Flame Free Confession III: Even More Flame Free (Part 1)

[dt79]

@dt79

The world needs more good coders. There’s a terrible shortage of you guys right now.

@samul

I looked for remote blockchain developers. One guy who had “years of solid experience in blockchain development” contacted me. Asked him to create a simple Dapp, which I’m pretty fucking sure have been around for a couple of years. Dude asked me what it was.

My brain was about to explode.

EDIT:

Eventually found one but the sheer audacity some of these people have when they put shit they don’t even understand on their CVs blows my mind. It’s why I look normally look at fucking portfolios first but some of them will tell me crap about non-disclosure agreements and shit…

Actual confession:

I have developed a really short fuse, which is really out of character for me even though I can be a calculated asshole, when it comes to managing IT related projects because I don’t fucking understand it and my usual collaborators whom I have lots of trust in are too busy with other projects and facing manpower shortages of their own.

Another confession:

I’ve developed great respect for the IT community as a whole because of their collaborative culture that I’ve never seen before in any other industry.

I get that much of this stems from calculated business models from Microsoft, e.g, making lots of shit free(open source) so they can sell more of the B2B shit that’s not free, and the like in the pursuit of maximal profits, but the fact that the rest of the industry as a whole has adopted such a culture without such an intent is mind boggling to me.

[samul]

@dt79

Asked him to create a simple Dapp, which I’m pretty fucking sure have been around for a couple of years. Dude asked me what it was.

I had a Java teacher that didn’t know what autoboxing (a really simple Java feature) was, so I can relate to the feeling of being upset at somebody who claims (even implicitly) to be proficient at something they really aren’t proficient at.

Hey, btw I know nothing about blockchain but should you need a junior webdev, consider hitting me up! End of self promotion haha.

@dt79

shit they don’t even understand on their CV

Yeah it’s pretty funny. Why would you claim to know something when you’re going to be doing a job that will probably expose the fact that you lied?

@dt79

I get that much of this stems from calculated business models from Microsoft, e.g, making lots of shit free(open source) so they can sell more of the B2B shit that’s not free, and the like in the pursuit of maximal profits, but the fact that the rest of the industry as a whole has adopted such a culture without such an intent is mind boggling to me.

Yeah, aside from big companies there’s a ton, and I mean A TON, of free stuff that really either relies on sponsors or donations to keep going and is completely free. I’ll give you an example: whenever I need to implement a new feature in one of my projects, if it’s not something elementary that can be easily done from scratch or doesn’t need a really high level of customizability, the standard way to go is to look for libraries (collections of code) that do what you’re looking to do, or something that’s kinda similar as a base to start working on.

Sure, there are premium libraries and in general software that’s not free, but unless you have ultra specific requirements you’re bound to find something that’s free and suits your needs. What other jobs allow that? We’re talking about getting your raw materials virtually for free. That’s awesome! It puts no limits to that you can do other than what you are able to achieve.

And most of those libraries have very well written docs. You find your library, give the relevant parts of the docs a read, start typing some code, get better at using that specific library, … That’s what the process looks like and it gives me a high every time I do it.

Not to mention the amount of knowledge that’s on Stack Overflow which, in case you don’t know it, is a Q&A website for coding. I can’t recall the last time I couldn’t find somebody who had asked a similar, if not the same, question to what I was looking for.

So there you have it. This is a job in which you usually don’t pay for your raw materials and can generally Google your way out of obstacles given enough time, patience, and willingness to experiment. That’s as fun as I can wish for!

[dt79]

@samul

Yeah, aside from big companies there’s a ton, and I mean A TON, of free stuff that really either relies on sponsors or donations to keep going and is completely free. I’ll give you an example: whenever I need to implement a new feature in one of my projects, if it’s not something elementary that can be easily done from scratch or doesn’t need a really high level of customizability, the standard way to go is to look for libraries (collections of code) that do what you’re looking to do, or something that’s kinda similar as a base to start working on.

Sure, there are premium libraries and in general software that’s not free, but unless you have ultra specific requirements you’re bound to find something that’s free and suits your needs. What other jobs allow that? We’re talking about getting your raw materials virtually for free. That’s awesome! It puts no limits to that you can do other than what you are able to achieve.

