While I can't comment on the stats, I do have a story. A long time ago I was working and living in SF. I had just finished work and was heading over to a nearby bar. I was waiting at a very busy intersection for the cross walk to signal to go. I had recently moved to SF and all my new friends warned me about cars, so I was being cautious. There was a guy standing in front of me with big headphones on looking at his phone. He just stepped into the street. Out of the corner of me eye I saw a car taking a turn coming right at him too fast. I reached out, grabbed him by his backpack and pulled him back on the sidewalk. His eyes were firmly fixed on me as the car zoomed by where he would have been, him totally oblivious. He gave the the WTF is your problem face then safely crossed the street.
I think about that guy sometimes and wonder what his version of the story is. Further I sometimes question if he was ever in danger and I was just being overly cautious.
Despite what he thinks, I'm glad you did what you did. Thanks!
It reminded me of the movie Due Date:
Peter Highman: How have you made it this far? How have you not run yourself over in a car?
Ethan Tremblay: I've done that.
Peter Highman: How have you survived? That's my question.
Ethan Tremblay: Mostly luck.
If it's any solace, I've had something very similar happen. An idiot was jogging near 4th and King, and a car jumped the light after the left turn was red and the walk lights came on. I had trained myself to wait and look, but he went on till I blocked him. He was annoyed at first (reasonable), saw the car go by, but never said sorry or thank you.
I never put on headphones till I was inside the train, as a rule of thumb.
I remember having this realization as a kid. I was standing in my driveway and realized there was an unbroken road from me to the other side of the country (and beyond!). It was one of those the world is so big and so small moments.
Same here. I wrote a lot of code in my life but barely remember any of it. I do remember writing a 'madlibs' program as a kid and showing my family and being so proud. 100% the reason I'm doing what I do today is because of that day.
My analogue is writing a thing that could draw numbers and print them (I think it was just using the PRINT SCREEN button?), but it would make every line squiggly to emulate my (very bad) handwriting.
I think my goal was to make it write my homework, so that it would still look like my very bad handwriting, but more legible?
Family didn't care, but a classmate was very impressed :P
I actually visited Japan for the first time this year, amazing trip. While I can't answer I highly recommend https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravel/ as a source of research. Great information.
I really enjoyed this article. When I draw an architecture diagram, write documentation, code or really do anything at work I take a moment to try to make it look "nice". I can't explain why I do it, I just know when I look at it I like it more.
I've always been slightly concerned it was possibly not the best use of time, but I have never had anyone tell me not to do it.
What I like about the article is that it articulates, in a practical way, how to make something more beautiful, whereas I go by feel.
I do this, too. Coding is actually a very visual endeavour for me. I can only describe it as "flow". If my code doesn't "flow", I'm not happy with it. I am baffled by my teammates who seem to have no visual awareness of their code. They might forego whitespace between the close of one function and the declaration of the next, or alternate between having one or more parameters per line in a function signature. It sticks out to me like a sore thumb, but they don't seem to care.
>I am baffled by my teammates who seem to have no visual awareness of their code.
I have somewhat avoided this because it can make you look like you're changing things for no good reason (no easily communicable reason, anyway).
I still do it when people have too much going on for a single line though (ternary ops + function calls + string/number formatting, etc which is very common in enterprise-y programs).
Even if you never share anything, just the thought process that goes into the ordering of the blocks and elements on the page force you to think about the larger structure and dependencies. It's incredibly helpful.
When I make network diagrams in Visio I feel the same way. I put my Steve Jobs hat on and obsess over some small detail. Yes, sometimes it is time consuming but it feels some kind of cup for me. I know I have some kind of technical artistic talent, in high school I wanted to be a drafter.
> Discussions gravitate around this diagram. People randomly walk up and stare at it. Questions are answered by pointing at it. Periodically throughout the day, chairs swivel around to face this centerpiece, their occupants folding their hands behind their heads.
Taking the time to clean up a diagram usually means making it 'easier to comprehend.' Every time you use the clean diagram, you've saved time and energy with a reduced cognitive load.
