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Thanks for recommending "How to Destroy a Tech Startup in 3 Easy Steps" - loved it!

edit: sorry, just realised you are the author!! (lack of sleep - not work related ))). Great reading, really enjoyed it. "Sital" gonna be used as a nickname )) Thanks mate! :praise

She is right, this crypto has nothing to do with technology, why bother asking a "computer guy"?

not going back to the office, f@k off )))

yeah, most of them plugins are still jquery-compatible, so...

I am comparing apples to apples (CRUD to CRUD), not some random websites.

I also notice how much longer it takes to build the same crap we built 15 years ago with just html/css/js, and no, projects these days are not more sophisticated. Same old form submissions, but with a monstrosity of a project and crazy rates of devs who wants to constantly upgrade/update/migrate so some newer JS framework :shrugged :evilsmile

Yeah, webstart was an unusable shit-show.

I remember writing a first SWT app (with embedded JRE) ~2004 and it looked nice and worked fast enough.

I think if Sun/Oracle didn't legally ban JRE trimming, added offical Swing browser widget and added a free cross-platform good-looking and developer/user-friendly installer - the story would've been different.

I didn't say the rest are pro-Russian. Many people just follow whatever they say on TV.

>> Mostly yes. That's certainly why the Russian narrative won in Russia and Belarus.

There is no more Belarus as a country. It is Russian puppet state with an appointed governor Lukashenko. Occupied by the Russian army at the moment. Those who were against are either in prisons or fled the country. The country is North Korea basically at the moment. Most of the people (~60%) hate Lukashenko and Putin.

Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe with a patriotic motivated population (and military/reco support from the 1st world) against de-motivated, de-moralised enemy. I predict mass protests in Russia in the next months, overthrowing of the dictator, and a new government. Also a regime change in Belarus as a bonus.

Glory to Ukraine!

Happy to see well coordinated effort from the 1st world to support Ukraine! Go Ukraine! Our hearts and minds are with you!

atm they say the street price is ~200 rub per dollar (~80 a week ago)

Should've they been waiting for Javascript or Scala to be invented?

The most laidback, humorous and mature developers I've met were Cobol developers. (probably older people are like that haha)

>> 99% of developers

Not 99% of developers, but 99.99% of problems that need to be solved.

It is much better to be controlled by a group of miners in China and a password that anyone with access to gonna ruin your life. Nice!

I heard they gonna ban blockchain after banning 2-space tabs!

Damn that sounded really bull(shit)ish! How do I invest? )

I think GAE (Google App Engine) was in production before Heroku got anything out there...

Yeah, to me it also sounded like another graph plugin for a popular RDBMS. I also didn't find the examples convincing. Not having a driver for #Net/Java?

To me the problems with existing DBMS are still the same (as 15 years ago) complexities in setup/clustering/backups/rollbacks/schema updates, even setting up db clients are PITAs in many environments.

SQL is not really a feature to focus on (imho), it is simple enough even for non-tech people). We tried to get out of SQL long time ago anyways (ORM).

Anyways wishing luck, the team seems awesome!

Even in FAANG, do the devs really know the business impact or they just use the business vocabulary to BS around? I mean I can also bullshit anyone about the business impact, I just don't believe that many people (even non-tech) do really know the real business impact. I know for a fact they don't )

... well, we would like to make sure you can deliver value ASAP, I fail to see why it can be any different?

I am not sure it's true. You are hired for your skills so tomorrow you are another developer who can solve the tasks he is given in this specific tech environment.

>> You need to deliver solutions, you need to show the business the impact of those solutions

Most of the time people who interview (and eventually say yes/no) are tech people, discussing business problems and solutions is cute yet pretty useless. It's funny when you interview someone and he wants to look enthusiastic and tells you the information they found from the open source - and you go like "dude, you have no clue what's happening in these walls" )

I would go even further and say for me it would be a big red flag to waste time on "business impact" - I am going in as a programmer. From my experience, my "business impact" is somewhat close to a cleaner dude. And I don't want to take on additional (unclear) responsibilities I am not sure I know much about. Thank you, but I already know and do enough in my niche which happened to be software development and is a very specialised, demanding and valuable skill to have )

i had to check twice that it wasnt me who wrote it )))

Even if they left for Cuba - it's the famous "bank the unbanked" principle in action. They will be distributing the cash among the poor! Strong fundamentals! Legit team! Bright future!

Being rude is obviously a no-no, but its ok to ignore recruiters if it is an unsolicited call or email. No need to feel guilty about that.

not worth it - they have a very high turn over, making connections there with everyone is a waste of time

Yeah there is a lot of imaginary stories obviously. But at the same time as a contractor you could always work with multiple clients, not sure why it comes as a surprise in 2021. A full-time employee for 2 companies? Bullshit. Not a sustainable model.

I've seen when an Indian team (doesn't matter though, could be from any other country) was hired with one reason - to shift the blame as the project was going to shits. Also if you are on a sponsored visa, you gonna stay quiet no matter what's happening - your interest is somewhat to stay afloat, not to seek truth or revenge.

If you are trying to prove anything to your managers - it's a waste of time. If your peers are happy with you - it's all that matters. Looks like it got professional work ethics and it's something to be proud of. Having worked onshore, offshore, remotely - I don't think there is any difference really.

Ha! We could be on the same team. The person would sit with someone to get help for each of his tasks. Eventually he was the only one promoted.