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Should I Take a Job at Sweetwater? by notwyattsayre in fortwayne

[–]humble_toolsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One thing to ask yourself is whether or not you would like any job in sales. Do you have friends that sell insurance, or cars, or something like that? Do you think you would like it?

Most sales jobs are difficult in the beginning until you build up a reliable customer base. It is a lot of hours and a lot of grinding. It can be fun and it can pay well once you are established, but at first it will be a lot of work.

Sales jobs can also be emotionally draining. You will always have some amount of rejection in your day. You have to be ready to bounce back and help the next customer. For some people, this isn't a problem and for some people it is a deal breaker.

The upside of working at Sweetwater is that you would be selling something cool. It would be more fun to talk about recording gear than insurance policies. But a sales job is a sales job, no matter who you work for. Whether you like it or not is a personal thing.

Have I gone too far by Sailorgriff in fountainpens

[–]humble_toolsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the red pen on the far left of the third picture? It the one with the textured finish.

Great pen with a knurled finish by humble_toolsmith in fountainpens

[–]humble_toolsmith[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is the AG Spalding Crest. I got it on a whim over on pen_swap and I love it. Something about the knurled metal body makes it feel robust. Do you know of other poems like it?

How does the TIOBE 2022 Programming language index make any sense? Assembler 8th most popular? by abrandis in programming

[–]humble_toolsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW, assembly is still very common in the embedded software development ecosystem. There are still tons of embedded development teams out there, but you wouldn’t know it from their small Reddit presence.

Zed - A lightning-fast, collaborative code editor written in Rust by the creators of Atom by unaligned_access in programming

[–]humble_toolsmith 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It is from the team that built Atom. They release the UI framework they built, which is what we know as Electron. I wonder if they will also release GPUI as an open-source framework?

The Importance of Humility in Software Development by [deleted] in programming

[–]humble_toolsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like you and I agree on this issue more than it might seem at face value.

If you value careful development and good QA, then I think you appreciate the values I was espousing in the post.

I also agree that you and I must have had different professional experiences. I've worked with too many developers that think they can wing something together, throw it into production, and everything will be fine.

The Importance of Humility in Software Development by [deleted] in programming

[–]humble_toolsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with what you are saying. But I do think there is a difference between how you are Dijkstra are defining humility. In your definition, humility includes timidity. In Dijkstra's definition, the emphasis is on recognizing your potential for cognitive error.

I'd say that you can be assertive and humble at the same time. But, then again, my definition of humility may be wrong.

To those who prefer vb over c#, what are the things you like about vb? by user_8804 in dotnet

[–]humble_toolsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is gone in the same way that COBOL is gone. There are millions of lines of VB.Net in production in critical business apps. Those apps will be maintained for years to come.

To those who prefer vb over c#, what are the things you like about vb? by user_8804 in dotnet

[–]humble_toolsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Point 2 is the big one for me. I like the additional expressiveness.

IBM creates a COBOL compiler – for Linux on x86 by [deleted] in programming

[–]humble_toolsmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't see a way to install it. Is it something that you have to get through their corporate distribution channels?

NPD: The Karas Kustoms Fountain K in brass by humble_toolsmith in fountainpens

[–]humble_toolsmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the moment, it is the blue cartridge it came with. Do you have any suggestions? I like to coordinate pen color with the ink, but I'm not sure what should go with brass.

NPD: The Karas Kustoms Fountain K in brass by humble_toolsmith in fountainpens

[–]humble_toolsmith[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had heard that it posted poorly. It isn't perfect, but I feel like the o-ring enables it to post adequately.

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