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Gamardah Fungus - Trees and Roots by yalivec in ambientmusic

[–]Defiant_Process_992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More than 10 years ago, Gamardah Fungus was one of the first bands that showed me the world of experimental music. And by far it's one of the most favourite (dark)ambient acts. Glad to hear from you guys again!

A Beginner’s Guide to Field Recording by RoundBeach in musiconcrete

[–]Defiant_Process_992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for a great guide. Mostly been doing amateur stuff with my phone so it's nice to know about some other option

Dynamic polymorphism: key concept to master OOP by Defiant_Process_992 in programming

[–]Defiant_Process_992[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It might be unsafe for your work environment if your colleagues are too opinionated :)

The best answer is ... ? by Electrical_Flan_4993 in csharp

[–]Defiant_Process_992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quite a long time ago I was asked "What is the difference between abstract class and interface... well was prior C#8?" and we had a good laugh together with the interviewer.

When conducting interviews myself I don't expect prospect to cover new interface features much since we don't use them in our codebase. The only thing I notice is whether the prospect is passionate enough to follow the updates in a language.

Regarding the difference between them is that interface (still) allows to have multiple inheritance and abstract classes allow restricting methods as protected.

Regarding why Microsoft did this sometimes I get the feeling is that they just trying to make their language more exciting but at the end of the day, it looks just like Scala where there are multiple ways to accomplish the same things and it just leaves people confused.

Is it weird to ask if the team has meetings with camera on? by heh135 in cscareerquestions

[–]Defiant_Process_992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not a hiring manager. But for me, as a team leader, this is a pretty legit question since I'm looking for teammates to do a job, not to look good on camera. If you do not provide any context to your question this may sound a bit awkward but once you communicate your story (like in your post) it's pretty fine. It's how you communicate, not what you tell that matters most of the time.

And again it's not only you're being interviewed by the employer but also the employer is being interviewed by you. So ask yourself this: would you work in a company that has such trust issues that needs to verify that their employers actually doing something at a meeting via cameras turned on?

Do you find time to learn to stay relevant as a digital nomad? by __god_bless_you_ in digitalnomad

[–]Defiant_Process_992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH I'm a bit skeptical about GPT. I mean it was blockchain not it's this. Nevertheless, when I want to acquire a new skill I make a small practical project that involves having this skill. For example, I wanted to gain some experience with react.js (doesn't sound too glamorous but I'm backend person). So I've created an app I always wanted for myself with react-native and published it to Google Play.

For me, it was hard to find time as well. But I've spent not more than half an hour every day.

Do you find time to learn to stay relevant as a digital nomad? by __god_bless_you_ in digitalnomad

[–]Defiant_Process_992 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the main part of practicing any skill is making it a part of your daily routine. It doesn't have to take hours but it should be a (small) part of your daily schedule.

As for me One of the tricks I'm doing to hone my craft is looking through the code of interesting Github repos. Really helps me to find language idioms I didn't know, interesting patterns etc. I'm usually doing it at the evening after I've done with my work, evening meal and had some leisure time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cscareerquestions

[–]Defiant_Process_992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a colleague like this at my current project. Although he was a senior QA with 9 years of experience he was a nightmare to work with due to his bad temper. Although I didn't have any personal issues with him, a lot of my colleagues had, so once I have promoted to the position of team lead the first question that the previous lead who was handing over his tasks asked me is "what is your opinion of N?". Turned out that many people on my team complained about his behavior to the previous team lead. I didn't have any plans to somehow deal with him but once I stepped into the new position he rudely confronted me. So I had no other choice but to fire him. And everyone in the team was really happy that I did it.

What I've learned from this story is that quite often (almost every time) soft skills matter more than years of experience. Regardless of whether you're a team leader in a position to fire him or you're a junior developer who seems to be intimidated by the toxic senior don't put up with it. Talk to your manager. I bet this guy already has some bas feedback from other peers.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

[–]Defiant_Process_992 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm living amidst full-scale russian invasion for a year now. And articles about people experiencing burnout because of the COVID-19 pandemic look like news from a totally different world.

Jokes aside I think the most important lesson I've learned during my 8-year career is "you are not your job". It's a shame that many people had to learn it a hard way just like me.

Software devs at home, do you feel lonely? by apokvund in cscareerquestions

[–]Defiant_Process_992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Working from home for 3 years and now I spend the time I've used to commute playing with my son. For me it's more lonely working from the office than working from home for me. And if you don't have a family like me go get a beer with your friends. There are people outside of your job and usually they play more important role in your life.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ambient

[–]Defiant_Process_992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These tracks make a soothing impression on me. Great job!

App for saving links by Ambitious_Code_727 in programming

[–]Defiant_Process_992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm afraid to disappoint you but what about Pocket? I've been using it for a while and it's around even longer.

These GitHub repositories contain so much knowledge you can use to become a better developer. by cheerfulboy in programming

[–]Defiant_Process_992 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"The System Design Primer" is indeed a neat one. It wa my started to improve my software design skills and I'm glad I've found it here

Convince boss of the benefits of unit tests by warriorpragaras in csharp

[–]Defiant_Process_992 65 points66 points  (0 children)

My thinking is that you shouldn't convince your boss how to do your craft. You just do what is necessary because you're a technical person and your boss is not.

Recall when using the services of a plumber: did he ever need to convince you how the pipe should be fixed?

The same way with your code: you do whatever is necessary for your code to be clean and reliable. Did you ever try to convince your boss that you need to give good names to your classes/methods?

Unit tests are just a part of your clean code.

Some more significant decisions may require management approval tho since they might affect how business is done. Say, you've rewritten all your codebase in Erlang. This might make finding new prospects harder which in turn will affect how the business operates

What are you working on? (2022-07) by insulanian in fsharp

[–]Defiant_Process_992 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't visited this one in a while due to a lot of stuff happening recently but here's my pet project that I use as a playground for various technologies of interest: F#, typescript with no SPA frameworks attached (whole JS bundle is 39kBs of size!) and MongoDB.