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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Recently I've started working on coding a forum. I want to add in all the classic features of early 2000s/early 2010s forums like PhPBB and such. The goal would be to have no javascript at all

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Recently I've started working on coding a forum. I want to add in all the classic features of early 2000s/early 2010s forums like PhPBB and such. The goal would be to have no javascript at all

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Only way to get hired with your credentials is with some serious networking. In your local area, look for code/tech meetups and talk with people. Look for "Code and Coffee" on meetup or facebook or something (though I must warn against caffeine consumption for teenagers!). You'll most likely have to look for an internship rather than a Junior Dev position at first, which is typically the pipeline that companies use to hire Jr Engineers.

Another option is to look for "Tier 3 support" or "Integrations engineers". Often, companies will look for people with minor coding skills to work directly with clients to help implement the company product for the client (for example, adding some custom widget to their wordpress site, new features for their salesforce instance, etc.)

These engineers don't create the company product but they do get some experience scripting things and often they can use this position to transition to a full time engineering role. In my experience, these roles have far lower requirements to entry

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I curse the sadist who decided True should be uppercase in Python

[โ€“] [email protected] 174 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (44 children)

I'm also a software engineer and I can't stand most other people in this field. I got into this field because I love computers and was tweaking garry's mod scripts when I was 12. I read scifi books and enjoy reading about the lore of the tech industry.

I would estimate that AT LEAST 75% of people in this industry are ladder climbing yuppies who got into it for the money. The gym rat, tesla-driving podcaster types who have invented their own language about syncing up, achieving alignment, creating action items and eating dog food. And for some reason they're all into Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Lex Fridman/Joe Rogan

I do not socialize with my coworkers because they are the most obnoxious fucking money-obsessed pieces of shit I've ever met

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do older technical people use 1:1 chat? I would think email is more common

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What's a good alternative to discord? Matrix seems ok

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I figured I could balance some of the other factors (low maintenance cost, higher principle, higher interest) against each other to get a lower monthly payment

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

The car runs fine, I don't have any major complaints other than the stupid ass touch screen controls for stuff like air conditioning, but it seems hard to find any car that has real controls anymore.

I also moved to a city (from the suburbs) and work remotely so I don't drive as much as I used to

I don't know what current car interest rates are. I can tell you that the federal reserve has not changed interest rates in a meaningful way since then

 

In 2022 my car (a 2010 Nissan Versa) kicked the bucket. The engine was broken and needed to be replaced. Rather than spending even MORE money on repairs (I had spent a few thousand or so on various other parts at this point), I decided to buy a newer car that would, presumably, require fewer repairs in the short term.

I bought a 2021 Honda HRV for ~$20,000 at 7.59% APR. I pay $414 a month and have $16k left on it. I bought this car under the worst possible circumstances:

  1. Used car prices were very high at this time
  2. Interest rates were high due to inflation
  3. I needed a car because my previous one had died so I didn't have the luxury of time

My hope, at the time, was that inflation would be tamed and interest rates would eventually be lowered, wherein I could refinance the loan. I no longer believe this is a possibility within the next 4 years or so. I was also hoping to find something small and cheap like a Honda fit, but I learned that they had stopped producing them. An HRV seemed like a sensible kind of car given the modest physical needs of how I used a car at the time

So, here's my question: Should I just sell my car for something older? Maybe like a 2015 or so? Or should I just stick with my current machine until it's paid off and try to refinance after 2028?

If I could go back in time, I would've sold the Versa in 2020 or so, before I had spent a bunch of money on repairs. Hindsight is 20/20 though

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Is this in reference to something that actually happened

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Irc isn't the competitor of xmpp. Discord is

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (9 children)

There are people using xmpp? Last time I set up a server and tried using it with Pidgin, I couldn't find a soul that used it

 
 

I work remote, but occasionally have to travel to New York City for in-office events. During these events I sit in a conference room with the rest of my team all day. We usually have a team dinner planned during the week or something.

Tuesday I got into New York and later that night we went out to dinner. This ended up going until 10:30pm, which is pretty late for me (I usually am in bed by 10). It was also announced that day that we would go bowling today (Wednesday). After a day of sitting in a conference room for 8 straight hours, I really didn't feel like going out with my coworkers or drinking beer til 10 or 11 at night. I told my coworkers I was going to skip it because I wanted to go to the gym and I made something up about having to file my taxes by tonight, but I think they generally understood that I just didn't want to go.

I also was never explicitly invited; we were just told "we are going bowling on Wednesday", so I think there was the expectation that I go, but I strongly feel that nobody should be obligated to go to an after-work event (especially since I already went to one).

How would you handle the situation? How do you get out of these kinds of events?

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