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True | earthboundkid | null | I agree that's possible, but I'm not sure if it's the most likely explanation give that the parrot speech is a pretty standard thing for parrot lovers to say. In the end, the only way to know for sure is to ask RMS himself. | null | 0 | 1319873739 | False | 0 | c2vdh2t | t3_lqn76 | null | t1_c2vdh2t | t1_c2vdadq | null | 1427799038 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319873752 | False | 0 | c2vdh3o | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdh3o | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799038 | 40 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jack9 | null | > I will contradict you here and state that it ultimately doesn't matter.
Except when people are hiring and ask you questions specific to the stack. Because, that happens in every developer interview. So this whole article seems completely off-base. | null | 0 | 1319873758 | False | 0 | c2vdh47 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdh47 | t1_c2vd6v9 | null | 1427799038 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gegc | null | Everything in that article is basically true, not just for programming but for any industry of this type... aaand this is why I'd like to avoid jumping into the industry meatgrinder. If i wanted to make boatloads of money "socally grooming" and running my mouth, I would've went into politics. | null | 0 | 1319873828 | False | 0 | c2vdh9r | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdh9r | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799040 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319874034 | False | 0 | c2vdhpf | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdhpf | t1_c2vdf9c | null | 1427799056 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rghd | null | As a software developer, I take issue with arrogant engineers bitching about problems that only exist due to the relative age of our two disciplines. | null | 0 | 1319874064 | False | 0 | c2vdhro | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdhro | t1_c2vdf9c | null | 1427799047 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sunnyps | null | Too much pride in this one.
On a more serious note, why is it that hipster programmers undermine the value of academia? Every hipster blogger/programmer (I can't really tell the difference) appears to believe that he can produce original work in CS. I am not a graduate student (yet) but I have had some research experi... | null | 0 | 1319874209 | True | 0 | c2vdi35 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdi35 | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799051 | 18 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | anon10500 | null | Well you are still a student | null | 0 | 1319874299 | False | 0 | c2vdi9y | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdi9y | t1_c2vdf9c | null | 1427799062 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bluepojo | null | What about "rockstar"?
HIRING RAILS ROCKSTAR. MUST WORK FOR PURE EQUITY! | null | 0 | 1319874351 | False | 0 | c2vdidv | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdidv | t1_c2vdcoo | null | 1427799058 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | parsley61 | null | > this is so wrong I don’t even bother to look up evindence to the contrary for you.
http://soundexpert.org/encoders-192-kbps
Scroll riiiiiiiight down the bottom of the ratings to find the iTunes encoder.
EDIT: removed some pettiness; by the way, this is the end of the conversation, since (judging from your post)... | null | 0 | 1319874431 | True | 0 | c2vdik0 | t3_lrp9c | null | t1_c2vdik0 | t1_c2vbnng | null | 1427799060 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | nonsensepoem | null | I actually did that, sort of. I created an Excel VBA script that unemployed a web designer and cut design meeting durations by 80%. A couple of months later, I rebuilt the script as a suite of standalone apps and absorbed the empty web designer position myself.
Unfortunately, some people are still using the VBA script... | null | 0 | 1319874443 | False | 0 | c2vdikx | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdikx | t1_c2vdb65 | null | 1427799060 | 31 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | walesmd | null | Surprisingly, we are in the business of writing software to create jobs (government contractor). We've developed a web-based application that benefits numerous customers; originally focused on the intelligence community we are now shopping it around to other government agencies and within the private sector.
It's wort... | null | 0 | 1319874490 | False | 0 | c2vdinx | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdinx | t1_c2vdadk | null | 1427799060 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bluepojo | null | What he's talking about is reality. Most of the jobs you get as a programmer are exactly what he says. It takes a dedicated engineer to land jobs at the companies where innovation actually matters. Hell, even at Oracle (before I left to join the video game industry), one of the most successful software companies in th... | null | 0 | 1319874496 | False | 0 | c2vdion | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdion | t1_c2vdf9c | null | 1427799062 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | sethist | null | I am not sure which is worse: maintaining an unwieldy, cryptic, and gigantic Excel VBA script or unemployement. | null | 0 | 1319874499 | False | 0 | c2vdioy | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdioy | t1_c2vdb65 | null | 1427799062 | 103 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I give the author credit for being smart enough to work this one out.
