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null | Adverpol | null | I would argue that the parent attitude is not so different from what we have here (speaking for Europe/Belgium). The difference is that if you're not suited you have 0% chance of actually obtaining an engineering degree, and that's in a country where a university education is basically free. Parents are parents, those ... | null | 0 | 1492711991 | False | 0 | dgixmwg | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiq0c2 | null | 1494235815 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | zettabyte | null | Yeah, only [rinky](https://facebook.com/) [dink](https://wikipedia.org/) [companies](https://slack.com/) [use](https://tumblr.com) PHP.
So outdated! I really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find those... | null | 0 | 1492712014 | False | 0 | dgixnq4 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiwxq4 | null | 1494235825 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jakdak | null | > Even though most Indian programmers I've worked with are awful
To be fair, most of the white programmers I've worked with have been awful as well :) | null | 1 | 1492712090 | False | 0 | dgixq9g | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiqwcv | null | 1494235859 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492712107 | False | 0 | dgixqv9 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgivb6a | null | 1494235867 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Murzinio | null | Interesting, I will check it out. I'm wondering though, I was thinking the drives are limiting searching speed, not the cpu. How is multithreading helping here? Are you simply using 1 thread for each drive? | null | 0 | 1492712120 | False | 0 | dgixrck | t3_66g08m | null | null | t3_66g08m | null | 1494235873 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cC2Panda | null | For any reasonably well off family that's not much. Doctors can make 5 lakh in a month. | null | 0 | 1492712138 | False | 0 | dgixryi | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgir1s5 | null | 1494235882 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | acehreli | null | Hard to believe but from the parts that I read from the books and the parts of the movies that I could stay awake, I don't remember anything like that. :) (Darn! I missed my second breakfast today.) | null | 0 | 1492712161 | False | 0 | dgixsqm | t3_66adnz | null | null | t1_dghs6aw | null | 1494235892 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | codesforhugs | null | It's not even limited to the softer skills, many of the schools also don't teach fundamental software architecture, algorithmics, data structures etc. | null | 0 | 1492712165 | False | 0 | dgixsvv | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiul58 | null | 1494235894 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | light24bulbs | null | Well a lot of what is getting talked about elsewhere in this thread is why companies cling to old technologies when something newer might be a lot better. It's definitely a corporate disease | null | 0 | 1492712168 | False | 0 | dgixsyv | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixnq4 | null | 1494235895 | -1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | hardraada | null | I wouldn't dispute that at all. It's not because they are Indian. | null | 0 | 1492712178 | False | 0 | dgixtbc | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiwqas | null | 1494235900 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tangerinelion | null | In C++ you can even do
if(not (a && b)) {
// actual code
} | null | 0 | 1492712236 | False | 0 | dgixv5y | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgitbk3 | null | 1494235925 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kevinambrosia | null | The reddit app is AMAZING! You should try it. | null | 0 | 1492712237 | False | 0 | dgixv78 | t3_66ajak | null | null | t1_dgic2tm | null | 1494235925 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | transpostmeta | null | Looks good to me! | null | 0 | 1492712241 | False | 0 | dgixvd5 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiwhku | null | 1494235927 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | CaptainSirsir | null | All is well | null | 0 | 1492712268 | False | 0 | dgixw9j | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiq0c2 | null | 1494235939 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Jmc_da_boss | null | ehh i prefer the ==, i do find it easier to read | null | 0 | 1492712313 | False | 0 | dgixxo4 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiunfp | null | 1494235958 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492712317 | False | 0 | dgixxtt | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiq0c2 | null | 1494235960 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tangerinelion | null | if(skyIsBlue == true) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
| null | 0 | 1492712362 | False | 0 | dgixzcm | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiwwlx | null | 1494235981 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | duckduckfuckfuck | null | > a doctor is way more prestigious in the states.
