quantumhobbit

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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Were there any consequences for the leader? If not, it sounds like those above him are just as bad.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Can you write fizz buzz? If yes, congratulations you are probably better than most "software engineers".
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Did you communicate to them that their absence blocked work? If you didn't, they likely thought that there were no problems and continued in that behavior. Part of what makes corporate America suck is the kind of passive aggressive res
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Sure, but I've just had an interview with a recruiter who literally did the "Do you know Reactjs? Yes. But do you know JavaScript?" face-palm to me. Only with Angular instead of React. Not all recruiters are this dumb, but I
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Minitel, the Open Network Before the Internet(theatlantic.com)
1 points by quantumhobbit 9y ago|0 comments
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
It is also really hard to tell before hand. Companies change over time and can be very good at hiding their red flags.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
I just want to add that if you fire them before giving them any feedback and a chance to improve you are just as bad.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
The problem you had was that you were trying to convince management to act in the best interest of the company rather than their own best interest. They would much rather be in charge of a $100k a month project instead of a $1k a month proj
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
I'm afraid I'm getting stereotyped as an enterprise dev against my will. I've been on interviews where that was certainly the vibe I got. No matter how much I stress that I'm interviewing while I have a job for the purpo
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Or companies would rather stick to the old methods even if they don't work. After all they can't blame you if you are just following HR's process.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Definitely true about mocks in unit tests. I've seen some nightmare projects where >50% of the code is just setting up mocks for unit tests.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
There are sexy tasks and unsexy tasks. Don't be a hero and do the unsexy tasks for the good of the team or company. You will become typecast and soon won't be able to get any of the sexy tasks. Your boss will stop investing in yo
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Very true about overwork. I would be less burned out if I worked more, or was allowed to be more productive. For me burnout is about powerlessness in work, the feeling that no matter what I do I won't be able to make a positive impact.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Not just dishonest products, but I want to avoid companies that treat their employees like crap. None of the trend of making everyone a contractor or making people train their replacements. My current company is generally pretty good but th
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
I think a good BS threshold is a good thing to have. If they are bullshitting you in trivial obvious ways just imagine all the less obvious dishonesty they are perpetrating and you haven't noticed yet.
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Five Factors to judge which tests are worth writing(devmynd.com)
1 points by quantumhobbit 9y ago|0 comments
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
The problem is that coverage tools report whether that line of code executed and not whether its logic is correct. This can easily give you a false sense of security. So if I want to contribute to your project all I have to do is write some
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
It is all about making developers cogs. The language and frameworks are only useful so far as they make you more replaceable. Don't ever do anything clever or advanced even if it makes the company a ton of money or boosts productivity.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Yeah I don't understand the $4500 price. Is that per dose? Or is it some sort of reusable device? Either way it is hard to see that being a viable competitor.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
Problem is that the 3-letter agencies tools get leaked and then are open for script Kidd to use. So you're threat model has a dristributive connection to the 3-letters no matter what.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
I seems like there should be an opportunity for active investors to make money off of all the passively managed money. All I can think of would be to take advantage of the margin of the index. For example buy stock #501 and a discount and s
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
"I don't think people are arguing for only one framework is allowed" Read the post I replied to. It advocates requiring a single framework. Yes I am worse off because the framework sucks but there is no incentive for it to im
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
I've seen this happen where you develop a micro service and everything is working fine but the framework team makes a breaking change and doesn't tell you. Now your micro service is broken and it is somehow your fault because only
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
We have one of these and it is just a terrible internally developed framework, but we are stuck with it because all teams use it. If there was more freedom on the team level to pick better solutions, then the whole company would have likely
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
He was a doctor trying to get to the hospital he works at. In this case he actually is "too important to accept being bumped". Not that that would justify doing this to anyone else but he had a very good reason to not want to get
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
What would a cure for prion diseases even look like? Are prions targeted by the immune system at all? That to me is what is scary about them.
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
It is less a question of whether the percentage is correct than whether the tests are useful. I've seen plenty of useless tests (testing getters and setters in Java) that assert nothing related to the codes functionality but exist sole
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by quantumhobbit 9y ago
I'd settle for a place that stuck to the original Joel Test. After all most of the CICD stuff in this list is covered by his original 1-step builds rule. If you have that then scripting cicd stuff is trivial. Similarly his test covers
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by quantumhobbit 10y ago
Wow the comments here certainly seem to be against allowing developers any input in the tools they use. I guess you all are part of the reason I have to use Java 7 and outdated versions of Angular in my day job no matter their applicability
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by quantumhobbit 10y ago
My apologies. I have confused Endgame with another company. My actual interaction with Endgame is weirder. In February, I received a rejection letter from Endgame despite never applying or ever authorizing a recruiter to apply for me. I kno

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