My one liner corollary to his lengthy dissertation is: Don't be a programmer for a non software company. They expect magic and only think in terms of the bottom lines, per his article. Also, deep down many decision makers for such companies look dow... | null | 0 | 1319874586 | False | 0 | c2vdiva | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdiva | t1_c2vd5ws | null | 1427799065 | 122 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | walesmd | null | In my experience, someone that has that proficient of knowledge within a particular language will be proficient enough in the development process, and the foundations of the underlying systems (thinking web development and HTTP here) that they'll be fulfilling a mentorship and "ship-steering" role moreso than day-to-da... | null | 0 | 1319874653 | False | 0 | c2vdj00 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdj00 | t1_c2vd3yp | null | 1427799065 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | bobindashadows | null | > Except when people are hiring and ask you questions specific to the stack. Because, that happens in every developer interview.
Wait, are you being sarcastic? Asking questions specific to a stack is a horrible interview approach. | null | 0 | 1319874765 | False | 0 | c2vdj8n | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdj8n | t1_c2vdh47 | null | 1427799067 | 19 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kineticflow | null | Sure, except the term ["engineer" has a legal significance](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_and_licensure_in_engineering) in most many and countries.
If you're talking about Software Engineering specifically, refer to [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debates_within_software_engineering#Use_of_the_title_.22... | null | 0 | 1319874776 | True | 0 | c2vdj9l | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdj9l | t1_c2vdhro | null | 1427799067 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | >Really? ;-)
I think they would. Geeks that can communicate with the rest of the company are a huge plus. Plus, I highly doubt he would walk into such an interview without doing his due diligence to ramp up in ASP.NET. See his comments on it requiring a few weekends and nights to do so. Also, see his comments on as... | null | 0 | 1319874913 | False | 0 | c2vdjjq | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdjjq | t1_c2vd34f | null | 1427799072 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tias | null | All this guy seems to care about seems to be optimizing his career and his salary. That's fine, but what annoys me is he seems completely ignorant to the fact that many people have other priorities. For me, enjoying life comes before money and career. It turns out though, that if you care about your work then the salar... | null | 0 | 1319874928 | True | 0 | c2vdjla | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdjla | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799072 | 48 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stufffnthings | null | It reacts like a beating heart when you click on it | null | 0 | 1319874969 | False | 0 | c2vdjo2 | t3_ls4uq | null | t1_c2vdjo2 | t3_ls4uq | null | 1427799073 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | kineticflow | null | Thank you, I'm not sure why it's so hard for people to understand the legal significance of "engineer", while "doctor" and "lawyers" are well understood. | null | 0 | 1319875055 | False | 0 | c2vdju9 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdju9 | t1_c2vdhpf | null | 1427799076 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Paul-ish | null | My intro CS professor did not have a PhD (Highest degree was masters) and worked in industry for years before teaching at Standford.
EDIT: You guys are right, his official title is "Principal Lecturer", and he is one of the best I have had. He restructured our whole introductory courses. | null | 0 | 1319875155 | True | 0 | c2vdk1o | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdk1o | t1_c2vd9qs | null | 1427799077 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | p-static | null | If I were interviewing somebody, and they asked that sort of question, I'd probably file that under "smartass", because they know and I know that interview questions are just puzzles designed to take an appropriate amount of time, so that I can see how you think through a problem. They're not intended to be trick quest... | null | 0 | 1319875418 | False | 0 | c2vdkkk | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdkkk | t1_c2vd7si | null | 1427799084 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | That doesn't make any sense. How is saying "I like to program" any more disqualifying than saying something like "I like to play golf?"