It's the same in India as well. An average doctor earns much more than an engineer. But getting into a medical college is a lot more difficult than getting into engineering. It's very common for students to opt for both Math and Biology in highschool, so that they ... | null | 0 | 1492712367 | False | 0 | dgixzj0 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgisopq | null | 1494235983 | 20 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Jmc_da_boss | null | ohh my | null | 0 | 1492712369 | False | 0 | dgixzm0 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgipyyr | null | 1494235984 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | GoGoGadge7 | null | So when someone calls me "from Windows" I should hang up the fucking phone and block the number? Got it.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE DAD! | null | 0 | 1492712393 | False | 0 | dgiy0et | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t3_66hpqs | null | 1494235996 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | KagakuNinja | null | I went to college in 1980, but it was common to see groups of students working on homework assignments. It would be quite possible for one person to do all the programming while the rest got a free ride. | null | 0 | 1492712401 | False | 0 | dgiy0p4 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiu6ix | null | 1494235999 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | grauenwolf | null | > Not in the performance sense, it scales fine in that regard
No it doesn't. As you increase the number of CPU cores, you have to increase the number of instances of Node. That means you lose out on things like being able to easily share memory across requests or move a request in progress from one core to another ... | null | 0 | 1492712409 | False | 0 | dgiy0y4 | t3_66d6w5 | null | null | t1_dgi91lt | null | 1494236003 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | two_cent_activist | null | Eventually we will start those threads when programmers from other countries migrate to India. | null | 0 | 1492712438 | False | 0 | dgiy1y2 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgisgv2 | null | 1494236017 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | grauenwolf | null | And that use case would be?
| null | 0 | 1492712444 | False | 0 | dgiy24m | t3_66d6w5 | null | null | t1_dgifyw5 | null | 1494236019 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kevinambrosia | null | Yeah, you know that person that wrote the human centipede? This account is the realization of one of his pipe dreams. | null | 0 | 1492712479 | False | 0 | dgiy3b7 | t3_66ajak | null | null | t1_dgif2fr | null | 1494236034 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ss0889 | null | That's because they rampantly lie on their resume. My parents always said never to share my resume. I didn't get why, but I found out later. They'll go through job boards and get people to apply to some bogus positions. Then they scrape the resume for information and use the listed skills as their own. They assume no o... | null | 0 | 1492712500 | False | 0 | dgiy40j | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgikhrp | null | 1494236044 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | grauenwolf | null | And that use would be what? Replacing classic ASP/VBScript applications? | null | 0 | 1492712510 | False | 0 | dgiy4az | t3_66d6w5 | null | null | t1_dgidyvd | null | 1494236047 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | tangerinelion | null | Ugh, could you imagine if they wanted that with an implicit pointer comparison. Instead of `if(p)` you'd need `if(p != nullptr)` or, even worse, `if((p != nullptr) == true)`... | null | 0 | 1492712511 | False | 0 | dgiy4by | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgivbse | null | 1494236048 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cruelandusual | null | "Computer science" as it is taught includes things like language theory, concurrency, compiler design, OS design, computer graphics, database theory, AI, etc.
When people say "computer science" like you're using it, they're talking about the theory of computation, as if lambda calculus and formal proofs are the end-al... | null | 0 | 1492712584 | False | 0 | dgiy6sb | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgilgql | null | 1494236081 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Phinocio | null | if (skyIsBlue == null) {
doThing();
} else if (skyIsBlue) {
dothing2();
} else {
doThing3();
} | null | 0 | 1492712591 | False | 0 | dgiy71k | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgivza3 | null | 1494236085 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | midnightbrett | null | I suppose that is possible, personally if you cannot write or understand the code you are handing in, I would consider that cheating. If you have no way of personally coming close to a passing grade in a course without the help of others, you don't deserve your degree (if you are awarded it). | null | 0 | 1492712596 | False | 0 | dgiy77v | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiy0p4 | null | 1494236087 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | druidjc | null | > Somehow they reason out who the leader
The "somehow" is who talks the loudest. | null | 0 | 1492712608 | False | 0 | dgiy7mh | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgisvei | null | 1494236092 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | kyru | null | We wanted them to read in a small file with a name on each line and print back out a file with the duplicate names removed. We figured with Internet access even if you didn't know exactly how to do it you could work something out. | null | 0 | 1492712613 | False | 0 | dgiy7s5 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixk1j | null | 1494236094 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | LoneCookie | null | Wait what, so now people shouldn't have lives?
