whirlaway

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by whirlaway 5y ago
> I wonder if they have given China extra pause in their stance toward Taiwan. I expect so. But China is a great power, and Russia is only a regional power. It's much easier and cheaper to isolate Russia. China's claim on Tai
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by whirlaway 5y ago
Wokeness is about caring about people who look different from oneself, and who aren't in positions of power. The summary you quoted is wrong on every level. Source: Am leftist who is secure about genetics, though would prefer less met
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by whirlaway 6y ago
I wish that this helped. But my job title is programmer, and managing the 5 other people is just a side task. And there's so much work that the team is always split on several different projects. So in theory delegation sounds like a
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by whirlaway 6y ago
It's a security-related task that required deep knowledge of how various parts of the monolith fit together. Half my team -- the side with the other senior dev -- is busy on another even higher priority project. Which leaves me with
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by whirlaway 6y ago
Nothing has vested yet, nor will it until the company does an IPO. No IPO is planned. It's a 10 year old company, but only just raised its first round last year. In the old days, we were forced to survive on revenue generated from B
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by whirlaway 6y ago
I'm currently a 60% programmer, 40% manager, and can confirm that I am doing a terrible job as both a manager and as a programmer right now. I'm managing four people, three of whom have been hired in the past year. I get lots of
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by whirlaway 6y ago
I wish I could get four weeks off. I'm in a company that switched over to "unlimited vacation" which in practice means no vacation, and also working most weekends and some holidays. Been thinking about leaving, but I can&#x2