I wouldn't want to work for that asshole anyway. | null | 0 | 1319875666 | False | 0 | c2vdl0t | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdl0t | t1_c2vd9wp | null | 1427799090 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | p-static | null | So, uh... what are you planning to do? Because you're kidding yourself if you think that grooming and politics aren't just as important when you're trying to advance in academia. | null | 0 | 1319875730 | False | 0 | c2vdl5a | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdl5a | t1_c2vdh9r | null | 1427799091 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Anathem | null | It was Gentoo. I bootstrapped it and compiled everything. | null | 0 | 1319875835 | False | 0 | c2vdlcr | t3_ls4uq | null | t1_c2vdlcr | t1_c2vbvb1 | null | 1427799095 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | terror406 | null | You have to be very careful with this. Presenting yourself as (just a) programmer in front of fellow techies who define their own profession in much broader terms can backfire.
They won't be looking for somebody who's only interested in coding and leaves the rest of the work up to them. Programming is the easy part o... | null | 0 | 1319875968 | False | 0 | c2vdllt | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdllt | t1_c2vd5ws | null | 1427799097 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | forrestthewoods | null | What? That's only an issue if you lie on your resume. If you say you don't have any python experience and are interviewing for a python job then you simply say you don't know but have no concerns about learning a new stack. Picking up new languages or platforms is a non-issue if the person is talented. | null | 0 | 1319875982 | False | 0 | c2vdlmy | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdlmy | t1_c2vdh47 | null | 1427799107 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | onezerozeroone | null | This felt like an unnecessarily long...reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaly long...article with a lot of rambling and some sprinkles of truth thrown in.
Long story short: Despite the supposedly bad economy, if you are a programmer (SHIT!!!!) -type person who really knows his stuff in a specific niche, you are a valuable commodity (SHIT... | null | 0 | 1319876021 | True | 0 | c2vdlpl | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdlpl | t3_lsyok | null | 1428185371 | 102 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319876115 | False | 0 | c2vdlw2 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdlw2 | t1_c2vdj8n | null | 1427799100 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | God, I see this pretentious attitude a lot. Every time I see someone griping about the definition of a "professional," it makes me want to kick puppies. Get over yourself. As an EE, I've done both software and hardware, and *both* require substantial problem-solving skills if you want to create a quality product or ser... | null | 0 | 1319876453 | False | 0 | c2vdmhk | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdmhk | t1_c2vdf9c | null | 1427799115 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | terror406 | null | > Don't be a programmer for a non software company.
That really depends on what you're looking for at any given point in your career. Working for a non software company can be challenging and exciting. You can be part of a business totally different from the software industry, meet lots of people you usually don't ... | null | 0 | 1319876481 | False | 0 | c2vdmj9 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdmj9 | t1_c2vdiva | null | 1427799122 | 47 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | throwaway-o | null | And that's fine. | null | 0 | 1319876552 | False | 0 | c2vdmnv | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdmnv | t1_c2vdadk | null | 1427799124 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | throwaway-o | null | You sound like coworkers I've had. :-D | null | 0 | 1319876570 | False | 0 | c2vdmp0 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdmp0 | t1_c2vdb65 | null | 1427799119 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | onezerozeroone | null | Depends on the company. In an interview, I want to come away *knowing* that not only do you have great programming chops, but also that you know how to use them to accomplish something of value.
I don't care if you have ridiculous nunchaku skills, I want you to convince me that you can also use those skills to do some... | null | 0 | 1319876587 | False | 0 | c2vdmq4 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdmq4 | t1_c2vd5ws | null | 1427799119 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | elperroborrachotoo | null | Actual title:
***Life, universe and all the rest explained for peasants** by i_wank_to_my_navel_17*
It ios certaily good to know the attitude of some of the people wh you are dealing with in an interview. You don't have to become an arrogant sociopath for that, though. | null | 0 | 1319876601 | False | 0 | c2vdmqu | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdmqu | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799119 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | gdr | null | I believe what billsnow meant is that perhaps ALAC could use existing AAC/MP3 chips, as opposed to building a new one for ALAC. | null | 0 | 1319876608 | False | 0 | c2vdmr3 | t3_lrp9c | null | t1_c2vdmr3 | t1_c2v9bnm | null | 1427799119 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | terror406 | null | Basically, what seems like the opposite (but isn't) is also true: be deeply, passionately involved in your chosen software stack.
