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pkdpic_y9k commented on How to mentor software engineers xdg.me/mentor-engineers/... · Posted by u/brlnwest

selljamhere · 4 years ago

I usually have a knee-jerk reaction when I see grammar and spelling errors in blogs, but I try to remind myself that these posts aren't published works that made it through an editorial staff. Mistakes happen, especially when the author isn't a professional writer.

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

I agree, the guys clearly legit. I was just indulging some recreational morning pedantry before actually getting some work done.

pkdpic_y9k commented on How to mentor software engineers xdg.me/mentor-engineers/... · Posted by u/brlnwest

flakiness · 4 years ago

I don't think adding a jerk-ish edit helps you sounding a engaging and/or caring mentor although I admit that I was almost bursting out. Being consistent is hard, but let's try within the same <textarea>.

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

I mean it, he's a more accomplished engineer and mentor than I'll ever be. That's why I added the edit.

pkdpic_y9k commented on How to mentor software engineers xdg.me/mentor-engineers/... · Posted by u/brlnwest

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

One thing I sometimes point out to software engineers Im tasked with mentoring at work is the importance of showing other engineers that you care about the code and the questions you're asking via slack etc by proof reading what you write and reviewing your own code before reaching out to others for help. The frustration of reading ia garbled slack message or pulling over to look at a code snippet and realizing the person didn't even look over it themselves is real and has real negative consequences in terms of professional perception.

Like when someone misspells radical candor in the second sentence of a blog post about mentoring.

Seriously though, everybody makes mistakes but when I do slip up like this I don't expect people to engage with what I'm writing. And I do think proof reading is an incredibly important skill for new and experienced software engineers.

[edit] I just noticed the author is a staff engineer at MongoDB. He can misspell whatever he wants. I recant my sassiness.

pkdpic_y9k commented on Japan Keeps Clean youtube.com/watch?v=BOGMk... · Posted by u/bane

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

(Incomplete) Summary > Personal pride in home properties, tradition of businesses volunteering some of their employees to regularly clean their neighborhoods in organized / shared groups, more regulation generally for garbage with paid vouchers for individual bags, no janitor systems in many schools / offices forms habit of cleaning up after oneself from an early age, the act of ritual cleaning / purification connected to Shinto tradition still active part of religious activities for clergy and visitors in shrines / temples.

pkdpic_y9k commented on Does a morality AI think I should watch more anime? delphi.allenai.org/?a1=Sh... · Posted by u/pkdpic_y9k

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

Spoiler alert, it thinks I should.

pkdpic_y9k commented on The Toynbee Convector en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The... · Posted by u/PaulHoule

Jun8 · 4 years ago

“This is a reference to Arnold J. Toynbee,[1] who proposed that civilisation must respond to a challenge in order to flourish.”

A recent work that I love which uses this idea is the Dark Forest Trilogy, where detecting the existence of aliens stimulates human progress.

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

Couldn't agree more, anything and everything by Liu Cixin. Although now that I think about it Three Body / Dark Forest / Deaths End are the only works of his Ive read where theres any serious amount of quasi time travel. But its just done so incredibly well.

Just have to give Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson a shoutout too, could definitely use some time travel though...

Sorry, spoiler alert?

pkdpic_y9k commented on Those praying hands you've been seeing everywhere your whole life? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pra... · Posted by u/pkdpic_y9k

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

Deeper origins / info: https://www.google.com/amp/s/hekint.org/2017/01/25/the-model...

pkdpic_y9k commented on Gen Z members flock to climate careers theguardian.com/environme... · Posted by u/makerofspoons

version_five · 4 years ago

Cynically, I expect a continued growth in climate bureaucracy, where various office jobs get set up in the name of tackling climate change, but for the most part are just doing the usual stuff you'd do in a bureaucracy.

It would be nice (despite the irony of suggesting a bureaucratic task) to see some analysis or thoughts about what jobs have the biggest real impact.

For example, I wonder how many people are looking at becoming farmers or builders or other sustainable trades, vs who wants to do software development or data science.

pkdpic_y9k · 4 years ago

Is there any career overlap between software engineering / data science and fighting climate change? Was hoping the article would touch on it.