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by questionableans 7mo ago
I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about, but neither do you. Students at universities ranked similarly to Michigan absolutely do spend a significant amount of time studying on the weekends, especially if they’re not business majors.
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by questionableans 9mo ago
I’ve heard Foundry is not only insanely expensive, but to actually accomplish something comparable to the demos in your domain requires a huge amount of integration work to build it out in a way that locks you in.
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by questionableans 9mo ago
This got me thinking. In any country or ethnic group, it’s so important to differentiate between the average person trying to get by and the aggressors who claim to be their leaders. When we look at the world through the lens of political a
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by questionableans 9mo ago
In technically deep domains like Bellard works in, Staff+ roles bias more towards technical expertise, and managers also tend to be more technical and able to more completely address technical coordination tasks. Sometimes we like to assume
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by questionableans 11mo ago
I 100% agree.
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by questionableans 11mo ago
It’s definitely specific. 70% Advancing the state of the art in my areas of expertise + 30% Enabling experts in other areas I care about to advance the state of the art by making all the problems related to my expertise just go away
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by questionableans 11mo ago
As I mentioned, this is a privileged position, but I see work as an opportunity to do something I and others find meaningful and useful. I’m paid so that I can afford to focus my time on that work without worrying about money. I seek out em
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by questionableans 11mo ago
Yeah, it is shockingly bad. I’m assuming you’re using “talent” euphemistically here. For a recent job opening I was looking to fill, HR sent us all of the applications rather than doing their own filtering (they did first round calls with p
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by questionableans 11mo ago
Admittedly privileged counterpoint: I want to work with the best co-workers in the world. Most candidates I’ve interviewed both in the US and in other countries aren’t anywhere near that level. If just anybody will do for a job, I’ll probab
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by questionableans 11mo ago
That’s unfortunate.
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by questionableans 11mo ago
I’m guessing the grandparent poster would agree with you.
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by questionableans 11mo ago
Just wondering, was there ever any discussion about trying a quick prototype with a 3rd party auth solution before trying to go off and build one?
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by questionableans 11mo ago
It’s different for different people, but IMO, knowing something significant about everything is easier than knowing everything about something significant. And if you understand the organizational dynamics, being in a position to fix (or re
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by questionableans 11mo ago
Authoring and reviewing PRs when no one person owns them individually sure sounds like influencing the direction of the team without any authority to make a unilateral decision to me. You’re right about politics, but I think the part where
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by questionableans 11mo ago
Technically yes, but it’s not much different for line managers and often second level managers, though. Maybe you can approve expenses up to $500 at a time and get headcount for a couple more people approved from time to time. Not that diff
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by questionableans 11mo ago
I agree. Of the two major US political parties today, one is primarily radical right with a small conservative branch that is struggling to stay in their party. The other is conservative to moderate with a small liberal branch that is fight
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by questionableans 11mo ago
I’m sure the stress level varies by the individual. The upside to a more collaborative role like this is you don’t have the stress of having to know everything. Individual developer roles can be more stressful because if you say you’ll solv
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by questionableans 11mo ago
Why does an experienced programmer ever need to look anything up? It’s useful to have reference materials to check against, or for things you haven’t worked in recently.
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by questionableans 11mo ago
That’s why a lot of companies only promote after demonstrating a track record of performing at the next level. It can also be an argument for secret levels. Although I’m not sure how useful that really is in practice. For someone who does w
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by questionableans 11mo ago
That’s life. Unless you’re a hermit, a complete pushover, or a slave master, you’re constantly trying to influence without authority. Want to go out to dinner with friends? That’s influence without authority right there. Want to get your PR
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by questionableans 11mo ago
Not only that, but leading through a reporting line is 90% influence, too. Relying on pulling rank will get your best reports to find a way to leave ASAP, and others will follow.
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by questionableans 11mo ago
If it’s important and it’s not getting done, yes. Let’s take aligning divs. What’s the real problem here? The front end looks really bad and it’s causing us to lose potential customers. Why is that? Maybe we have a shortage of frontend devs
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by questionableans 1y ago
The way it works is you convince engineers and managers to want to work with you.
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by questionableans 1y ago
It’s all about being balanced and picking the right strategy for the situation, not doing everything all at once. A guide like this could be useful for someone to consult when they find themselves in a different situation, regardless of the
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by questionableans 1y ago
It’s definitely not for everyone. But if the person, the org and role are a good fit, it’s not going to be that kind of worst case scenario. IMO, “nothing is not your job” is odd phrasing that doesn’t really mean “everything is your job,” i
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by questionableans 1y ago
One way to gather the skill set is to rotate through and master different aspects of the role. First become really solid at the technical fundamentals. Then volunteer to spend some time focusing on complementary skills like project and prod
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by questionableans 1y ago
It’s not necessarily disdain, it’s the fact that writing code is necessary but not sufficient to make a successful software project. To have the most positive impact, sometimes you have to focus on the parts that everyone else finds difficu
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by questionableans 1y ago
Letting people who want to immigrate do so instead of pressuring people who don’t want to have kids do so is not slavery. If we can’t get our act together and help each other out while living within our planet’s means, what kind of life are
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by questionableans 1y ago
It’s undeniably worth investing in immigrants, including refugees. Rhetoric otherwise is just veiled racism. These people already exist. It’s our duty to take care of them as global citizens, just like it’s our duty to care for the elderly
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by questionableans 1y ago
Immigration helps even out where populations are located. Immigrants built America. I really don’t think we have anything to worry about not having any people left. There’s still plenty of innate drive to reproduce, both biologically and in

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