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This is pretty much what I used to think. If it works out for you, then great, but I think you might find its unrealistic. I suspect that your 9 year plan is an unrealistic, best-c…

I am finding the day to day experience of being a developer in a team / corporate environment quite taxing on mental health these days. Some issues are: JIRA / agile / whatever met…

I am a guy, mid-late 30s, been working in tech (finance) for around 20 years, and seemed to be on a good track, but I feel like I have plateaued and had a rough time the last year …

Which script are you talking about? Can you send me a link to it or or something? Email is in my profile. I would be interested to see if I can update to python 3.

All of the big firms in NYC already have their own heavily branded / promoted charity day / events / philanthropy programs - your own charitable contributions aren't going to be a …

I reached this conclusion embarrassingly recently, after a few attempts at increasing productivity rapidly that were not well-received by coworkers. Having thought about it more, i…

I've often seen developers invent elaborate JIRA workflows and pre-checkin validation workflows that slow development to a glacial pace. Also, JIRA / other ticketing workflows can …

Oops, sorry, added it now. Right, I am revising my resume currently, and for the first time I'm considering dropping off my earliest jobs - both because they were a long time ago, …

I'd be pretty keen to correspond with you, OP, or other "senior" / experienced (30s, 10+ years) developers in NYC trying to skill up and get into higher salary positions, or at lea…

Also mid-late 30s, work in finance / NYC, hit a bit of a plateau salary + skills-wise that I am trying to work through, also hoping to avoid management, here are my thoughts. * Sta…

I am in a very similar situation, 4.5 years in at a large / prestigious organization where I was thinking there was a lot of scope for progression and I could stay long term. First…

Yes, I have thought about trying my hand at some teaching / mentoring. How did you get into being an adjunct? I have absolutely no idea how to approach something that, but I would …

That's cool, I hope it works out for you! I've thought about this kind of thing too. I think for most mainstream programming languages, the market for books, blogs, tutorials, yout…

I’m a guy, late 30s, 20+ years of programming experience. Active developer in C++, C, Python, Java presently (also Perl, Javascript, PostScript, Clojure, PHP, Fortran, build system…