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by jm__87 10y ago
Yeah, you're totally right here. Maybe a better way to look at this point is whether the code is in the core or the periphery. Give higher priority to refactoring core stuff since many people will have to digest this, as opposed to som
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by jm__87 10y ago
I think this is helpful advice for people who are new to software development. My experience has been that there are essentially an infinite number of things to learn and improve upon, so you will never really do anything perfectly. There i
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Ugh, I've worked at a few banks with a few diff trading desks and it is annoying how much they love Excel. Excel is such a horrible platform for anything other than some simple spreadsheets, but traders always find a way to work it in
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by jm__87 10y ago
Yeah, this makes way more sense. Why replace something that works that everyone knows how to use with something else that does the same thing that no one knows how to use. Whoever finds a way to replace Excel spreadsheets with something bet
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by jm__87 10y ago
I mean, it is likely that no one in the UK government in 2009 even knew Turing or had anything to do with his persecution. The UK decriminalized homosexual acts between men in 1967 and added further legislation in 1994 and 2000. More likely
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lol @ "but there is a method to the market's madness." It is just supply and demand. More buyers than sellers => price goes up. More sellers than buyers => price goes down. Not all buyers need to be smart and informed.
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Honestly, this is a private corp acting in its own best interests under the law. Everyone here complaining that Navient is horrible... this is what capitalism is. If you don't like the law, talk to your congressman/senators and ge
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The reason I specifically mentioned skilled work is because there is a significant investment on the part of the company hiring. Labor unions are useful for unskilled labor where an individual worker has no bargaining chips and the company
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If you are a skilled employee working in IT and you have experienced burn out, it is likely something you have done to yourself. Do some companies have ridiculously high expectations of their employees: yes. Do you have to live up to those