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Re:A new study of rudeness in the workplace on Monday July 29, 2019 @01:32PM (#20557108)

My former boss summed up to a T.

Re:Amazon’s Latest Experiment: Retraining Its Work Force on Thursday July 11, 2019 @01:54PM (#20413748)

Extremely low: https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/23/1859813/-Students-C...

Deadlines: All Taking, No Giving

Posted by dotnetdemon on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:07PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/07/10/deadlines-all-taking-no-giving/

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The Love/Hate Relationship with Estimates

Posted by dotnetdemon on Monday July 01, 2019 @10:13PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/07/01/the-love-hate-relationship-with-estimates/

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Visual Basic: Not as Shiny, Still as Viable

Posted by dotnetdemon on Sunday June 23, 2019 @07:24PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/06/23/visual-basic-not-as-shiny-still-as-viable/

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YouTube: Turn Off the Lights, the Party's Over

Posted by dotnetdemon on Sunday June 09, 2019 @08:31PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/06/09/youtube-turn-off-the-lights-the-partys-over/

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Re:Absolute truths I unlearned as junior developer on Friday June 07, 2019 @11:01AM (#20125229)

I always find myself saying “Who is the shithead who wrote... oh...”

Appealing to Authority in Software Engineering

Posted by dotnetdemon on Thursday May 30, 2019 @03:12PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/05/30/appealing-to-authority-in-software-engineering/

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Re:Moody’s downgraded Equifax from “stable” to “negative” due to cyber... on Friday May 24, 2019 @02:06PM (#20003920)

I stand corrected :)

Re:Moody’s downgraded Equifax from “stable” to “negative” due to cyber... on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:45PM (#19995715)

Equifax: where you’re a customer whether you wanted to be or not.

Life of a Contractor

Posted by dotnetdemon on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:10PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/05/20/life-of-a-contractor-or-how-i-learned-to-be-treated-like-a-second-class-citizen/

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The Games We Play: Hiring Senior Developers

Posted by dotnetdemon on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @09:32PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/05/15/the-games-we-play-hiring-senior-developers/

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Data Centers: Economic Impact for Who?

Posted by dotnetdemon on Sunday May 12, 2019 @08:13PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/05/12/data-centers-huge-economic-impact-for-who/

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Re:U.S. Stepping Up Enforcement on Delinquent Student Loans on Sunday May 12, 2019 @05:57PM (#19894832)

Don’t forget that any remaining balance that is forgiven at the end gets counted as income on your taxes.

Is tech that’s deemed “obsolete” by outsiders “broken”?

Posted by dotnetdemon on Saturday May 11, 2019 @11:38PM
from the bootstrap.life dept.

https://bootstrap.life/2019/05/11/is-tech-thats-deemed-obsolete-by-outsiders-broken/

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