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H.P. Hovercraft posted:It all started when a “self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout” wrote that she was tired of stereotypes. extremely triggered by the hyphenation of nouns in that quote Medium remains trash.
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:08 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 03:51 |
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i bet you could get the state engineering board pissed off at "platform engineer"
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:09 |
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http://sfist.com/2015/08/04/i_can_feel_it_coming_in_the_air_tonight_oh_lord.php?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:10 |
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i don't mind people calling themselves software engineers when they're making meticulously-designed software that meets demanding specifications and they're staking their reputations and careers on it being robust and correct. avionics, medical stuff, that kind ofthing. lol at someone who hacks together javascript web frontends being an "engineer" tho
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:18 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:i bet you could get the state engineering board pissed off at "platform engineer"
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:18 |
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Captain Cool posted:i would have picked "self-taught engineer" In that accomplished engineers, inventors, and scientists have existed before who were largely self-taught, I don't take issue with that. In her case, however, it's a bit like me claiming to be a self-taught writer because I post on Internet forums. And a self-taught art critic because I think people who like anime should be shot.
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:32 |
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Soricidus posted:i don't mind people calling themselves software engineers when they're making meticulously-designed software that meets demanding specifications and they're staking their reputations and careers on it being robust and correct. avionics, medical stuff, that kind ofthing. this is on the employers not the employees. no one wants to employ 'programmers' or 'developers' when their competition are employing 'software engineers'. if companies didn't misuse the term so egregiously it wouldn't be a big deal
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:33 |
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i mean don't hate the playa, hate the game
the talent deficit fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Aug 4, 2015 |
# ? Aug 4, 2015 21:33 |
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Three weeks ago, Uber rallied 400 drivers to testify in an employee classification lawsuit that they wanted to stay contractors. Now, some of them have changed their minds. After speaking with Lichten & Liss-Riordan, the law firm representing the plaintiffs in the suit, six Uber drivers out of the 400 who originally testified on behalf of Uber have decided to speak against the ride-hailing company. They submitted new court declarations saying they were misled about the difference between contractors and employees. If Uber loses the driver classification lawsuit, it may have to reclassify its California drivers as employees, which would cost it hundreds of millions in payroll taxes a year, not to mention back pay and penalties. The company’s business model rides on the outcome. The fact that several drivers Uber recruited to support it have turned on the company is a symbolic undermining, one that questions the legitimacy of Uber’s testimonial gathering tactics. “Very little about the lawsuit filed on behalf of drivers was explained to me,” Eduardo Belloso, one of the drivers, said in his statement. Each drivers’ declaration ended with the same line: “I was not informed that the case challenged our not receiving tips that passengers were told were included in the fare, nor was I told that, if the case was successful, there was a possibility of my being reimbursed for expenses such as a mileage reimbursement. I would like to have my expenses reimbursed should I be entitled to obtain them under the law.” The statements don’t go as far as to say that the drivers want to be employees, however. Lichten & Liss-Riordan claims they spoke with 50 drivers from Uber’s original testimony, and “most expressed interest in being reimbursed for their expenses by Uber.” The majority were afraid to do so officially in the court record for fear of losing their Uber app access. In response to the filing, Uber submitted a document to the court defending its practices. “Plaintiffs’ claim that ‘Uber obtained [driver] declarations under false pretenses’ is baseless, unsupported by the handful of driver declarations Plaintiffs submitted, and rests solely on hearsay testimony from Plaintiffs’ counsel’s paralegal.” When asked for comment on the driver testimonial reversal, Uber told Re/code, “Four hundred drivers enthusiastically came forward to provide declarations about exactly how much they value the independence and flexibility of driving with Uber. These declarations demonstrate exactly what drivers have said repeatedly: That they prefer to have flexibility, control and be their own boss.”
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 22:00 |
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the talent deficit posted:i mean don't hate the playa, hate the game Hate the sin love the sinner
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 22:29 |
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i'm a data scientist *rubs cheeto dust onto lab coat from amazon*
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 22:41 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:i'm a data scientist this one legitimately follows from logic behind "computer science" at least
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 22:52 |
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i'm a computer alchemist
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:28 |
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I am a computer wizard
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:28 |
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lol if drivers manage to do this, get ready for non-stop surges!
