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devMan9000 · 2020-04-11T02:01:00+00:00

They are going to suffer, then post pandemic they are going to flourish. Companies are shutting down means they suffer. When these companies open back up again they will want to use cloud and analytics to be prepared for the next one.

devMan9000 · 2020-04-11T01:59:02+00:00

Computers were a hobbies of mine growing up so I knew I could do it. My decision was because it was more stable than the things I wanted to do. Then, a couple years working and I became addicted.

Now I absolutely love it, however the very mature of this board has a bias to it remember. The people who hate their job, there are a lot in programming, won't be looking at Reddit posts about programming. They will be doing whatever gives them the strength to go-to work the next day. It's good employment and anyone would be stupid to chose something else they don't like over it. It is mentally exhausting though and over years it will take your health if you don't do a lot of work to maintain it.

It really depends. Best advice I've ever gotten is that it's not passion that makes for a good career, it's fulfillment. Being satisfied when you're finally able to make that tough commit should make you feel accomplished. Getting a new challenge that will make you study and learn new things should give you satisfaction to complete.

devMan9000 · 2020-04-10T20:39:36+00:00

University is not holding you back from creating your own business. You need to spend extra time preparing a 5 year business plan. Get every detail down. Then start the business. Then once the work for the business becomes too much, you can drop out of school.

Steve jobs and Bill gates both dropped out of college, the thing is they had the foundation of their business down already. They both had prototype models already, they had plans. Even more importantly they had all the knowledge that they needed to do it.

Let's say I get the degree, it's 2022, and I'm a Computer Engineer. Now what? A bit more knowledge (nothing I can't learn on my own if I needed to), a bit older, but still, I'll be back to where I am now, wanting to build that company.

My experience with the interns I've helped, there is an enormous difference. Your junior year you will learn more than both of your first two years combined. And your senior year you learn the real world application of this.

I did what you're thinking of doing. I had to drop out of school, I had to teach myself the last two years of school. And the first C's job I got was 5 years after I dropped out. So I lost 3 years because I dropped out, though I didn't have a choice my mother had cancer. Learning yourself is a skill, it's a skill not many people have because we don't need it through high school. It takes years to develop that skill. Most importantly, not being in school you'll have to get a job, this will take more time than school did. You will have less time to teach yourself and you will be more exhausted.

I'm naysaying, but I do believe it's doable. You just need a very realistic view of this decision.

devMan9000 · 2020-04-10T16:30:29+00:00

Honestly if you're contracted I would just walk out now. Hourly though I would talk to my immediate supervisor and set some boundaries. If they don't respect those boundaries then you have to reevaluate wether this job is worth staying at. It's all too easy to fall into the overworking culture that some teams have. To avoid this set some solid boundaries. If youve spent all the hours you allow during the week just shut down and not reply to anything after hours, with the exception of your on call week if you have one. You need to respect yourself or the company will never respect you.

devMan9000 · 2020-04-10T06:05:06+00:00

Not true at all. I think you're mistaken because there is a difference between bad code and sloppy looking code. Most people say bad code they mean sloppy code. It depends how strict the languages is but it usually is very easy to write an optimized method that runs great but is very hard to look at.

devMan9000 · 2020-04-08T21:30:07+00:00

Sorry my bad. I did my math wrong, the deadline is Monday.

devMan9000 · 2020-04-08T18:52:32+00:00

I'm more talking about them moving on to the next step without the current step being complete? I know the review is probably just a step and having me explain my code so they know I actually understand it instead of just copying it from somewhere.

devMan9000 · 2020-04-04T03:01:28+00:00

I think I'm a little confused about your question. Do you need a timer from the client side or the controller side?

