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901.
by sidlls 5y ago
Even if they make that distinction I don’t think they care.
902.
by sidlls 5y ago
I’m surprised it’s so low. These sites are used mostly for indulging in narcissism, and people who tend that direction generally prefer to have their lives be less private.
903.
by sidlls 5y ago
"Small startup"s are the last place I'd look for the kind of work-life balance required to actually enjoy the fruits of one's labor. You're trading a stable work week for perks at that point--differently bad work en
904.
by sidlls 5y ago
Factoring in activities in support of work (commute, dress), it's more than 50% of one's waking hours during the week.
905.
by sidlls 5y ago
That depends on the region and industry. Outside of "tech hubs" like the Bay Area, most software jobs paying close to six-figures are still more like "business casual, butt in the seats" than they are "WFH 2x/w
906.
by sidlls 5y ago
You're setting up a strawman version of intro/extroversion discuss, and missing what everyone else is telling you.
907.
by sidlls 5y ago
Sorry if this is uncharitable, but your comment reads strongly like something an oblivious extrovert would write. Consider this statement: “she’s only a lesbian because she hasn’t been fucked the right way by a guy” and how horribly awful a
908.
by sidlls 5y ago
Yes, I understand that point, but it's not really what I was getting at. My point is that most software, even or especially open source, isn't even "small impact" (in a positive sense). It's just toys, learning expe
909.
by sidlls 5y ago
Betterment of the species?This is another conceit a certain segment of the SE community has. You aren’t physicists, engineers, biologists or chemists; nor are you artists or philosophers. I’d estimate something like 99% of all software deve
910.
by sidlls 5y ago
And then they complain bitterly when commercial entities use it without contributing back, treat workers poorly, and all that. It's not weirdness; it's ignorance and/or stupidity.
911.
by sidlls 5y ago
Almost nobody expects their "cotton candy" entertainment to require that level of effort regularly. It's fine if a small handful of things based on prior art ("Return of the King") are around; healthy even. When tha
912.
by sidlls 5y ago
No, it's not. First, most "big tech" aren't nerds in the sense you mean, and they act more like the "cool kids" bullies in those movies than nerds. Second, the negative sentiment has more to do with wealth ineq
913.
by sidlls 5y ago
How is it gatekeeping? We don't call estimates sourced with references "back of the napkin" calculations because they aren't.
914.
by sidlls 5y ago
The main thing ACA does is help shift even more money from people to health insurance companies. Any other benefits are ancillary or completely accidental.
915.
by sidlls 5y ago
You think a military dictatorship like China isn't going to (mis)use such images to help maintain control? I'd recommend reading some 1984 . China is a genocidal, military dictatorship. I wouldn't be surprised if they force
916.
by sidlls 5y ago
I disagree: people are very dumb. Not merely ignorant or misled, but actually stupid. No one nationality, ethnic group, or other arbitrary grouping is smarter than any other; they're all equally stupid.
917.
by sidlls 5y ago
You don't even know the half of it. (Or maybe you do.)
918.
by sidlls 5y ago
This is a really poor, rambling presentation of some really poor quality data analysis.
919.
by sidlls 5y ago
I was the original commenter; stand by the comments. It's not gatekeeping. I don't think any particular area or specialty/focus of software development is better, requires more intelligence or anything like that. It was an ob
920.
by sidlls 5y ago
Most of the complexity in front end development is self-inflicted, and the result of amateurish pseudo-engineering. It isn’t dismissive; it’s accurate. Sometimes things just aren’t very good or have poor quality. That’s a separate issue fro
921.
by sidlls 5y ago
It seems like there are a lot of potential CEOs out there with ideas looking for a CTO to do the heavy lifting -- and the VCs are all over them -- met multiple in last few weeks with nothing more than an idea And they want to treat them l
922.
by sidlls 5y ago
The vast majority of software is more like hipster react web dev garbage than serious engineering.
923.
by sidlls 5y ago
Same for physics. I earn over 3X what I could make as a top-tier researcher paying myself out of grant money and have had a handsome seven-figure IPO (close to 8 figures, if the market price holds). It's quite shameful, as physics rese
924.
by sidlls 5y ago
That Google does it isn’t sufficient evidence that it’s good.
925.
by sidlls 5y ago
It's pretty easy to find various papers/studies about TDD, unit testing, and the like by searching online but I would not call any of them scientifically or empirically rigorous. Given the lack of any objective or agreeable standa
926.
by sidlls 5y ago
This, exactly.
927.
by sidlls 5y ago
Considered to be progressive by whom? Like most of what passed for “progressive” in California, it’s generally a narrow set of issues to which the label might apply. A lot of SF is now dominated by the tech industry which is almost libertar
928.
by sidlls 5y ago
Depends on where you work. The cult of unit testing is pervasive in the Bay Area, at least. It doesn’t result in noticeably better software.
929.
by sidlls 5y ago
There are plenty of shops that apply rigorous, formal methods to software design. Military contractors providing software for mission critical systems do this (or used to). Some will cut corners, but they are supposed to follow the method
930.
by sidlls 5y ago
These skills have helped me at every single job I've had, including my current one, where I've employed the skill a couple of times to discover bugs or unintended side-effects in third-party library code. For context I've wor

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