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:39 |
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Tusen Takk posted:I am a computer wizard
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:41 |
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quote:The next time you hail an Uber, could grannie be the one to show up? wtf is wrong with uber
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:44 |
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holy poo poo
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:46 |
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just laying pr groundwork for their self-driving cars. when they get those working everyone will sigh with relief as thousands of septuagenarians are laid off
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:47 |
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Jesus Christ they're comedically evil
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:51 |
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ultramiraculous posted:this is a good idea it's a great service because it's trivial to put in any coordinates you'd like, and the billing is per-month so once someone loses their API keys, you can beam police anonymously to anyone in God's United States of America not to mention the whole thing about making access to emergency services dependent on wifi presence and some random firm's servers staying up
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:53 |
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qirex posted:Lichten & Liss-Riordan claims they spoke with 50 drivers from Uber’s original testimony, and “most expressed interest in being reimbursed for their expenses by Uber.” The majority were afraid to do so officially in the court record for fear of losing their Uber app access. contractors
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:56 |
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Stymie posted:yeah there needs to be a pretty sharp backlash against programmers calling themselves engineers
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:58 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:It all started when a “self-taught engineer, extreme introvert, science-nerd, anime-lover, college dropout” wrote that she was tired of stereotypes. When you call programmers on calling themselves "engineers" they go off about how engineer is an old meaningless term that actually has no prestige or meaning, which completely contradicts why they're stealing it to begin with.
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# ? Aug 4, 2015 23:59 |
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idgaf about being called "engineer" but if it makes hr drones offer me a higher salary than "programmer" does, and it's socially acceptable in the industry (probably the most common title given for my job now)... why the hell wouldn't i use it? a software "architect" doesn't design buildings either, he just stacks paper. isn't that what it's all about
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:02 |
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Why not just call yourself a software doctor
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:02 |
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everyone up here is a legit engineer they get laid off a lot and end up doing landscaping while praying that the big three don't fold
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:03 |
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When taking a long scenic drive or getting away camping for the weekend, one guarantee aside from the picturesque views and camp side tranquility is that you, or one of your fellow adventurers are going to need to answer a call of nature at a most inappropriate time – i.e. in the car in the middle of nowhere or halfway through a forest hike. Well gone are the days of the “phantom squat” or ducking behind a tree and hoping not to be stumbled on by a family of tourists. This nifty invention known rather fittingly as the Bumper Dumper, is literally a toilet seat attached to a steel frame that requires only a trailer hitch receiver to turn the back of your vehicle into a veritable port-a-potty making the whole “roughing it” experience far more palatable.
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:03 |
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Citizen Tayne posted:Why not just call yourself a software doctor i don't really want to be a resident working 90 hour weeks making $40k for six years
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:04 |
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Citizen Tayne posted:Why not just call yourself a software doctor people already ask me to fix their computers enough, thank you but if that was the most common title then you'd better believe i'd be ok with the implicit claim that i should be making doctor-money
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:04 |
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Condiv posted:wtf is wrong with uber *hails uber from inside farmers market, killing dozens*
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:07 |
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I have my P.E. and don't give a gently caress if you want to call yourself an engineer.
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:08 |
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Citizen Tayne posted:Why not just call yourself a software doctor there's a thing in medicine right now where nurses are getting their doctorate in nursing and calling themselves doctors* you can imagine how well this goes over in the hospital *leaving off the M.D. after their name ofc
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:10 |
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Condiv posted:lol if drivers manage to do this, get ready for non-stop surges! lmaooo i hope this takes off
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:11 |
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:there's a thing in medicine right now where nurses are getting their doctorate in nursing and calling themselves doctors* there are nursing orgs that have been trying to pull AMA poo poo wrt licensing but everyone ignores them cause they're nurses lol.
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:17 |
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A COMPUTER GUY posted:lmaooo i hope this takes off can't wait for uber's justification for banning them
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:23 |
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I made a whole thread the other day to try and troll you fuckers about "engineer" and nobody came but sure lets have the same ol wankery again in this thread :reallymad: :superangry:
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:25 |
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computer parts posted:can't wait for uber's justification for banning them can't have organized labor disrupting the important jitney industry
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 00:31 |
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Soricidus posted:i don't mind people calling themselves software engineers when they're making meticulously-designed software that meets demanding specifications and they're staking their reputations and careers on it being robust and correct. avionics, medical stuff, that kind ofthing. works for caltrans
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 01:04 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 03:51 |
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uber has set a new minimum fare in certain markets of $2. safe rider fee still comes out of these fares along with uber's 20-30% cut. drivers can look forward to paying the expenses for these fares out of the 70-80 cents they receive.
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# ? Aug 5, 2015 01:05 |