There are so many programmers who's only connection to their stack is the software, some reference guides and Google/StackOverflow. There is a whole community out their around their stack, ... | null | 0 | 1319876754 | False | 0 | c2vdn10 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdn10 | t1_c2vd3yp | null | 1427799125 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | throwaway-o | null | So how does "race" factor in immigration? Maybe nationality does, but race is at best tangentially and accidentally related, or not related *at all*.
hahahahaha.
Signed, a third world immigrant who came to work in the Bay Area. Bitch, I'm a bus. | null | 0 | 1319876772 | False | 0 | c2vdn24 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdn24 | t1_c2vdi35 | null | 1427799125 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | last_useful_man | null | That's an old argument; it goes along with 'is software engineering really engineering?' and, 'how could we make software development an engineering discipline?' (As in, why can't we predict how long a project will take, the way engineers can, to build a bridge? And build the bridge without any bugs?).
The answer usua... | null | 0 | 1319876856 | True | 0 | c2vdn7o | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdn7o | t1_c2vdf9c | null | 1427799128 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Yeah, this guy demonstrates a good understanding of industry, but his understanding of academia leaves much to be desired.
I also hate how people distinguish between academia and the "real world." I mean, really? Someone who can land a job even as an associate professor is probably *orders of magnitude* more intellig... | null | 0 | 1319877027 | True | 0 | c2vdnig | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdnig | t1_c2vd9qs | null | 1427799131 | 29 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I've seen professors who play on both sides of the fence: Guys who had seniority in the industry and know the ins and outs and guys who basically got tenure and stopped giving a fuck about anything real world related. The latter is much worse because you'll see bright guys go into the field and be entrapped and disillu... | null | 0 | 1319877143 | False | 0 | c2vdnq8 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdnq8 | t1_c2vd9qs | null | 1427799133 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | data_wrangler | null | When I started my last job, I said "My goal is automation to the extent that I can do my job in ten minutes a day from a blackberry on the beach in the Caribbean".
A coworker told me that wasn't very smart, because if I wasn't doing any work, they'd fire me. I told my coworker that if I didn't have any work to do, it... | null | 0 | 1319877157 | False | 0 | c2vdnr1 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdnr1 | t1_c2vd8fp | null | 1427799133 | 52 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | boa13 | null | How many years of experience to you have? :) | null | 0 | 1319877163 | False | 0 | c2vdnrn | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdnrn | t1_c2vde51 | null | 1427799134 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rydan | null | Actually they weren't. They were hiring me to "design" software. They said about 20% of the job would involve actual programming. 2 out of 3 of the jobs I've ever had that was pretty much the case. | null | 0 | 1319877409 | False | 0 | c2vdo8c | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdo8c | t1_c2vddvw | null | 1427799137 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | boa13 | null | You haven't properly read his article, jumping to conclusions before reading his conclusion. | null | 0 | 1319877526 | False | 0 | c2vdofi | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdofi | t1_c2vdjla | null | 1427799138 | -4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Osmanthus | null | This is good advice from an experienced engineer. I suspect many of the negative comments here are from less experienced people. Some of the stuff he says may come across as callous or rude, but I say hes pretty dead on about most everything he says. | null | 0 | 1319877534 | False | 0 | c2vdofz | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdofz | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799138 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | rydan | null | I call myself a software engineer but mostly because that is part of my job title. | null | 0 | 1319877552 | False | 0 | c2vdogs | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdogs | t1_c2vdhpf | null | 1427799138 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MyMomSaysImHot | null | I'm not sure where you're getting this. A direct quote from the article:
>At the end of the day, your life happiness will not be dominated by your career. Either talk to older people or trust the social scientists who have: family, faith, hobbies, etc etc generally swamp career achievements and money in terms o... | null | 0 | 1319878065 | False | 0 | c2vdpbn | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdpbn | t1_c2vdjla | null | 1427799145 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | generic_0 | null | >This demonstrates the utter contempt he seems to have for academia and also a hint of racism.
