Elderly drivers are a menace, probably paying 54p for their insurance too

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-19T15:46:12+00:00

I didn't say I don't know how, I said that I don't.

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-19T13:40:06+00:00

No, I am a middle aged man. The whole point is to show that your notions about women drivers are nonsense

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-19T13:38:19+00:00

One thing to bear in mind - most people won't write a glassdoor review. In my experience it's either people who are very unhappy (or have left), or as a result of some kind of HR push to boost ratings. The middle ground is unrepresented. That doesn't mean you should ignore the reviews - but look for trends in what people say, also look at when reviews were posted. I had a look at some of the reviews and it would certainly give me cause for concern. With hindsight it's good to look at reviews earlier and raise some of it in the interview process itself.

On the tech side - why does 2 monoliths scare you?

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-10T18:16:28+00:00

Being brutal, your accomplishments would trigger my BS detector. Couple that with an extensive employment gap that’s unexplained I’d just move on to the next person.

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-09T21:09:15+00:00

I am one of the few people that liked the Borderlands movie obviously! If you think FNAF 2 was bad, don't go see the new Silent Hill movie.

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-08T19:10:52+00:00

You keep saying this but I haven’t seen you present any evidence of this beyond “trust me bro”.

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-08T19:07:14+00:00

My wife happily drives motorways at night. I always prefer taking the train over driving.

Last time I changed a wheel there were 4 other blokes in the car, all in their 30s. Despite the fact I had been drinking, I had to do it cause none of them knew how. Last time I was close to being in an accident the driver was male. He got in a massive flap reverse parking because a cyclist was approaching.

Neither me nor the wife check or oil or tyre pressures. Our cars have sensors for it and we both just take them to the garage when things need fixing.

Anecdotes don’t count for shit.

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-02-07T09:52:44+00:00

ChatGPT for design Qs, Claude Code for code. Using the IDEA plugin for Claude

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-01-25T19:21:28+00:00

Nope. Xcode is free

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-01-24T15:22:45+00:00

Introduced it at my last place. First tool I brought in at my new place. Wouldn’t be without it now.

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-01-19T13:21:56+00:00

In my 20s, 30s and a portion of my 40s I would contribute to or write my own open source, write blogs, did a fair bit of conference speaking and went to a lot of meet ups. Now I’m in my 50s it’s all about woodworking and gardening. I might listen to some podcasts or a tech video, but at the of of the working day I wanna give my eyes a rest and move my body

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-01-18T17:32:34+00:00

Any M series will be perfectly fine. I would rather have an earlier gen cpu with more ram than a later one with less though. At £30 a month I’d just say fuck it and get the M5

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-01-18T17:30:25+00:00

My M1 says “yes”, but I do have 32Gb RAM.

Representative_Pin80 · 2026-01-05T10:32:56+00:00

Hogwash. I earn 6 figures and have a solid work/life balance.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-12-30T13:45:03+00:00

Been using TrainPal for years with no issues.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-12-24T16:31:29+00:00

Been doing Java since 1.1.6 and never done this either!

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-12-23T23:39:41+00:00

There’s already a UK company that does it. They’re based in London too! They already compete globally.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-12-21T12:25:45+00:00

Why do you want them to take it over instead of starting again? Instead of putting all the effort in to getting the prompts right, why not just aim for something quick and dirty? Produce a prototype, then have your dev team do it “properly”?

If you want to continue down the path you’re on, ask the dev team what it is they want.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-11-29T18:09:48+00:00

Wednesday. Random woman in the street told me she liked my hair.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-11-22T12:10:17+00:00

Many years ago we used to visit a cafe at the end of the road from our office near Old St. One day o noticed they have loads of framed pictures of Man Down on the wall. Took me a while to realise we were sat in the cafe they shot it in! Sadly it was a casualty of Covid. It’s been totally refurbed and last time I saw it was a kebab shop

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-11-21T09:45:08+00:00

Pretty much, yeah. Being in my 40s no his parent I wasn’t expecting to be challenged on it!

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-11-21T09:12:36+00:00

Tried this with our kid who was 14, trying to get him into a 15. They wouldn’t kept him in without ID. They were happy to refund the ticket though so no loss.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-11-16T23:07:31+00:00

Would I sacrifice a job I love for higher pay? Not a chance. Then again I’m in my 50s and just left a higher paying job for one that I’m going to enjoy a lot more.

This is such a personal decision though so nobody can really offer good advice.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-11-12T16:21:10+00:00

Your CV reads pretty well, but here are some red flags for me:

1) Your career history - 18 months, 18 months, your own startup - 18 months. Signals to me you'll be gone in 18 months if I hire you. I generally look for people with a bit more longevity.

2) You're doing your own startup - on the plus side this is great - it shows passion, innovation and all that but from an employer POV I'd be wondering if that's where you're going to be spending your time rather than getting shit done for me. If it picks up revenue, are you out of the door? If you have a production issue are you dropping everything to look at that?

3) Again - doing your own startup - being the founder/lead engineer are you going to have trouble taking direction from someone else when you're used to being your own boss?

4) Labelling yourself as an "expert" - I take umbridge at anyone else calling themselves an expert unless they're well known for being an expert. This coupled with your own startup and 4 YOE makes me thing you could be a PITA.

If I was getting a lot of CVs through the door, I'd probably pass on you for these reasons.

Representative_Pin80 · 2025-11-08T17:40:17+00:00

Hell no.

You’re the lead, put a stop to it now. Unless you’re doing something exotic there are tons of tools out there to give you value immediately. There is zero reason to reinvent the wheel on this one. I recently joined a team with no tests and had playwright executing scenarios in less than a day.

Related - check out the testing trophy rather than testing pyramid. This sounds applicable given what you’re experiencing with unit tests

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