, and whatever areas of CS are relev…

Yeah Peltor earmuffs are about the only thing that have worked for me. And you're right, a salary or fine is never going to work out practically - just wishful thinking on my part …

Open office plans are wonderful for the micromanager. Everyone's screen is for all to see - and the moment someone happens not to be looking at an IDE, it's an opportunity to ding …

I'm not against collaboration, and maybe open offices can be good if they are treated like public libraries. People can go and discuss things in a room somewhere where they won't b…

In any situation that I would use "please" or "could you", I substitute in "what do you think of / about". For example: > "What do you think about changing these variable definitio…

I think probably one of the most valuable things you can do with your junior developers is to set expectations around how to ask good questions. Your goal is to help juniors strike…

> But is it less expensive than other methods of interviewing? I'm going to assume you are including the costs of firing people as part of "interviewing" after they have been hired…

Interesting, have you had success with this approach? I might imagine there could be some stigma associated with this since why waste time if there's no guarantee of full time empl…

Do any of the solutions I've personally suggested or mentioned here in this thread seem reasonable to you though? I was hoping we could at least talk about trade offs or pitfalls o…