I honestly don't care about the whole API drama, but I've been looking to get off reddit for awhile now. I switched over to Lemmy and committed to a week of usage. It's rough around the edges but it works. I'm in. Haven't been back to reddit and don't plan to.
I too find Lenny rough around the edges. My concern is that it looks like it was built by developers for developers. Is it attractive enough to your average non technical Reddit user just looking for a few memes or whatever? I’m not so sure
I'll focus on your question of how to move into a management. Or at least, my perspective.
To get into management, you generally need experience in management. I know that sounds silly but it's true. If I'm interviewing for a management position and I have two candidates, one who has experience and one who doesn't, I'll take the person with experience.
So your question becomes how do I get the experience. I would start with finding a work place that values the concept of promoting from within.
From there you need to advertise your intentions of wanting to move into a leadership role, without being annoying. You need to socialize and relationship build. Gently broadcast your intentions.
You need to be able to tell people why you want this role. It needs to be clear reason. This is more or less your sales pitch.
If you do these things listen to people's feedback. It should be enthusiastic and positive. If it's not it means that people don't see your potential yet. Figure out why.
This is your feedback loop. Take training, work on your presentation skills. Find another mentor. Keep building your network. Ask your manager if you can take over a meeting or take over a small responsibility for them. Gently reshape your role into a lead role. Do this until you get some positive feedback.
From there start to interview. Your first couple of interviews are likely going to be terrible. Don't lose heart. Ideally these are internal interviews. If you don't get the job reach out to the hiring manager to get open and honest feedback.
Keep interviewing and keep working on all of the above. With a little luck one of your connections will pay off and someone will take a chance.
This reminds me of a recent experience of mine. I was raised bilingual Greek and English (English is my primary language). For my entire life I heard both of these languages and use them both the same. What I had never heard, until recently, was someone who learned Greek as an adult. I was so excited to speak to them because it was something completely new to me.
When they began speaking (Greek) it was like my brain shorted out. I was so excited for them but it took active mental effort to translate what they were saying. I began speaking to them in English and I nearly couldn't force myself to speak Greek.
This was not elitism or snobbery, it was like my brain decided the path of least resistance was English and I used it automatically. Very strange experience.
It's always a balance between efficiency vs willingness to support their learning efforts.
This reminded me of an article written by an American living in China recounting his early days there. In it he describes the tricks he developed to practice the local language despite the higher interest of the locals to practice their English with him.
Years ago a friend of mine was considering a teaching job in North Carolina. She didn't want to travel alone so I agreed to come to keep her company. We got to the school, met the principal and he took us for a tour. During the tour I vividly remember the principal stating the rules around corporal punishment and at first I just laughed, thinking it was just a very odd joke. I then realized he was very much serious and just played it off as me misunderstand what he was saying. As soon as the tour was done my friend and I both got in the car and decided we needed to get the ** out of there.
I told this story to many people over the years and everyone thinks I'm making it up or just didn't hear right. Having a teacher tell me it's ok to hit kids felt like I stepped through a portal into another world.
North Carolina has one of the weaker municipal prohibitions on corporal punishment --- Charlotte prohibits most cases of corporal punishment, requires it to take place with another teacher as witness and away from other students, requires parental notification, and, to administer it at all, requires parental consent (albeit opt-out consent). It's not a great system.
On the other hand, in the '20-'21 school year, not one instance of corporal punishment was reported in all of North Carolina. Whatever else it is in NC, it's not common.
Obviously, at this point, with it so infrequent and so circumscribed, they should just ban it statewide.
I'm sure there's all sorts of unreported violence all over the place, not just in North Carolina, but we're discussing a state that explicitly authorizes corporal punishment, so the idea that they're employing it and then hiding it doesn't add up.
me too ! :) alas...the article states it is an artisinal bread - you're unlikely to find it anywhere online. But as a Palestinian/lived in Jordon for 6 years - the closest i can think of is a home-made variety of kaak (literally translates to 'cake') which is a bread stick containing syrian oregano (zataar) and sugar in the dough, dipped in a combo of white sesame seeds and nigella seds. Usually shaped thin and long.
I think about that guy sometimes and wonder what his version of the story is. Further I sometimes question if he was ever in danger and I was just being overly cautious.