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Quote: The industry has become overloaded with techniques, processes, methodologies and tools that have fallen under the agile umbrella.
... So here's a new one.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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A new study by Spiceworks suggests IT professionals who work at smaller companies are happier. Does that mean the happiest people just work by themselves?
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I don't believe that, though in some small software companies it could be Shangri-La. The happiest I was in my career was 6 years at a medium sized company. You learned a lot and there were people there to keep things in line. The only downfall was of the 50 to 60 developers, 25 of them called themselves architects!
I've experienced crazy stuff in small departments or organizations. Sure there was the complaint about money, benefits, and no upward mobility, but there was the nastier stuff such as: sexual harassment to me and other people in the office, yelling, screaming, near fist fights, staplers thrown out of anger, and even crying for work to do. IMHO small IT shops only work if everyone clicks, otherwise chaos will ensue.
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I will say that you tend to be appreciated more, in small firms, because people actually notice what you achieve.
A little appreciation outweighs a shipload of stress.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Admittedly, I'm a very small sample but that runs rather contrary to my experience. The most miserable experiences I've had in my career have all been at small companies. Arrogant and clueless bosses; unrealistic expectations; lousy money and a complete lack of benefits; zero job security - generally not much fun at all.
A real-life conversation:
"Amazon's web-site does X - why doesn't mine?"
"Just guessing here, but I reckon Amazon have probably had more than one developer working on their web-site and I'm pretty sure they've spent more than a month on it."
"I'm not interested in excuses. Why isn't my website as good as theirs?"
"I may already have explained that."
"No you haven't!"
I would be very, very reluctant to work for a small company again and would carve the following rules in stone:
1) Never, ever work for a small company that is run by anyone who doesn't understand IT.
2) Opt for starvation over working for a family firm. It would be a nicer experience.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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PeejayAdams wrote: 1) Never, ever work for a small company that is run by anyone who doesn't understand IT.
2) Opt for starvation over working for a family firm. It would be a nicer experience.
100% agree and hope to never live through that again.
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Yup, there's small, but then there's too small.jgakenhe wrote: Opt for starvation over working for a family firm
And then there's small-minded, true.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: Opt for starvation over working for a family firm
It was the most miserable time in my career!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Take it one step further. The happiest people don't exist.
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I agree, I think they mistranslated Descartes' quote, it turned out to be "I'm not happiest, therefore I am". 
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I always say "I think I think; therefore, I think I am."
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We’re not just implementing the C++ Standard, we’re helping to develop it. Not just the standard, it's standarder
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StatCounter is out today with its data for February 2017 and highlights that Android is inching closer to passing Windows as the most popular operating system for internet usage worldwide. So, we should be expecting even more Android hacks soon?
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OH WOW!
SO WINDOWS HAS TO BECOME MORE LIKE ANDROID, WITH FULL-SCREEN APPS!
Oh.
Sorry.
I'm a bit behind the times.
Besides, doesn't "Internet access" for android include "every app that you use that accesses databases on the Internet in the background" -- i.e. All of 'em!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The documents, many of them incomplete or redacted, appear to be pulled in part from an internal Wiki, while others appear to have been part of a user file directory. Just in case you've always wanted to be a secret agent man
"They've given you a number and taken away your name"
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The complexity of the scrambled cube had to meet the standards of the World Cube Association.
 I need to buy more tinfoil.
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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My solution was just as quick -- I picked one up, looked at it, twisted it once, lost interest, and tossed it to someone who gives a damn.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Is that how you code as well?
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Nah.
Code achieves something.
... So it's well outside my remit.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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With the first release candidate of Linux 4.11 now available, Torvalds took some time to vent some frustration at the quality of some code he received as part of the merge process. In related news, it's a day of the week ending in 'y'
I think he needs to look into decaf.
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Actually, I'm rather glad he's like that. Weeds out the clowns.
Jeremy Falcon
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I agree.
There are people who :
1. type code
and those who
2. craft software
The two are completely different breeds.
If you've ever crafted software you'll know the difference.
So, if you don't know the difference. You've only typed code. 
I'm serious.
My work here is done. 
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So, since it is not clear from your post ... do you know the difference or did you just read this assertion somewhere? 
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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