And most of those libraries have very well written docs. You find your library, give the relevant parts of the docs a read, start typing some code, get better at using that specific library, … That’s what the process looks like and it gives me a high every time I do it.

The cynic in me is saying companies like Microsoft does this for, say, the ,net framework and related stuff so there are enough proficient developers in the market for their main focus, which are large enterprises adopting their services.

However, lots of other stuff amazes like:

@samul

Not to mention the amount of knowledge that’s on Stack Overflow which, in case you don’t know it, is a Q&A website for coding. I can’t recall the last time I couldn’t find somebody who had asked a similar, if not the same, question to what I was looking for.

So there you have it. This is a job in which you usually don’t pay for your raw materials and can generally Google your way out of obstacles given enough time, patience, and willingness to experiment. That’s as fun as I can wish for!

[wanna_be]

My girlfriend finished her first year of law school tonight. We went out and got some big juizy burgers and fries. We both drank a little. I had two craft IPA’s. Haven’t drank in a hot minute and I’m ashamed to say that two of them did what 10 of them used too . Upside of not drinking much is when you do drink, it now becomes extremely cheaper lol

[strongmangoals]

@dt79

The cynic in me is saying companies like Microsoft does this for, say, the ,net framework and related stuff so there are enough proficient developers in the market for their main focus, which are large enterprises adopting their services.

That’s exactly why they do it. If developers can do something faster and easier then they can sell more licensed to places like us. Then when the people who did the work move on, we panic and because we don’t know how to maintain it, we pay more to “gold” partners to help us out. Then we don’t want to deal with that shit any more and we buy a full cloud service from them on the promise they will do everything but it ends up being not much better than we currently have haha

Software Development/Engineering is awesome - the business of IT is barely better than used car salesmen. I have no idea how it doesn’t appear on those least trusted profession surveys haha

Blockchain and AI presales are the worst offenders

[ChickenLittle]

Confession: this give all the feels. Warning… may make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

Take Care of Yourself | Doc Morris Christmas Advert 2020

[Kniebuigkoning]

Attack On Titan will end up being a masterpiece. (manga or anime)

[anna_5588]

I confess I should be studying for my diff eq final, but after a day of conference, I’ve spent the past hour watching netflix

[dt79]

The movies sucked donkey balls.

[dt79]

@anna_5588

I confess I should be studying for my diff eq final, but after a day of conference, I’ve spent the past hour watching netflix

I’m gonna have to speak to your parents. This is not how we do this shit.

[Kniebuigkoning]

never seen them, never will. I probably will agree though.

[carlbm]

Confession : even though gyms reopened last at week I’ve still not been back. I’ve been working out from home.
I tell my wife it’s too reduce risk of covid infection.
In reality is because at home I train in my underwear. Right now I’m not even wearing socks.

[wanna_be]

Dude isn’t it great! At home I’m shirtless and in flip flops and so close to the fridge

[carlbm]

And beer. My gym does not serve post cardio beer!

[punnyguy]

I wish I had the monetary and spatial resources to try this:

@T3hPwnisher

[strongmangoals]

My confession is I don’t understand how meat can be aged for that long (or even for a few days) and we can eat it and not die lol

[punnyguy]

Same. My favorite was when I watched a show where they showed the meat aging room (it is sealed and temperature/humidity? controlled) with the super expensive cuts of meat hanging, all moldy…! My recollection is you scrap off the mold, and it’s good to go! Love it lol.

[Polar-Bear]

I have one of these - the theory is great but to eat that much jamon you need to be as committed as the pig!
Think about it this way: if you eat 200 grams a day, every day, it lasts for 2 months… not for those who’re prone to menu fatigue.
Or vegetarians.

[doomyguy]

I absolutely love that kind of ham, but yeah, that is perhaps a bit much.

@Polar-Bear

it lasts for 2 months

Once you start in on it, how long can it last, before not being edible?

[Polar-Bear]

It’s cured, so it will last many months.