Michael BaconAlso, techbros: "AI is going to change everything, nothing will be the same, adopt it or get left behind"
Senior devs: "Well golly gee, now that's something I've never heard before . . ."
derptron@MichaelTBacon @raganwald @gvwilson "Been left behind my whole life. Why should I start worrying about it now?"
@crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson
*10 new super-shiny things appear on the horizon*
Young dev: "ooh, those are the future! Let's go—"
Old dev: <hand out blocking the way> "Hang, on, wait for it. . . "
*7 of the 10 super-shiny things crash and burn in a fiery ball that can be seen from space*
Old dev: "almost . . ."
*1 of remaining shiny things turns evil and starts eating everything near it*
Old dev: "okay, let's go."
Kinene⭐🐻@MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson ... and somewhere, imbedded in some large institutional mainframe, a COBOL program is still running.
Jeff Grigg@c_merriweather @MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson
Everywhere.
The COBOL programs are *EVERYWHERE*.
And they're central, pivotal, and vital to the continued successful operation of most parts of the world economy.
@JeffGrigg @MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson Yeah, I know. My mom probably contributed to some of that code (GE, in the 1960s).
@c_merriweather @MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson
My father gave me his IBM COBOL manual. And I've programmed COBOL on Hollerith punch cards.
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦@JeffGrigg @c_merriweather @MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson me too! And I punched other people's cards for pocket money.
Steve Freeman@deborahh @JeffGrigg @c_merriweather @MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson I had to punch my only cards before graduating to a teletype. Didn’t like those new-fangled CRT’s much.
Poslovitch@MichaelTBacon I'm confused now. Does that mean, with my less than a year of actual work experience in that field, I would still qualify as a "senior dev" just because I don't run towards anything shiny and new? 😂
Was that the true test?
Headbanger MouseDeveloper seniority is not measured in years in the field. It is measured in burning bandwagons and hype cycles avoided.
@Poslovitch @MichaelTBacon @raganwald @gvwilson No.
You still have to prove you can do the Jira Shuffle down and dirty with a facade of grace and elegance.
@Poslovitch @MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson yes, head directly to HR to claim your upgrade 👍 .
Congrats!
Congrats!
Derek Martin@MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson @baldur Old dev here. I try not to adopt “new” tech until it’s been popular and in production for 5 years.
@lo_fye @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson @baldur "Never touch a Microsoft product with a .0 version number" is a Thing for a reason.
@MichaelTBacon @lo_fye @raganwald @gvwilson @baldur I don't touch a Microsoft product unless someone pays me to.
@crazyeddie Teams is the devil incarnate.
@lo_fye @MichaelTBacon @raganwald @gvwilson @baldur Old dev here. Still young enough to get a shock at how much new shit has been around 5-10+ years.
Cassandrich@MichaelTBacon @crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson Slight error. It was 9 out of 10 and the 1 last remaining.
AL
Matt Boehm@MichaelTBacon
New (now old) shiny thing now delivers 1/8th of what it claimed to at its peak but what it does yields a pretty good ROI.
@crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson
New (now old) shiny thing now delivers 1/8th of what it claimed to at its peak but what it does yields a pretty good ROI.
@crazyeddie @raganwald @gvwilson