By the time I got out of college I had a long term SO and moving across the country somewhere that is only good for tech jobs would be ridiculous, especially considering I can still get more tech jobs than he can get his specialty in the majority of cities (and icing on t... | null | 0 | 1492712630 | 1492712922 | 0 | dgiy8d7 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiu6na | null | 1494236102 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Murzinio | null | It will be ok, just like 100 years old math books on calculus are still relevant. Algorithms and data structures are universal to any language so it's not like that may be a problem. Though I recommend learning from multiple sources (not only algorithms), after learning something new repeat it by checking out some othe... | null | 0 | 1492712657 | False | 0 | dgiy99f | t3_668wxs | null | null | t3_668wxs | null | 1494236115 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | DisWastingMyTime | null | Should a university really cater to those needs? The closest thing to "ready for work" is the Engineering disciplines, which are in dire need of theory, science and mathematics before the engineer can really understand how to solve problems even if eventually he's going to rely on tools to do most of the heavy lifting ... | null | 0 | 1492712662 | False | 0 | dgiy9en | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixh74 | null | 1494236116 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | puffpuffpastor | null | I guess it seems to me like it's the order of the things and the verbosity that makes it more readable. "Not condition" is shorter and in a more logical order to me, whether the "Not" is written out or represented with the '!'.
edit: So I agree the python style is best but barring that, I'd go with the second C-style... | null | 0 | 1492712674 | 1492713253 | 0 | dgiy9s8 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixab4 | null | 1494236121 | 5 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ChromaticDragon | null | I think there's more to it than just "teach to the test".
Programming is a skill you learn from practice. You get the practice as you DO it. But you also may quickly get somewhat myopic or pigeon-holed if whatever you end up doing is either simplistic or the same as whatever you've done before. Homework assignments... | null | 0 | 1492712680 | False | 0 | dgiy9zv | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiswqj | null | 1494236125 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jamespo | null | Facebook use hack now, amongst others | null | 0 | 1492712692 | False | 0 | dgiyae9 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixnq4 | null | 1494236130 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | ChaosOnion | null | I believe it. When I started, I thought coding standards were stupid. Who cares if I put 81 characters on the line? Who cares if my change history is a little cryptic? Who cares if I have a few lines of dead code?
Yeah, all that stuff makes maintenance so much easier. Clearly stating logic in a syntactically safe... | null | 0 | 1492712697 | False | 0 | dgiyake | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiw1i8 | null | 1494236132 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | the_gnarts | null | > Because of this growing demand for engineering majors many shit universities started operating here giving you an engineering degree for almost no cost at all. I can guarantee you that those 5% are actually from reputable Indian Universities like IIT's etc. That's the truth. It has been like this for sometime. I k... | null | 0 | 1492712706 | False | 0 | dgiyav4 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiq0c2 | null | 1494236136 | 4 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | agonnaz | null | It's not a race thing, it's a nationality thing. It's about the state of engineering in India, not among ethnic Indians. | null | 0 | 1492712706 | False | 0 | dgiyavh | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixq9g | null | 1494236136 | 32 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AdShea | null | A few style guides require that so you don't miss the ! while skimming.
Then there's the whole !strcmp problem. Really should require a comment whenever using that.
