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I had to set up an entire government team's workflow that was required to be isolated completely from any network. I had to create multiple remotes that were filepaths that pointed to specific USB drives. Depending on which USB drive was connected to their laptop, a developer was able to push and pull any changes to their codebase.

It felt unintuitive at the time but thinking back, this team was able to produce code much faster than other teams that didn't have a similar workflow set up.

I 100% back breaking up Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile to create more wireless carriers. More competition is good for everyone.

I would prefer to see Verizon or AT&T broken up before T-Mobile is. TMobile wasn't anywhere near as big as Verizon or AT&T pre-Sprint merger. And they still aren't as big.

I do the same thing with my girlfriend's daughter. She's 2.5 and I try my hardest to talk with her, not to her. I want her to ask questions and try to think about why I am doing the things I am doing around my house. My girlfriend encourages it because that's how she's been raising her daughter. My only pitfall is using complex words and forgetting to go back and explain what the words mean.

I don't think React will be replaced for a very long time. The only library that has somewhat similar adoption rates to early React is Vue. I personally prefer Vue over React and I use it at work. But I would be happy using React as well if the choice was given to me. Vue3 + Composition API just makes sense to me.

Due to the nature of my job, I interact with some of the more noteworthy geospatial experts on a weekly basis. These people will take any time of the day to explain to you all of the microscopic nuances about how any GNSS works.

It doesn't help that the size of SUVs and Pickup trucks have grown over the past 20 years. They take up more width and the length of truck beds are shrinking in place of more cabin space. I would love to find a truck that has a similar profile to a Chevy S10/GMC Sonoma but manufacturers are pushing bigger and bigger trucks to the market.

When I was in driver's ed in high school in America, there was a push to teach 8 and 4.

As far as I am aware, teaching students 10 and 2 has long since been phased out supposedly due to the increase of arm injuries in the event of an accident. 9 and 3 wasn't recommended to us because if your air bag deploys, your right arm will smash into your passenger or the passenger air bag. 8 and 4 is supposed to be safer but it comes with the caveat that you have to steer your car a specific way.

That being said, I prefer 9 and 3 and it's hard to find drivers in America that don't use this position as their default.

Vue in general has been a godsend to me at least. When I was in college, we used AngularJS for web development courses at the time. My first job had me working with Qt and Tkinter. When I finally had the chance to do web development again, my team chose Vue and it was so easy to pick up from my AngularJS background.

My current team is using Vue 3 with the Composition API and it is way more forgiving with mistakes than the Options API. I've helped transition 3 developers so far to Vue 3 and they all love what Vue has to offer when compared to React.

This is exactly what my new team project is doing. We need features from both Django and a frontend JS framework to accomplish our MVP.

I'm currently looking for a job and I can't tell you the amount of times the job description or the experience required doesn't match what the team is actually looking for.

Also, I very clearly lay out in my resume and with the initial phone interview that I have 6 years Python experience and 1 year in C++. I've had recruiters reach out to me about positions requiring 5+ years of C++ experience when I am currently looking for Python jobs

I am running into this problem where I currently work. I'm not a rockstar developer but I can finish my tasks pretty quickly. But when management won't allow me to help take over some tasks to alleviate my coworker's growing backlog, I can't do anything but twiddle my thumbs waiting for more tasks.

As someone who was a government worker, a lot of the issues why projects go over budget is because management believes that a single developer can do the workload of 4. So the product never gets delivered and that developer leaves to work somewhere else.

If I don't go into management, and assuming there are absolutely no more cost of living adjustments or changes to how much my pay scale pays, my salary will cap out around 150k a year.

If I go into management, whether it's technical leadership or as a normal manager, then I could cap out around 176k a year.

I don't recall off the top of my head how much that translates to per month with pension.

I get paid a decent salary with room to grow in the government. I am not on the GS scale though so my pay increases are much higher than someone on it. I have a strict 40 hour work week, currently get 20 annual leave days and 13 sick days a year, TSP with matching contributions, and FEHB. I've always considered leaving to make more money but the thing that always holds me back is the guaranteed pension if I stay in until my minimum retirement age. I always decided that stability was better for me because I watched my parents struggle when things weren't stable for them.

While I understand that Eufy had a security issue last year where a very small number of users were logged in the wrong accounts and saw other people's camera feeds, they quickly patched it and didn't beat around the bush about what was going on.

I have a Eufy Doorbell camera and their tilt-and-pan camera (to monitor my dog while I am at work). I've had no issues with saving videos from Eufy products. Everything is super clear because all of their new devices are 2k resolution cameras. My friends who have Ring or Nest say that the Eufy microphone and speaker sound so much better.

I don't think they are paid as well as they should be considering the need for most nurses now to be on-call 24/7 and dealing with the stress from patients and their families, and administrative bloat.

High stress environment, stagnant wages unless you're a travel nurse, underappreciated during the pandemic, and having friends turn on you because they associate you with some crazy conspiracy theory. These are all reasons I've heard of career nurses quitting and going into other industries.

I only use Google to learn more about procedures, not to convince me to get said procedure. When my coworker and I got into a conversation about LASIK vs PRK, I found a Hacker News thread on Google that had discussed SMILE surgery as an alternative to both. I'll defer to my optometrist when I speak to him later this year and see what he suggests and what he knows because I know I can't trust Google to give me the type of answers I am looking for.

I explicitly chose to not work on offensive technologies like missiles or drones because I didn't want to be associated with potential misuse. I don't think a lot of people on HN have a good perspective of the DOD to understand why certain mission critical technologies are necessary for the defense of our soldiers and our own people. At the same time though, there is a lot of bloat and I would argue from what I've seen that it mostly stems from contractors more than actual government employees.

Not all military spending is designed for offense. I currently work in the defense industry and the projects I've been on have either been intelligence gathering, passive defense systems, or currently some work on satellites.

Advances in these systems do lead to other technologies that are used in other industries. I understand your concern considering that the cost of a Tomahawk missile is $1.87 million dollars. I personally don't see myself working on technologies used for offensive purposes but I find a sense of fulfillment by trying to keep soldiers and sailors safe.