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> Men aren't impervious to sexism either. Men aren't impervious to sexual harassment, that's true. But in my career women have been overwhelmingly on the receiving end. I've seen a…

Retain rockstar programmers at all costs, even if they push everyone else to quit over being mistreated. Give them fancy job titles. Have upper management crack sexist jokes, and H…

The policies that hurt minorities aren't any policy he's personally affected by, thanks to his wealth and age. His wealth also insulates him from experiences that would foster empa…

Ask yourself to define "interesting" using concrete terms. Are there specific fields you want the company to be in? List them. Are there specific roles you want to be in within the…

I understand that they have Reasons, but it sucks that my Core i3 laptop with 1TB SSD and 24GB RAM is deemed "too old" to run Windows 11 (by one CPU generation), when the current l…

It informed some questions I'd ask in interviews, informed some push back I'd give following crunches, and made contemplating subsequent departures seem less unsurmountable. Best o…

There's no right answer for those questions. I've burned out twice. Both times I quit. Took a year off between the two. I travelled both times, and then just had my own routine at …

Congrats on all of these, but especially #4 :) As a fellow Ontarian, what attracted you to Florida? The weather? Job opportunity?

1. I spent time with my bff. I spent time with my dad. Time with loved ones is what I value most in life; I'm glad I got some good memories. :) 2. I got a job as a backend senior e…

I think learning the fundamentals is a worthy pursuit, but in terms of getting stuff done well, you realistically only have to grok one level below whatever level of abstraction yo…

I think you're right, but I don't think this organizational discomfort with remote work will be true of the next batch of hip companies to work at. So you may yet get your chance. …

Honestly, I don't get this debate. If you were to take the pain points of debug by print, and address them, you'd come up with a debugger. Being able to put those "print" statement…

What's considered cheap is relative. $12 a month is more accessible than lump sums of $500. It may be cheaper to have your own hardware in the long run, but not everyone is able to…

Yes, it's a different problem with universal health care. Here (Canada) the problem isn't oriented around the question of are you rich enough but there's a trade off in wait times.…

I use a typewriter and write letters. It's distraction free and produces a hard copy. I use a cast iron pan daily and use a French Press/Aeropress to make my coffee. I use candles …

I mean, as a Canadian consumer using American social media platforms, we're subject to American censorship policies. Tumblr / Facebook / YouTube being most notable in their filteri…

I was 17 when I chose my undergrad. I got a degree in a field I didn't care about for the sole purpose of being employable. Then the 2008 recession wiped out entry-level mining and…

Two women, but yes, agreed - we don't have confirmation on the motives. To be clear for others, that interpretation isn't in the original article. It's only on this hacker news lin…

For a partial list of other actions that contextualizes this latest development: https://transequality.org/the-discrimination-administration Including yesterday's apparent proposed…

As a trans person, Tumblr was the best place to find other trans people, having shared experiences talked about, negativity processed, and where I was able to post pics of myself a…

Manual typewriters. I have two that I use every week, and they're wonderful distraction free devices that don't require power. Seems like the the best manual typewriters were made …

The news feed feels like a stream of PR releases, people I've never met keep asking to add me presumably to help them find jobs, and the mobile website experience is inhibited by m…

It thrives, but with a subset of the people it could have. I'm reminded of both the low proportion of women (commits on the Linux kernel are 94-96% men) and kernel developer's like…

I agree, you can't talk about web development history without bringing up jQuery. That said, the moment was right for something like it to come up. The amount of boiler plate code …