(For those who don't do much C, strcmp returns zero if the strings are the same, negative if the first one sorts first, positive if the second sorts first... | null | 0 | 1492712709 | False | 0 | dgiyazs | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiunfp | null | 1494236138 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492712745 | False | 0 | dgiyc4o | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiwxq4 | null | 1494236154 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | grauenwolf | null | It is a horrible candidate for IoT. With IoT you are often dealing with massive amounts of data. This alone is a problem for dynamically typed languages because their object format is very inefficient.
But the real concern is batching. To have any chance of keeping up, you need to be able to gather up IO writes so tha... | null | 0 | 1492712795 | False | 0 | dgiydta | t3_66d6w5 | null | null | t1_dgig2ja | null | 1494236177 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | KagakuNinja | null | My first job had a coding standard of avoiding negated if conditions. I found it annoying, but understood the concern. For example, not all programmers understand that:
!(a && b) == (!a || !b)
Also, one can argue that
if (!condition) {
foo();
} else {
bar();
}
Takes more effort to understand than:
if (... | null | 0 | 1492712810 | False | 0 | dgiyeb5 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiryk0 | null | 1494236183 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | abyssDweller1700 | null | Yep that's true for many cases. I have a friend who is studying for civilian service exams after completing his engineering degree. But it's not easy as it sounds. Lot of cultural animosities, peer pressure. | null | 0 | 1492712847 | False | 0 | dgiyfhx | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixm86 | null | 1494236198 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | PEE_ON_MY_FART | null | From the beginning to end of the program I took, literally 60% of the students dropped out or failed - and this is at a reputable school in Canada. Some pretty smart people just didn't have what to takes or couldn't think a certain way - nothing "clicked", and semester by semester eventually more than half were gone.
... | null | 0 | 1492712850 | 1492714870 | 0 | dgiyfli | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgirjcp | null | 1494236200 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | N4kk11 | null | yes to be a librarian you need a masters degree AFAIK (any librarian redditers please correct me if I'm mistaken. | null | 0 | 1492712859 | False | 0 | dgiyfvp | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiv5tg | null | 1494236203 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | strngsvlmstng96 | null | Why are you just assuming that it's going to be a Facebook machine. A 1TB hard drive sounds unnecessary but the other stuff seems okay | null | 0 | 1492712863 | False | 0 | dgiyg01 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgix8p2 | null | 1494236205 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Suppiluliuma_I | null | our country was founded on slavery and genocide | null | 0 | 1492712877 | False | 0 | dgiyggm | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiuo81 | null | 1494236212 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cC2Panda | null | It's really not the parents though. My girlfriend is able to practice medicine in India and her brother is an IT consultant. It's changing a little bit now, but still those are the only two well paying jobs that are consistently available in India. | null | 0 | 1492712884 | False | 0 | dgiygom | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgitg2j | null | 1494236215 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jarxlots | null | "What the hell is wrong with YOU PEOPLE?!?" | null | 0 | 1492712919 | False | 0 | dgiyhum | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgirsoe | null | 1494236230 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | BigOldNerd | null | That makes sense. Well, the medical profession's loss is engineering's gain. | null | 0 | 1492712934 | False | 0 | dgiyic3 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixzj0 | null | 1494236236 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AbstractProxyFactory | null | Then why would the property end up on the prototype? Prototype properties are only static in the sense that instances share the property (*and* can be overwritten on a per-instance basis as an actual instance field). Either way, seems like poor design on part of CoffeeScript and poor choice to use a language with this ... | null | 0 | 1492712939 | False | 0 | dgiyihj | t3_66d6w5 | null | null | t1_dgiiq6r | null | 1494236238 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Xnetter3412 | null | Majoring in Computer Science/Mathematics, and can honestly say I have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. I'm a freshman and have done a ton of technical coding and studying of the code level hierarchies. | null | 0 | 1492712951 | False | 0 | dgiyiur | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgilgql | null | 1494236244 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | spyhi | null | I'm envious of the amount of programming in your curriculum. I'm at a US university and if it doesn't need to be in code (discrete