What the hell? I think you're the one bringing race in here. | null | 0 | 1319878079 | False | 0 | c2vdpci | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdpci | t1_c2vdi35 | null | 1427799145 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I take your point. I've spent enough time in the real world. Would much rather leave those headaches for others to enjoy. | null | 0 | 1319878164 | False | 0 | c2vdpho | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdpho | t1_c2vdmj9 | null | 1427799147 | 27 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MyMomSaysImHot | null | Well either you can wait for the world to change to fit your ideals, or you change to work with the world- within ethical bounds (which this guy is advocating). What he's saying is very sound and well grounded. | null | 0 | 1319878169 | False | 0 | c2vdpi0 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdpi0 | t1_c2vdcwq | null | 1427799147 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | dontlookatmynameok | null | Do you work for my company? When people move up into management they create these monstrous Excel VBA reports (which only they can maintain) to replace web-frontend + database solutions, and pat themselves on the back on how they reduce the number of software used in the company. | null | 0 | 1319878206 | False | 0 | c2vdpko | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdpko | t1_c2vdb65 | null | 1427799149 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | boomerangotan | null | I love how management is all set to greenlight projects labelled as "HTML5" which they previously ignored or denied when they were the exact same thing a few months ago, except back then they were described as "Web Apps which make heavy use of JQuery" instead.
| null | 0 | 1319878255 | True | 0 | c2vdpny | t3_ls4uq | null | t1_c2vdpny | t1_c2vcvje | null | 1427799150 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I suppose Isaac has a lot of **bindings**. | null | 0 | 1319878417 | False | 0 | c2vdpxk | t3_lsce5 | null | t1_c2vdpxk | t3_lsce5 | null | 1427799154 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | boomerangotan | null | I miss OE-Cake. What ever happened to that? | null | 0 | 1319878509 | False | 0 | c2vdq2r | t3_ls4uq | null | t1_c2vdq2r | t3_ls4uq | null | 1427799155 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Camarade_Tux | null | Also, afaiu, HA is comparing *hardware* support: hardware chips being able to decode FLAC and not small devices using a general-purpose CPU for that. FLAC definitely has several hardware chips for decoding; I'm not sure ALAC has. | null | 0 | 1319878656 | False | 0 | c2vdqbg | t3_lrp9c | null | t1_c2vdqbg | t1_c2vabh2 | null | 1428185371 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | shillbert | null | I think he was questioning whether the guy *really* can't spell ASP.NET, when he just did it ;) | null | 0 | 1319878674 | False | 0 | c2vdqcj | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdqcj | t1_c2vdjjq | null | 1428185371 | 8 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | geareddev | null | Scumbag Darpa. Offers $50,000 prize for something worth millions. | null | 0 | 1319878767 | False | 0 | c2vdqi1 | t3_lrr7h | null | t1_c2vdqi1 | t3_lrr7h | null | 1427799161 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | crepitus | null | It's hilarious and never fails to get a huge laugh at conferences. | null | 0 | 1319878894 | False | 0 | c2vdqpv | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdqpv | t1_c2vdidv | null | 1427799175 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Bored | null | Call yourself engineer. Problem solved. | null | 0 | 1319878930 | False | 0 | c2vdqs3 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdqs3 | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799169 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MyMomSaysImHot | null | >Spoken like someone who is not passionate about technology, who it is actively changing the world we live in, and who is not really good at math and science and low level skills, nor has ever worked on software that users cared about or loved.
