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I worked at a company who had an internal message board something from Microsoft.
Can't remember the name, but I think it's now discontinued?
Anyway, people could post whatever, but it wasn't used a lot.
When I first started working there I posted some interesting new tech on there, or some cool code I found.
Stuff like an upcoming Visual Studio, new Windows Server or SQL Server, I even remember posting something about COBOL.NET just for fun.
Unfortunately, I rarely got any replies or I got them from the same people who I also talked to face-to-face.
We had an official person who's job it was to investigate new tech for the company, but all he posted on there where new versions of Oracle.
At one point some people said to me I was doing that guys job more than the guy himself.
Unfortunately, I already let management know I was available for the position as it was worth an extra €500 a month, but they only needed one and the current guy was the boss' cousin or something.
Ultimately, I realized no one really had any interest in tech and the company was just doing what they did for the past 30 years with very few innovations.
I stopped posting and found another job, just like some of my younger coworkers 
I think the current average age at that company is well over 40 and maybe even nearing 50 (about 30 employees, mostly programmers) 
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check on google
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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I play it company by company. Some firms are open to suggestions and advice and have various platforms and methods to receive feedback, but some firms are very closed off to it, believe it or not. If I'm in one of the former companies then I tend to use the available opportunities to leave feedback, if I'm in the latter then I'll speak up if it's something egregious but I'll rarely fight too hard for change, I consider the fact that I spoke up as having fulfilled by duty and if the company want to ignore my advice they're free to do so.
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Just like Eddy above, I share everything significant.
What would be the point of keeping important stuff under a blanket?
To look good at the expense of others?? A very short-sighted way of survival.
Revenge on those who didn't share with me? I wouldn't want to work in such a work atmosphere.
Revenge on the company? I wouldn't want to work in such a company.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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It depends on the customer/employer. IF I believe there is a value in speaking up, then I do so. If not, I don't waste my time.
The only caveat to the above is if management (or a coworker) is doing something stupid or ill-advised, in which case I document what the perceived problems are, as CYA.
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One of the lessons I've learned early on in my career as a software developer is that if I have a suggestion for a feature that people actually want, the response is very often along the lines of "great, when can you demo it?"
I always have more items on my plate than I have time to complete, so when I know a suggestion means an additional work item for myself, when I'm already swamped...I either withhold the idea, even if (IMO) it might turn out to be a great feature, or I discuss it with a coworker and let him bring it up with The Powers That Be (even if it means he gets credited with the idea).
It's often the case that I'm still the one who's going to end up implementing it anyway, but at least they are the ones asking me to do it; it's not me offering to take on the additional work. So that gives me a little room to negotiate some extra time.
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was going to respond to someone's post about being high enough up and talking to those that will listen. here is the starting paragraph.
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your never as far up the ladder as you think you are. I ended up looking for a job earlier this year because said manager who said she would appreciate candor did not really appreciate candor at all. Of course the entire team is now disbanded and she herself has been moved to another location in another country far from here. And if only someone would have listened with an open mind. Especially those that in positions of authority. "
In my 20+ years of experience. It depends. The manager you can trust today is certainly not trustworthy tomorrow when his/her boss changes. The co-workers are almost always there for themselves and to make their jobs easier. ASk yourself this. If my co-workers win the lotto, Would then offer to take me in as an employee of a new company they might start or would they be in Tahiti tomorrow and not accepting my phone calls? I am better on Tahiti for each and every co-worker.
I share when I think it will be well received and will directly help an others job and they will recognize that help. Most of the time I keep my trap shut and do my job and avoid politics or anything else really.
And the sad part is. I like people. I am an outgoing fun person to be around. Sad to be this careful.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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I've got a little over 20 years in the industry.
At first I was hot headed and spoke my mind more; now I sit back and weigh the options or opinions.
Currently we are in a debate of which project management tools to use.
*We have option A, bundled with other apps that's already paid for. it's not the greatest yet it is being upgraded later in Q3.
*Option B, free tier doesn't work for us, paid version has some nice features, but we are in a tight budget this year. Second, B has limited layouts.
*Option C, is only paid for. looks nice, integrates into other apps like Slack or Teams, but might be too much overhead to manage
*Option D through what ever, same sort of things.
