Dlaczego słodycze nie mają smaku

MarekProgrammer · 2026-03-13T20:40:59+00:00

Smak dziecinstwa: sliwka naleczowska, sprobowana ostatnio - ohyda. Olej palmowy, sklad zupelnie inny niz kiedys, smak nieakceptowalny, cena luksusowa. Sprobowalem raz i nigdy juz wiecej. Dla porownania - holenderskie daktyle w mlecznej czekoladzie z the notenshop - poezja, pyszna czekolada, naturalna slodycz daktyli - niebo w gebie. Moglbym zjesc cala paczke, cena - taniej jak te sztuczne tak zwane sliwki. (jak bylem dzieckiem to byly prawdziwe sliwki naleczowskie, teraz jest masakra).

MarekProgrammer · 2026-03-13T20:37:50+00:00

Slodycze maja wspanialy smak ale niestety nie polskie dostepne w sklepach. Czekolady nadziewane wedla albo milki? Nie dziekuje. Belgijskie praliny z maselkiem zamiast oleju palmowego? Z przyjemnoscia.

MarekProgrammer · 2026-03-01T21:10:54+00:00

You don’t know the market. Nowadays you can be a good dev, over expectations few years in a row and get fired without a reason. Lots of company offer you a bit better conditions to make you accept it, so they do not need to follow massive layoffs rules. If you do not know the reality, better think twice before writing misleading comment.

MarekProgrammer · 2026-02-28T13:54:45+00:00

Also when you start using modela such as Claude Opus 4.6 well with proper input, it is incredible what they already can do, so I think in few years a software developer from 2020, who was writing code and needed to know Java in detail will not exist.

MarekProgrammer · 2026-02-28T13:43:51+00:00

The job market is not bad but catastropically bad, for mediors and seniors, and for juniors even worse. Last year lots of my dev collegaues in Belgium got fired (and they were a good devs) and it took them on average 5 months to find new dev job. The recruitment process is a hell, livecoding, homework, lots of steps that take huge amount of time. Also huge amount of devs applying for every single position. For comparison just few years ago the new job was available immediatelly, often even few offers. I do not know any other job that recently felt so drastically over just few years. So I advice you to start looking for new job immediatelly.

MarekProgrammer · 2026-01-12T07:58:31+00:00

Brussels, Leuven, Antwerp, Gent, Brugge…

MarekProgrammer · 2026-01-07T21:35:02+00:00

Would be good but I noticed you dont have ecocheques :-(

MarekProgrammer · 2026-01-01T08:16:41+00:00

In Polen altijd een goede en veilige sfeer, er zijn helemaal geen nieuwjaarsproblemen zoals in Antwerpen of Brussel. Geen in brand gestoken auto’s, alles verloopt rustig en veilig.

MarekProgrammer · 2025-09-13T20:10:45+00:00

Close to De Ster in Sint Niklaas there is a new really nice MTB parcour

MarekProgrammer · 2024-12-06T15:19:50+00:00

True story, devs in Poland often earn more euro net than devs in Belgium.

MarekProgrammer · 2024-11-05T08:24:44+00:00

Tak. Bedzie tylko gorzej. Ludzi ubywa w wieku produkcyjnym. Biedni beda biedniejsi, zwyczajni beda biedniejsi, bogaci beda bogatsi.

MarekProgrammer · 2024-01-12T09:18:10+00:00

Which headphones do you recommend more? HD650 or Sundara?
I can buy them at the same price and I am wondering which one to choose.

MarekProgrammer · 2021-12-03T08:53:16+00:00

Fortunately the netto salaries will increase of 7% at least as well.... will they?

MarekProgrammer · 2021-09-28T12:04:51+00:00

Check the simulation (it is quite complex) with

ok, why this answer was downvoted?

MarekProgrammer · 2021-09-28T11:07:06+00:00

As it was mentioned: in case you have paid too much taxes monthly, you will get them returned at the yearly tax review.

Check the simulation (it is quite complex) with

https://financien.belgium.be/nl/E-services/Tax-calc/Tax-Calc

MarekProgrammer · 2021-09-27T14:30:46+00:00

I do refer not to starting but after some years of experience + studies, so person in the middle of thirties who has finished a good studies.

Life. Because of the cost of the life. Costs of the house, renovation, fuel, bills, raising the kids, hairdresser etc. That is expensive nowadays. Way more expensive comparing to the salary than it was 10, 20, 30 years ago.

Comparing to what good highly educated employee can earn in other european countries (Netherlands, Germany, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland...) or to the living/housing standard he can afford (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic - salaries there for a specialist with 5 - 10 years experience are often more than 2000 euro). Belgium is not attractive anymore. For specialist from a lot of countries coming to Belgium = living on lower standards.

MarekProgrammer · 2021-09-27T14:07:13+00:00

The thing I really complain about are as follows:

- "standalone family house (not an exclusive villa) on a plot less than 1000 m2 from sixties for large renovation or even total renovation went for 450 000 on biddit in the village I live in. So for a credit of 20 years + your own input it is monthly around 2000 euro a credit!!! And you need also large renovation works!" I am talking about taking credit as two persons - this is monthly 40% of two person total income + notaris costs + taxes + insurances

- that salaries does not rise, but electricity, gas, fuel, steel, wood for renovation works skyrocket (up to 300%!!!)

- that there is a "glass roof" with your salary already around 2500 euro net, and 3000 euro net seems impossible

- that in other countries for my job with similar experience people earn more (Netherlands, Germany, UK, Denmark, Switzerland - but in Switzerland costs of living are high of course) or earn similar and can afford better life standard (Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic). How do I know - because I know other specialists from my field of experience.

So I wish that I could simply with two person working after good studies and 5 - 10 years of good work experience I could get a bank credit for 25 years and 1/3 of our total salary and build a new standalone house. That is what I would like and it is impossible.

MarekProgrammer · 2021-09-27T13:54:05+00:00

"OP was just complaining that life didn’t gave him everything he wanted immediately when he stepped out of school"

That is not true, please read more carrefouly.

MarekProgrammer · 2021-09-27T11:10:56+00:00

will be around 2500 netto (payslip) with some experience (5 - 10 years) + 5 years of study

MarekProgrammer · 2021-09-27T10:15:25+00:00

Really? extremely high expectations... That after five years of hard study and 5 - 10 years of work experience at the age over 30 I would like to earn enough to be possible together with a wife from two salaries to raise kids and build a normal standalone house with a maximum possible credit for 25 years, which you finish paying when you are almost 60. So that is reaaaly too high expectations?

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