Either that, or spoken like somebody that realizes that the people that... | null | 0 | 1319878988 | False | 0 | c2vdqvd | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdqvd | t1_c2vdgu1 | null | 1427799167 | 17 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Error_Value | null | Making things is a larger process than just typing the code. If you say you "like to program" that tells me that you might be myopically interested in writing code, rather than working with your manager and team, going to the meetings, designing the look-and-feel of the software, designing the interactions and the arch... | null | 0 | 1319879156 | True | 0 | c2vdr5m | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdr5m | t1_c2vddan | null | 1427799181 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | roodammy44 | null | Some people high up in Microsoft got there because they are assholes. The interesting thing is that these assholes can play the political game there. There are courses when you start working there like "Influence at Microsoft" that teaches you how to deal with people like that there.
I wouldn't pay too much attention ... | null | 0 | 1319879221 | False | 0 | c2vdr9e | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdr9e | t1_c2vd9wp | null | 1427799174 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | drigz | null | Or, to precis your comment, *Woosh!* | null | 0 | 1319879226 | False | 0 | c2vdr9n | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdr9n | t1_c2vdqcj | null | 1427799174 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jack9 | null | > Picking up new languages or platforms is a non-issue if the person is talented.
It's always an issue. Reducing ramp up time by hiring the one with on-hand knowledge, is common. This line about "smart people find jobs" is great and all, but most people hiring want smart-enough and experienced. | null | 0 | 1319879242 | False | 0 | c2vdrat | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdrat | t1_c2vdlmy | null | 1427799174 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | MyMomSaysImHot | null | Or in just about anything in life, especially when you're trying to convince somebody else that you should be paid to do something for them.... | null | 0 | 1319879260 | False | 0 | c2vdrc6 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdrc6 | t1_c2vdl5a | null | 1427799185 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | svuori | null | Well, as I see it, the good things about Java are pretty much 1) JVM (good JIT, top-notch garbage collector) 2) Tools 3) Libraries. None of which apply here.
Regarding Java the language, on top of my head so by no means a complete list: Static typing but no good type checking (casting, type-erasure). Horribly verbose ... | null | 0 | 1319879375 | False | 0 | c2vdrin | t3_lhon5 | null | t1_c2vdrin | t1_c2t4xr7 | null | 1427799179 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Taladar | null | If that was correct that would mean sound waves have discrete wave lengths, that e.g. frequencies like 25381.3Hz are impossible and only 25381.0Hz and 25381.5Hz exist.
Would you happen to have any kind of reference I could look at for that. | null | 0 | 1319879584 | False | 0 | c2vdrvm | t3_lrp9c | null | t1_c2vdrvm | t1_c2vazb5 | null | 1427799185 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | cppdev | null | Yeah but he was a Lecturer, not a Professor. | null | 0 | 1319879626 | False | 0 | c2vdry3 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdry3 | t1_c2vdk1o | null | 1427799188 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Jack9 | null | > Asking questions specific to a stack is a horrible interview approach.
Are you being sarcastic? They are the norm.
You have a standard LAMP stack, you get a call that a page is loading very slowly from a customer. What steps do you take? - http://www.automotive.com/
You have an ExtJS 3 component with a layout r... | null | 0 | 1319879822 | False | 0 | c2vdsad | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdsad | t1_c2vdj8n | null | 1427799194 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Aargau | null | Some valid points, but for some reason this person strikes me as having a heck of a lot of blind spots.
"In the real world, picking up a new language takes a few weeks of effort".
I'm going to take the opposite position on that one. Writing code is hard, and the hard bits are the wonky parts. I've been ramping up in ... | null | 0 | 1319880291 | False | 0 | c2vdt0r | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdt0r | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799196 | 46 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Otis_Inf | null | I call myself how I want to. 'Programmer' is a term non-software developers understand *a bit*, at least more than 'software engineer' or 'software developer'.
