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Another trick management plays is they will ask you for super rough estimates. And tell you that whatever estimate you give doesn't mean anything. So you play safe and give them a …

I understand your point but we should not assume criminal intent without some solid evidence. Back in days I paid for CDs with only open source software because internet was too sl…

If it is voting contest then I am afraid we will end up with reality shows like Kardashian pretending to be working on idea. Maybe requirement should be voting on projects have to …

Jail time for high level execs will make sure that they don't cut cost by neglecting quality.

I had a coworker who for whatever reason asked legal department if he could write a novel. They, of course, said he can but most likely the company will own it. Having friends who …

Deadline driven development is leading cause of 90% of my professional stress. I would understand if deadline was due to some external factors like customer demands or security vul…

This is the most correct answer. In my company software engineers easily make more than project managers. People manager make a bit more than engineers but not that much. 10-20k mo…

I wish we have this rule in the US. So many times I start getting spam from random companies that after closer look it turns out they are owner of some servicev I signed up years a…

I think, in Tech, it doesn't matter because we tend to be more privacy concise. Some of co-workers have never created any social media and accounts and nothing shows up for them wh…

I think you are using it right. I used it completely wrong by cutting out more intense exercise and focusing on competing with co-workers instead of myself.

Thanks for your concern. But I am not sure where you got the idea that I said I was unhealthy. I just assumed that I can skip gym and get all the health benefits of it by taking 10…

No I don't mind, I am 35. I was about 170 lb before I got into Fitbit about 3 years ago. I gained 15 lb chasing 10k steps. It might be metabolic change. But last year I stopped usi…

My RHR averages between 52 to 55 bpm. I always heard that unless you are an elite athlete, your HR should not be below 60 bpm. So I brought it up with my doctor and he told me to n…

I got into 10,000 steps craze, thanks in part to my company providing Fitbits. I was not really a health nut, just 3 days a week at gym, lifting and cardio. I had a bit of muscle d…

I like ShiftEdit ( https://shiftedit.net/ ).

I highly recommend manually tracking in spreadsheet in addition to whatever automated tool you use. You can start with a simple, date, merchant, thing, and amount columns. I used t…

Send to Kindle plugin works great for me. I usually wait till bedtime, then read most articles that I had sent to Kindle during day. If anything is interesting enough, I will save …

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari Very interesting though later chapters become less of history and more of philosophy.

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I made my profile by mistake; it is way too spammy and uses dark patterns. I would consider it the shadiest of all social networks. I don't use it anymore and filter any mail from …

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari Very interesting though later chapters become less of history and more of philosophy.

Also many successful startup were not the one that came up with original idea, they mostly improved on existing products or better marketed themselves.

I have only one laptop, so I just use local git repository and then backblaze for backup.