As one of these employees, I’m very very pissed off. Then this article hits the day I get back from a nice vacation. Fuck it. My resume is already updated. Time to get out of here. I have less than zero respect for this guy. So much for nearly a decade at AWS.
I don’t know about the meeting part, but the rest of the stuff in the article is correct. Can confirm.
Shall we work on writing the algorithms to making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? That’s always a fun one to explain the concept.
Oooh, is that why there were little roses in them?
We’ve got a bunch of glass ones. Probably has puppies in it or something.
You’re not wrong, but it’s a process that can be improved. I will 100% say that we’ve had better results in person for newbies, BUT it is not a valid reason as an overall rule. In my mind, the benefits far outweigh the downsides. Fuck the office (not the show, it’s amazing)
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When they’re right, they’re right
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Hell no, HD is more than plenty for me.
Just thought you all would like to know I’m watching the cracker episode of Good Eats.
I’m sitting in a hotel at Disneyland as we speak. I haven’t seen anything about evacuating. Park is still open it seems. But it is raining a loooot.
Edit: it was also my kid’s first earthquake. They thought it was super cool.
It shouldn’t be a surprise, but I also came out post that statement.
Edit: Also, nobody is ever allowed in that chamber. Just can’t be.
Fun side story. My first job as a developer, I was working in a small porn company in downtown Chicago. We had just hired a few people, so being the only techy in the company it was on me to order a bunch of hardware from NewEgg.
It was supposed to be delivered days later. But no, they had an employee, just like a regular dude, hop in his car and deliver the order on the same day. This was probably 2006, so same day delivery way NOT a normal thing.
I rarely get to tell this story because I don’t want people to know I started off my (somewhat long) software engineering career in porn and because who cares about this in today’s world.
However, OP mentioned NewEgg, so it fits here.
When one procures the official shirts/hoodies, particularly the ones labeled “I am a beacon of joy” and “I found this. It’s vibrating,” a perpetual stream of compliments from observers ensues. On each occasion I venture outside adorned in these garments, I am reliably met with enthusiastic remarks from people expressing their adoration for them.
WHAT. HOLY SHIT. YES.
But … I like Seattle people.