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by dnndev 5y ago
11 feels like XP with a new skin. I think they are shell shocked from vista and will never make drastic changes again. I don’t blame them vista was complete disregard for existing apps. Make a new OS without the windows debt.
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by dnndev 5y ago
I have wondered about that. Some jobs I think make you die from within even if they are only 9to5. One buddy of mine had a govt job and complained about it everyday… it made him toxic. He eventually left but took waaaay to long.
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by dnndev 5y ago
Sounds like there is no good answer but a start maybe simplify your lifestyle and talk to your current employer about working 32 hours per week. Most likely they will say no and you will need to jump ship. This is a great time to find freel
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by dnndev 5y ago
I think they are doing the right near term but not long term. For the very reason wireless charging is in its infancy they should get in front of it. They will be back at square one doing the same thing with wireless chargers in 5 years unl
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by dnndev 5y ago
Charging efficiency, speed, and reliability will get better. Wireless debugging will get better and we will forget it was ever buggy. We will have plates attached to a cable we can attach (magnetic) when we need to charge a drained battery
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by dnndev 5y ago
They should drop the cable all together and just do wireless charging? Yes, a lot of wireless plate chargers will need to be put in place but I think it will be a better future rather than cables.
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by dnndev 5y ago
Software development
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by dnndev 5y ago
> I see a lot of people moving back to full-time jobs because they pay more for less stress a lot of the time. If you find that job, it’s a keeper. I find consulting to be less stressful than employment. Not worried about being online du
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by dnndev 5y ago
I hear you. Management is one of those areas I have come to truly appreciate. I just dont think a stint will get you what you need. I guess it depends what is meant by a stint. 6 months - 1 year? I dont think its enough. Your just getting s
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by dnndev 5y ago
I completely disagree. Consulting is not for everyone and like everything you get out what you put in. Why I went into consulting - I was working hard as ever, it’s my nature and I love what I do. - My pay was average - My projects looked a
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by dnndev 5y ago
I think it depends how long the vacation? A month long vacation for me always helps when I find myself becoming overly negative. Edit* Should add, a lot has to do with your attitude. Some things won’t change and fighting then just makes you
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by dnndev 5y ago
> They tend to work for really big companies that can afford to have lots of unproductive people with really advanced degrees that don’t contribute to the bottom line. Is is the really big company that makes you die inside or the people
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by dnndev 5y ago
It’s a fad. Give it some time… it’s not the first layer on top of JavaScript someone has come up with. Microsoft drops project all the time- this is a stunt on their part to attract devs and it’s actually working for now.
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by dnndev 5y ago
I am glad to hear your more productive in TS. Personally takes me longer to keep all my proper interfaces and models up to date than rename variables (which does not happen all that often that is out of the scope of a function or let alone
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by dnndev 5y ago
“If you are writing code that some other person is going to read and/or you are interested in having it behave reliably in the long run, I think a static type system is a must.” Can’t this be accomplished with JavaScript? Assuming your
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by dnndev 5y ago
Is typescript really that great? Every implementation I have seen has 1 - Work-arounds for interoperability with non typescript / legacy third party dependencies. (issue: ugly, non consistent code) 2 - Turn off strict type checking due
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by dnndev 5y ago
I think this is already happening. High school is not helping…
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by dnndev 5y ago
I agree with you but we need to re-think education. The current education system is not working in general. Class rooms are over crowded and not enough teachers. A pre-recorded video you can pause and rewind would be more beneficial than be
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by dnndev 5y ago
“ in general.” Implies it’s not a blanket statement for all. Of course there is the exception.
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by dnndev 5y ago
Another approach could be: High school should be completely optional. Those who want to go will benefit from it and those who don’t won’t be there to make trouble. Move the high school teachers to middle school and elementary for smaller cl
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by dnndev 5y ago
High school should completely be optional. Those who want to go will benefit from it and those who don’t won’t be there to simply make trouble. Move the high school teachers to middle school and elementary for smaller classes.
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by dnndev 5y ago
Public school is broken and we all know it - in general. We need competent administrators, more teachers and smaller classes. Parents need more time to teach their children what is not and should not be taught at school. Kudos to parents wh
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by dnndev 5y ago
My observation shows it has less to do with religion and more with the large influence of the media (not just the news) TV, radio, news, internet, personal voice - comments posts such as hacker news. People would have never connected before
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by dnndev 5y ago
"creation and maintenance of a high performance team" Managers do this? right, right. I would say managers at best dont mess it up. Creation and maintenance of high performance team comes from within. The surrounding support certa
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by dnndev 5y ago
This is very true. Most shops have an R&D team for long term innovation and other devs like myself who love customer feedback and want to deliver solutions now.
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by dnndev 5y ago
Same could be said for a manager.. or a manager that gets bad devs or devs that get a bad manager. This is the value of a hands-on ceo that does not have their head in the sand.
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by dnndev 5y ago
As a CEO and long time developer before then... its complicated. High performance teams are killed by managers unless they stay out of the way and then whats the point right? Managers are great for managing clients, but not devs. Low perfor
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by dnndev 5y ago
Unemployment benefits right now are paying more than your average unskilled job. You may not want to hear it but many people are using this provision knowing there are jobs out there for when it comes to an end, so guess what they collect u
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by dnndev 5y ago
I am not sure how this comment contributes to the thread. It is a bias because I write my real-world experiences? What you are saying is true for so many things. Car that does not break does not need a mechanic. Of course, and nobody is dis
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by dnndev 5y ago
This is addressing a market. I have seen it first hand more than once. Highly driven and competent individuals that are not programmers for whatever reason and that create a monstrosity that works (using some low code solution). It’s ugly a

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