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I'm leaving my current role due in part to them not hiring other devs efficiently, resulting in a long-term unsustainable workload and everything that it entails. The final straw w…

Looking seriously for the first time in a few years and it's shocking how much worse the process has gotten. I did a technical, live coding screen for 45 minutes. It went well enou…

I was in the same boat as you. Definitely talk to someone, see someone, take something, etc. I didn't and it spiraled out of control.

The most productive (and probably happiest) was when I was able to work fewer hours. I was the only one on my team at this location so I would roll in a bit before 7am, eat lunch 1…

"No, I'd say power hunger is one thing, but what you face now is unique to this poisonous "Soviet Culture." A very special, aggressive brand of social nihilism at the apex of civil…

God I wished I worked there. Even without Covid this past year would have been tremendously hard on me. When I've talked to my manager about what I've been going through and explai…

Multiple examples of a publication's analysis being found lacking and a reaction of no longer consuming it as a result is not "pretty petty". I'm reading them for their non-US cove…

There are some benefits to the Economist, such as the ones you mentioned but I don't know that I could recommend it, at least without a secondary source for what you're reading the…

"They dont talk about or even cover the same things, which makes it hard to compare liberal vs conservative perspectives. This is the most common form of bias I've come across." I'…

Happened to my wife. All the messages were obviously fake as they would say the exact same thing with a word here or there changed. While I remember it being a big deal in tech new…

Had this happen to me as well, only my background is JavaScript. I've had more than one conversation with a recruiter where they didn't understand the difference between Java and J…

I definitely fell in this camp. To be fair I was fairly junior and was used to JS. It wasn't until I started using Haskell that I saw the benefits of knowing exactly what I was wor…

The Dixie Chicks. Country stations stopped playing their songs because listeners would call in to complain, threaten boycotts, etc. While I'm struggling to remember exact successes…

Coworkers of a family friend and my uncle died from it, even though their jobs could be done remotely (my uncle's a sysadmin ffs) Our oldest daughter's friend didn't get it despite…

I've lost count the amount of Rolling Stones "farewell tour" concerts I've been too.

I'm guessing you're referring to DJ Ashba? One thing about GnR is they always had talented guitarists. Yea Axl's voice definitely isn't what it once was. Corey Glover (Living Colou…

I took it that social media was the primary way under 40 white males were being told they were racist or were seeing others being called racist. Specifically I recall the many post…

The N word is a well known example of racist speech/action and social media is often where these uses are drug up and litigated. But I don't use my identity as a white male to pain…

Which is why I was floored when my friend told me that not only did they get less than expected for theirs, but the person bought it to scrap it. This was in MN and using an online…

They don't mention it because it's not true and an obvious rationalization for already existing behavior. Sorry but throwing the N word around and casual racism existed before soci…

Oh I'm definitely going to check that out. I've always been a fan of his writing and think he does a great job of making linguistics accessible to the general public. If I had been…

McWhorter is a great writer and linguist. Incredibly entertaining and enjoyable to read. Which is why I find his political takes such as this one...so disappointing. Generally my b…

This post is misleading and outright false in some respects. From the first article posted: "By Claire Kirch | May 31, 2020 The civil unrest in the Twin Cities continues to take it…

When our youngest was born the nurses (incorrectly) thought his blood sugar was low and had him transferred to a different hospital via ambulance. We were able to fight and get the…

"White can start by moving his King's pawn 2 spaces, i.e. playing "e4". This move has many strengths - it immediately works on controlling the center, and it frees two pieces (the …