math topics, analysis of algorithms), it usually isn't. It's a big point of frustration for me, and I bring it up with faculty often. They insist the theory is more important, but as someon... | null | 0 | 1492712956 | False | 0 | dgiyj1a | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiskli | null | 1494236246 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492712964 | False | 0 | dgiyj9z | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgilgql | null | 1494236249 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | abyssDweller1700 | null | Aal izz well. | null | 0 | 1492712965 | False | 0 | dgiyjb9 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixw9j | null | 1494236250 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | random314 | null | It doesn't matter anymore, any half decent companies looking for good developer will be able to sniff out a fraud through a bit of white boarding. | null | 0 | 1492712985 | False | 0 | dgiyk1j | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgilgql | null | 1494236259 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | bendertotes | null | I have never met a programmer that isn't hit with the awful stick at least occasionally. Programmer me six months ago was also awful. | null | 0 | 1492713007 | False | 0 | dgiykqm | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixq9g | null | 1494236269 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | krostybat | null | I think there is this same mentality in every country. Parents will say : "every job is respectable" but don't be fooled, "those job" aren't for their children. | null | 0 | 1492713010 | False | 0 | dgiyktt | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiq0c2 | null | 1494236270 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gyroda | null | There's going to be a selection bias here I think. The top level comment is speaking about Indian universities and culture and say they're Indian, so I'm guessing they're talking about the people who don't have the skills to successfully emigrate due to their work and who don't work in the same places as most of the pe... | null | 0 | 1492713012 | False | 0 | dgiykwo | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiu6it | null | 1494236271 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SOL-Cantus | null | I was hired on as a PM to help with a major program without any significant programming skills. Literally, just a basic understanding of how classic HTML/CSS works, while my co-worker (Java Dev, not Indian) did the heavy lifting. And yeah, he did exactly that, just stuck to his Java roots while I had to beg for him to ... | null | 0 | 1492713017 | False | 0 | dgiyl2g | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgioklc | null | 1494236274 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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null | G00dAndPl3nty | null | Thats your definition. Not everybody agrees. I can perform well as a dev without interacting with anybody by writing bug free code, fixing other peoples bugs, and solving problems that nobody else understands. | null | 0 | 1492713027 | False | 0 | dgiyle1 | t3_66brav | null | null | t1_dgiunbq | null | 1494236278 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492713031 | False | 0 | dgiylio | t3_65vch4 | null | null | t1_dgiwq4z | null | 1494236279 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | the_gnarts | null | > someone who insisted on writing condition == false instead of !condition
Some languages that assign “bool-ish” (rhymes with “ghoulish”)
interpretation automatically to all values (looking at you, Python!)
enforce this habit so they might have caught it earlier in life. | null | 0 | 1492713047 | False | 0 | dgiym1s | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiunfp | null | 1494236286 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Java_Beans | null | To be fair, the clients rarely know what they need. | null | 0 | 1492713058 | False | 0 | dgiymfs | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgitf0c | null | 1494236291 | 13 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | carlfish | null | In most places where I'd previously have used DI, I'd use `Free` or `Eff`. | null | 0 | 1492713063 | False | 0 | dgiymk9 | t3_66ftqf | null | null | t1_dgiwkum | null | 1494236293 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Smallpaul | null | Do global freelancing sites help? | null | 0 | 1492713085 | False | 0 | dgiynb0 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgirhcv | null | 1494236304 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | blahbleepblahblah | null | I flip flop on this. When it comes to pointers `if(p != nullptr)` is my preference. I'm just odd like that. | null | 0 | 1492713085 | False | 0 | dgiynbr | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiy4by | null | 1494236304 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | cybernd | null | The sad thing is, that such things happen in many companies. To be honest, it is one of the main reasons why i am currently not working as dev. I was simply fed up with things that happened in my past jobs. | null | 0 | 1492713085 | False | 0 | dgiynbu | t3_66brav | null | null | t1_dgi896t | null | 1494236304 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | depricatedzero | null | That's not out of thin air.
