These opinions always pop up during these conversations. I agree spending a ton of money on a degree that isn't going to secure you a well-paying job is not a good idea if you do not want to be in debt for years and…
Ex Chicagoan here. Basically corruption and incompetence took the actual money away The money did exist. Workers pay into the pensions as part of their compensation package. Chicago borrowed against the actual pension…
Haha that is a name I have not seen in a while! I was a student of his at DePaul. Great guy! Massimo is awesome!
I am by no means an expert programmer, but this is my strategy to stay relevant and employable. Obviously I'm not perfect and break my own rules, but this is what in my mind an optimal honkycat would get up to: Read…
edit: Meh, in retrospect this comment was lazy and I don't feel like having it around for the rest of eternity.
I have a saying when my peers compare themselves to the Zuckerbergs and Gates and Musks of the world: How many hundreds of thousands of dollars did your parents spend on your education? Because you have to realize that…
I had to work full time and go to school at night to get my education. I used to begrudge people who had it "easy", but anymore I feel like the grit and self-confidence I got from struggling and succeeding has paid…
Google cloud support is PATHETIC. We had a production Kubernetes outage caused by a bug in Google Cloud. We were paying for gold level support. They deescalated and reescelated our ticket 3 times. In the end they closed…
I agree with this so much. I am sick and tired of subsidizing drivers. I am done with the irresponsible and unsustainable policy of ignoring costs associated with road maintenance in the United States. I am done with…
React, Flux, JSX, GraphQL, Jest. It is a full tool-chain, language, architecture, API spec, and testing framework. They are all closely tied to each other.
Do we actually care about these users? Are they going to buy the products we advertise on our websites? Are they going to subscribe to our platform? No. So why should we optimize for people who do not matter to our…
Vault looks great, but I always balk at the operational overhead. Also the cost is significant. I'm at a tiny org, though. For smaller orgs and projects, Mozilla Sops is really great: https://github.com/mozilla/sops It…
I've responded to this sort if inquiry before, so forgive the copy-pasta: >> You sound like you have anxiety problems. What have you done to address your anti-social tendencies? Are you going to a therapist? Do you…
I recently joined a gym ( industrialstrengthgym.com/ ). It has an emphasis on having a welcoming atmosphere and community. When they asked me during orientation what my goals were, I said "Show up three times a week. I…
I'm glad you are getting the help you need. Michael Jordan has a coach. Programmers and other brain workers have therapists. It's so obvious to me that having a neutral person who helps you track and set goals, track…
I went with the Zune / have avoided apple products for years because I find their advertising smarmy. So, I went with Zune and received ENDLESS RIDICULE. BUT! Zune was great. I had the zune app with spotify-style music…
I am loving the empathy people are feeling for Terry Davis in this thread. His final video is heart breaking. Terry was the proverbial homeless person: Schizophrenic and paranoid. Too sick to be helped or supported.…
Terry was schizophrenic and was homeless and in poverty due to his condition. Tragically, he is basically the proverbial homeless person you see on the street. Outside of UBI it is very hard to help these people. The…
Lol
These opinions always pop up during these conversations. I agree spending a ton of money on a degree that isn't going to secure you a well-paying job is not a good idea if you do not want to be in debt for years and…
Ex Chicagoan here. Basically corruption and incompetence took the actual money away The money did exist. Workers pay into the pensions as part of their compensation package. Chicago borrowed against the actual pension…
Haha that is a name I have not seen in a while! I was a student of his at DePaul. Great guy! Massimo is awesome!
I am by no means an expert programmer, but this is my strategy to stay relevant and employable. Obviously I'm not perfect and break my own rules, but this is what in my mind an optimal honkycat would get up to: Read…
edit: Meh, in retrospect this comment was lazy and I don't feel like having it around for the rest of eternity.
I have a saying when my peers compare themselves to the Zuckerbergs and Gates and Musks of the world: How many hundreds of thousands of dollars did your parents spend on your education? Because you have to realize that…
I had to work full time and go to school at night to get my education. I used to begrudge people who had it "easy", but anymore I feel like the grit and self-confidence I got from struggling and succeeding has paid…
Google cloud support is PATHETIC. We had a production Kubernetes outage caused by a bug in Google Cloud. We were paying for gold level support. They deescalated and reescelated our ticket 3 times. In the end they closed…
I agree with this so much. I am sick and tired of subsidizing drivers. I am done with the irresponsible and unsustainable policy of ignoring costs associated with road maintenance in the United States. I am done with…
React, Flux, JSX, GraphQL, Jest. It is a full tool-chain, language, architecture, API spec, and testing framework. They are all closely tied to each other.
Do we actually care about these users? Are they going to buy the products we advertise on our websites? Are they going to subscribe to our platform? No. So why should we optimize for people who do not matter to our…
Vault looks great, but I always balk at the operational overhead. Also the cost is significant. I'm at a tiny org, though. For smaller orgs and projects, Mozilla Sops is really great: https://github.com/mozilla/sops It…
I've responded to this sort if inquiry before, so forgive the copy-pasta: >> You sound like you have anxiety problems. What have you done to address your anti-social tendencies? Are you going to a therapist? Do you…
I recently joined a gym ( industrialstrengthgym.com/ ). It has an emphasis on having a welcoming atmosphere and community. When they asked me during orientation what my goals were, I said "Show up three times a week. I…
I'm glad you are getting the help you need. Michael Jordan has a coach. Programmers and other brain workers have therapists. It's so obvious to me that having a neutral person who helps you track and set goals, track…
I went with the Zune / have avoided apple products for years because I find their advertising smarmy. So, I went with Zune and received ENDLESS RIDICULE. BUT! Zune was great. I had the zune app with spotify-style music…
I am loving the empathy people are feeling for Terry Davis in this thread. His final video is heart breaking. Terry was the proverbial homeless person: Schizophrenic and paranoid. Too sick to be helped or supported.…
Terry was schizophrenic and was homeless and in poverty due to his condition. Tragically, he is basically the proverbial homeless person you see on the street. Outside of UBI it is very hard to help these people. The…
Lol