wreath

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by wreath 5y ago
People will tell you that universal health care and other such programs make up for the low salary (same as the "rest of Europe" - quoting since it varies wildly in quality across Europe).
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by wreath 5y ago
Yes absolutely. They enjoy and take pride of their work. But did they start their business with the idea of "making the world a better place" and then went on to trade school? I'm not saying these two things are opposite of
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by wreath 5y ago
Probably 99% of non-tech professionals start business to make money. Do you think your plumber started his business thinking of making the world a better place? Highly unlikely except for HIS own world. Yes, do it for the money.. it’s OK.
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by wreath 5y ago
You almost convinced me until the very last sentence. Do you mind sharing why you wouldnt build this today? Especially for simpler CRUD apps.
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by wreath 5y ago
I totally agree. My high salary is one of the main reasons i feel trapped since almost any change or experimentation will be a downgrade in financial stability since i only started getting my shit together financially relatively recently.
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by wreath 5y ago
Yes and no. My attitude changed and then realized the place where I live doesn't match who I am any more. Now I'm in a mid-30s crisis and no clue how to move forward.
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by wreath 5y ago
Thanks for pointing that out. I wasn't aware of it.
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by wreath 5y ago
I have no idea what the book is about, but judging by the title (Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy) I can only say that this mob behavior/cancel culture just adds one more data point to support the book.
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by wreath 5y ago
Did you read it though? The theme/reason why he left is something that's been discussed in HN over and over. Edit: Sorry for the snarky question.
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by wreath 5y ago
Automation.
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by wreath 5y ago
I think the question you should be asking yourself, if you do study for the interview and land a job, do you think would do a good enough work to keep the job? I'd hire someone who delivered software to solve real problems regardless o
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by wreath 5y ago
Studies have "proved him right" because he used studies in his memos! He wasn't really talking out of his ass, he referenced tons of studies irrc. Whether you agree with those studies or not is a different story. (not you per
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by wreath 5y ago
Rightfully so, at least for law and medicine. What happened to merit? We are all minority and majority at the same time for different groups. And that's ok.
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by wreath 5y ago
empowering for what exactly?
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by wreath 5y ago
This is straight up comedy?! Brilliant speaker.
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by wreath 5y ago
Congrats! Checkout the book “The barbell prescription”.
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by wreath 5y ago
I spent the last year watching This Old House videos. What I gather is that wooden houses are easier to remodel and maintain yourself than brick or cement houses (but also cement/brick houses don't require much maintenance.
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by wreath 5y ago
I have no issue with that tbh as long as conditions are bearable (team room, flexible timing etc). I do prefer a good office+colleagues over a good home office tbh.
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by wreath 5y ago
> Jobs are handing out more money with more flexibility than ever seen before. I may be naive, but I guess this office-work-exodus would result to improvements in office spaces in general to attract devs (or other employees in tech). Th
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by wreath 5y ago
> Code reviews. There's good reason for them to exist, but in practice at best they're a waste of time, and at worst an exercise in narcissism. People nitpicking the way a statement is written because they feel like their subje
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by wreath 5y ago
I used the company laptop as a personal laptop for far too long as well until this year. Even when I considered leaving my job, I thought to myself "well crap, then I need to buy a new laptop first", so my ability to find a new jo
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by wreath 5y ago
Sports is basically a competition and a display of strength and athleticism. Because most men are stronger and more athletic than most women, it is more entertaining to watch. Organizing sports so that we are including more women for the sa
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by wreath 5y ago
There arent many trans people to compete to begin with, so this wouldnt make much sense in terms of organization and competition. would you watch a weightlifting tournament with only three people competing? This wouldnt get much media cover
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by wreath 5y ago
Were they the same people? Not that it matters just curious.
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by wreath 5y ago
Thats why i think every engineer should at least attempt to launch a business (can be even non software related) in order to understand how their work fits in and at least appreciate the amount of work that isnt writing code that keeps the
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by wreath 5y ago
I worked for a company with an excellent mission but poor engineering growth opportunities for way too long. I paid little to no attention to how my engineering efforts benefited the business. I spent few years doing frontend while i hated
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by wreath 5y ago
I know this is offtopic and will probably be downvoted to hell (and so what?!), but I really dont get how adults can complain about such a thing in a public online space with phrasing that makes it sound like something terrible happened to
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by wreath 5y ago
I would be wary of anyone job hopping every 9-12 months or even two years. For one reason, they dont stick around long enough to see the long term effect of their work and learn from it. So even if there is no 6 months break, thats still a
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by wreath 5y ago
So few previous employers who bet on you and paid you hundreds of thousands on a yearly basis is not enough cred to prove that you can deliver software that solves business problems?
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by wreath 5y ago
I have a similar perspective mostly (we live in the same city and both are foreigners so we are seeing from a similar lense,fwiw). What i disagree with is that people here are not ambitious. I think its more like the regulation and laws and

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