Inception (u/Inception)

Inception commented on Run a C# file directly using dotnet run app.cs devblogs.microsoft.com/do... · Posted by u/soheilpro

andix · 3 months ago

This feature is probably a big thing for .NET developer productivity. It's quite a shame, that it only came now.

There is another thing I'm really missing for .NET projects. The possibility to easily define project-specific commands. Something like "npm run <command>"

Inception · 3 months ago

This would be great! I'm currently using make files to accomplish this: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/

Inception commented on Positive Psychology Goes to War chronicle.com/article/pos... · Posted by u/fnubbly

ARandomerDude · 4 years ago

This comment illustrates exactly why I joined the military years ago. After college I turned down great salary opportunities and became an officer because somebody has to fight for our country and most people are too committed to other responsibilities -- or preoccupied, self-absorbed, or downright cowardly -- to do it. So I served. Then I got out. I took nothing, wanted nothing, don't like pre-game "salute our heros" parade ground BS and I don't ask for military discounts.

If you hung out with more former military dudes you'd be surprised how many of them like me there are.

Inception · 4 years ago

Fight who?

Inception commented on HSBC bans customers from buying Bitcoin-backer MicroStrategy shares reuters.com/article/us-hs... · Posted by u/undefined1

Inception · 4 years ago

This seems extremely shortsighted.

Inception commented on Jack Dorsey is attempting to sell his first tweet as an NFT theverge.com/2021/3/5/223... · Posted by u/pmlnr

JshWright · 5 years ago

NFTs are the cryptocurrency equivalent of those companies that will sell you a star. Sure... there is something written down somewhere that you "own" something. In any practical sense, it's completely meaningless.

Inception · 5 years ago

This isn't a fair comparison and there will be plenty of use-cases that go beyond tweets and art.

For example, the Dallas Mavericks are exploring issuing their season tickets as NFTs and charging a fee everytime a ticket is resold to disincentivize scalpers.

Inception commented on My platonic ideal for how engineering hiring should work blog.alinelerner.com/ive-... · Posted by u/leeny

acjohnson55 · 5 years ago

I'm not sure if you're a hiring manager, but I am. In my experience, what someone writes regarding their "stackness" means nothing to me. It only matters to the extent that it matches recruiter searches. I care about someone's practical experience, their fit for my team's work, and their ability to learn and adapt.

Inception · 5 years ago

I'm not a hiring manager, but I've interviewed plenty and given my opinions to the hiring managers. I've also discussed candidates with fellows developers and have heard "that's not a full-stack developer" more times than I can count, which leads to "I'm not sure they know what they are talking about."

The point of my response is to say, if something isn't working, change the formula. Here's some anecdotal evidence given my experience that might help. Stop complaining on LinkedIn about it. I personally look at LinkedIn and if I see multiple posts from you complaining about how unfair things are it's going to be an immediate pass.

Inception commented on My platonic ideal for how engineering hiring should work blog.alinelerner.com/ive-... · Posted by u/leeny

avgDev · 5 years ago

Being full-stack does not mean you are a HTML and CSS expert. Anyone hiring a full-stack dev should know that. Full-stack means you can create a functional web application. It doesn't have to be in the latest JS library.

Many non-tech employers careless about your stack, as long as the application performs the tasks they want and the cost is reasonable.

A full stack dev most likely won't be an expert in any particular area but should have a good understanding of the web so they can pick up different JS libraries, web frameworks easily.

Inception · 5 years ago

Just call yourself a web developer then. Does someone outside of the tech world really know what full-stack means without an explanation?

And also, I don't consider full-stack exclusive to the web. Desktop apps, for example.

Inception commented on My platonic ideal for how engineering hiring should work blog.alinelerner.com/ive-... · Posted by u/leeny

acjohnson55 · 5 years ago

Eh, I think it's fine. If you're going in at entry level, your expertise won't be that deep, but full-stack just means open to joining a team that does front-end, back-end or both. The typical bootcamp grad can develop into a specialist or generalist as they go, given support and resources.

