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Re: 25 years of coding, and I'm just beginning

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Post by dechamp » Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 5:19 AM UTC

swaggyBoatswain wrote: post #72

gammateam wrote: post #36

> I only have websites for clients, which most are no longer up; or businesses I have worked for as an employee. This is the worst and contributed to me doing different things, for me it was apps whose API servers were no longer responding. It is very hard to keep your portfolio up to date, when you aren't able to show even the public facing side of it.

1. Make a video, showcasing results. If you need approval delete sensitive data first 2. Take lessons from work apply to opensource. You take your lessons learned with you everywhere

I like this idea, thank you.

Re: 25 years of coding, and I'm just beginning

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Post by dechamp » Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 2:01 AM UTC

ensiferum wrote: post #111

"I've worked on software/apps that pull in millions and millions of dollars and have hundreds of thousands of users. So when it comes to work, I'm solid and secure." Sorry but nope. Just because you've worked on something that is popular doesn't mean that it is of good quality or well developed or secury or that the particular devs are competant or good.

I meant emotionally, that I'm solid and secure. That was not a reference to my code. The point of me stating I worked on projects that make millions and millions with thousands of users, is that, if I can do that and work on that with confidence (not ego), then why am I so scared to work on a tiny project and even release to just a few people.

Re: 25 years of coding, and I'm just beginning

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Post by GrzegorzWidla » Mon, Jan 28, 2019, 4:29 PM UTC

eloff wrote: post #133

TeMPOraL wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Conversely, if you create an app and optimize it so that users spend way too much time in it relative to what they need, you'll probably rake in lots of money, but you'll also be responsible for much more value being destroyed for your users.

Basically everyone who works for Facebook. Think of the time it takes away from society and what that time is worth. Compare that with the pittance in advertising income they earn off it. That's more inefficient than a thief who steals jewellery and sells it for a tenth of its value. I don't think the small benefits from Facebook come close to the tremendous harm it does to society. I closed my Facebook account years…

I get that Facebook is a solid target to pick for such a rant but frankly it's a tool like any other. Blaming Facebook for potential productivity loses due to its addictive nature is like blaming hammer maker for all deaths it caused. My dad doesn't have Facebook but he definitely spends his spare time watching TV or sports that can be considered just as wasteful.