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Let's tone down the drama a little; I am willing to bet there aren't many people at all who would literally choose to lose their home versus work with a technol

Let's tone down the drama a little; I am willing to bet there aren't many people at all who would literally choose to lose their home versus work with a technology they don't like (even if for valid reasons, and even if those reasons include data loss or other catastrophes). If my boss tells me to use MongoDB tomorrow or live on the street despite my advice to the contrary, I will use MongoDB happily. I may look for a new job in my free time if using MongoDB makes me miserable, but I certainly won't be living on the street...

jsjohnst 9y ago
[or maybe the fact I watched a hundred million $ startup go down the drain in part due to bad engineering choices, of which Mongo was one, doesn’t entitle me to a negative opinion of Mongo]
- jjnoakes 9y ago
  You can say you'd choose to be homeless all you want, but saying "many" would do the same I think is being a little too dramatic. And quitting your job (as you now point out, but didn't originally) is much different from "choosing to be homeless".
  - jsjohnst 9y ago
    I used the word quit in my very first post on this thread in a way that should’ve been obvious I meant quit my job.
    - jjnoakes 9y ago
      It wasn't the word "quit" that was being objected to though; it was your equating quitting to being homeless (in the very same first post in this thread) and then further saying you think many others would also rather quit and be homeless than work with MongoDB. That's a bit too dramatic. Next time, just say "I'd rather quit than work with MongoDB again", and you won't have this problem.
      - jsjohnst 9y ago
        > Next time, just say "I'd rather quit than work with MongoDB again", and you won't have this problem. Fair point... “I would quit rather than work with MongoDB again” is more accurate, but still encapsulates your point. The point I was trying to make earlier and did in a way overly dramatic for you is that I’d never take a tech job again if it meant I had to use Mongo.
  - pessimizer 9y ago
    hyperbole

jsjohnst 9y ago

[or maybe the fact I watched a hundred million $ startup go down the drain in part due to bad engineering choices, of which Mongo was one, doesn’t entitle me to a negative opinion of Mongo]

jjnoakes 9y ago
You can say you'd choose to be homeless all you want, but saying "many" would do the same I think is being a little too dramatic. And quitting your job (as you now point out, but didn't originally) is much different from "choosing to be homeless".
- jsjohnst 9y ago
  I used the word quit in my very first post on this thread in a way that should’ve been obvious I meant quit my job.
  - jjnoakes 9y ago
    It wasn't the word "quit" that was being objected to though; it was your equating quitting to being homeless (in the very same first post in this thread) and then further saying you think many others would also rather quit and be homeless than work with MongoDB. That's a bit too dramatic. Next time, just say "I'd rather quit than work with MongoDB again", and you won't have this problem.
    - jsjohnst 9y ago
      > Next time, just say "I'd rather quit than work with MongoDB again", and you won't have this problem. Fair point... “I would quit rather than work with MongoDB again” is more accurate, but still encapsulates your point. The point I was trying to make earlier and did in a way overly dramatic for you is that I’d never take a tech job again if it meant I had to use Mongo.
- pessimizer 9y ago
  hyperbole