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by cccc4all 6y ago
The wall street casino recoils in horror that some people are good at counting cards at black jack stock market and teaching millions in how to count cards at black jack stock market.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Generally, the people that say junior engineers ask many questions are not the people that have to answer the many questions. The people that can answer the many questions are very busy senior engineers. They have their own questions and t
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Unfortunately, social politics infect group dynamics, even in supposed scientific settings. When people ask about historical scientific issues, like how did historical scientific consensus conclude the sun revolving around the earth. And it
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by cccc4all 6y ago
It takes long time to build anything of value, software is no different. There are many variables in building software, which roughly break down to budget, resources and time. All these variables must be managed carefully to deliver softwar
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Dan's point in that article was that he spent time doing something basically for the sake of keeping up appearances. Kind of like going through motions without achieving anything useful. It wasn't solving any problems. It's b
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Premature optimization is root of all evil - Donald Knuth https://stackify.com/premature-optimization-evil/ Don't be evil.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Will this be Twitter's Instagram? Or Will this be Twitter's Tumbler? My money is on the latter.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Good enough code that works, at the right time, beats good architecture. Too many examples in computer science history. Simple, clean code that works is the best way to express logical intent. Eventually, everything compiles down to byte co
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Typed languages can be better utilized for self documenting codebase. The types are used to show clear intent for the code.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
It's good list. Except the TDD rant. TDD can be reframed as codified specifications with test verifications. Then, the TDD purists do have a point.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
The markets are never perfect. That's why you have to ask for what you want.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Just reading the initial scope of the requirements. This project was guaranteed to fail, no matter what tech stack was utilized. There's no future proofing in Software Development. As soon as an application is deployed to prod, it&#x
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by cccc4all 6y ago
The remote option has always been available for in demand tech people. Now it's available for most people in the tech field. So it's available "everywhere" people can do the work.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
It's interesting that people think $200/hour rate, for in demand software engineer/developer, is out of touch. That roughly equates to $400,000 a year. Which may seem like a lot, until people actually see what the market rat
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by cccc4all 6y ago
People get paid what they ask for. No one is underpaid or overpaid. Simply ask for more in salary and benefits. When they ask why, state all the reasons why the increase is warranted. If they deny the request, look for another job that pay
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by cccc4all 6y ago
He probably told you that because that was the minimum salary range for that position.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
$200/hour rate is median for developers with in demand skills. Many companies will gladly pay this and higher rates to fill positions with qualified candidates. Software engineering and development field is extremely difficult. There
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by cccc4all 6y ago
F-35 is a slush fund for politicians and Military Industrial Entertainment Technology sector. $1.5 Trillion and counting.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
The best way to get a raise or a promotion is to find a new job at another company. Look for a company that actually values the tech stack skillset and are willing to pay actual competitive salary. It is much easier now with remote work be
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by cccc4all 6y ago
For 1099 contract work, $200/Hour is the sweet spot for in demand fields, javascript, React, FE, etc.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
That may be median for your area and you may be happy with it. In west coast tech hubs, that's about half of median salary alone. If you factor in bonus, stock options, etc. That's about 1/3 or 1/4 of total comp. http
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by cccc4all 6y ago
The technical implementations seem interesting. But, who scrubs the toilets in this social network? Who does the boring, dirty jobs required to clean up after users?
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by cccc4all 6y ago
OK, one side is BS. What makes you think one side is BS? Who told you one side is BS? Are any of your family, friends, neighbors on the other side? What will you do to the people on the other side?
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by cccc4all 6y ago
What makes you say "both sides" argument is getting tiresome. What will you do to the other side? What is making you to take one side and against the other side?
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by cccc4all 6y ago
What is your world, where this is not a "both sides are the same"? Which side are you on? Which side are your family, friends, and neighbors on? What will you do when you find someone on the other side? Most importantly, what is
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by cccc4all 6y ago
I had initial thoughts, but I read the article and noticed the author is an academic. The author mixes up How and Why of software engineering. Learning is part of the How of software engineering. The Why of software engineering is to deve
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by cccc4all 6y ago
There are differences in How and Why of software engineering. The author attempts to answer Why of software engineering by answering some aspect of How of software engineering. Learning is part of the How of software engineering. The Why
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by cccc4all 6y ago
Professional software engineers develop and sell solutions. Code by itself is meaningless, it's the application of code in certain parameters and delivering expected results, which results in solutions.
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by cccc4all 6y ago
The author seems like an academic and doesn't seem to have practical engineering knowledge. Engineering is the process for solving problems, usually at business scale. Mechanical Engineering solves problems of moving widget A into widg
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by cccc4all 6y ago
I wouldn't stress over it one way or the other. This has been going on for many years, if not hundreds or thousands of years in human history. One group of people has always tried to take control over another group of people, by prop

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