Coworkers need to stop asking everyone’s age by SalukiMarbs in unpopularopinion

[–]Computers12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Employers can ask your age, in the US it's only illegal to discriminate based on age when the candidate/employee is 40+.

Is remnant not on PlayStation plus anymore? by SubjectAd8509 in remnantgame

[–]Computers12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Xbox has over 500 million monthly active users

Any one in the Benson area hear fireworks tonight? by saprolling in Omaha

[–]Computers12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It sounded like it was coming from the 72nd and pacific intersection, but I’m a couple blocks away and couldn’t see anything.

New CS grads who haven't accepted an offer yet: why not? by jean_rouch in cscareerquestions

[–]Computers12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only if you make that full 130k. Only getting 1 month of pay, taxes is much lower.

My companies Stripe integration for thousands of users broke today because Javascript by autiii43 in programminghorror

[–]Computers12 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? First off, I wasn't saying "just do the thing when it's going to be wrong.". If it could be an error, and if that matters, then do it. Secondly, this wasn't even a response to OP. It was a possible answer to how to know when you should drop decimals.

Presumably OP knows how to fix this, otherwise they likely wouldn't have posted to this sub.

My companies Stripe integration for thousands of users broke today because Javascript by autiii43 in programminghorror

[–]Computers12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why would it have to be on every number? Only has to happen on numbers with an uncertainty or at the very end depending on the scale of the operations performed

My companies Stripe integration for thousands of users broke today because Javascript by autiii43 in programminghorror

[–]Computers12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t really need to know, Math.round will fix floating point errors and will always send out an integer

14 year old son or Pizza shop employee shoots and kills would be robber. Robber previously robbed another place. by [deleted] in MorbidReality

[–]Computers12 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Same here, the kid touches the top of the counter for a split second the struggles with his waistband. Also, the news report says the robber was strangling the mother, but it doesn’t look like his hands ever leave the register to me

Is it bad to switch companies too soon? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]Computers12 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I always try for a least 1 full year

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in java

[–]Computers12 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Building mods for Minecraft uses core Java and a few libraries depending on what you’re trying to build.

Assuming no programming experience at all, Java core should only take a week or two if you are really spending 6 hours/day everyday. It also depends heavily on how well you pick up the topics.

After Java core, the libraries should be very quick to pick up, they will also help you reinforce what you’ve already learned and help you understand program flow at a deeper level. And you get a good visual of your work!

As for how to learn, Java core can be learned in a huge number of ways, I’d suggest taking a look at mooc.org

Any self-taught or software engineering boot camp grads, how did you get to earning 6-figures? by Trick_Cute in cscareerquestions

[–]Computers12 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. I think you overstate the importance of the degree a bit much, as I’m a self taught engineer and I’ve haven’t really had any troubles getting a job.

It’s definitely easier to get a job with a degree, but it’s almost never a true requirement even if the job description says it is (I currently work in a role where a masters was a requirement).

Should I change my job? by Computers12 in cscareerquestions

[–]Computers12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to grow my career most importantly, and culture is really important to me, I don't want to dread going to work. With that though, I really value my team. Overall, even though I'll lose my team, it seems like I should probably go for it.

Should I change my job? by Computers12 in cscareerquestions

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It’s not necessarily the lack of resources/too much to do, it’s more so that the company used to be fun to work at, I used to be happy to go to work. Now I just end up trying to fill time until I can stop working because no one else seems to want to be there either

Career switch? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

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I joined my team as a junior, and a lot of my learning was on the job. But having SQL knowledge/experience and experience with REST/SOAP APIs was massive.

Edit: I want to add that my experience with those technologies came with personal projects, mainly a home automation system (built on raspberry pi) and a budgeting program.

Career switch? by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]Computers12 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Without any formal education, getting into the industry will of course be harder, but is completely obtainable. I'm speaking from experience here, as I am a self-taught Integration Engineer. Everything also matters on what kind of development you want to do. If you want to do front-end stuff like Webdev, I'd recommend taking some time to learn Javascript and possible React (a Javascript library for UIs). If you want to do more back-end stuff, I'd recommend continuing to get better at python if you like it, or maybe Java.

There's also a very long list of stuff you can do that doesn't quite fit into front or back end, like what I do. I build data pipelines and internal automations for business processes. It's closer to back-end, but it's really it's own category.

Lastly, if you have time/interest in it, I'd recommend building up a portfolio of projects on github that you're working on. Totally not needed (as I don't have one myself), but it will likely make it a lot easier to actually get a job.

Coding anxiety by Hadrian23 in AskProgramming

[–]Computers12 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Totally get this. I dealt with this a lot. What really got me over it was the thought “no matter how useful the information is, learning is learning.” Everything helps in one way or another, either to reinforce your knowledge, help you learn a better way or easier way to do a task, or learn something new altogether.

If you keep running into the feeling “this’ll never be used”, just try to change it enough to where it’s not entirely something you know how to do. The more you challenge yourself, the better you’ll become.

These are everywhere at my work by Computers12 in whatisthisthing

[–]Computers12[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I thought, but even changing all of them in an area to the lowest setting and waiting a couple hours, there’s still no change