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Tech recruiters treating me terribly because of my resume gaps

Posted by Ok-Fishing5675@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 111 comments

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Just change the gaps to "Education" and list the tech you used in your side projects and home lab. If they ask about it, then its your time to talk about something you're interested in.

Coworker used her pc at 400% zoom for 3 days

Posted by jdrelentless@reddit | talesfromtechsupport | View on Reddit | 293 comments

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Back when you could move the taskbar I used to find it on the sides, or at the top on client computers fairly often. I would always ask if they meant to have the bar in that position, they never did and didn't know how to fix it. Had a couple who accidentally rotated their screen.

More states are requiring operating systems to ask for age via ID, such as Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. How do us hackers fight back?

Posted by anonymous480932843@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 718 comments

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We create a nanny fork of each distro to keep the Karens happy and keep doing what we always do, live free.

10 years in and I'm finally starting to value boring technology.

Posted by SaulGoodMan840@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 238 comments

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I'm getting back into mechanical pencils and notebooks.

How do you all handle write access to prod dbs?

Posted by flareblitz13@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 214 comments

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You're not using migrations?

Been 3 years since AI hysteria... How you think it's going?

Posted by Imnotneeded@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 144 comments

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What annoys me is the need to switch to the latest model/provider all the time. A new model comes out, it's fantastic, gets things done, doesn't go off the rails, scores high in benchmarks and garners a ton of great reviews. Then two weeks later it is shit. They seem to nerf it once the hype-train has done its job.

Anyone else dealing with "estimation by AI" on your team?

Posted by splash_hazard@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 195 comments

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I was using Claude for a project this week and it's estimates during the planning phase were pretty long. It had shit planned out to 8 weeks, and I finished it in four days.

Interview process for Senior Engineer at DuckDuckGo

Posted by Dredapolyn@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 164 comments

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Weeds out time-wasters pretty well I'd reckon.

Any 'must haves' which you found out are really not that important?

Posted by hooahest@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 268 comments

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I need to go make a coffee from time to time :)

Any 'must haves' which you found out are really not that important?

Posted by hooahest@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 268 comments

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standing desks, tenting kits, blue light filters.

Self-taught folks- How did you stay focused and avoid the rabbit hole?

Posted by DataDorkee@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 42 comments

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I find tutorials boring. If they don't walk me through building up a project, I skim them and toss them. I do enough to get an idea, then just start my own project with the reference docs open. Back before the internet I had the reference manual to learn from. Even the on-board help in turbo pascal and Borland turbo C++ was great.

they finally started tracking our usage of ai tools

Posted by chtot@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 532 comments

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Codebase should be a fuckin shitshow in no time.

What do you guys do when you are idle?

Posted by littlehero91@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 120 comments

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Fall asleep.

How the f*ck do you do estimates?

Posted by These_Trust3199@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 413 comments

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Yeah it's the unrealised scope that gets you. I try to do a high level plan of each feature and estimate the hours for each point. Once I feel like I've planned the whole thing I add up all the individual estimates and add 50%. I think it is important that the client knows that scope changes or unrealised complexity can increase the estimated timeline. The 50% thing I found works best for my level of underestimation and under-planning.

Hehe, now windows feeling like Microsoft edge xd

Posted by Poltu_Ray@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 21 comments

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Isn't it glorious how much choice we have?

Was the whole movement for using NoSQL databases for transactional databases a huge miss?

Posted by spookydookie@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 567 comments

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I think a lot of these trends are about service providers saving money while giving you the latest buzzwords.

Version upgrades of software and libraries always sucks?

Posted by commonsearchterm@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 85 comments

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I upgraded a symfony project from 4.4 to 6.4 last year. It sucked, and now the client pays me a management fee to keep it updated. PHP was still at 7.4, doctrine and MySQL were out of date, couple libraries archived, heaps of deprecated code and dependencies, new routing, all sorts of new shit and the magic upgrade tools didn't help much.

The project I worked on for the last year is getting scrapped and I'm not sure how to process it

Posted by vertexattribute@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 152 comments

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Yeah, build your own version of the project as a side-project.

My friend told me building my own pc is stupid

Posted by Kitty_Chan33@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 1553 comments

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Your friend sounds insecure about his own knowledge. Just do it, you'll learn a lot, and be really proud of it. You think they have an army of geniuses building those pre-builds? It's the trainees slapping them together. Don't be scared to learn something new.

What starter programs sell?

Posted by BrycenLong6@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 9 comments

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Idle games have a fairly devout following.

My mom died last week. A relative brought my grieving dad this, uhm, dessert

Posted by cr1ttter@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 1704 comments

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Hmm, looks nutty.

What's the first OS (and version too) that you used?

Posted by 2point1betatest@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 957 comments

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On PC? MS-DOS 6 with Quick Menu III, then windows 3.11 But I used the MicroBee computers at school which booted to some type of BASIC. Also got to play with Commodore VIC20 and Amstrad CPC 464.

Parmesian Fries From a Dublin Pub

Posted by jakduff@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 186 comments

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LGTM.

What do you plan to do with your tech skills if and when you retire?

Posted by bv8z@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 155 comments

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I'll just code, and help people with their tech until I physically can't anymore.

My friend made pizza

Posted by samskindagay@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 1219 comments

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What, in the microwave?

After 5 years of working in tech, I've surmised that almost every company severely underestimates the importance of English writing skills

Posted by coding_for_lyf@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 344 comments

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The client hardly ever knows what they are talking about when it comes to computers. I let them spew forth their problems, and Intuit a couple of scenarios. What's the harm in asking further questions to narrow it down? I do agree that people should try to be better at communicating effectively.

Whats everyone's thoughts on juniors using AI code assistants?

Posted by Ramaen@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 231 comments

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Eh, if they can solve problems without spending hours consulting the chat bot, good for them. Clearly knowing your shit is always better, but whatever. If they never progress past junior level, that's on them.

My company has banned the use of Jetbrains IDEs internally

Posted by ebol4anthr4x@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 561 comments

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Use this excuse to order your split ergo mech keyboard, and get that neovim config nailed down.

What is your favorite thing about working in IT?

Posted by wraith8015@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 278 comments

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Not fuckin printers thats for sure.

Do you forget languages that you work with in the pass ?

Posted by Alejo9010@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 90 comments

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I don't recall anything specific about turbo pascal, but I could pick it back up quickly enough.

Tried to make an omelette with red onions

Posted by vertigoism@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 554 comments

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Vomelette.

What is the greatest thing about working in IT? (wrong answers only)

Posted by anderson01832@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 695 comments

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Fixing printers.

Found lizard in my food

Posted by Responsible_Bar_9764@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 105 comments

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Did you find it with your lips?

How many standups do you have a day? Are we being micromanaged

Posted by slippinjizm@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 342 comments

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I'd say something In front of all of the managers along the lines of having no time to get any work done with 1-2 hours standing around here, along with the spin-up involved getting back into flow. We've got a list of tasks, let's stop talking about it and get some shit done.

I hate eating. Canned salmon, mayo, and Sriracha has been my life line lately

Posted by spoosemun@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 178 comments

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Drop the toast, it's not doing anything for you.

This Banana bread a friend made

Posted by KescAlis@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 3880 comments

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Yeah and the cut with a serrated knife.

What am I doing wrong?

Posted by Hot_Cow_9444@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 3105 comments

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Yeah you can cook chicken too long in sous vide. It changes the texture, and the moisture leaves the meat, ending up in your sink. Check your temp, run it for a shorter time, add some garlic powder to the bag, pan fry it after it's done to get the nice texture and flavour on the outside.