Coming from a single developer standpoint, it's all too much overhead, and you spend too much time everyday updating the stupid things. But now I'm on a Team of two others, and I understand more communications between us and what our own projects are. Since we will rarely ever work on the same project at the same time, my vote is to use something more of a developer log; just something we can share and organize notes in and day to day tasks.
But others are pushing for kanban boards with statistics for job completion time. I'm against this, because we are a support team for a small community college so we take care of a lot of different things over the week, it's hard to put down a time or completion estimate were we could have an hour or 40 to work on a given project during the week.
I'm keeping the last part to myself for the time being since I still want to be considered a team player. Management will have to figure out the rest the hard way
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Is anarchy the type of boat you load up with animals when there is a floody?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I'd dove to explain and rain in your enthusiasm, but that might further pair down you posting frequency.
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A flood? I'll check with NOAA Noah.
"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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A plus for that. I'm sure other posts will be much verse.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: I'm sure other posts will be much verse.
Oh god. Water we going to do?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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True, but they'll likely be a testament to the old ways.
"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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No, it's what aqueducties are built from.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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It's what happens when you try to narrow the field to just 2.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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There can only be one!
-- Kim Jong Un
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Civilian = "not a developer"
After getting my new Kodi Pi setup, I came to the realization that several of the movies were not showing up in Kodi, and there were also some duplicates. My media server has six drives in it, and I have over 1000 movies, so you might image that locating/resolving issues was somewhat tedious.
My solution, write a little WPF app that allows me to see all the media files, filter them, and search the file names for specific text. I can then double-click the file in the list, and either edit the name (because TMDB.ORG is real picky about name resolution, and Kodi doesn't provide a way to do it in the app), or delete it (maybe one day, I'll add the ability to move files). I started Friday at about 4pm, and was done by 2pm yesterday.
Non-developers have to find something that they can make work, but devs can write something that works exactly the way they want.
Life is good when you're the king.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: Non-developers have to find something that they can make work, but devs can write something that works exactly the way they want.
And the corollary - customer can tell developers what they want, but developers can write what the customer actually needs. 
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Normal home computer users don't have a dev contact, and don't know where to ask for something to be written for them, nor the money to pay for the service.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Marc Clifton wrote: but some developers can write what the customer actually needs.
Anyone want to guess a percentage?
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horribly enough, that's why I went iPhone
a) 'better' font/sizes than what I was using (and I think way back then I had a work BlackBerry)
b) I was already supporting an iPhone app, so I knew the development environment - anything I couldnt get, I could write (guess how many personal apps I've actually written  )
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I found this on Amazon (checking for comments from another seller that doesn't yet have any):
Quote: >The Tayama Personal Blender designed for your active, fast-paced lifestyle.The 20 ounce BPA-free plastic Sport Bottle comes complete with a carry hook and lid storage when put away. A powerful 300-watt motor turns ice and frozen fruit into your favorite smoothies, health shakes, and diet drinks. The Blender base is small enough to keep on your counter every day or take on the go.
and immediately below it:
Quote: Helpful Hint: This appliance may only be used for a maximum 3 minutes of continuous use.
Allow to cool down between uses. This appliance is not intended to crush ice or frozen food. Use only for liquid and cut soft fruit.
Let me add the finishing touch: the above was taken from their own photo-enriched add extolling their product.
I guess the manufacturers and their agents assume we're all jackasses - and if their even 1% correct they make a fortune.
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A powerful 300-watt motor turns ice and frozen fruit into your favorite smoothies, health shakes, and diet drinks.
Technically, this does't specifically say that their blender can do this. It just says that a 300-watt motor can do it.
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Exactly.
Recently I've been looking at radiation meters. They all seem to begin by describing different common types of radiation -- Alpha, Beta, Gamma, X-rays -- yet when you read the specifications, none detect Alpha and few detect Beta. (I need an Alpha detector.)
I imagine someone might also begin a car ad with something along the lines of "Mercedes Benz traces it's roots to 1883 and has been synonymous with high-quality European automobiles for more than a century, this Yugo is also a European automobile..."
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