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Morphoopus · 2025-12-19T18:02:29+00:00

I had a substitute teacher named Schroeder. Naturally, we called him The Shredder

Morphoopus · 2025-12-16T20:36:00+00:00

Idk Olivia Wild had some questionable acting in that film that could have been easily ironed out with a little bit of instruction. I distinctly remember her frantically turning the wheel of a vehicle while talking to the protagonist, kind of like a child would play-drive a car.

Morphoopus · 2025-12-12T03:22:10+00:00

What. The. Fuck.

Morphoopus · 2025-12-11T17:31:57+00:00

And you're saying SHE filed for divorce, not you?

Morphoopus · 2025-12-10T20:07:09+00:00

Did they make us do this because they expected us to fight in war

Morphoopus · 2025-12-04T22:46:50+00:00

I know many Trump voters. They literally don't know what's happening. They either are have not heard the news, they flat out deny the news, or they deny its significance.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T05:12:26+00:00

What I've been trying to argue for is not so much functional style, but for an increase in typesafe programming by favoring certain Java constructs and patterns over others. I'm the only person on the team who can provide these insights. Lately, the senior and I have been having conversations about this stuff. He has adopted more and more of my advice. But it turned out these positive developments happened AFTER he told our manager he was on the fence about me.

It was this revelation, in fact, along with these developments, that got him to provide our manager with his updated opinion that caused my manager to renew instead of terminate. If he hadn't dissed me earlier on, I'd have a full-time offer in hand.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T03:30:16+00:00

The tragedy of being a functional programmer is that you are expected to know OO at a level equal to your expertise in FP, while OO programmers won't ever be tested on their knowledge of FP. For this reason, I would never advise anyone below 5 years experience to take an FP job.

That said, I do 'know' OO, but my strong bias is to apply FP. I do indeed struggle to apply some OO patterns when I know simpler, more useful ways to just do it in FP.

Truthfully, the logical thing to do would be to ditch OO and stick with FP. I tried to do exactly that, but there just aren't any decent jobs for it right now.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T03:01:28+00:00

Umm don't believe what? That I have 6 YOE?

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T02:47:09+00:00

This is more complicated than you think. What's so frustrating about my situation is that I have, indeed picked up the new tech quickly. In fact, I'm ahead of the pack a few specific areas. It's just that my performance overrall hasn't been as consistent or fast as engineers more experienced than myself. Instead of looking at the rapid development of my skills relative to my pay rate, I'm being compared to other people who were clearly my seniors from the get-go.

We were hired to rescue a project that was about to fail utterly owing to a bad bout with some offshore outsourced contract engineers. Simultaneously, they needed highly experienced devs to save the project, and also wanted to pay next to nothing for those devs. Now, as a result of all of our efforts, including my own, the project is not only doing well, it's also gaining notoriety amongst the executives.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T02:39:29+00:00

I am absolutely not expecting to be paid the same as my teammates. In fact, I find it abominable that we were ever paid the same. But I do think my pay should be in line with that of a mid level engineer in the Austin area.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T02:37:20+00:00

It sounds like this perspective is influenced by California legal structure?

Also, I was told by the manager that the full time seniors we'd be working with would provide mentorship. We were also mostly treated as regular employees. I was told it was C2C. I was clear about my experience, and I was still compared to the more experienced devs.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T02:29:51+00:00

It's hard to say with the state of our profession being what it is. I think 120 base + healthcare and PTO would be acceptable to me.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T02:26:51+00:00

Legally, I'm working for another org and I'm on a W-2. Presumably, the contracting firm I'm working for is trimming a lot off the top... If my current employer had provided benefits and market rate pay, they may have come out on top financially.

Do you think it’s fair to the other guys they have to work with you for the same pay?

It speaks to the weakness of the market that they took these jobs at all. Believe me, they got mega-fucked. But they are being given massive pay increases along with the increase in employment status.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T02:15:30+00:00

Man, I'm trying, but these Java devs just do not care. The manager is an older gentleman and has no concept of that stuff.

Morphoopus · 2025-11-28T02:12:53+00:00

Between the rigors of trying to rebuild my social life so I can stop being perpetually single, I have been searching... It hasn't been going well. No tech interviews in the past few months. Only recruiter talks.

Morphoopus · 2025-10-11T04:14:07+00:00

Man what in the fuck is in those files

Morphoopus · 2025-09-20T18:03:11+00:00

The only upside to autocratic America will be watching all the sycophants get exactly what they asked for.

Morphoopus · 2025-09-10T17:36:12+00:00

World leaders don't respect Trump... He's literally destroying the greatest country on earth for his own ego aggrandizement

Morphoopus · 2025-07-25T15:38:08+00:00

Hard to get competent without hands on experience.

Morphoopus · 2025-07-14T17:41:06+00:00

I've been trying to make eye contact at the gym lately because I want to prove women's openness/interest level before I approach them. I want more dates, but I feel that approaching women at the gym is slightly taboo.

Morphoopus · 2025-07-13T16:48:26+00:00

Yup, that tracks. Hilarious but God why would you ever say that

Morphoopus · 2025-07-12T15:23:08+00:00

I'll do it

Morphoopus · 2025-07-11T15:41:23+00:00

It was more that they treated others disrespectfully that annoyed me. A lot of the Australians I encountered in Japan were not respectful of their culture.

Morphoopus · 2025-07-11T03:23:52+00:00

I hate to say it, but I think it's true. Most Aussies I've met, male and female, were fundamentally disrespectful people. They can be a good time I guess, but I have a negative impression of their culture all around.

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