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by treespace8 4y ago
I'm taking the time to learn and use these tools now. (Co-pilot, etc) They appear to be more autocomplete on steroids, then programmer replacement. It will make devs more efficient, but I doubt it will replace us.
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by treespace8 4y ago
As someone close to 50 in this boat it a great question. The fact is I wanted to build a startup to get rich. That's it really. Now that I am much more finically secure (but not rich by a long shot) I'm not sure I will want to rol
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by treespace8 4y ago
The dot com crash was epic. Keep in mind it was also aligned with post Y2K. The growth in the late 90's was extreme. Both in new tech (Web, Java) and legacy systems (Y2K). Almost all companies cut IT spending to the bone for about 24 m
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by treespace8 4y ago
Compared to how it is now, it's difficult to describe just how small it was. Unless you where at a big tech company, or university it was treated as a type of office job or trade. I worked on AS/400 accounting software. (I think m
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by treespace8 4y ago
I felt exactly the same way. Very, very hard until the kids are in school full time. But still hard until they are teenagers. I'm finding the teenage years to be much more pleasant. Getting some payback for all the time invested. I kno
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by treespace8 4y ago
I could not agree more. You can't compare raw salary numbers. You need to compare total lifestyle / purchasing power. It's a totally different game now. Job security is gone in both directions. Oh and the world in general is
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by treespace8 4y ago
For only text I use https://cl1p.net , basic but works everywhere.
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by treespace8 4y ago
That just isn't true in my case. I started my career in the late 90s and was the young kid at the office. So on my network is full of older developers. Very few of them have been pushed out of the field. Yes many moved up, but the majo
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by treespace8 4y ago
Yes 125 CAD/ 40 hours a week "Contracting" is very doable in Canada. Especially for a USA company.
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by treespace8 4y ago
Yes, it all leads back to the park. The only problem now, is the park isn't big enough! Imagine the amount of money a third park in America would make. (And cost)
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by treespace8 4y ago
I can see why it's being taken care of. A town with Tide Water access on Canada's west coast could be very very valuable.
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by treespace8 4y ago
Employee dorms are a real thing here in North America. After college I had a friend working at in the town of Lake Louise Alberta. This is located in a national park and the number of homes are extremely limited and very expensive. Visiting
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by treespace8 4y ago
Thanks for that link. Just got back from Ontario, I'm really surprised that wind generation is so low, they have a lot of wind turbines in south western Ontario. On my hour long drive to the beach I could almost always see one. I saw l
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by treespace8 4y ago
It's a great problem to have. I think many of us here are in a similar position. Nice comfy jobs, well paid with no chance of promotion. I've been at mine for over a decade. I know it's going to be bad when its over, however
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by treespace8 4y ago
Parent of a teen, one anecdote to add. You see what all your friends are doing all the time. Every gathering or event that you where not a part of you see, sometimes in real time. People hate being excluded, and this greatly amplifies this
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by treespace8 4y ago
Wow, as a guy I have a 1/5 chance of not even making it to retirement. (65) 1/3 chance of not living past 75. These are not good odds.
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by treespace8 4y ago
Ah, refactoring strikes again!
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by treespace8 4y ago
It's only lying if you ever admit it. It's a good exercise in critical thinking. Our teenager keeps on trying to get us to say Santa isn't real. Not going to happen.
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by treespace8 5y ago
I read this from the BBC and it calmed me down a bit. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60559574
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by treespace8 5y ago
I have been running a small site at a slight loss for the past 15 years. After spending a day in meetings dealing with architecture astronauts poking holes and questioning the quality of my work, it's nice to have positive real world f
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by treespace8 5y ago
I'm not sure if I'm dyslexic, but I do have a horrible time reading. The hardest thing is reading stuff I have written. I just get anxious, and find it tiring. I would often check in some very embarrassing typos. The best trick I
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by treespace8 5y ago
I didn't see any measurements in the article. What is the warming rate? Why wasn't it included?
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by treespace8 5y ago
I feel that nuclear weapons have made modern global war impossible. Because the powerful would not be able to escape the effects of such a conflict. So for the first time we must now work out our differences without war. This can't be
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by treespace8 5y ago
I think the only fix for this is to make it illegal for companies to list educational requirements in job postings. Search for any entry level job in an office environment, how many list a college degree as a requirement? Anywhere north of
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by treespace8 5y ago
My mistake it is mentioned. Apologies.
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by treespace8 5y ago
I just don't understand these articles. The office isn't going anywhere. Don't worry, if you want to work in an office that option is not going away. Working in the same physical space as management will aways have an edge on
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by treespace8 5y ago
Sure, if the user has proper permissions. But when you are a small app running on a corporate citrix, APP-V, or whatever locked-down environment you are out of luck. You will be able to update the app running inside electron without much of
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by treespace8 5y ago
When even Microsoft isn't writing native desktop apps anymore, you know it's dead.
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by treespace8 5y ago
Keeping up the latest electron is f@$king impossible. It takes months/years to get all clients updated. By then you are already running on an outdated version.
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by treespace8 5y ago
The more I read these conversations it becomes clear your position depends on where you are in the introvert / extrovert scale. Some people get a lot of energy from interacting one on one with others. These tend to be the loudest voice

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