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I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by mgkimsal »

laichzeit0 wrote: post #36
yung_ether wrote: post #13

Who would hire a 45 year old programmer? Certainly good as dead. Have fun at the laundry.

45 year old programmers most likely have seen everything come around the block more than a few times in their careers and realize fads / crap ideas when they see them. E.g. Yet another build system I work with a 42 year old and by far he's the person I've learned the most from even though he "still uses Perl" (I love Perl btw) and I'm trying to convince him to learn Git and abandon CVS.

Exactly, and it's a big reason why some places are reluctant to hire them. They'll rain on your parade faster than anyone else, and people don't like to have their parade rained on.

Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by bestest »

dfc wrote: post #47
svisser wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Terrible but self-inflicted?

I know that I am not perfect and have certainly made poor decisions in my life. But if you feel that being compassionate is not appropriate in this situation at the very least OP could stay quiet and not make jokes about another person's suffering.

Down-vote me all you can, but OP's situation is most definitely self inflicted.

It's the same with drug addicts. They can't help it. You can be compassionate with them, but it won't help them. What they need is a kick in their arse to fling them out of their comfort zone and embrace the big changes.

Hopefully, OP's new job shall open his eyes and guide him in the right direction.

He does not seem to be handicapped neither mentally nor physically -- and there are millions of people in much more need than such a victim of procrastination.

Don't fret, OP'll be fine.

Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by DanBC »

hadoukenio wrote: post #49
0xbadcafebee wrote: post #42

He needs to find a social services office that can help him get organized and take care of his personal responsibilities. It's completely his fault that he's in this mess, but he probably has some kind of personal/mental health problem that requires assistance. The one thing nobody should do is simply send him money or give him a job, since there's nothing on this page that indicates he won't go back to exactly the s…

It's sad. Almost everyone (including people on that Python mailing list thread below) has jumped on him calling him a troll while (not to their own fault) missing that this guy has mental health issues. He needs professional help not money.

Some people are just assholes and do not have mental health problems.

Unless you're widening the definition for MH problem to include things like anger or Asperger's syndrome.

Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by userbinator »

Did he just post a screenshot of his bank account with the session key visible in the URL!?

(I know it's probably not too significant and there are other checks in place, but I found it rather ironic when the text right above it happens to be "I try to be VERY VERY careful".)

Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by stdbrouw »

thegeomaster wrote: post #80
nkozyra wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is he a particularly noted person? Maybe just in the emacs community? I don't know who he is and that resume is pretty skimpy. It seems that his biggest need right now is self-presentation and that's a pretty tough thing to acquire on short notice. I'd also say there would likely be way more opportunities for someone of his skillset outside of the valley, where the skimpy resume probably looks even skimpier by compar…

Is his resume really skimpy? I thought it was rather good, but I have no reference points on what is and what isn't considered good enough.

It actually does look pretty good, until you realize he doesn't list any real previous job experience anywhere.

Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by demoncore »

bestest wrote: post #6

I simply can't resist it, but alas, see what will happen to you if you code in emacs! On the serious note though, he did admit he enjoys procrastinating. Why would I help someone who never had and still does not have any motivation?

Stole my joke you &^*%$

Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by kapitalx »

marincounty wrote: post #61
mansr wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He spent decades trolling everyone and everything on Usenet and mailing lists. He had it coming.

Really dude? Had it coming? Spend next Sunday in church. I think his unemployment might have to do more with his age? I know to many unemployed programmers over 45 years of age. Two are literally homeless. Time goes by quick--just when you think you will always be in demand; you get that Friday meeting. You just might feel this guys agony in a few years, but you sound like a spolied brat--who's family will always be…

According to his blog, the age wasn't a factor:

"why i didn't seek job all these years? well, i can only say i procrastinate and is ok living on a dime."

Re: I'm About as Good as Dead: The End of Xah Lee

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Post by peterwwillis »

userbinator wrote: post #94

Did he just post a screenshot of his bank account with the session key visible in the URL !? (I know it's probably not too significant and there are other checks in place, but I found it rather ironic when the text right above it happens to be "I try to be VERY VERY careful".)

The majority of his debit acct # is also visible. But seeing as he hasn't been very careful with the rest of his life, why should his empty bank acct be any different?
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