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What makes you think such a nonsense?

What kind of credible evidence can you bring that "main stream media" are making up facts?

Anecdotal evidence from Germany: Nobody uses iMessage. Everybody uses WhatsApp. Everbody!

Quietly? Well, what did you expect? A big press release saying "ATTENTION, NO MORE JOBS"?

Germany. I once had a 3 month notice to the end of the quarter. It's not like everyone gets these but they're also not super-exotic.

Nicolas Flamel would disagree.

I call this absolute bullshit. I'm working in the tech sector in Germany and I'm _far_ from not being able to afford a vacation in the US. As a matter of fact for the last 15 years I've spend at least one three week vacation in the US per year - a couple of times even a second one for a week or two. I've also heard similar statements from a couple of colleagues.

Are we being paid (a lot) less than our colleagues in the US? Oh yes and personally I wouldn't mind getting a US software engineering salary. But a good job in the tech sector still puts you very far towards the top in the salary pyramid in Europe.

> Reviews can slow down development.

I don't get this. Yes, the development seems faster _without_ a code review. But the issues that you miss, the quality that could be increased will bite you back tenfolds later on. So why is that "slow down" such a big issue?

There are always exceptions to the rule and companies who _really_ know how to do this correctly but yes, usually unlimited PTO is a scam.

What about the truth?

> Ugh. Too bad. Loved VS Code.

You should read and understand the article on which you comment. This is not about VS Code.

> I have no idea what to do right now

Well, humanity has managed to "know what to do" for thousands of years but here you are, completely lost without ChatGPT. Achievement unlocked .

Ah sorry, my bad! Makes a lot more sense this way ;-)

Cost? Please explain why writing programs in assembly is supposed to be *cheaper* than writing programs in a higher level language? The same goes for convenience: Since when is writing an application in assemlby more convenient than writing an application in a modern language?

Why would anyone want to program a smartphone entirely in assembly?

There is a reason (well actually there are many) that the vast majority of software development these days is done using more advanced languages.

Why exactly do you find this unbelievable?

> Germany has a few premier universities, but they still haven't recovered from the Nazi era.

Dude, under which rock have you been hiding?! How does "not recovered from the Nazi era" manifest in your opinion?

That definitely didn't age very well.

Honestly, could you ever accent a tweet as a source of truth?!

Well you've done a pretty good job convincing everyone that you do.

Good luck trying to get the tooth paste back into the tube.