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All of the links under "product" seem to be relative to whatever the current page is. That only works on the front page.

It's not for me. I can see the appeal of these shortcuts, but I can see it being a wtf down the road once I've forgotten that I have them in place.

Also with something like auto-correct, you have a visual affordance that alerts you to the change (with the option to override), which just happened when I misspelled 'forgotten' above. The shell doesn't have that so something just happens without any actual correction or indication the user may have made an error. Although I am not a 'fish' user, this is something that I think it does well.

So I am not alone! There seem so few people who hold this view these days.

I was able to login just now using an email address.

Out of curiosity, I had a look at my account on glassdoor and my name is "Rollo Tomasi". Seems about right :)

Goodreads should consider putting some effort into the platform they have allowed to languish for years.

I was interested in the claim that it is warm-blooded (based on your quote). I went to the article and the link associated with the term 'warm-blooded' leads to an article that makes absolutely no mention of warm-bloodedness or thermoregulation. As such, I'm not going to put much faith in the article.

Sounds like something Epicurus would say.

I agree but I think there is concern about the perceived value that those creative skills will have.

In your situation, my concerns would relate to evaluating your (1) ability to write professional software and (2) what are the gaps in your knowledge.

To address these concerns, consider contributing to an open source project.

Many of the hurdles a candidate has to clear to get a job as a software engineer are intended to determine whether you can actually program. Ignoring the effectiveness of these hurdles, the point is that you need to demonstrate the claims on your resume/CV. If you contribute to an open source project you are putting your work out there for everyone to see, including how you actually work with other engineers and how you deal with critical feedback about your work.

There is a lot of software engineering that is not interesting or attention getting but it has to be done. Often, this involves learning about things that you would not have bothered with if you are a hobbyist. By contributing to a successful open source project, you will be exposed to ideas that you might not otherwise have encountered.

So, 'write once, run everywhere'... I think we've been here before.

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Parsimonious is quite nice.

I like it. I thought it was pretty calm and reasonable. Maybe some things could be worded a little better, but I'm not sure why there are so many strong, negative reactions about it.

Is that a clang based shell? ;p

"You want to work at a company on a strong growth trajectory for lots of reasons, but a big one is your own growth potential. You will learn the most the fastest at places that are growing fast, and have way more openings for promotions and leadership roles than a slower-growing company."

While I think this is a reasonable opinion, it's been my experience that companies who tout 'strong growth' are a cluster fuck. Communication quickly becomes a nightmare that is really hard to rein in. When that goes, there are a lot of likely outcomes -- none of which are good. Typically, the organization because fractured and siloed. That plucky team that punched above their weight, is now filled with a whole bunch of new people and the culture just became totally different. Now, there are a bunch of people pushing different agendas, and trying to get something done is no longer an engineering problem but also a political one.

You WILL learn a lot but, if my own experience is anything to go by, it will be lessons on how not to do things rather than "this is a good way to do things".

Yeah, I doubt it's ever going to catch on.

Being able to better communicate with one another is obviously a good thing. The point is that the language being used isn't facilitating that and that is why the autistic community has pushed back on it. So it seems to me, that it is now on the neurotypical community to listen to that feedback.

Also, autism isn't just about social quirks. These are people with different neurophysiology who experience the world in a different way. It is not simply a matter of holding a different opinion or learning a particular behavior. This is not something that can be 'normalized' by talking through it.

The autistic community is largely against gate keeping, and are quite accepting of people who are self-diagnosed. This is not about not being 'properly' autistic, but about having a voice. Being a part of society for the person you are. To not having the challenges you face in a world defined by and for neurotypical people being trivialized.

The reason that some autistic people get upset by that usage is that is diminishes how they experience life. It's like saying, 'everyone is a little black'. There is a big differences between having the genes of a black ancestor in your family tree, and experiencing life as a black person. So, to autistic people, you are not communicating the right thing.

I had a similar hope. Not long into the article, it was apparent that the author was not using the term 'noise' in a particularly well-defined way. For me, 'noise' is unstructured sound. People talking is structured, which is why it is a problem. I used to block out people in the office by listening to heavy metal, but in the end I found listening to actual noise was more effective for me to get my work done. So I was hoping the article was going to dig more into that side of things.

Weeee! Back around again...

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My favorite is when you've finished interviewing or whatever and then they ask you to sign an NDA. Haha, no.

I am beyond sick of hearing about 'best practices' for everything. It is such an obnoxious statement! So often it is used as replacement for 'in my opinion' because it brooks no argument -- these are the BEST practices!

Maxwell's kinetic theory of flies?

I can say that this is true for me. I like helping people but I get my motivation from feeling that I have solved a problem well. Maybe it is the nature of the kind of software I tend to write, but I'm not all that interested in whether it is used by millions of people or purportedly helps a bunch of people. That's nice, it's just too far removed from the work for me to be motivated by it. The bonus is that I also don't have an issue if something I've worked on is scrapped for whatever reason, and I know that that is something that some people have a hard time coping with.

You might find,

https://github.com/sharkdp/fd

to your liking. It is simple, intuitive, and very fast.

Although I have heard the name before, I am not familiar with Nonviolent Communication. However, reading through the article, I could not help but notice the strong similarity between the 4 steps of NVC and the OODA loop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop).

But then you would be following their principles and not leading! Oh the paradox!