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> but my lived experience tells me these systems are all too human-driven to reliably work always-has-been.jpg The good news is that if you are good with people then the systems work very well!
There's way too many normal people and it makes me feel like an outcast for actually enjoying technology and hating schmoozing.
> but my lived experience tells me these systems are all too human-driven to reliably work always-has-been.jpg The good news is that if you are good with people then the systems work very well!
What happened to all the grumpy computer nerds that basically hate people and/or can barely talk to another human? There's way too many normal people and it makes me feel like an outcast for actually enjoying technology and hating schmoozing.
"Aren't you the cloud guy?" they'd inquire, after looking for me and not finding me anywhere obvious.
"Yes, and i'm going to equinix next, HAHA!"
Back in the boomer's day? You're talking about this boomer's grandfathers' day.
"Whenever I hear a boomer raving about how back in their day, you’d stay at a job for your entire life and earn a gold watch and a pension and the respect of your ancestors, ..." Back in the boomer's day? You're talking about this boomer's grandfathers' day.
> but my lived experience tells me these systems are all too human-driven to reliably work always-has-been.jpg The good news is that if you are good with people then the systems work very well!
What happened to all the grumpy computer nerds that basically hate people and/or can barely talk to another human? There's way too many normal people and it makes me feel like an outcast for actually enjoying technology and hating schmoozing.
I wonder what happened with those patents. Could a company license them to patent trolls? Otherwise, I don't understand the purpose of spending a lot of resources to come up with a bunch of bs patents.
There's mostly two reasons companies invest in bullshit patents: 1) If you're a big company with lots of resources, and you're losing business to a smaller but faster moving competitor, you sue them for infringing on your bullshit patents. Distract them, drain their precious time and minimal funding, etc. Very effective way for large, slow moving bureaucratic companies to stamp out startup competitors. Doesn't even m…
What you need is get under the skin of your manager. Then there's no limit for unadvertised "talent" hiring.
> but my lived experience tells me these systems are all too human-driven to reliably work always-has-been.jpg The good news is that if you are good with people then the systems work very well!
What happened to all the grumpy computer nerds that basically hate people and/or can barely talk to another human? There's way too many normal people and it makes me feel like an outcast for actually enjoying technology and hating schmoozing.
We're sure as hell not working in Silicon Valley. It's Extrovert Central down there. It's like the guys who beat us up in high school learned JavaScript and took over the whole tech industry.