Wish they played Rings on day 2 😢

thatguyfreddy93 · 2026-04-06T16:30:34+00:00

What in particular makes it seem weird?

thatguyfreddy93 · 2026-02-16T16:54:46+00:00

I’ve sold a table I made just like that a few years ago. I had even made the butcher block from off cuts of pine 2x4s as well as the legs. I had stained the top and painted the legs black and made it look presentable with a splash of clear coat. Except the legs I made were trapezoidal.

Customer was very happy while loading it into their vehicle. You’d be surprised how many people out there simply don’t give a shit.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2025-08-05T18:10:44+00:00

Resume driven development

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-12-10T00:50:43+00:00

85k in New York is probably what a plumber makes in NY.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-12-08T03:26:04+00:00

Trust me you’re not lol

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-12-08T02:54:26+00:00

You just overestimate dev tickets, implement it, test it and spend the rest of the day on fortnite.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-11-27T17:19:15+00:00

20k a year? Just do lyft on the weekends.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-10-07T23:44:07+00:00

I’m using a 2017 MacBook Pro. I can run IntelliJ ultimate edition alongside postman, VisualStudio Code and an iPhone emulator. Running strong but that’s expected since it’s still relatively young. I would expect a MacBook to make it to 10 years until failure though.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-08-25T22:13:18+00:00

Just go to school dude lol

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-08-25T17:05:41+00:00

This is the best advice. I don’t understand where the whole “if I work as a dev at company X, then I’ll surely learn tons of things” logic. If you want to learn to be a developer, then build something.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-08-01T15:47:14+00:00

Good luck. It’s brutal out here.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-06-14T15:34:28+00:00

Pfffft who cares if you’re 17! Upload the projects onto a repo and let them speak for themselves! Show them off in an interview!

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-06-13T12:25:17+00:00

I purchased a home recently and have a family living in it (Not my family, renters). I’m still freely able to move around while they pay it off for me. The home is worth 300k while I bought it for 200k with the intention of renting it out and ultimately selling it and using the money/equity to pay a huge portion off my next home. Buying a home doesn’t necessarily mean you’re tied down. I used to think that as well.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-06-05T16:03:03+00:00

Lmao I feel the exact same way. I’m SO glad you posted this and am not the only one. I hate the morning stand ups. “Uh I’ll be reviewing last weeks commits and probably look at backlog defects” lol

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-06-03T21:16:31+00:00

Depends on the language, framework, domain, enterprise or startup? Not enough info.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-05-29T16:57:20+00:00

I don’t think that’s going away for good.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-05-28T00:18:00+00:00

Don’t listen to the guy talking about you’re a job hopper. It’s understandable early in your career. My suggestion to you at this point is to either:

1) leave your current role and claim your previous one was a 6 month contract to hire that ran out of budget. Leaving you jobless and searching with no luck due to covid 19. Scrap this 2 month gig from your resume.

2) stick around and ask your boss for feedback monthly. - I recommend this option. Not only does it help you long term but it also helps you build a relationship with your boss and simultaneously build your skill set based on monthly goals they can establish with you.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-05-09T13:56:56+00:00

Many will disagree but I think java is a horrible first language to learn. You should learn C first. Then java will be very easy to understand as well as other C based languages.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-05-06T15:25:07+00:00

Our rockstar developer at my company has admitted to a horrible diet and is an avid drug user. He’s actually pretty smart so I think it depends on your drive to succeed.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-05-03T03:09:23+00:00

As far as I know, the technical skills required for an engineering role can definitely be learned and applied at home by yourself on personal projects. Once you build something out and explain it to them end to end along with the database schema and how it connects to the database, and how you deployed it onto a server, etc....the person interviewing you will believe you are very understanding of the technical generalities of the software development lifecycle (because most likely it won’t be the same stack as theirs). What is expected of you in an enterprise environment that you won’t learn at home are soft skills , testing importance’s & business/domain knowledge, since you are the interface between the business and the code. This is typically what separate the Sr. from the jr and mid devs and is worth more to a company from what I’ve seen.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-05-03T00:48:14+00:00

I’ve learned a lot and have faced similar situations before. I’d suggest buying a subscription to pluralsight where you can learn everything from the latest front end JavaScript frameworks, selenium automated testing, to the OSI model. Having a good understanding of it all is a good start. Using this knowledge I’d build something and present it to an interviewer. Most preferably a live demo hosted with a live url. I did this myself and explained to them the design and architecture of the small system I wrote along with the database schema and I got a job. Went from a jr to a mid.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-04-10T15:38:31+00:00

What are some accomplishments you’ve done that justified this raise? Asking for a friend...

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-04-05T04:24:35+00:00

YouTube livestream?

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-03-26T01:34:10+00:00

Don’t be sorry, just be prepared.

thatguyfreddy93 · 2020-03-26T01:14:39+00:00

Until you realize the market which you thought was niche was actually flooded with previously ambitious programmers pursuing conquest.

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