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If you start at #2 you will eventually have to learn #1.

If you start at #1 you will eventually start #2 to apply what you learnt at #1.

Recommending the Sonim XP3 or XP5 for anyone looking for a dumb phone to try out. Good models and great form factor. New(upgraded/"Plus") models were released recently if you fancy a try

I think you confused personal development with career development. A job is a means to an end and should not be a huge concentration of your personal development.

Some of my network has gone straight into military/defense companies. Quite a bit of recruitment going on since they've been in contact since 2019 too

Good article. Some key points:

Again, programming is a good example of a predictable domain, one created to produce the same outputs given the same inputs. If it doesn’t do that, that’s 99.9999% likely to be on you, not the language. Other domains are much less predictable, like equity investing, or psychiatry, or maybe, meteorology.

Entrepreneur and publisher Tim O’Reilly has a nice phrase that is applicable at this point. He argues investors and entrepreneurs should “create more value than you capture.” The technology industry started out that way, but in recent years it has too often gone for the quick win, usually by running gambits from the financial services playbook.

I completely forgot about Google Desktop. RIP

A lot of interesting comments to read here but so little time...

Great point. A lot of folks forget that not all programming jobs can/should be outsourced. There's value in outsourcing but specifications and contexts change that.

That's cool

Well written comment!

In essence what has happened in software development is that the level of abstraction has gone up while the machine has taken over more and more of the nitty gritty details. From punchcards, to assembly, to COBOL, C, Perl, Java, Python, Erlang, Rust.

I've had friends and peers contact me in regards to the AI, GPT, et al headlines and they're always surprised at my calmness. You've written out exactly what is happening and why there shouldn't be any worry regarding jobs. I think the worry is generally under the premise that everyone has to upskill themselves which is against human nature. Folks are feeling uncomfortable but this is another cycle.

But the rigidity of what is needed to specify a program that really does what you want hasn't. Especially evidenced by the fact that recent programming language developments often have a specific area where they shine, but not raising the abstraction level that much.

Another great point. Like you wrote, there really is a need for "translators" for programming languages and it's not going away anytime soon. If anyone has played around or even just read/watch through folks using AI/GPT/Etc. you'll come to notice that the tech is not "stable". It's only good in limited instances.

Finally, the headlines and copywriting of most of the pieces and journalism coming out is definitely hit and miss. A mix of pessimism and optimism. It's important to remember what we are witnessing is another technological cycle and another cycle in general if you want to looking at a bigger scale but that's another discussion for another time.

General population/society has become soft and promotes freely sharing confidential internal information to solicit outrage and/or support. Back then this wasn't the case

Nicely put email. I hope folks don't disregard that when you're in a leadership position this is one of the better moves to make especially as an "initial" move.

Different positions mean different contexts mean different actions.

+1 for WGU for explicitly getting the paperwork done. I've recommended this to self-taught peers, vets, and those with uncommon backgrounds who had to deal with paperwork bias.

Congratulations on your degree, happy to see other folks take advantage of WGU. It's really good

No, I think country caps help in filtering. If removed it would open a pandora's box like experience for anyone in the process and those processing the applicants. Systemizing immigration into a manageable process and system is a hard task. Too many layers. I think modifying the country caps right now would be of benefit rather than stricly removing them. Then a refresh of the filtering process, processing system overhaul, and other parts would need working. But I don't think country caps are of any priority tbh.

The government can do something to catch and filter the companies but I think they are partly playing a role in their existence and continued business. When you talk about great revenue sources, do you mean for the gov? If so, probably both directly and indirectly. Probably part diplomacy sprinkled in

For anyone curious about the top H1B recipients (FY 2019) - https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/h-1b...

While I understand this would be good publicity for the H1B visa and its notice/grace period. I think if people were more aware (open to see another perspective) that the biggest problem, especially for those who are Indian and Chinese (the top two H1B recipients), is the abuse of sub-contractor companies being set up and using these visa recipients which create the backlogs.

Another thing, I've noticed everyone on an H1B already knows the responsibilities of holding this temporary visa. This type of article is nothing but complaining without providing a solution. Yes it sucks, but naivety to your responsibilities as a visa holder and to something that can happen to you is immature. And also risks putting other immigrants and visa holders in a bad light.

I've seen more and more of these types of writing regarding the H1B, visas, and the immigration system in light of the layoffs but I feel they are doing more for negativity than any positivity at all. If this could assist in anyway in moving towards seeing what the actual problem is in the system then ok but it didn't read at all like that tbh.

Yes I was, best part of that drive. Saw more than I expected. Will do, thanks for the invite

Damn shame. Toblerone was known because of its allure as Swiss chocolate. I was disappointed when they moved production, something like Toblerone with its brand and weight with its name should have been kept in or removed the name at minimum.

Software developers are often regarded as architects, as their work somewhat resembles that of a civil engineer.

I like this analogy.

I'm curious if anyone here has links to a pdf/printable version of these docs by Apple? Or even if anyone knows anyone compiling an archive of diff. versions?

Nice, valuable resource here for anyone in any position in a business. Apple is one of the best with user experience so having a laid out guidelines like this is a public service. Thanks for sharing

I use Wise strictly through the web interface and I'd say this redesign has become less utilitarian than the previous one. I yearn for the day, rebranding & redesigning into the hyped styles stops and a return to utility, especially for what is primarily a utility service/app/business is, is encouraged rather than keeping up with the joneses' hype. I use Wise weekly so I'm curious if anything breaks for me

Yes, what you say is true for sure. I think the emphasis on specialization has been net negative in terms of general life ROI but net positive in terms of career/job -at-scale ROI. There's far more positivity to come when you adopt a mindset/attitude like you mention, it bleeds towards everything else. There was societal shift with this and something more should learn.

I get the writing but it's too vague to represent using "than understanding tech". Under the context of the overall brand of the website--letters to a new developer- then it would be better to change the title/wording to better silo under the brand.

Good article nonetheless. It is true and just like every job, people matter more than the niche action.

+1 , I came to that conclusion on the view stack being one of the leakiest if not the leakiest part of the Rails stack after developing saas with heavy SPA-like tendencies. Good to see I am not alone, thanks for sharing the links too

Reads like a PR move tbh. Anyway I don't like this push for eSIMs/virtual SIMs. I like to cycle my SIM and phone number every couple of years to refresh and an added bonus of this is to refine my rolodex of contacts and rekindle contact with some lesser-maintained relationships. Makes my life a little better whenever I refresh.

I drove by your building a few years ago and thought it looked great amidst the scenery. I like that you were able to convert it, thanks for sharing

I think these types of writing while appropriately labeled as opinions, are doing a dis-service for the general public especially the youth, the specified generation.

It's nice to see that this has become more of the norm/average. For one, non-linear career paths have existed for a long time, to use the phrase "standing on the shoulders of giants", innovation would be less if it weren't so. Good article and exposure of thinking for everyone

The first sentence is true. The last sentence is false.