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echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

Silver Alicorn posted:

I often feel like I don’t know poo poo about computers anymore and I’m worried the industry is going to move faster than I can keep up

this terrifies me in the sense that I know I need to get out of pharmacy but im 40 now and maybe im just too drat old to work in the computer world.

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President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

echinopsis posted:

this terrifies me in the sense that I know I need to get out of pharmacy but im 40 now and maybe im just too drat old to work in the computer world.

i did it at 40, my dude. you can still pivot.

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

KidDynamite posted:

i'm only 6 years in to a dev career and my answer is you don't. sorry op

imo your life is full of

"moves a semicolon back and forth for two and a half days"

"settles on one of them"

"picks a huge loving fight in standuup about it"

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp
like i work between 15-30 minutes a day on average. im not making GBS threads on slackers. its just that you can fleece people straight up to c levels in dev

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


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Lipstick Apathy
i don't get paid to work 8 hours a day, i charge my company rent for space in my head

Best Bi Geek Squid
Mar 25, 2016
imposter? Hardly know 'er!

KidDynamite
Feb 11, 2005

Jonny 290 posted:

imo your life is full of

"moves a semicolon back and forth for two and a half days"

"settles on one of them"

"picks a huge loving fight in standuup about it"

no one even actually reviews my pr’s they all comment boy that swift stuff sure looks weird.

Jonny 290
May 5, 2005



[ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

Perplx posted:

i don't get paid to work 8 hours a day, i charge my company rent for space in my head

jesus christ

MrQueasy
Nov 15, 2005

Probiot-ICK

KidDynamite posted:

no one even actually reviews my pr’s they all comment boy that swift stuff sure looks weird.

People keep telling me to write smaller PRs, but

a) It's java.
b) the shorter the PR the higher the amount of bikeshedding.

Bored Online
May 25, 2009

We don't need Rome telling us what to do.
making a one line config adjustment pr and calling it a day

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy

President Beep posted:

i did it at 40, my dude. you can still pivot.

what
maybe??????

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Perplx posted:

i don't get paid to work 8 hours a day, i charge my company rent for space in my head

whoa

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth

CRIP EATIN BREAD posted:

nah im a loving baller and i rule at my work if anything i have the opposite

:hmmyes:

RustyKnight
Jul 11, 2016

every day is a new horror



get a job where you are overqualified, it will give you instant relief, unfortunately it can also make you despite everyone you are working with

NoneMoreNegative
Jul 20, 2000
GOTH FASCISTIC
PAIN
MASTER




shit wizard dad

put a red-hot wire into a sample of their blood op hth

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

NoneMoreNegative posted:

put a red-hot wire into a sample of their blood op hth

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
I should get my certs updated

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

Silver Alicorn posted:

I should get my certs updated

do it before they expire and nobody trusts you

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

RustyKnight posted:

get a job where you are overqualified, it will give you instant relief, unfortunately it can also make you despite everyone you are working with

:hfive:

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

carry on then posted:

do it before they expire and nobody trusts you

Bored Online
May 25, 2009

We don't need Rome telling us what to do.

NoneMoreNegative posted:

put a red-hot wire into a sample of their blood op hth

Private Speech
Mar 30, 2011

I HAVE EVEN MORE WORTHLESS BEANIE BABIES IN MY COLLECTION THAN I HAVE WORTHLESS POSTS IN THE BEANIE BABY THREAD YET I STILL HAVE THE TEMERITY TO CRITICIZE OTHERS' COLLECTIONS

IF YOU SEE ME TALKING ABOUT BEANIE BABIES, PLEASE TELL ME TO

EAT. SHIT.


MrQueasy posted:

People keep telling me to write smaller PRs, but

a) It's java.
b) the shorter the PR the higher the amount of bikeshedding.

this is because nobody does more than skim most of really long PRs

especially when you're doing it alongside your normal tasks like sure let me just examine those tens of thousands of lines of code in detail I definitely don't have my own terrible code to write

Shala
Oct 15, 2006

i shot the pilot

Lipstick Apathy

Jonny 290 posted:

like i work between 15-30 minutes a day on average. im not making GBS threads on slackers. its just that you can fleece people straight up to c levels in dev

yeah poo poo. i get what i need done. anyone gives a poo poo (they don't) i'll just give em a douchy reply about how smashing cigs and coffee all day is ~* my process *~

Perplx
Jun 26, 2004


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Lipstick Apathy
i only get paid enough to react, if want me to be proactive i'm going to need my salary doubled

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

Perplx posted:

i only get paid enough to react, if want me to angular i'm going to need my salary tripled

ShadowHawk
Jun 25, 2000

CERTIFIED PRE OWNED TESLA OWNER

Bored Online posted:

making a one line config adjustment pr and calling it a day
Done this but it saved the company like millions of dollars

I'd like a 10% commission please

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President Beep
Apr 30, 2009





i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)
he was a real reactionary.

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