Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell Ecosia (2018)

Re:Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell... by steve_adams_86 on Monday March 10, 2025 @12:36PM (#43322321)

It can make it difficult to work in the industry because you find yourself surrounded with expert beginners who (generally privately) think they're geniuses.

I love working with people who aren't afraid to solve problems, but are also firmly in the camp of recognizing how clueless we usually are. We shouldn't be terrified of failure, anxious about what we don't know, etc. But man, some humility goes a long way.

The alternative leads to terrible software, team dynamics, work-life balance, etc.

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Re:Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell... by johnisgood on Monday March 10, 2025 @02:44PM (#43324261)

I only feel like a genius after I solved a hard problem[1].

https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/the-two-stages-...

[1] Otherwise I have a serious impostor syndrome.

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Re:Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell... by lazyasciiart on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @01:49AM (#43329538)

Heard a guy about six months out of undergrad once declare (completely serious) that of course he knew how to run a school district, he attended public school! Wow did that make me distrust every suggestion he made.

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Re:Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell... by d3athj3st3r on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @06:55AM (#43331184)

Hahaha. As an undergrad in my University, I asked a guy just before an exam on electro magnetic waves if he had studied properly, and the guy told me dead serious, that he knows Ohm's law, and he can derive everything from it!

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Re:Trees not profits: we're giving up our right to ever sell... by nar001 on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @06:54PM (#43337990)

Did he pass the test?

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