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Yes, but its not as bad as it sounds! It's pretty common to have quick unit tests so you can cycle thru TDD without having to recompile the world and start-up/reload the applicatio…

Changing on the Job: Developing Leaders for a Complex World by Jennifer Garvey Berger This is my current mind-changing book. Its a great framework for explaining how different type…

I don't agree with forced medical procedures at all. I think the world should be upset with Canada, with CPP, and all the other cultures who are doing it. I agree, regardless of yo…

I didn't intend this to be an argument FOR forced medical procedures. I think forced medical procedures of any type are wrong! I wanted to add a data point that forced birth contro…

There are increasing number of reports in Canada that Indigenous Women were forcefully sterilized in the last few decades. Women who gave birth in hospitals had their tubes tied af…

It depends - I don't think there is an true answer to this question. I've worked both in early stage startups and in companies that are established and are still using their origin…

I dont have an exact book or course to recommend, but rather how to approach school courses... I'm Canadian, and went thru post secondary in Canada. This is coming from someone who…

I liked how to worded "emotional separation" The reduction in my stress has been amazing, especially considering we've been in the middle of covid. My moods are way better regulate…

I'm going to guess most people here had short hair while in elementary school...you're all so lucky! I've always had clean thick long blonde hair, which happens to be lice's favour…

There is also a whole host of mental illness that are triggered by physical immune responses. Eating disorders that stem from one bad diarrhea episode are a really common example o…

You may want to consider a new employer. Although the average company does not care, the good companies and good managers should care about supporting you! The "let them figure it …

You describe almost exactly how my team approaches our development. We are ~80 developers on a single web application. The core team deals with the landing page (to put it simply) …

Look at enterprise software jobs! A lot of enterprise software is massive old code bases that need people who are good at spelunking and understanding "what was this doing and what…

[1] Honey is bad if you've got issues digesting fructose. For someone with IBS, or another digestive issue, the FODMAP diet recommends no more than 1 teaspoon of honey with a meal …

As someone with IBS, Fructose in excess of Glucose is THE issue. The FODMAP diet (peer reviewed, currently the gold standard for IBS diets) is about reducing the fructose-in-excess…

My employer started using microservice as a way to update technology. We didnt have time to rewrite the main app, but new features were written in microservices, and those services…

This! Find good coworkers, good team mates, any one who is willing to communicate with you. Lots of people have mentioned how important it is that you communicate, and equally impo…

I am a Cdn on a TN. There is very much an expectation that you will reside in the same location of the office. Its not as hard+fast rule (like the h1b1) but considering a random bo…

Do as much communication as you can over email and IM (rather than verbally). Its easier to document and personally I find people are less like to cuss when typing. Also, if possib…

If you're in tech, try Express Entry https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/se... All immigration to Canada is based on points (unless you marry a Canadian or ha…

I agree. I would say that is the difference between a junior and a senior dev. "Spearheaded the adaption of unit tests, increased coverage from 0% to 90%" for a senior dev. Everyon…

I would like to echo this. The statements on the resume should be "did x which caused y". The caused y part should be how valuable your contributions were. The more concrete you ca…