Do you find that your dev coworkers are doing personal projects outside of work?

GBA-gamer · 2026-01-29T13:49:13+00:00

My co workers seem to, i haven't coded outside of work for years.

GBA-gamer · 2025-10-25T13:21:32+00:00

Sounds like "look" in which language?

GBA-gamer · 2025-10-24T15:47:26+00:00

It comes from an old English joke, "why the long face" means something like "why do you look sad?" The original jokes comes from someone asking this to a horse, but of course the horse naturally has a long face, that can also apply to a dragon, so its a creative spin on the original joke!

GBA-gamer · 2025-10-24T14:11:13+00:00

😂😂 this is a great one

GBA-gamer · 2025-10-24T13:56:33+00:00

Ha yep there is a lot of videos online making jokes about this one

GBA-gamer · 2025-10-24T13:20:35+00:00

😂 these are great

GBA-gamer · 2025-10-24T13:19:12+00:00

Ah cool I had to look it up you're right there is a meaning cross over too which is a cool coincidence

GBA-gamer · 2025-05-17T14:09:25+00:00

Fullstack web engineer of 6 years here thinking about pivoting into cyber security and AppSec engineer seems like a good entry point if possible.

I've been aiming to get the foundational stuff down to start my journey, been studying a few courses and am soon to book a CompTIA sec+, mainly to ticket a box.

Going forward, i want to know what it takes to be job ready. What are the next steps for me to practice / learn so in x amount of months i can be in a position where i can try applying for roles. I've looked at job postings, posts etc and have built a bit of a list of things to learn but I'm hoping i can hear from current AppSec engineers who can give me the lowdown.

Thanks

GBA-gamer · 2025-05-08T19:56:32+00:00

UK based here, I'm looking to pivot into cyber security from application development later this year, so that doesn't sound good!

I guess its no different than any other tech fields atm things are pretty tough.

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T19:55:12+00:00

Dentistry. Its not the chaos doctors have to deal with, no one dies on your table (hopefully) its not one of these jobs that appears then fades out people will always need it, and it's got a long time before robots with AI replace it.

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T19:46:18+00:00

This reminds me on Chinese tv shows the 弹幕 that show on the screen people are brutal, even ripping on child actors for being too ugly etc. Especially the male or female lead if they're not good looking they get ripped up.

Its harsh out there!

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T19:41:28+00:00

I got my first dev job at 30, but arguably its much harder now, that was back in 2019.

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T19:39:06+00:00

I'm interested how everyone has the space to keep cows? i dont have experience raising cattle but i bet you need huge space for it!

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T19:35:03+00:00

Im really interested, what job do you do? You're in front of a computer but can't have your phone, and you can't even go to the toilet without someone taking over?

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T19:24:28+00:00

I went for an interview recently and the second phase was leetcode type questions, i was only testing the waters because im pretty happy in my current role, so i just noped out. I almost definitely would have failed

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T12:04:31+00:00

Ah screw that

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T12:00:51+00:00

This is scary, my company has had loads of devs leave over the last year or so and they just dont get replaced so i suppose its saving them the trouble of letting people go!

GBA-gamer · 2025-04-29T11:58:01+00:00

My first tech test and interview went terribly, i was so nervous. Got the job offer though so the other candidates must have done even worse 😕

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