Post Ad8fDBYwqCN9ASCMS0 by meso@the.asbestos.cafe
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(DIR) Post #AWdygMD56D8amkvVQW by saramg@fosstodon.org
2023-06-12T22:43:04Z
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Hiring a software engineer in their late 40s:Pros:* Understands your stack better than you do after glancing through the repo for five minutes.* Will rewrite said stack 2x as fast, and half as buggy if you let them.Cons:* Gives zero fucks.* Knows we're not *really* like family here.* No, seriously, absolutely zero fucks given.Do not cite the deep magic to me, product manager, I was there when it was written.
(DIR) Post #AWeUa8C9UUF079ZDBA by breizh@pleroma.breizh.pm
2023-06-13T13:33:29.987848Z
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@saramg Yay, I already have the cons! As for the pros… well… I’ll try again in 20 years.
(DIR) Post #AWeV1JEuXGe4Beohuq by jeff@federated.fun
2023-06-13T15:03:18.488974Z
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@saramg why are those 3 things such a bad thing? when you hire someone like this it's so that you get things done reliably, not to dance around the hippy drum circle with HR.
(DIR) Post #AWeV62OGbjDzNWRog4 by sleepyfox@hachyderm.io
2023-06-13T04:11:14Z
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@saramg Wait till you get to your fifties.
(DIR) Post #AWeV63AphA4Zo9AbNQ by phredmoyer@hachyderm.io
2023-06-13T04:32:29Z
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@sleepyfox @saramg with regards to that item:Pros: deletes half of the stack, reducing maintenance costs and making it easier to use . They would delete 90% of it, but know it’s not worth the fight.Cons: tends to rant on about how they would have done it in ancient languages like Perl/php ;)
(DIR) Post #AWeV7MLFujXTXvfZMu by antijingoist@hackers.town
2023-06-13T12:40:53Z
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@phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg Hiring an incompetent person in their 50s:Cons: deletes half the stack reducing maintenance costs and why is it all Perl now?Cons: doesn’t actually know Perl but replaces the rest with Perl anyway and why is the patient data missing?
(DIR) Post #AWeh2mEzOUEFs9JtLM by freemo@qoto.org
2023-06-13T17:20:41Z
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@saramg As an engineer/scientist in my 40s I can confirm most of this :)
(DIR) Post #AWejjBF31zSNTxh7IG by Aviva_Gary@noc.social
2023-06-13T17:50:50Z
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@saramg I feel like this could be written about the age group and not just software engineers
(DIR) Post #AWeyG0gShk4XeV48aO by walkerb@infosec.exchange
2023-06-13T17:05:09Z
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@saramg lol
(DIR) Post #AWga0UhJKytvWMS2Rk by newt@stereophonic.space
2023-06-14T15:10:47.157240Z
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@saramg Hiring a software engineer in his late 40s:Pros:* Probably won't be having sex with that chick from HR. Probably.* Knows how to make moonshine.Cons:* Likely an alcoholic.* Might be too old to learn new things and will use some ancient dialect of your favourite programming language that was in use before most of your team was even born.* Gives zero fucks about your code quality, because he'll retire long before it becomes tech debt.* Will have a mental breakdown if you point out the three things above.I'm writing all of this from experience that I wouldn't want to repeat. Ever.
(DIR) Post #Ad8fAkvkt5tVzShwXI by adriano@lile.cl
2023-12-24T15:32:38Z
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@saramg pros: gives zero fucks but in a good way, not like a rockstar programmer.
(DIR) Post #Ad8fBrAJBzwLcI2Wf2 by meso@the.asbestos.cafe
2023-12-24T15:33:57.010581Z
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@adriano @saramg Rockstar programmers are a different level of shit
(DIR) Post #Ad8fDBYwqCN9ASCMS0 by meso@the.asbestos.cafe
2023-12-24T15:34:11.568577Z
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@adriano @saramg "if it is broken, don't fix it"
(DIR) Post #Awyf2xpr9MsaW99yuu by Ringtheory@mastodon.social
2023-06-14T18:05:28Z
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@saramg I have a true story behind this in that our team hired a contractor to write an app for us and it still wasn't done after the 6 month contract was up. I took one look at the mess of code, threw it all out, and wrote the app myself in one month.
(DIR) Post #Awyf2zSB8N7zXI66Hw by pseudonym@mastodon.online
2023-06-14T01:30:21Z
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@saramg ERR_E_NO_FUCKS
(DIR) Post #Awyf2zSB8N7zXI66Hx by andrewt@mathstodon.xyz
2023-06-13T18:53:43Z
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@saramg I'm putting this on my CV
(DIR) Post #Awyf30jaN8e7VZFW3k by fast_code_r_us@floss.social
2023-12-24T13:01:00Z
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@saramg The late 50s version goes a bit further:* Knows that your VC-backed startup is based on wishful thinking and farts that don't smell.* Doesn't care that you're going to burn through the investor money in 2 years, fail in every metric and unceremoniously lay everyone off* Happy to work with smart people, learn something new and get paid decently (for however long the money lasts).
(DIR) Post #AwyfRxFGTuanvVxe4m by R4_Unit@sigmoid.social
2023-06-14T01:28:29Z
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@phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg let’s be honest, Perl/php is far too modern. It would really be like Fortran or Lisp
(DIR) Post #AwyfRyMkJaAfP0T8NM by hrw@society.oftrolls.com
2023-06-14T15:14:17Z
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I am 47. Perl is ancient. Last time I had to maintain something written in Perl was about 20 years ago. @R4_Unit @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg
(DIR) Post #AwyfRzM4dZEATDA6y0 by mjgardner@social.sdf.org
2023-06-16T13:43:50Z
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@hrw @R4_Unit @phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg Last time I had to maintain something in #Perl was yesterday. You can keep at it if you’re living right 😁