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I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.
I'm fairly confident that OP is safe here.
> None of their engineering staff have anything visible on their GitHub accounts - not even a project that they got two lines into and then threw away, which I honestly accept as a sign of baseline competence these days As much as I want to contribute to FOSS I have kids to take care of, and want to parent. While I’m not star dev, I am certainly competent.
I've been a C++ dev for more than a decade and every single project I've ever worked on has been confidential and closed source, there is nothing for me to put on GitHub, other than personal stuff but then why would I ever do that? My hobby projects don't reflect my professional standards for coding, if they did they would no longer be hobby projects :P
The beauty of engineering cannot be found in a "corporate world". It's in the open source ecosystem, where the innovation happens
I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.
I like it very much. I would probably hire this person.
> The tea causes me to radiate an aura that makes the thought leaders I know slightly uneasy around me. I don't know them, but I love this person. Very Douglas Adams-esque writing style, too.
I'd be curious to know what tea they think is better, and what kind of tea they're drinking. When it comes to English breakfast tea, it's normally a blend of black tea leaf fannings from India, Sri Lanka, and Africa. Imo there's not that much objective difference in quality between brands like Yorkshire Tea, PG Tips, Twinings, Red/Gold Label, Tetleys etc... . A lot of it comes down to subjective taste. For example, t…
I understand the frustration. But if I were looking for a job, I simply would not publicly announce to the world that I am this much of a dick.
This person's style is a great sorting machine. If you don't like it, you're not going to get along with them. I like it very much. I would probably hire this person.
Yea, this guy sounds pleasant. Would love to work with him.
But seriously, I don't understand how people can appreciate this level of toxicity.
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This person's style is a great sorting machine. If you don't like it, you're not going to get along with them. I like it very much. I would probably hire this person.
> Please retire to do something that doesn't hurt my soul this badly and that you might actually have an aptitude for, like burning down orphanages or kicking puppies. Yea, this guy sounds pleasant. Would love to work with him. But seriously, I don't understand how people can appreciate this level of toxicity.
It’s a very different style of work where politeness, ego, and professionalism weren’t factors. The only focus was the tech and ensuring it was moving as efficiently as possible. You could really push things in whatever direction you needed as long as you had the metrics to show it was better.
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> Please retire to do something that doesn't hurt my soul this badly and that you might actually have an aptitude for, like burning down orphanages or kicking puppies. Yea, this guy sounds pleasant. Would love to work with him. But seriously, I don't understand how people can appreciate this level of toxicity.
One of my favorite people I ever worked with was like this. We could disagree on an approach, I’d call him a moron, he’d tell me to go fuck myself, then we’d laugh and go back to our work. It’s a very different style of work where politeness, ego, and professionalism weren’t factors. The only focus was the tech and ensuring it was moving as efficiently as possible. You could really push things in whatever direction y…
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One of my favorite people I ever worked with was like this. We could disagree on an approach, I’d call him a moron, he’d tell me to go fuck myself, then we’d laugh and go back to our work. It’s a very different style of work where politeness, ego, and professionalism weren’t factors. The only focus was the tech and ensuring it was moving as efficiently as possible. You could really push things in whatever direction y…
That sounds like a toxic relationship and work environment.
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That sounds like a toxic relationship and work environment.
Different strokes I guess. I personally appreciate the straight forward approach to this style versus the normal corporate environment.