I do believe in giving people responsibility for an area/concern/system of code. It gives them a sense of responsibility and and encourages them to do good work. It allows some creativity and style. I limits turn-over. I agree with totally however.
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make half-assed trello Cards -> act important -> have meetings -> act important -> never code -> get attitude when asked question about half-assed trello cards -> get promoted. *throw in a racist remark or two to the dark skinned engineer from India for bonus points
That is what I see from project managers at work.
He is simply making a comparison the reported price of the disaster to the 9-11 war on terror (which he/she feels was an unnecessary war).
Seriously though, I just finished reading and article about how nuclear power was the safest and best thing since sliced bread. I was supremely down voted for respectfully suggesting otherwise in a comment.
I think these numbers are inflated, for both African American and European American households, by including the 1% in these numbers. If we just use the upper middle class and below the number would likely be more like 175K for whites and 45K for blacks with home ownership and higher wages (even for the same jobs) being the big differentiators.
The article does a good job recounting the devastation that unchecked derision and segregation can cause - a us vs them frame of mind. In Tulsa Oklahoma the wealthy black populous was envied by the white community, and they were looking for reason to lash out given the rich black community shattered their conception of reality. As a black software developer I can tell you that shattering someone conception of the world is a very dangerous thing. I've faced insults and diminution of my work, everything from the rare few who hold certain concepts. Its hard to say anything because those in the workplace who aren't racist will still aid and abed those who are because that person may be a long time friend and ally. Such was the case in Tulsa.
Yes, I think GOG is going to be a favorite of more and more people until they just can't make it in the powerless consumer economy.
It will be sometime before the consolidation of computing power becomes distributed again. We always go through cycles. We'll just have to wade this one out.
About the picture of the office - every time I see developers use laptops I cringe a bit. They are always hunched over in the most uncomfortable looking poster because the keyboard is attached to the screen. I would recommend buying another keyboard and attaching it to the laptop so that you have more degrees freedom to adjust your viewing angle. You'll thank me in 20 years.
In the tech industry you are going to meet many people who believe they are God's gift to tech. Do the interview, ignore them, move on to the next. The goal is landing a job not validating yourself against the 27 year old so-called CTO who wrote the first line of code of a robo-dialer. Don't get caught up in the "feel bad" game. Keep applying.