@Snowball_Dev@MatznerJon Robert rarely posts things I agree with, and I think he is smart. Our country needs to get past the position that differing views mean the person is dumb. I am deeply skeptical of libertarian policy and also acknowledge I've seen our country in a better place with less gov.
@davidfowl@DamianEdwards I'm considering a MacBook Pro for a dev machine. I've always been on Windows PC....will I be a happy .NET developer if I go the Mac route? Any other suggestions?
Some are angry about the "anti-Christian depiction of the last supper" at the Olympic Opening ceremony. (@elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump among others)
A Dutch art historian explains it's not the last supper but a Dutch painting of the Olympic gods.
And I explain what I loved.
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@merill@amolitor99@flacon8x How about like this? You call bank. That establishes your trust. The bank then sends in app message to you with code. You give code to bank over phone call. That establishes their trust.
@BovodioToad@FrankRundatz@Austen It's an analogy. Plenty of people are successful at things they do for the money. Your statement that "If its just a job to you, you'll suck at it" is objectively wrong. It certainly invites argument.
@BovodioToad@FrankRundatz@Austen Yea sure. You keep visiting the passionate witch doctor for medical procedures. I'll stick with the med school surgeon. Passion is helpful... not required
@FrankRundatz@BovodioToad@Austen Maybe my mistake. Sounded a lot like you were suggesting people that start coding while getting their degree are somehow "worse"
@BovodioToad@FrankRundatz@Austen Talk about gatekeeping. Most people in this world do their job for money. That's. Totally. Fine. I've worked with and managed plenty of good SWE with and without degrees.
I used to hire upcoming CompSci graduates.
Interviewed hundreds of them. One question I had to ask was, “Did you learn your first programming language before college or as part of your college curriculum?”
80% said they learned their first programming language in college. 🫨
I was programming when I was 10.
People today are taking CompSci because of the paycheck, not because of interest or aptitude. If you got almost through a CompSci curriculum without knowing what an environment variable is, you have no passion or curiosity for what you’re studying.