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> "...and now you're a discriminatory hirer." Damn right. I hire based on who will be good at the job. > "What is not fun is the mental masturbation of keepin
by points 16y ago
> "...and now you're a discriminatory hirer."
Damn right. I hire based on who will be good at the job.
> "What is not fun is the mental masturbation of keeping up-to-date on all the latest-and-greatest languages and frameworks. What is not fun is building something with no tangible benefit. What is not fun is being insulted and dismissed by people who expect everyone to have the same interests and motivations as themselves."
Couldn't agree more.
> " Your attitude about what constitutes a balanced life and a good hacker is very shortsighted and frankly offensive."
Sorry, but you're kinda proving my point. The fact you don't want to spend more time on hacking rather than spending time with friends, means you'd make a bad employee for a startup.
> "Why do we expect hackers to work for free in their leisure time?"
I didn't say that at all. And FWIW, I play in a band as well. But I also spend an hour or so a day just playing for fun - because I enjoy it.
- BrandonM 16y ago> Sorry, but you're kinda proving my point. The fact you don't want to spend more time on hacking rather than spending time with friends, means you'd make a bad employee for a startup. When did we start talking about startups?
- points 16y agoI only know about hackers and startups. I have absolutely no idea how drone programmers behave/get motivation/work. So yes, my original comment is talking about hackers. Not "Systems Analysis Architect"s or whatever.
- BrandonM 16y ago> I have absolutely no idea how drone programmers behave/get motivation/work. Very nice resorting to name-calling. Because you can't conceive of someone who likes and is good at programming, but who enjoys other things in his leisure time, you again try to dismiss him with a low-ball insult. Nice work. I don't know who you are, but you'd do yourself a lot of good to try to understand others better instead of insulting them and writing them off for being different.
- points 16y agoI can't begin to try to understand someone who works in a cube filling out TPS reports however much I try. Anyway.... I think you'd do well to lighten up and not take everything as a personal insult. My original point: It's better to hire people who love what they do, rather than do it just for the money.
- rfrey 16y ago"I only know about hackers and startups. I have absolutely no idea how drone programmers behave/get motivation/work" That is the most absurd false dichotomy I have read this year. You sound like the "artistes" I know who think that anyone who isn't raging against the machine is a pawn of The System.