Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job

Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by jnsaff2 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @06:49AM (#38189147)

> The only skill you need to get promoted is to laugh at the jokes of your boss and schedule meetings to demo your n-th rewrite of the same thing.

Matt Levine wrote another epic LOLfest about a similar topic yesterday. [0][1]

I recommend subscribing to his column as the email is always full length piece without the paywall.

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-11-07/bridge...

[1] https://archive.ph/CQUn9

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software... by bondarchuk on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:51AM (#38189712)

Is there something wrong with archive.ph lately? I only get infinite captchas. Yesterday same thing on another article. It was a great service when it worked.

Edit: seems to be an issue with DNS over HTTPS, change provider from cloudflare to nextdns solved it (per https://www.reddit.com/r/AskTechnology/comments/162w00q/gett...)

[ Parent | on HN ]