Ben Becker

SysEng who digs automation, cities, photos, music, tech, books, movies, & video games. Father to a fourth grader & a math whiz kindergartener. 3rd gen American.

[Ben Becker @beckerben]

Twitter disables third party clients.

Do I start using the “official” version, only the web, or do I give up completely and watch Elon Musk, the manbaby-in-chief, bankrupt himself and multiple companies from afar?

[Ben Becker @beckerben]

Evidently, I chose “Bureaucracy to put up with” as my tradeoff.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Salary

Equity

Flexibility of where/when you work

Impact of your work

Mission

Bureaucracy to put up with

The people you work with

The competition to get the job

Job stability

It's all connected. Pich and choose what really matters to you, and tradeoffs you'll accept.

[Ben Becker @beckerben]

El Jaleo by John Singer Sargent

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Hanging out with my finches.

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Birdsssssssssss

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@lesliezye Old man shakes fist at cloud and shouts “Millenials!”

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@lesliezye I put things like that into a read later queue and then never read them.

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Dick Van Dyke on Columbo!

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@apbyers @NateIngraham @sbyers78 @Eve6 Be sure to point him towards The Darkness for some early 00 hair band music.

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@apbyers @NateIngraham That’s the kid + wife section, my books are on the other wall.

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@apbyers @NateIngraham Also, please say he understands Rage’s music. Don’t let your child become one of those “when did music get political?” dummies.

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@apbyers @NateIngraham Perfect Chromebook. No notes.

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@apbyers @NateIngraham I wholeheartedly believe Spotify is evil and have retreated back into my library of MP3s.

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I want Ringo to live the longest.

Always appreciate the unappreciated.

[Ben Becker @beckerben]

Teams sends you an email when someone adds you to a new group.

They must not be expecting people to be paying attention to it.

[Ben Becker @beckerben]

@JimmyRidley They realized the system is wholly abusive and decided to stop working themselves to death.