The nice thing of being self-employed in your own company is that you can call yourself how you want to and not because some douche with a suit thinks you sho... | null | 0 | 1319880298 | False | 0 | c2vdt15 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdt15 | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799196 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ElDiablo666 | null | I fear that people will read your comment and think you're kidding... | null | 0 | 1319880313 | False | 0 | c2vdt27 | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdt27 | t1_c2vd8zc | null | 1427799196 | 145 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | stesch | null | If I describe myself in terms of the things I've done before, I will do them for the rest of my life.
| null | 0 | 1319880334 | False | 0 | c2vdt3j | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdt3j | t3_lsyok | null | 1427799198 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | I'm surprised this is the only comment here along these lines. | null | 0 | 1319880855 | False | 0 | c2vdtuy | t3_lrr7h | null | t1_c2vdtuy | t1_c2vdqi1 | null | 1427799204 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | pestaa | null | I just started my work 2 months ago on a simple game written in C++. These improvements couldn't arrive at a better time! | null | 0 | 1319880889 | False | 0 | c2vdtwr | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vdtwr | t3_lt22c | null | 1427799205 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | ErstwhileRockstar | null | > // C++98
> sort( v.begin(), v.end() );
> // C++11
> sort( begin(v), end(v) );
Oh, I can see the progress!
Seriously, "Modern C++" has never been a modern way of programming. It complicates simple problems and makes them appear challenging. C++11 makes the language even... | null | 0 | 1319881178 | False | 0 | c2vdudm | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vdudm | t3_lt22c | null | 1427799211 | -14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | geon | null | This is so utterly stupid, I don't know what to say...
Better efficiency leads to more jobs. Or do you think Toyota would employ more or fewer people if they switched to manual assembly lines? It would be un-economical, forcing them to huge lay-offs and possibly bankruptcy.
It is not a zero sum game.
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True | orthogonality | null | > Growing up, my dad introduced me to Linux, but not in the usual client-server fashion
His own father. Sick shit like that should be left to a priest. | null | 0 | 1319881292 | False | 0 | c2vduk5 | t3_lrn80 | null | t1_c2vduk5 | t3_lrn80 | null | 1427799214 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Iggyhopper | null | I don't know. I'd say lambdas look good. | null | 0 | 1319881416 | True | 0 | c2vduqg | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vduqg | t1_c2vdudm | null | 1427799216 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | geareddev | null | >advice like this that produces hoardes of unemployed liberal arts majors.
And at least one guy who gets out of bed every day doing what he loves (me). | null | 0 | 1319881655 | False | 0 | c2vdv32 | t3_lqz9i | null | t1_c2vdv32 | t1_c2v4ldj | null | 1427799221 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | theICEBear_dk | null | While the entire begin/end thing does nothing for me. Auto, lambdas, the memory model and the atomic and thread libraries represent true improvements to C++ for me. | null | 0 | 1319882278 | False | 0 | c2vdvxp | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vdvxp | t3_lt22c | null | 1427799232 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | last_useful_man | null | No way I'm going to use 'nullptr'. '0' is iconic, immediate right-brain processed (NULL is ugly and shouts at you). But I guess the only place you really _need_ to use nullptr is in fn calls.
**edit** I don't know why this is so heavily downvoted. It's bad reddiquette to do so without explaining why unless I'm insult... | null | 0 | 1319882362 | True | 0 | c2vdw23 | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vdw23 | t3_lt22c | null | 1427799235 | -15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | Your comment is free of all useful technical content. That's unfortunate, considering the context.
They made a technical claim and you have not countered it:
> The cloud’s intractable problem
… is variable — no, highly variable — performance. We’ve spent a lot of effort designing our infrastructure to scale horizo... | null | 0 | 1319882413 | False | 0 | c2vdw4r | t3_lrnvt | null | t1_c2vdw4r | t1_c2v8w1g | null | 1428185369 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | tias | null | I'm getting it from the rest of the article. IMO, if the part you're quoting was the point of this article then nearly all of it is contradicting the point it's trying to make and should be removed. | null | 0 | 1319882535 | False | 0 | c2vdwaq | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdwaq | t1_c2vdpbn | null | 1427799237 | 32 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | magister0 | null | How? | null | 0 | 1319882905 | False | 0 | c2vdwts | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdwts | t1_c2vdcwq | null | 1427799245 | -3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Chousuke | null | In my case, the practical application of monads really didn't make sense until I realised that a polymorphic "bind" operation allows an abstraction of composition.
