jcadam

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by jcadam 4y ago
LOL, it generally takes me going through at least a dozen interview processes to both: 1) get to the offer phase 2) get an offer that isn't a lowball
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by jcadam 4y ago
I would say as someone who is now fully remote, you really should only work for companies that are "remote first" if you want to stay that way.
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by jcadam 4y ago
I've moved to a rural area and am thus in a position to where I now have to work remotely. I much prefer the lifestyle out here to living in cities, so as long as a large number of companies are sticking with remote work, I should be
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by jcadam 4y ago
The software in my 2021 F-150 ecoboost is... flakey. It seems like every OTA update fixes one bug and introduces another.... At least I can now get my iPhone to connect semi-reliably without restarting the truck :/ If I don't kee
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by jcadam 4y ago
Started programming at 8 years old (BASIC on the Apple ][) and still doing it for a living in my early 40s. I hate what computing has become. I used to be optimistic about the future and tech's role in it. What we're getting is
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by jcadam 4y ago
I would be willing to be the tech guy for someone credible, with many years of experience building domain expertise and real connections in their industry who approaches me with a viable idea (even - and perhaps especially - if it sounds bo
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by jcadam 4y ago
House I bought recently came with samsung kitchen appliances (great /s). I shouldn't have had to crawl inside a 2-year old gas oven to replace a bad igniter, but... I did. I remember when a range could be expected to last a coupl
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by jcadam 4y ago
Don't worry, with 87,000 new agents, they can do both!
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by jcadam 4y ago
Most software engineers are in the income range that will bearing the brunt of the "new" IRS. So, enjoy your audits, this is what you voted for.
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by jcadam 4y ago
You want to stay employed and be allowed to participate in society don't you? You need to tow the party line, comrade. Recession is defined however The Party says it is.
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by jcadam 4y ago
People like this are why I'm working remotely from a rural area and never want to set foot in an office again.
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by jcadam 4y ago
Agree. If you identify a great talent who happens to live on the other side of the globe, hire that individual as an FTE. Outsourcing to some body-shop firm is always a mistake. At least I've never seen it work.
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by jcadam 4y ago
I have no idea why, but it seems like software engineering salaries in the UK (from what I've seen in job listings for remote work as an American) are near the lowest in the first world (yes, even when adjusting for GBP/USD exchan
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by jcadam 4y ago
I'm using Clojure at my day job as well. Though, my employer is not on the list there.
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by jcadam 4y ago
Very depressing. I love it.
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by jcadam 4y ago
How about the R-Tree, used for accessing/searching spatial data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-tree Maybe not so obscure if you've worked in the geospatial realm. I actually had a job interview once that as
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by jcadam 4y ago
If you've ever had to sit through a presentation by an Oracle or SAP sales team, you know presentation matters more than quality :) I actually envy their ability to sell, even when I know their product is crap and I resent being made t
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by jcadam 4y ago
I've found there's zero correlation between interview difficulty and compensation.
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by jcadam 4y ago
If they don't respect candidates, maybe they don't respect their employees either.
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by jcadam 4y ago
Yep, funny how that goes but it's true.
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by jcadam 4y ago
If the posted salary is too high I'll probably assume it's a scam or you plan on doing a bait and switch anyway :)
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by jcadam 4y ago
In my area (up in Alaska), land is dirt (ha!) cheap, construction is expensive. The house value makes up the vast majority of my property value.
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by jcadam 4y ago
I liked the Windows 3.1 UI. Win95 was a step down.
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by jcadam 4y ago
Having been stuck on several courts-martial panels in the military as well as a civilian jury later for an assault trial, I found the military court system seemed, in many ways, more fair to the accused. On the flip side, the verdict does n
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by jcadam 4y ago
And with the economy cooling off, workers shouldn't expect to get raises anywhere close to the official rate of inflation anytime soon.
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by jcadam 4y ago
Clearly they need software engineers to go over and explain their business to them.
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by jcadam 4y ago
I first played Lemmings on an Amiga 500. Connected to an old monochrome Apple monitor II :)
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by jcadam 4y ago
Yep, if you were around in 2008, you recognize it starting again....
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by jcadam 4y ago
Problem: Imposter syndrome. The overlap between people who think very highly of themselves and your top performers may not be 100%. It's probably quite a bit less.
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by jcadam 4y ago
Managers will tell you not to worry about job security, right up until the day you get a meeting invite from HR.

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