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by sjducb 4y ago
Django, bootstrap and a sprinkling of jQuery works really well and results in simple code that can be maintained by a single dev. Bootstrap is only 11 years old. jQuery is 15 years old. Django is 18 years old. jQuery is used by 94% of the w
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I 100% agree, but try telling that to a programmer with 2 years experience.
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It's important to understand that the attachment theory was developed to explain why children of drug addicts are so messed up. It was then expanded to children who suffered other kinds of abuse. When you try to expand attachment theor
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Hello propaganda account. That's not relavent. Right now lots of ppl are protesting and they want support.
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Yes, It's only a matter of time till the other managers are breached too.
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I think that the protestors want as much support as possible. If you take the risk to protest then you want your allies and supporters to cheer you on.
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That post is a whole new level. We're using jargon to signal competence. They're using jargon to signal morality. If someone is incompetent then maybe don't promote them. If someone's immoral, what punishment should be d
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I wish that were true. The problem is that lots of things are hard to understand and there's a good chance you're listener won't get it.
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That works if you're super high status and you demonstrate status by breaking the rules. Think CEOs in turtlenecks and fundraising in your pajamas.
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I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. That's the logical next step from my OP.
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Makes sense, also I'm now sure that you'd be a good manager because you've demonstrated a deep understanding of the jargon.
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Your not recognising jargon from other fields. All of those phrases have precise technical definitions. For example "360 degree feedback" is when a manager's direct report is asked to give feedback about their manager. In oth
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You're still status signalling, just in a different way. When I wear a T-shirt from a Hackathon to a developer conference I'm signalling just as hard as the sales rep in the suit.
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Launching a website has a precise technical definition. That's why it's GREAT jargon. It means "deploy to production" or "make it available to the users". Using it correctly is a strong honest signal that you k
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Why do people use phrases like "ring-fence", "circle-back", "let's take this offline" ? Those do not increase precision and phrases like "let's take this offline" are even more confused. Are
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What is the real reason that jargon exists? Ostensibly it's to increase precision and allow experts to communicate quickly with each other. However that explaination can't explain phrases like "Ring-fence", "Let&#x2
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I think this ignores the reason jargon exists. -- To demonstrate that the speaker is part of the "in" crowd. If you stop using jargon then people assume you don't know what you're talking about. This affect is real. Your
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Apply to a bunch of contract jobs. Some of them will be recruiters posting fake jobs to attract the kinds of candidates that are easy to place. Then the best of those recruiters will call up people at employers that they have relationships
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I can only tell you what's working for me. I'm telling you my story because while you cite mental health as the problem, I think its reasonable to have mental health problems when your company and life collapses. Instead I think i
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The Ericsson method has been around since the 70s and works pretty well. ~70% chance of getting the sex you want. It works because the Y chromosome is a lot smaller than the X so Y sperm can swim faster.
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I find 3-6 month contracts using recruiters. I have never found a good contract on a website or by applying directly to the company.
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For a minute I thought you were making a case for crypto
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Hopefully some of the managers at Hyundai, Kia and the staffing companies get some jail time.
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For me standard means used by more than one company and well documented. It also means that most companies use it in the same way. Basically all 3rd party Frameworks and tools are "standard" Custom means that you wrote a unique so
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That's not my argument. I'm saying it'll be easier to onboard developers onto a standard message queue (like Kafka) than to onboard developers onto some custom thing you wrote. The original article is rebranding "Not inv
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I used to think this, but now that I know a bunch of these cloud tools; I think these frameworks standardise things between companies. Kafka is well documented and understood. Your custom postgres solution is not. Best case you write high q
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100% open Skyscanner, search for flights from your nearest airport to anywhere in the world. Buy the cheapest ticket and have an adventure. Stay in a youth hostel so you meet people to have the adventure with
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In 3 months I'm going to take my family (wife and 3 year old) on a 6 month trip. My goal is to become a digital nomad family with "bases" where we have family and friends. The rough plan is Bali, Japan, Sri Lanka, Kerala(Indi
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You're in a good spot. 1) Talk to your wife, make sure she knows that layoffs happened at your company and that you were not affected this time round. 2) Calculate your monthly expenses 3) Work out your exact runway. How many months ca
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Agreed. Im 80% sure CSV is best for his use case. Maybe even JSON line files. I think that he's working with regular data (a few hundred MB) because he's considering memory mapping it. I have a rule that no-one is allowed to use t

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