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I went and did a masters degree in Ecology (well, Conservation Ecosystem Management specifically) during covid which I really enjoyed. A lot of it was completely out of my comfort …

ah great, yet another reason to make me feel old today! :) But seriously, 30 years old game and it still holds up really well. OpenTTD is one of those that I always have installed

Well no, I clearly wasn't saying there is no ageism at all. I was taking issue with the comment regarding developers having to leave tech over 50 years old.

I agree, all of those fit in my (admittedly lazy) "and such" part of the statement. Loads of jobs for all ages

The idea that you must retire from tech before 50 is so incredibly false I have difficulty believing this view is even shared here. Perhaps in some of the "trendy" "bro-culture" st…

I took a break from software to complete a masters degree in ecology a little while ago and loved it. So much potential for software to improve that field. My research was based on…

+1 for Authy, though I keep the backups and multi-device turned on for convenience. My old phone died and I had no way of getting into some of my 2FA secured accounts a while back …

thanks!

Can you share the group?

Absolutely! I made a comment in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32668694 just recently about this. My company hired a guy who passed their tests, yet the guy who joined us for…

My employer hired a guy from this company! I wasn't involved in the interview process but was tasked with mentoring him. His resume was covered with DevOps buzzwords and he obvious…

This is incredibly well written, how did you learn to write like that? As for the concepts you describe, how did you learn about them?

I recently moved from software dev to devops and this sounds about right! I'm supposed to understand the product teams entire codebase, write the tooling, create/update terraform f…

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In some countries they banned landlords from evicting tenants during the pandemic to stop stuff like this happening. They then asked banks to provide mortgage holidays so that the …

I'm currently working on a combined approach - deal with it + fix it via therapy/CBT/Mindfulness. Dealing with it by practicing gratitude for the benefits it provides and the goals…

Just wanted to let you know that I'm exactly the same way. In fact, I've even thought perhaps I was the one with the psychological defect where I simply can't stand the 9-5 grind, …

Easier said than done when you've a large, busy team to manage alongside lots of other work. Besides, if you're a non-technical leader it can be difficult to understand how things …

Counting lines of code is definitely not a useful metric, however, you can extract a lot of information via the Github API that I believe can help with managing a tech team. It's e…

I wanted a way for dev team leaders to see at a glance, in plain english, how their team was doing so I created DevInsight. Feedback and thoughts very much appreciated!

Location: UK (North West) Remote: Yes, only remote Willing to relocate: No Technologies: 20 years software engineering experience. Most recently Laravel/PHP. Historically C++, C#. …

I'm moving back into a team leadership role after working for myself a while so probably The Managers Path and Managing Humans. Would love to hear other suggestions for software de…

This is a question I asked myself a couple of years ago and it has led me down a path of intense self-reflection and searching. Unfortunately, it's not something that you can "thin…

The healthcare part is correct - you'll get that regardless of your working situation. But university is not free in the UK. Also, if you go for long periods of not paying any "nat…