I said "I took a lower paying job between two offers because the company interviewed better."
Which you then drew out to some weird conclusion that this means I didn't give it thought or undersold myself. Between the two offers, the one I chose was far more appealing despite being exactly ... | null | 0 | 1492713087 | False | 0 | dgiyndc | t3_65vch4 | null | null | t1_dgix4p1 | null | 1494236304 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | JayMounes | null | Well, JVM runs everywhere. I know you know, not trying to be pedantic. So unless you really understand the implications of that Java is very attractive from a business perspective. | null | 0 | 1492713101 | False | 0 | dgiynth | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiuk47 | null | 1494236310 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gyroda | null | Racism is a type of prejudice. We all understood what they meant, they communicated the concept in their head to the rest of us sufficiently. Not only that but they weren't even incorrect. | null | 0 | 1492713102 | False | 0 | dgiynv3 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgisnv9 | null | 1494236311 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | jarxlots | null | "And the English language grew three sizes that day." | null | 0 | 1492713129 | False | 0 | dgiyosg | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiuzp1 | null | 1494236323 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | AmbidextrousRex | null | I saw this at my (Canadian) uni as well. Lots of second generation Chinese/Indian/etc. classmates who were only there because of their parents. Some had never programmed anything before. Most of them disappeared after first year. | null | 0 | 1492713134 | False | 0 | dgiyoxy | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiq0c2 | null | 1494236326 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | gunhorseunlimited | null | if( skyIsBlue == true) {
return true;
}
else if ( skyIsBlue == false && skyIsBlue != true) {
return !true;
else {
//fixing compiler errors
return true;
}
This is the best I can do. | null | 0 | 1492713138 | False | 0 | dgiyp2m | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixzcm | null | 1494236327 | 12 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | IamCarbonMan | null | I agree, it's more like English and how you typically think. You don't think "if the condition that the store has milk is false, I will buy water", you think "if they don't have milk I'll buy water". I think that's also why some people such as above prefer "not" over "!": It requires less translation between logic and ... | null | 0 | 1492713138 | False | 0 | dgiyp35 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiy9s8 | null | 1494236327 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | shamanshaman123 | null | You can see that in Indian immigrant parents over here too. My dad and mom came from India back in the 80s and since we could talk have been pushing me and my sibling to become doctors.
They became slightly less pushy about it once i graduated and got a job as a programmer. But had I done anything else (like say, go i... | null | 0 | 1492713154 | False | 0 | dgiyplq | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiq0c2 | null | 1494236334 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | This is consistent with my personal experience. | null | 0 | 1492713156 | False | 0 | dgiypn2 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t3_66hpqs | null | 1494236335 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Kowzorz | null | What would it take for an American engineer to get a job in India doing engineering? | null | 0 | 1492713160 | False | 0 | dgiypsd | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t3_66hpqs | null | 1494236337 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | UniqueConstraint | null | No. Changing the H1B program that actively facilitates the displacement of US tech workers in favor of cheaper offshore labor. The H1B program is absolute garbage and is very easy for savvy companies to work around. IBM used to post positions in the US asking for experience levels that were impossible to attain (10 ... | null | 0 | 1492713182 | False | 0 | dgiyqht | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixe2n | null | 1494236346 | 16 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | mirhagk | null | > many of what I consider the highest performers were quiet and or shy
I find that this and the tolerance of mediocrity are often born out of the same problem. A fear of being wrong. Some people don't speak their mind if they are scared of being wrong, and others fight really hard to prove that they aren't wrong or... | null | 0 | 1492713195 | False | 0 | dgiyqxt | t3_66brav | null | null | t1_dghlpos | null | 1494236352 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | google_you | null | dats racist | null | 0 | 1492713198 | False | 0 | dgiyr1n | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t3_66hpqs | null | 1494236353 | 0 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | achen2345 | null | Nice job on the professional growth! I gone through situations similar to this myself and it is frustrating for everybody. | null | 0 | 1492713205 | False | 0 | dgiyr96 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiyl2g | null | 1494236356 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | GlorifiedPlumber | null | Most? Awful? Or mediocre?
