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   by baz00 3y ago

   I had good ones too. But they didn't pay as much.
2. 362.▲
   by baz00 3y ago

   I think you'll find I blame myself for these issues. I just do not deny that they are issues.
3. 363.▲
   by baz00 3y ago

   Exactly that.
4. 364.▲
   by baz00 3y ago

   Fair points there. Although I have worked for a number of very small companies (startups) that have been successful and totally incompetent, at least one to the order of having the CEO threatened with jail time by the authorities.
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   by baz00 3y ago

   It's easy on small teams on small products. Eventually, as capitalism demands eternal growth, they grow to the point that the complexities and hack jobs that were used to deliver previous estimates impact them. Then no one wants to tur
6. 366.▲
   by baz00 3y ago

   Yes that's a fair perspective. They wanted fungible staff. The only way to add personal value is to be as non fungible as possible which means being an expert on niche things that the fungible folk aren't. That is usually domain s
7. 367.▲
   by baz00 3y ago

   Unlikely. I don't create meetings. I get invited to them. They are mostly unnecessary and have a net negative return of investment. I mean lucky if any of them have an agenda, minutes or an action and rarely does the facilitator actual
8. 368.▲
   by baz00 3y ago

   I had a couple of jobs like that. I looked back and worked out they weren't real problems. They were problems invented to sell solutions for that made money. Supremely productive but alas pointless too. I eventually developed a philoso
9. 369.▲
   by baz00 3y ago

   Lego during meetings. Now there's a good idea. I'll take that one away as good advice!
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    by baz00 3y ago

    What is valued is presence and contributions. That doesn't necessarily require attention for the entire meeting. I'm not going to live forever so I would rather expend that wasted 80% on something that I value. The outcome of the
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    by baz00 3y ago

    I'd just like to comment on these points on a 30 year perspective... Point 4 - incompetent people. They are great. When they fuck up, which they do often, you can save the day by simply being average. Just make sure people know that yo
12. 372.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    They do a "lite" version known as the "SP" ones which doesn't clamp your head. I've got those
13. 373.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    Yeah that. I just started using Windows again recently and macOS feels sluggish and clunky in comparison.
14. 374.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    I do use wired ones when I'm at the PC. I have some Sennheiser HD25's my ex wife bought me over 20 years ago.
15. 375.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    I mostly don't. I turn them off if they are imposed upon me and carry on without the distractions.
16. 376.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    Yes I could write several pages of diatribe about my shitty Apple experiences recently.
17. 377.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    QA at Google is a lie. Just like the cake!
18. 378.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    I killed two sets of plain Airpods. The Pros I bought crapped out after 14 months of ownership. They do get used heavily but no excuse at that price.
19. 379.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    I'd be interested in some fake airpods if they lasted twice as long and sounded 80% as good. Literally I get perhaps a year out of a set of genuine bought at Apple Store airpods before the case gives up or one airpod goes muffled or cr
20. 380.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    Hey I was one of the three Google Wave users.
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    by baz00 3y ago

    From what I can see APRS is mostly used by porcupine vehicles broadcasting where they are. Literally because no one cares, it's the opposite of what what Musk wanted for his jet :)
22. 382.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    Yeah there's stuff there but there are literally bugger all people using it. Even the VHF repeater nets in the UK are pretty dead. I mean I'm in the middle of London and I occasionally get two dudes talking about their greenhouse
23. 383.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    You run out of fucks eventually. One day everything will just be an inconvenience before the next pay day anyway.
24. 384.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    I don't know about that. I don't know anyone, at least here in the UK or Europe, who even uses digital anything other than mashing in front of WSJT-X all day. On 2m/70cm, it's all voice still.
25. 385.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    I got so fed up of all the Apple bugs I sold all my Apple stuff and bought a PC. At least I'm greeted with new and interesting bugs no one is going to close.
26. 386.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    If this actually turns up on the market at that price I will eat my hat.
27. 387.▲
    by baz00 3y ago

    Can confirm. We have an outsourcing op that uses only Teams. We tend to just avoid talking to them so we don't have to use it.
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    by baz00 3y ago

    I know a guy who quit Amazon a while back after having a complete breakdown. He had to take 6 months out to get himself back together. Also as a large customer of AWS as well the bits of culture and technical knowledge that leaks out from t
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    by baz00 3y ago

    20%! Where is this magical place you work? I think I write perhaps a couple of lines a week and that's usually patching something in an emergency after other people have failed. Advice: never get too senior.
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    by baz00 3y ago

    Any further discussion around this decision? Trying to peek inside an ecosystem here.