steve-atx-7600

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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
A lot of empire building during the good times. Ridiculously heavy layers of prod and eng middle management.
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
Great glue ref: https://d-lab.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/D-Lab... “Not actually used structurally due to its brittleness (low shear strength) Use for small repairs that are not subject to m
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
It could just be me, but a skull and cross bones "poisonous" type icon seems more effective. I don't see the problem with using a symbol already associated with death/harm. I remember seeing a skull/bones icon as
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
I beat chatgpt at writing javascript without an infinite loop....not sure why it or this should be newsworthy though.
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
Can you give more details. What position? Examples of stingy benefits? I've considered joining Amazon as an experienced SWE to get experience working on apps with higher scaling needs. I'm thinking it could be worth putting up
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
Just like after all the smart guys in suites read books like The World is Flat and decided most work should be immediately outsourced to India as a fool proof cost saving measure.
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
Sorry to hear that. I know a friend in the same spot at Amazon. Their global remote team has been successful and they bust their ass coordinating across time zones. So, I guess they quit or "work from the office" by themselves
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
Most SWEs don't work at Amazon, Google or Meta. Maybe they'll just keep rolling along while their companies reap the advantageous reach into the national/global talent pool.
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
I feel bad for the younger out of college hires. Anyone else should know better. If you expect a company to treat you better than they have to as required by contract/law - including keeping verbal promises - you will be screwed my fr
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
Tried KDE recently after several years. Scrapped it as soon as I realized it doesn't have easy to enable global emacs key-bindings like Gnome. I swear this used to be possible 15 years ago. I also expected more configuration options
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by steve-atx-7600 4y ago
I don't understand why it's necessary to treat employees with such sudden distrust. It is necessary to immediately cut off all access? These employees aren't being fired because they are suspected of perpetrating a crime, r