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Re:Ask HN: Tired of being a software engineer, what next?
on Tuesday May 30, 2023 @07:25AM (#36123554)
There’s a book called Orbiting the Giant Hairball which might help reframe the relationship between you and your employer. The kind of experience you’re looking for is exceedingly rare, to the point where it’s detrimental to search for it. If you’re in a good position you may be better off figuring out how to change yourself than to change what is around you.
Re:You probably don’t need AWS and are better off without it
on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:27AM (#31119174)
What’s the point of reducing everything to the most primitive element and ignoring the reality? You’re one of these “I’ve seen this before, nothing new” while completely missing the value proposition. Why do anything when everything already exists and there’s no nuance?
Re:Show HN: I made a Web-based Todo App - used: CSS3 3D transforms, No...
on Tuesday July 19, 2011 @09:37PM (#2783919)
Sometimes what people don't already have is the right solution to a problem that has already been "solved".
Re:The Grasshopper Outage: Co-Founders Response
on Thursday June 09, 2011 @04:12PM (#2638636)
Having a DR site and not testing that failover works is the big issue I see here. You could check your theory all day long, but if you never actually do it to make sure it works then you might as well not have a DR site. Similar case to taking backups without ever actually verifying you could restore what you need in the event of a loss. While I'm surprised that actually testing DR capability wasn't listed as something to work on, this sort of open write up is very valuable to both customers and the rest of us as engineers.
Re:Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (June 2011)
on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @02:01PM (#2608474)
I didn't see the Linux position listed on the jobs page, could you provide some more information?
Re:Not Everyone has to go to College
on Sunday May 01, 2011 @12:57PM (#2503374)
The percent of Americans age 25+ who attended college (some college) is 55.6%, so it is clear we are seeing well over half of Americans attend college if you include those under 25.