dirtybirdnj

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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> Again I have to question: why do you feel like most of these experienced, skilled white-collar workers I worked at a tech startup in NYC that employed many local people in several different non-technical blue collar roles. They were so
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I feel like companies would have difficulty hiring employees if they treated the opening interaction with the same hostility they end it. You're not wrong FpUser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6BYzLIqKB8
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39523957
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39523957
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39523957
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> You think there is not one manager involved in layoffs that faced personal grief over firing people? I am 100% confident that the people who feel "personal grief" over this are extremely well compensated. They have a secure h
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> Spelling it out will not make any difference for them. For executive statement like this could be reason to join that terminated crowd. So because "it already happened" we should just "get over it and stop making a big
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
it's not the action it's the lack of accountability for the action none of the people swinging the axe face any pain for their bad decisions. people under them working as hard as they could face the consequences of decisions made
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I had a proof of concept for us to migrate sites to a static / low / no cost hosting option. They were unwilling to spend time "training" the team to learn react (in 2020). They were unwilling to let their senior FE dev
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
You have internalized the disrespect of management in that "laziness" is bad. When you get injured, you have to rest to recover. Burnout is kinda like that but there's no blood, scabs or physical pain you can identify. Either
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> we basically converted all their different sites to full static and put them on ice. It would have been expensive to keep hosting how they had been, but with everything flattened to static it's super cheap to keep up I got absolut
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I tried to go this route with a work computer and had a lot of pain with WSL2 with Win10. Hopefully the latest versions of windows fix these issues. Too many to detail, I can only say I'm on a very locked down, managed version of windo
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
cannot upvote this hard enough. group think is so appealing to the herd that they will throw out reality to stay comfortable themselves. who cares what the means are as long as there is no discomfort for ourselves.
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I completely agree with your sentiment but it makes me wonder why we pay for insurance at all. It's a complete scam. Pay money monthly to a company "in case" something bad happens. Then when you need to collect, you are treat
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Not the OP but a reminder to "tell me what you did in the last 45 mins" is definitely some level of micro-management. Daily check ins can be reasonable for a high velocity project... every 45 mins seems overkill unless you are war
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Lack of empathy is what causes the hubris (stupidity?) that would lead one to believe the person who built the system is expendable. I have also been in a job where once the project reached a certian point I was fired. They gave me a song a
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I think you significantly underestimate the lack of empathy and (lack of) concern for workers that this kind of management has
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
It is simple in theory but messy in practice People are bad at identifying bad behavior in themselves, but they can sometimes see that same behavior when others exhibit it. Whether they can then put this together into genuine introspection
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I am trying to build a sustainable side business that allows me to scratch the itches I need to while getting the bills paid during 9-5. The only advice I have is if you take this route, you need to be able to put your project aside and pri
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Wait you guys got offices?
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
The problem is that we have allowed "social skills" to be regarded higher than actual intelligence or technical skills. Social violence is not only tolerated, but encouraged and celebrated. This in my opinion is the most successfu
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> There is a fundamental issue with our civilization and species: we have a scant few actual adults. I mean non-immature, non-self exclusively serving individuals who both care about others and have the capacity to do so beyond their imm
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Yes it is not a great idea. AI isn't the problem, it's the saturation of folks like myself with 10+yrs of development who are clawing and fighting to the death for what jobs are out there. Market SUCKS right now. I am THANKFUL for
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> It'd be like people selling their colored pencil facsimiles of the Mona Lisa. There's talent in the technique, but there's next to no creativity in the artistic expression. OnlyFans has entered the chat
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
regulatory capture and "lobbying" will prevent this from ever happening. it makes so much sense but it threatens business models standards are great but how can I guarantee 200x YoY return for investors? sounds like an unnecessary
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Sad that the reporter didn't ask more pointed questions about why the "I am right here next to the container" photo never led to ANY kind of stoppage of the container. Not at the first port, not at the next two canadian ports
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
The way you conduct the interviews sounds humane and respectful. Thank you for sharing that. It's interesting how "treat it as real as possible" is the best advice for both parties to have the best possible outcome. As an int
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Serious question, how exactly does one get started designing chips? I have a rudimentary understanding of circuits, like wire up LED with resistor to 12v, or making a voltage dividing circuit to not fry things. Is it a density thing? What e
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This will be the year!
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Man, I hit the same kind of snag twice with my store thing. Got so close to the end, started to plot my path to the finish line and just realized it wasn't going to work. This thread was very cathartic. It's helpful to see others

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