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Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by saltedmd5 on Monday December 11, 2017 @08:03AM (#15896762)
I think this is probably the most self-indulgent thing I've ever read.
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Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by coisnepe on Monday December 11, 2017 @10:20AM (#15897519)
Is it just a coincidence that there was an article about this very thing a few days ago here?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15869983

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Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by Aaargh20318 on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @04:55AM (#15904254)
In my case, yes. I've been an antinatalist for a long time.
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Re:What Makes a Great Software Engineer? [pdf] by msla on Monday December 11, 2017 @02:51PM (#15899784)
It's self-indulgent to not have children?

How is it not self-indulgent to have a child to fulfill your own sense of purpose?

You are utterly alien to a lot of people.

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