SaraMGJun 12, 2023

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Do not cite the deep magic to me, product manager, I was there when it was written.

Show threadThe Long TailJun 13, 2023
@saramg Wait till you get to your fifties.
Show threadFred MoyerJun 13, 2023

@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 ;)

Show threadJanne MorenJun 13, 2023
@phredmoyer @sleepyfox @saramg
I'm in my 50's; and could I perhaps interest you in Fortran for your next greenfield project?
Show threadmoopet

@jannem

* from an alley darkly *

psst, wanna buy some lowercase?

Jun 20, 2023 at 9:38amWeb
Show threadMark W. AlexanderDec 24, 2023

@moopet @jannem
THERE CAN BE ONLY FIELDATA.

https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nssdc/formats/UnisysFieldata.htm

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