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causticTech: so... for the last few months i've been doing interviews in order to fill some development positions that have opened up. fuck man... i can't think of anything more fucking soul-leeching (and depressing) than having to give "the technical interview."... so... it's a been a little while since i've last posted and have now completely turned myself into a non-entity (for those of you who could possibly give a shit). well... i gotta say... with our industry being the complete... well...here we are. we are probably in what i would consider to be the most absofuckinglutely most god awful period ever in software development. jesus fucking christ. we are in the software equivalent of elvis in his vegas years...fat, bloated,... being productive is usually considered a good thing. however, over the last decade or so there have been tools and technologies unleashed upon the world that while they have certainly made us more productive, they have turned the average developer... it seems a complete lack of fucking perspective is de rigeur and quite trendy among developers today. actually, this extends beyond developers to almost all involved in the tech industry. like laziness, it is a trait that is found in... you know what is the fucking bane of my existence (besides PMs)??? lazy fucking developers. if i can pick any single word to describe the culture of software development, it's lazy. this is a problem. to be honest, this disease... i am sorry that i have not been able to post anything lately. it has come to my attention that i am getting married, and then going on a honeymoon. i can't tell you what a shock this is...i mean,... for your listening pleasure, i present to you 5 jazz records: Extended Play / Live at Birdland Dave Holland dave holland's group is probably one of the best modern jazz groups playing today. this live double cd is fucking amazing.... part 3 in an ongoing series of developer stereotypes... for some reason that is so fucking completely beyond me, programmers all over the world are ridiculously proud of and have an almost erotic obsession with what they would call "their... it seems the technical publishing industry has finally given up. it's at the point now where they'll publish anyfuckingthing by anyfuckingbody. although there are many high-quality titles available (you can find a few here), compared to the colossal shit-load of... |