Awful is awfully strong verbiage.
Can you clarify your hyperbole?
I work for an actual engineering firm with 30,000 employees.
For the 150 or so chemical, structural, electrical, mechanical engineers I interact with routinely... Most are not awful. They're decent... But average.
Awful i... | null | 1 | 1492713214 | False | 0 | dgiyrhh | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixq9g | null | 1494236359 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Jeffbx | null | No, just not inviting them in if they don't have skills above & beyond what people here have.
H1B is a good program when it's used as intended. But now it's just an excuse to hire people at slave wages, which isn't good for anyone. | null | 0 | 1492713214 | False | 0 | dgiyrim | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixe2n | null | 1494236359 | 10 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | [deleted] | null | [deleted] | null | 0 | 1492713224 | 1492837280 | 0 | dgiyru2 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixsyv | null | 1494236363 | 6 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | Frodolas | null | Except all these people are smart enough to pass the entrance exam in India, they just don't want to do the degree. | null | 0 | 1492713238 | False | 0 | dgiysd0 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgixmwg | null | 1494236371 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | TaintedQuintessence | null | We're witnessing the birth of a new word. | null | 0 | 1492713268 | False | 0 | dgiytd7 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiuzp1 | null | 1494236384 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | uJumpiJump | null | I'm surprised that I see this so often | null | 0 | 1492713275 | False | 0 | dgiytlm | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgiwwlx | null | 1494236387 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | curtisf | null | The phrase "pattern matching" was used to describe a pattern in LISP, especially in classic AI.
It meant recognizing some kind of "pattern" (often a list or a tree with "holes" in it) against an object.
I'm not sure when the exact phrase "pattern matching" caught on. It's used in the book *The Elements of Artificial ... | null | 0 | 1492713287 | False | 0 | dgiytzz | t3_66gn8p | null | null | t1_dgipair | null | 1494236393 | 7 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SOL-Cantus | null | CS was originally deeply tied in with engineering, but that went the wayside after the advent of personal computing. To this day, it's still a good idea to have a basic level of understanding when it comes to the hardware (engineering) because knowing its limitations provides you with a basis for how effective/efficien... | null | 0 | 1492713325 | False | 0 | dgiyv93 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgisace | null | 1494236410 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | drteq | null | That's still 4% better than US engineering students | null | 0 | 1492713326 | False | 0 | dgiyvac | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t3_66hpqs | null | 1494236410 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | strngsvlmstng96 | null | Not your fault, but the word engineer is so overused that I don't entirely know what the difference between an engineer or a techie would even be | null | 0 | 1492713329 | False | 0 | dgiyve0 | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgisg0g | null | 1494236411 | 2 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | CyclonusRIP | null | Is that not the case anyways? If you want access to the current transaction you are executing in you have to have some interface that provides it. Sure you can wrap whatever outside code in your own interface and depend on that. That isn't really anything unique to FP. You can do that in any language that supports ... | null | 0 | 1492713342 | False | 0 | dgiyvsu | t3_66ftqf | null | null | t1_dgivscr | null | 1494236417 | 3 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | PEE_ON_MY_FART | null | Lol so true. My favorite commonality is the tendency on forums and blogs to go:
"[Question here, with no context or examples to go by]
Please help me client needs ths in too weeks thanks very much please email response to binderpreetpatel85@yahoo.com" | null | 0 | 1492713361 | False | 0 | dgiywev | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgith5w | null | 1494236425 | 9 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
null | SergeantAlPowell | null | [Yes](http://codepad.org/IYZSNcow) | null | 0 | 1492713364 | 1492716011 | 0 | dgiywix | t3_66hpqs | null | null | t1_dgitbk3 | null | 1494236426 | 1 | t5_2fwo | null | null | null |
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