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spacemanmatt commented on Arguing from compassion (2021)   centerforinquiry.org/blog... · Posted by u/rendall
erezyehuda · 3 years ago
I think a big part of this topic discussion is that there's a LOT of value in those- that many disagreements are simply down to having a different understanding about context and facts, and that giving the other person the benefit of the doubt can help people navigate those. It actually seems like one of the most relevant cases to me.
spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
Understood.

And agreed about the nature of many disagreements coming down to context and facts. My comment is aimed at people who seem to insist that other posters don't understand their context or have all the facts, when they actually do and yet continue to disagree.

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spacemanmatt commented on Shipping Multi-Tenant SaaS Using Postgres Row-Level Security   thenile.dev/blog/multi-te... · Posted by u/capiki
spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
If I were leaning into RLS today I would do it through PostgREST
spacemanmatt commented on Shipping Multi-Tenant SaaS Using Postgres Row-Level Security   thenile.dev/blog/multi-te... · Posted by u/capiki
toomuchtodo · 3 years ago
Amazon has a great post on this topic.

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/migration-complete-amazons-...

I thought it was cool they retrained their Oracle DBAs into other roles as part of the project.

spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
I work with a few former-Oracle DBAs in a PostgreSQL-flavored consultancy now and they are aces. All the root-cause analysis and organization skills transfer handily.
spacemanmatt commented on Arguing from compassion (2021)   centerforinquiry.org/blog... · Posted by u/rendall
k__ · 3 years ago
One does not exclude the other.
spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
how much value can you place on a disagreement based on a misunderstanding, though? i don't think that's the relevant case.
spacemanmatt commented on What’s the end goal for you programmers?    · Posted by u/DanUKs
lezojeda · 3 years ago
But many people think they're worth that. I don't think there is an intrinsic "worth" for each developer, demand is high, supply is low, that's why salaries are high.
spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
Well, I believe that as humans they are worth enough to eat, live, and enjoy life, at the very least, but from a surviving-in-capitalism perspective they can't pull their weight for a while in most cases. I'm not arguing against hiring and paying juniors a living wage, just noting that it takes a while and some diverse experience to get most of them over the hump, so to speak.
spacemanmatt commented on What’s the end goal for you programmers?    · Posted by u/DanUKs
muzani · 3 years ago
I just want to build software once I retire. Ideally shiny things with little commercial potential or incredibly high risk.

There's stuff I don't like about the job - estimates, daily stand up, other meetings, investor-oriented development. Nearly all of that is gone with retirement.

The work isn't so much for money, but getting opportunities to practice building things better as an individual. I don't need to retire early; the work gives me practice and lets me meet plenty of mentors from different fields.

spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
Same. At some point I'd love to figure out ways to get entertainment/game software built without sacrificing a team.
spacemanmatt commented on What’s the end goal for you programmers?    · Posted by u/DanUKs
spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
I like things that work, and I like making things that work. Coding has been a thing I do when I need to, but using the skill to investigate existing code has been the dominant practice.

Every time I reach a goal I move the cheese. I think I'm still getting better. But I'm also realizing the potential to pursue previously unknown goals. It is part of an ongoing discovery process that is not limited to engineering.

If I had a lot more money, I would probably pursue my goals differently but I don't think I would stop pursuing them.

spacemanmatt commented on What’s the end goal for you programmers?    · Posted by u/DanUKs
lezojeda · 3 years ago
>Developers in their 20s are definitely overpaid

Why?

spacemanmatt · 3 years ago
The 5 or 10 years experience they might have is pretty thin unless they have had extremely good mentoring. It takes more than a senior project and a few years as a junior dev to be worth much. I consider junior devs incubation projects. Some of them turn out nicely.

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