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throwawaymeta01on I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed

same bud.

maybe that just means it's a maturing field and we gotta adapt?

yes, the promise has changed, but you still gotta do it for the love of the game. anything else doesnt work.

throwawaymeta01on Managing time when time doesn't exist

or maybe it's learned helplessness?

i have adhd and can't stand these type victim mindset promoting comments.

throwawaymeta01on The Larger Brains of Humans Come with a Tragic Cost, Study Finds

if you start having kids earlier, you will have more kids. if so, wont those be more represented in the population and just stablize to closer to where we are today than otherwise?

throwawaymeta01on Jeff Bezos' management rules are slowly unraveling inside Amazon

been at a few high-paying companies.

amazon generally pays the lowest and benefits are generally meh

throwawaymeta01on Amazon’s Leader on Alexa, Echo and Other Devices Plans to Leave

good. time for better leadership for devices.

during my time as a swe, not sure what he actually ever did.

crazy that these sort of people still accumulate generational wealth while failing the whole way up.

throwawaymeta01on Bram Moolenaar has died

still use vim every day.

worked with him ~decade ago.

this hits hard.

does anyone know if his family needs help/is there a way to help out? i would love to give back if possible.

throwawaymeta01on Meta Tells Managers Promotions Will Be Few and Far Between

same.

m1 here, previously on track to m2, but I'm not bothered by this.

With ae + stock appreciation I'm getting m2+ pay so can't really complain.

throwawaymeta01on Reddit CEO doubles down on attack on Apollo developer in drama-filled AMA

same era. same sentiment.

the era of getting good value by providing good value seems foregone.

now we focus on extracting maximal value in the short-term/for self and acting that it's naive and dewy eyed to expect anything else. which casts such behaviour as the status quo instead of being shameful. which results in an overton window where "i got mine" is all that matters.

throwawaymeta01on A good day with Jeff Bezos

weird.

but I guess that's what the story was supposed to signal.

my experiences during product demos showed jeff had a great knack for asking the right questions and being able to dive into meaningful details.

throwawaymeta01on These Tech Workers Say They Were Hired to Do Nothing

IMO it's less about calling out how Meta was honoring contracts and more about trying to exploit this to raise her profile to get more leads for her career counseling gig.

throwawaymeta01on These Tech Workers Say They Were Hired to Do Nothing

Please note that tech worker here is someone in tech. Specifically, in this case, a recruiter.

If meta was hoarding recruiters, then truly the stock deserved to go down.