centrinoblue

Ha, funny I was looking for which comment to reply to and looks like I found it. I'm 47 and just started my first freelance gig after the startup I was with got bought by big blue.

Just finished my second day in an 'open layout' office of 20 somethings as a front-end lead (react/redux) after working remotely from home with a small team of 'seasoned' pros for the last couple of years.

I'm sure there were some raised eyebrows when I showed up but that seems to have passed now mostly because they see I know what I'm doing. I've had a few moments of reflection wondering what the hell am I doing here but I love software development and made a conscious choice not to take the management route.

Had my first of 2 kids @ 40 and find when I start slipping into a regrets of what I haven't accomplished I see them and am reminded of my real purpose these days.

I still feel young on the inside but sometimes look in the mirror and have to acknowledge I'm not 20 something anymore and that's a bummer. But I was walking to work this morning pondering all of this and walked passed someone sleeping on the street and checked myself.

I remember the first time I saw Doug Crockford and had a profound realization that you don't have to outgrow programming. Seems silly now but not at the time.

My dad is 77 and can still kick my ass on a squash court so I try to focus on what is still possible instead of reflecting on what I haven't done.

been working on a node/angular/react static site generator (graffiti engine) https://github.com/greengrowtech/graffiti-engine and now a complimentary HTML template/fragment editor (graffiti composer) https://github.com/greengrowtech/graffiti-composer

Life is too short get out

um...where is Webstorm?

node.js / LoopBack - super fast prototyping, flexible, open js/json

I hesitate to reply here but some additional points to consider (esp. re item 11 in the list of vax): - exponential growth in the number of vaccines over time - non-leathal nature of some of the newer vaccinees i.e common flu (scope creep) - concerns around the early age to be injecting so many foriegn substances (monkey genes) at the same time - trust in a for-profit medical system (revolving door governance) - science is not perfect - mandatory medical procedures should be viewed as a slippery slope - no-one died in the Disneyland outbreak - perspective: "in 2011, outbreaks resulted in over 30,000 cases, 7 deaths" http://shotofprevention.com/2015/01/22/disneyland-measles-ou...

"Season’s failed flu shot raises questions about immunization program" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/healt...

Yeah: MIT

it was a very good year

I like the concept

His employer did support him: http://strongloop.com/strongblog/collaboration-not-derision-...

fyi: http://strongloop.com/strongblog/tj-holowaychuk-sponsorship-...

I really like the Angular sdk. I find it really speeds up the process of spinning up a new project

lol

Issac Roth is not an asshole. The quote about firing Ben was a joke that didn't translate well.

Did Ben actually confirm he was leaving? If you read hist post on the subject he says:

"I'm probably going to step back from libuv and node.js core development."

Did I miss something?

Ben's a good person. The community bears responsibility for this loss

gender politics in tech is an increasingly polarizing issue but I don't think that was the reason for the rejection.

Elastic Path - Vancouver BC - Front-end architect (backbone/marionette) - http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH01/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org...

Perhaps I should have said: focus on your work.

My comments are not about advancing anyone's career. When you are a junior member of a software development team your primary objective should be to help the team deliver the project. There's a reason you have 'jr' in your job title.

There are some interestingly ironic comments about how the team lead is labeled as 'entitled' and 'advancing my career' when the OP is essentially advocating those same concepts from a different perspective.

I get the sense from the tone of comments that there are a lot more jr programmers on this thread than sr programmers.

I was a jr programmer once as well and I was curious and engaged people outside my direct work assignments but was always focused on making sure the work I was expected to do got done.

More than enough time is wasted in project specific meetings so actively looking to sit in on unrelated meetings screams 'wasted time'.

I'm not 'entitled' I'm speaking as someone under pressure to deliver software projects and to explain why they may be late or off course.

If I have a jr programmer who is constantly away trying to understand how to run a business so he/she can fly the coup to start their own company then I'm not going to be impressed with said programmer.

I enjoy working with people who are creative, engaged, and curious -- but also focused.

Call it what you will.

Personally if you are a jr programmer on one of my teams I would be unimpressed if you felt the need to aggressively pursue external meetings so you could just sit and listen, or spend work time meeting with the CFO to discuss how much we pay the auditors.

Get to work, it's what you're being paid for. Don't forget that.

Agreed. Technology is having such a profound effect on the bigger political picture that, as technologists, I think it's important that we, as a community, are both sharing the information but also figuring out what to do about it.

I appreciate the political posts here primarily because hackers seem to be less afraid to post about and discuss some of the more awkward political events happening right now so there is more candid and open information sharing.

I'm 44 and have been writing web apps since the late '90s. As a UI architect now my JavaScript / front-end skills are in very high demand and I am writing by far the best code I have ever written.

A couple of years ago I faced a cross road in my career to either go into mgmt (director of UX) or commit to development. I chose to remain on the technical path and haven't regretted it one bit. I haven't experienced any overt ageism but I do feel I need to keep my skills at the cutting edge to stay on top like a cagey vet.

Looking forward (and in the mirror) I realize the clock is ticking wrt promotions and salary so I'm working on a couple of side project/apps/start-up ideas with the idea that eventually I will be able to leave the mon-fri corporate world behind once and for all.

yawn good luck with that. I'm sure the settlers in their day would have moved onto something better if they had had the sense to recognize it at the time.