[–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

If you want to get into software engineering as a career, please be patient. The bubble is close to bursting, and there will inevitably be a push to hire humans. This time around however, your job will be un-fucking your employers vibe-coded slopware.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

    I would say it's more akin to Salvia in its intensity and duration, 15-20 minutes. The experience itself is like a very fast, concentrated acid trip.

    What's interesting to me is that my experience, and others that I've talked to, are all very similar: you blast off and break through spacetime; then, the electro-mechanical gnomes try to show you some deeply complex information, but it's incomprehensible to you, and that somehow amuses them.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    Back in 2009, a bunch of friends and I stumbled into Tom's at around 2:00 AM. It was my birthday, and I was absolutely shitfaced. The minute I sat down at our booth, I started to get the spins, so I got up and ran over to the bathrooms. Unfortunately, they had those push-button combination locks on the doors. I didn't know the combination, but it was too late for that anyway. I puked all over the bathroom doors and haven't been back since.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    In my experience, autistic has been increasingly used as a soft replacement for retarded or developmentally disabled. Its just ignorant people or assholes trying to find a word that hasn't hit the no-no list yet.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago*

    I have had difficulty focusing and learning since middle school, and was constantly ostracized and bullied throughout my entire childhood. My parents knew that I had ADHD since kindergarten, but refused to take action because my narcissistic mother could never have a child who was different.

    I was 38 when I finally decided to get an official ADHD and autism diagnosis. My diagnosis has been bittersweet. Medication has helped me to focus and improve my skills as a software engineer, but I still mourn the life that I could have had if we're treated earlier.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    15+ years in engineering here. 10+ in leadership.

    Code formatting hasn't been an issue since the early '10s. Tabs or spaces? Who cares. Your editor can make it look like whatever you want and it won't effect the code.

    As for other asshole-ish behavior or gatekeeping, I open it up to a vote. Let the team determine best practices. Don't like what your team decides? Find another team to shitlord over.

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