Together with the return function, you can write completely generic code where the final behaviour is decided when you choose the composition strategy (the... | null | 0 | 1319883210 | True | 0 | c2vdx83 | t3_ls1zz | null | t1_c2vdx83 | t3_ls1zz | null | 1427799249 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | > Wait... why are your systems not deciding to spin up new instances/remove slow instances themselves?
So I have a database server running on a machine. Ten application servers are pointing at it. 10 million user records are in it. Explain to me which set of existing technologies makes it easy to architect a syste... | null | 0 | 1319883254 | False | 0 | c2vdxa9 | t3_lrnvt | null | t1_c2vdxa9 | t1_c2v7mbd | null | 1427799250 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | killerstorm | null | Except that it is bullshit. Not all software is aimed at increasing productivity.
Few people work on software for end customers, huh? Then how do you explain bajillions games, web sites and so on? Many of programmers I know work on software for end users too.
It looks like this dude went full enterprisey here.
Perha... | null | 0 | 1319883402 | False | 0 | c2vdxhx | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdxhx | t1_c2vd8fp | null | 1427799253 | 28 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | > I'm under the impression that Amazon's abstracted away the physical hardware pretty completely.
No. That would require massive over provisioning. Which is the opposite of what they are trying to achieve.
Do some I/o benchmarks on 5 different machines at 5 different times of day. | null | 0 | 1319883408 | False | 0 | c2vdxi8 | t3_lrnvt | null | t1_c2vdxi8 | t1_c2v4gt6 | null | 1427799253 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | jib | null | It doesn't mean sound waves have discrete wavelengths. It means you can represent *any* wavelength (up to twice the sample length) accurately with a series of discrete samples. | null | 0 | 1319883467 | False | 0 | c2vdxln | t3_lrp9c | null | t1_c2vdxln | t1_c2vdrvm | null | 1427799254 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | Any system which depends on reliability is unreliable.
They constantly test that their system does not depend on reliability. | null | 0 | 1319883589 | False | 0 | c2vdxs8 | t3_lrnvt | null | t1_c2vdxs8 | t1_c2v5qhn | null | 1427799256 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319883736 | False | 0 | c2vdxzx | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vdxzx | t1_c2vdudm | null | 1427799258 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1319883759 | True | 0 | c2vdy1a | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vdy1a | t3_lt22c | null | 1427799259 | 14 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Smallpaul | null | > At my day job we have many, many VMs. Zero Downtime Migration actually happens in the background; when we want to force one, we could drag it and drop it. I can't immediately think of a reason why we'd need to, though.
Database servers? Using what combination of technologies do you accomplish this? | null | 0 | 1319883769 | False | 0 | c2vdy1t | t3_lrnvt | null | t1_c2vdy1t | t1_c2v4sbv | null | 1427799259 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | fforw | null | That is not true. I am the business of making things more effective. That can mean that 6 people do the work that 10 people did, but it can also mean that the 10 people now do the job of 15 people.
Which way to go is not my decision. | null | 0 | 1319883785 | False | 0 | c2vdy2h | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdy2h | t1_c2vd8fp | null | 1427799259 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | Kavec | null | I didn't read this article as if it was some sort of universal truth, but a very interesting point of view from an individual who is analyzing his own career. He is trying to explain what are the conclusions he made based on his own experience.
For example, for someone who doesn't work in the US plenty of the stuff he... | null | 0 | 1319883960 | False | 0 | c2vdyaz | t3_lsyok | null | t1_c2vdyaz | t1_c2vdh3o | null | 1427799262 | 15 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
True | [deleted] | null | Your comment was good until:
> Surprised Herb would make it..
noncopyable's law of software development: *Everybody makes beginner mistakes every now and then.*
They're called "beginner mistakes" because beginners tend to do them more often, and most of the time they wouldn't know why it's a mistake in the first ... | null | 0 | 1319884019 | False | 0 | c2vdydp | t3_lt22c | null | t1_c2vdydp | t1_c2vdy1a | null | 1427799264 | 11 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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