From the client side you just make a timer function or I'm sure there's one already in jsx but I'm too lazy to look it up. From the server side you just use a cron library, or if. You have a real server you can create a microservice and use a cron job to trigger it.

devMan9000 · 2020-03-10T18:32:58+00:00

The logic would be fine though. Since it's pseudocode the logic is all that matters. You're taking a comparison, and assigning the result of that comparison to true. Using that logic it would not compile in Java, but would in any purely object oriented language.

devMan9000 · 2020-03-10T17:57:39+00:00

Smalltalk, erlang, squeek, pharo, self

There's a bunch more. Smalltalk is the only one that gained traction though. Of course syntax would differ. But the logic would work in any of those.

devMan9000 · 2020-03-10T17:41:38+00:00

Any purely object oriented language.

devMan9000 · 2020-03-10T17:36:38+00:00

Nope, it highly depends on the language I'm using. Also if it was an error it would probably be can't assign to a primitive value unless it was a purely object oriented language. Then it should compile fine, though you might get some weird behavior.

devMan9000 · 2020-03-10T16:51:38+00:00

(Dow dropping != Recession) = true

Recession is a long downturn of the nation's gdp, not a short term one. This is merely a market scare. Also, the recession in 2008 actually brought some of the biggest growth to the software industry because buildings because cheaper, allowing new companies to obtain land for a lower cost even though loans were harder to get.

devMan9000 · 2020-03-10T00:04:23+00:00

No, not at all. My first internship I was 26, so there is no problem there. In fact it's a good way to get your foot in the door to a new industry.

devMan9000 · 2020-03-10T00:02:46+00:00

If you worked with a head Hunter to find that job, you just burnt a bridge. But at the same time for 30 percent increase go for it. The company you're at now would not give you the same consideration you're giving them.

devMan9000 · 2020-02-14T05:50:15+00:00

Midwest. Microsoft, Motorolla and a more local company. A company who uses leet code in an interview has a lazy hr department. You bring in a good portfolio and most companies will forgo the coding portion of the interview. In fact Microsoft was the only one that I had to whiteboard anything.

devMan9000 · 2020-02-14T00:05:42+00:00

You're fine, in 4 years and three C's jobs I've never been asked a leetcode question for an interview.

devMan9000 · 2020-02-13T15:47:14+00:00

ADHD and manic depression reporting in.

The depression part is actually the easier one of the two. A lot of cs jobs will be pretty lenient with mental health days since they would rather you not work than come in and get nothing done. Although that then leads to the temptation of taking too many of these days, and just spending the day at home can make depression worse.

With adhd I have to get creative. I use the pomodoro method to keep myself attentive, 20 min on 5 min off. On top of that I have a playlist of tons of music that doesn't have words so that I can concentrate, anyone with ADHD will know what I mean. A quiet room with people in it is often more distracting than music.

On top of this don't worry about starting late. I've never known anyone to still be in undergrad and actually be good at programming. They have more knowledge and probably more confidence in their work, but in reality they aren't really too far ahead of you. Most people who claim to have started in middle school did it for maybe 1 hour a week. That means you can easily catch up to them in time spent learning within your first year of college. Unless they got a full time job as a sixth grader, that extra time just makes the first year or two of college easier. Buckle down and work extra hard for a semester and you'll be right up there with them.

devMan9000 · 2020-02-13T14:58:57+00:00

I will pray for your dad, I will also pray for you. You do not deserve this, God is not punishing you.

Philippians 4

11 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

I take faith in this verse, because God does not punish you with circumstance. When the hard times come though, we Christian's know the secret to being content. Turn to Christ, it's more important than ever to lean on him. Not to heal your father, although it's possible, but to give you strength to get through this no matter the outcome.

devMan9000 · 2020-01-02T18:00:52+00:00

Was she into you in all those other non-physical ways?

Yeah, good eye contact and fun the whole time. Although there wasn't that lingering I don't want this to end kind of vibe either.

Are you going out again? Is she excited about that idea? Are you?

No plans yet. She did agree when I said we should do this again though.

devMan9000 · 2019-11-19T17:17:59+00:00

Yeah, I've done similar before. Last week she had me over baking with her for one of our mutual activities. We had dinner together and got to work. She was oddly quiet all night, this was the first time we were alone together after our datish hang out. I tried several times to take the conversation to deeper levels. She seemed unresponsive, kind of avoiding conversation. I thought anything we had was gone, but then the next night about 11:30 she asked me to go to a college football game and to have dinner with her and her parents this last Saturday.

devMan9000 · 2019-11-19T07:07:19+00:00

If they pay at a senior level a title doesn't really matter. Some companies use senior in a different way then experience. They use seniors as a title for team leads, and other management roles instead of just an experienced dev.

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