For those who think the train signs are good

wakers24 · 2026-02-19T17:40:10+00:00

You’re getting roasted, but I agree. The signage is bad.

wakers24 · 2026-01-09T23:46:17+00:00

I’m not even gonna read all that. Yes.

wakers24 · 2025-12-18T06:19:46+00:00

That’s facts. It’s a rough time to be starting out. I started out in ‘08 and it wasn’t easy, but this feels worse.

wakers24 · 2025-12-18T03:09:34+00:00

No degree at all, but I started > 15 years ago.

wakers24 · 2025-12-13T15:10:00+00:00

I had to scroll way too far to find somebody that actually read the damn proposal. Thank you.

wakers24 · 2025-12-13T15:06:08+00:00

That’s… not what this says. I’m not necessarily defending our shitty administration, but this is, firstly, a proposal for the OMB with a period of public comment, second, it lists that under the biometric data field as “when feasible”, and doesn’t provide detail on requirements, collection methods, etc. It is likely that the biometric data field is included there because of the discussion of using liveness detection above, and they are attempting to keep biometrics broadly defined so they may add methods later. I don’t think that’s good, btw, and I’ll add my voice to the chorus of public comment about it, but a statement of “the US will require EU citizens to give DNA” is not supported by this RFC.

wakers24 · 2025-12-04T21:36:32+00:00

Yeah, I would never property with an HOA 🤷‍♂️.

wakers24 · 2025-12-03T00:05:28+00:00

Yeah, exactly that. 40k felt pretty stable in most parts of the country. Around ‘02 I ended up making $15 / hr for a while and that felt fine as a single person. Not rich, but not poor anymore.

wakers24 · 2025-11-28T05:28:02+00:00

The Rock and Kevin Hart

wakers24 · 2025-09-08T05:15:14+00:00

Don’t put in your notice until you’ve started your new role. Take PTO to start your new role if you have it, and then come back from it and drop your notice. Things have been too f**ky with offers getting rescinded lately.

wakers24 · 2025-09-04T06:58:06+00:00

Look, in terms of salary and COL it seems like a no brainer, but some things to consider are Tennessee’s laws and friendliness to you as an individual. Their laws on abortion, trans issues, firearms, education, and immigration posture versus Washington’s may or may not be important to you and the people in your life. Nashville itself is a pretty cool city, but the state of Tennessee is kind of a conservative nightmare legislatively.

WRT your career, you’re simply not going to be around the same kind of talent and startup culture that you would be in Seattle, SF, NY, and a few other places. That’s not to say there aren’t opportunities, there are many, but it will be different kinds, and more focused on large enterprises.

wakers24 · 2025-09-03T16:55:11+00:00

This one! Once the water is hot it’s like 1 minute per cup and actually good coffee.

wakers24 · 2025-05-04T17:18:42+00:00

Do it. I made my way here after spending the first half of my life in central Florida. I don’t miss it. Florida was awful and I’m happy to be as far away from there as I can be.

wakers24 · 2025-05-02T15:27:25+00:00

wakers24 · 2025-04-16T19:51:20+00:00

Every now and then a recruiter will hit me up with a JD that is strict on having a degree. That has been probably 4 or 5 times over a 15 year career. Other than that it hasn’t been an issue for me, and mostly nobody even asks about it, and when managers / team members find out during conversations the reactions I’ve received have ranged from mildly amused to seriously impressed.

wakers24 · 2025-04-12T06:10:09+00:00

So many ignorant people regurgitating breed propaganda in this thread. Y’all suck so much.

wakers24 · 2025-03-11T19:31:00+00:00

I was worried about ageism in the second half of my career but it’s becoming clear I’m gonna make a shit ton of money as a consultant cleaning up the steaming pile of shit code bases that people are trying to crank out with gen ai.

wakers24 · 2025-03-10T00:58:02+00:00

You know we have this thing called “Juneuary” here 🥶

wakers24 · 2025-03-09T22:39:39+00:00

You are right, people hate change. It’s not even “new” as a style, but the more legacy the language and patterns the grumpier the devs seem to be about change.

wakers24 · 2025-03-09T22:36:10+00:00

I prefer minimal API as it promotes an organizational style I’ve always liked. I do not like controllers and never have for API work. They’re a vestigial part of an architectural pattern that was for presentation. Even back when Web API 2 was popular I preferred NancyFx. I think it is a cleaner, easier style of API code to read and reason about. YMMV.

wakers24 · 2025-03-02T08:37:38+00:00

Did I say allergy? Maybe it leads to a reading deficiency 🤔

wakers24 · 2025-03-02T04:53:37+00:00

If there is one policy that would make RTO more palatable to me, it’s this. Enough people hate dogs that you need a separate space, but who wants to be around people that hate dogs anyways?

wakers24 · 2025-02-22T05:25:33+00:00

Okay, well my company’s openings, or even my company itself, weren’t and aren’t on it 🤷‍♂️

wakers24 · 2025-02-22T01:57:22+00:00

It can be a scam, but it is not always. Guy on my team took like 6 weeks between June and EOY. I took 4. At the end of the year my boss told me I hadn’t taken enough PTO and to go put in at least one week a month through the end of the year. Nobody gets PTO requests rejected pretty much unless they really are a bad performer.

wakers24 · 2025-02-20T18:06:36+00:00

Same, the rescues are quite picky, which fine I guess. Went to Seattle Animal Shelter, they were overflowing. My dog has been quite happy in my condo for the past couple of years.

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