Inception · 5 years ago

I think saying you are full-stack is misleading and it sets job-seekers up for failure. And I would argue it's not fine, since it's these same types of people whining about what terrible luck they are having (purely anecdotal of course).

A few ideas that I think would give these grads some better luck:

- Update your profile to say "Interested in joining a front-end or back-end team" or "tech generalist with a focus on X"

- Elaborate even further in your About section and let people know which of the two you are stronger in and what experience you have

- Swap out "full-stack" for "web developer"

Don't tell me you're something you're not. Under-promise, over deliver. Seeing full-stack on a resume sets my expectations for whoever I'm about to interview regardless of the number of years of experience.

edit: styling

Inception commented on My platonic ideal for how engineering hiring should work blog.alinelerner.com/ive-... · Posted by u/leeny

ipnon · 5 years ago

If you can write a web page that submits a user form and a server that writes that data to a persistent database ... I'm failing to see which part of the "stack" is unfilled. This is what bootcamps teach.

Inception · 5 years ago

Yes, bootcamps teach you the basics of each part of the stack. I would make the argument that you aren't proficient in any of these areas, so to advertise yourself as such is misleading. I file my own taxes, but I don't refer to myself as an accountant.

I've yet to meet a bootcamp grad that can efficiently architect a relational database, for example. I know plenty of Sr. level front-end developers who wouldn't think to call themselves full-stack even though they know how to submit a user form that persists to the database. Same with back-end developers who know HTML, CSS, and pick your flavor of JS framework.

If you've worked in the industry, you know things change too fast to stay up to speed on everything. It's not impossible, but it's unlikely and unrealistic to have that expectation of someone once they are employed.

Inception commented on My platonic ideal for how engineering hiring should work blog.alinelerner.com/ive-... · Posted by u/leeny

Inception · 5 years ago

I've been seeing this sentiment a lot on LinkedIn, particularly with new developers entering the field. Leaving aside the whole argument about whether or not we should really be calling software developers engineers, a lot of these same people are advertising themselves as full-stack. I'm sorry, but you going through a 10-week bootcamp or even getting a 4 year CS degree does not make you full-stack.

It's comparable to how we laugh at recruiters when they ask for 5 years in a given language that has only been around for 2 years. You clearly don't know what you're talking about.

I always tell the folks I mentor through bootcamps they should figure out which area they like best, focus most of their efforts in that area, and then advertise themselves as a front-end developer or back-end developer or whatever, not full-stack. The upside down T approach. Show recruiters and hiring managers you at least know enough to know what you don't know.

And stop complaining on LinkedIn about how unfair it is that you don't have a million job opportunities pouring in or about all the applications you submitted and didn't hear back from - yes it's annoying, but if you advertise yourself as something you're not, you've likely already wasted someone else's time, so understand they probably don't want to waste anymore giving you an explanation for why you were passed over.

Inception commented on A Stoic Philosopher in a Hanoi Prison: I am the captain of my soul butwhatfor.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/stanrivers

elmerfud · 5 years ago

Stoicism seems to be a lost thing these days when everywhere you turn people wish to play the I'm the biggest victim game.

While being stoic may not always be the healthiest way to deal with issues in life, the perpetual victim attitude is also not healthy. It's as if people have adopted the Jehovah's Witness attitude of every rejection being a persecution that they can revel in. Who can be the greatest victim.

Let us strive for balance and not the extremes.

Inception · 5 years ago

> Jehovah's Witness attitude

I'm not understanding the analogy. If you believe you are being punished for doing something wrong, how is that reveling in persecution?

Also, I'm not a Jehovah's Witness, but according to their website, they don't even believe suffering is a punishment for their sins. [0]

[0] - https://www.jw.org/en/library/magazines/watchtower-no3-2018-...