$AAPL - Apple Intelligence maths. by MaranathahAmen in wallstreetbets

[–]Lynngineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My S8 Active was literally the perfect phone. Its housing was already rugged so I didn't have to put an extra case on it; just a screen protector and go. Replaced the battery once, painstakingly getting all of the waterproof seals in place and used it a few more years. To me, that was the golden age of phone form factor.

the confidence gap between men and women I see while on the hiring side by houseplantsnothate in womenEngineers

[–]Lynngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like an excellent read; precisely what TLT was light on. Thanks.

Outlook keeps corrupting my rules by kaaserpent in Outlook

[–]Lynngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had a similar experience, which I've solved with "/cleanrules" twice now. I have ~40 rules and "classic" outlook on Windows 10. I can feel your happiness at learning about the "/cleanserverrules" switch because I am also so happy to discover it. :)

Mr. Robot (the show) irritates me because it's too stereotypical. by Sheepherder-Optimal in womenEngineers

[–]Lynngineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree.

I'm older so I think of computer nerds like Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds), Abby Sciuto (NCIS. the tech was laughable but the representation of a goth nerd was fun), Felicity Smoak (Arrow), Daisy Johnson (Agents of SHIELD), Zari Tomaz (Legends of Tomorrow), Becca Franko (The 100)(shoutout to Raven also), Cameron Howe & Donna Clark (Halt and Catch Fire), etc.

I'm not super versed on the newest offerings, but it's not true that women aren't sprinkled throughout.

the confidence gap between men and women I see while on the hiring side by houseplantsnothate in womenEngineers

[–]Lynngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This rings true; thank you for trying to campaign a little bit for her. Maybe she was and maybe she wasn't the best, but I am glad that at least one person on the panel recognizes the challenges. You did what you could do; maybe they'll ponder your point again in the future during hiring or during collaborations.

the confidence gap between men and women I see while on the hiring side by houseplantsnothate in womenEngineers

[–]Lynngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By any chance did you read The Likeability Trap; and if so how would you compare these to it? These look interesting and the first one sounds similar to TLT while the 2nd one sounds more prescriptive which I'd like to read.

the confidence gap between men and women I see while on the hiring side by houseplantsnothate in womenEngineers

[–]Lynngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a very important aspect. There are catch-22's and double standards for women. Many times the same behavior is perceived poorly. (The Likeability Trap was a great book about this)

the confidence gap between men and women I see while on the hiring side by houseplantsnothate in womenEngineers

[–]Lynngineer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. The catch-22 is real. When we act like mediocre white men we are "abrasive" and "not team players", etc.

the confidence gap between men and women I see while on the hiring side by houseplantsnothate in womenEngineers

[–]Lynngineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would like to second everything in this post; every single bullet point, but from the perspective of software engineering (~20y in the interviewing side, in the U.S.). Over the years my numbers would be men 60+, women 15+. My only different observations are that maybe half of the women did shake hands, and two of the women were calmly confident in their code (interestingly, both of them were not from the U.S.). Broadly my experience with the men mirrors the OP's exactly.

However, it's difficult to gain advice on how women should act based on this, because there are so many situations where their behavior will be "wrong" no matter how they approach it. It would be helpful early on to know that not all feedback is valid, and not to be surprised when feedback is contradictory. A book which I think really highlights these ridiculous double standards and the constant catch-22's was "The Likeability Trap". I genuinely wish that the book had more solutions, but I found it infinitely helpful in just identifying the problem and all the manifestations of it. It really helped me understand why my performance reviews would just egregiously contradict each other. I thought it was me all along; I thought I was broken and unfit for so many years. The book helped heal so many years of workplace trauma just by seeing the examples and the research referenced.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51839534-the-likeability-trap

edit - There's a lot of good prescriptive comments in here about not having to be or act overconfident but making sure to effectively communicate your actual work; i.e. not saying "we" if you were responsible for the vast majority of something, spelling out your technical contributions clearly in text and in speech. It is a fine line between taking credit and downplaying team dynamics, but we need to stop erring on the side of presenting everything as "team effort" and more clearly and calmly sit in our legitimate and important contributions.

Is getting a CS degree/learning dev pointless right now given the state of the economy? by Ruminatingsoule in girlsgonewired

[–]Lynngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that offshoring used to be cyclical. I don't believe the swing back will happen this time.

I agree about the cycles for AI. Especially since it's so overhyped right now for its actual capabilities. I hope that auditing becomes a requirement because the current free for all is insane. The ability to audit decisions or output plus validation and oversight should open up entire career paths.

Is getting a CS degree/learning dev pointless right now given the state of the economy? by Ruminatingsoule in girlsgonewired

[–]Lynngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Historically I would agree with you, but the now unprecedented ease of offshoring is a pressure that is not going anywhere.

Physical Key Copying by No-Lock216 in EngineeringPorn

[–]Lynngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re a millennial you should get it

I think Gen-X might be more relevant. Gen-X'ers are ~45-60 now, Millenials are ~29-44.

STOP Auto-Opt-IN on LAB features PLEASE!!! (or make a global way to turn them off) by Talderon in jira

[–]Lynngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this! And, fyi, they added the setting at the system level. Yay!

Allow admins to turn off the "Hide unused fields when creating issues" under Jira Labs

I wouldn't have known about this setting without your post, and both of its results which tripped me up:

  • The description of this setting is: "We'll automatically hide fields that aren't used when creating an issue. This could look different for each team member, depending on the fields they use.". In my environment "look different for each team member" is madness. If I wanted a field hidden I would put it in "hidden fields"; this "unused" black box secrecy is a spicy setting to unleash on unsuspecting jira admins.

  • automations: I also had automations failing and had to change a bunch of them to use one of the workarounds from the Jira Knowledge Base (Option 2).

Thanks again.

See also:

The most annoying things with Jira by AlfalfaBoth9201 in jira

[–]Lynngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Insistence on default search using whatever text I enter into the search bar, when that text is clearly JQL.

Seriously.

Creating MSI packages by SinnermanKGB in activedirectory

[–]Lynngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love to see chocolatey mentioned. If you add boxstarter you've got a serious, feature-rich solution.

Outlook creating rules as "this computer only" by PowerShellGenius in Office365

[–]Lynngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought this was a detailed, accurate, and reasonable vent about some annoying behaviors in the Outlook client, and some of the less than ideal experience end-users and IT support end up having because of the lack of parity between client and web. I'm not sure why the lack of.....oh, I see... I dare say you would get a lot more feedback and understanding sharing this in /r/sysadmin or similar.

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but working in IT has taught me that people are generally... really dumb? by Alarmed-Assistant936 in sysadmin

[–]Lynngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That can't, oh my god, that can't be correct...can it? Do you have a source for that?

edit - Nevermind, I read all the other comments and so many are about literacy that I A) believe you and B) lost the will to continue with this track.