It sounds ridiculous, yes, but there are US software engineers who basically work for minimum wage full time doing freelance work because that is all they can find
I mean if you read the article, one of them saved for a year or 2 and bought a house (I’m assuming large down payment for a mortgage), one had a “house payment and alimony” (so basically paying half the salary to the ex), one was saving up 90% of income doing this.
These are people who were either striving for FIRE or had other shit happen to them.
Obviously the area is ridiculously expensive, but software engineers make more than enough to live on a single job. If they still have jobs of course.
Yeah I don't get it. You can also work for established companies where you get steady income instead of volatile stocks but you're not going to be able to retire super early with a work life balance that way
Exactly. I got a drive by downvote which is a shame. Some people are in a situation where they're happy to take a risk, and know that if it fails they won't be destitute, and sometimes you might be paid more to account for the risk. Or less, but you get stock options to account for the risk. They're all valid options as long as you're not forced into it.
Ok, obviously merging while you merge is super dangerous. Almost as dangerous as using light mode on your phone. The rider should've known he was a sociopath just from that.
"When in Rome" is the first half of an old adage: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." It means that when you're in an unfamiliar location, take your cues on what to do from the people who live there. It doesn't mean that they're literally in Rome.
It's being used somewhat incorrectly in this title; to say that the Uber driver is just doing what's normal for Bay Area people, I guess.
This is a concept known as CAC (configuration as code) - the driver made changes to the route, making the change visible, reversible, safe, auditable and testable.
It's also great for the PRs merged per day metric!
My wife had a labmate in grad school submit a paper on a comedy robot, and a reviewer noted "the authors mention humor several times but never define the concept."
This seems dangerous for both the codebase and the cars around them.
Crashing and then crashing
In case of crash
git revertorgit reset --hard idbeforecrashProgrammer confirmed
A software engineer needs two jobs. Which means most people need at least 4. Or 3 if they live under a bridge.
A software engineer does not need two jobs. That's ridiculous.
It sounds ridiculous, yes, but there are US software engineers who basically work for minimum wage full time doing freelance work because that is all they can find
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-google-employees-live-in-the-parking-lot-2015-10?op=1
I mean if you read the article, one of them saved for a year or 2 and bought a house (I’m assuming large down payment for a mortgage), one had a “house payment and alimony” (so basically paying half the salary to the ex), one was saving up 90% of income doing this.
These are people who were either striving for FIRE or had other shit happen to them.
Obviously the area is ridiculously expensive, but software engineers make more than enough to live on a single job. If they still have jobs of course.
Ok so a software engineer needs 3 or 4.
Imagine that driver working an only fans account while driving.
anything's possible with self driving cars
This is known and quite popular genre of porn.
That's startup life. Dude might be rolling in it in a couple years and it's a decision. Feel bad for the non tech workers around the bay
Doubtful given 70-90% of startups fail.
he did say "might be" 😅
Everyone who plays the lottery might be a millionaire too
Yeah it's risky. People do it multiple times though and one success pays out. It's a risky choice that I wouldn't make but I understand why people do
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Clown town libertarian take.
Lmao yes, telling you to feel bad for non tech workers in the bay area makes me libertarian
You could work for a startup that still pays a livable wage so you don’t have to do something this reckless. That is an option.
Not sure why this is downvoted. It's a lifestyle choice that is a genuine choice. You don't have to live in SF if it's not for you.
Yeah I don't get it. You can also work for established companies where you get steady income instead of volatile stocks but you're not going to be able to retire super early with a work life balance that way
Exactly. I got a drive by downvote which is a shame. Some people are in a situation where they're happy to take a risk, and know that if it fails they won't be destitute, and sometimes you might be paid more to account for the risk. Or less, but you get stock options to account for the risk. They're all valid options as long as you're not forced into it.
Half-assing two jobs at once
Do NOT let me do this, I will actually be rage-merging on the road. "LFGTM 😡" bypass branch protection rules
force push to master
don't merge and drive
he can merge without looking
"Hahahaha, merging this code is so fucking funny, it makes me want to merge without looking!"
Big Gasoline truck explodes
"Yeah, Elon!"
Yo Dawg, I heard you like merging. ..
Ok, obviously merging while you merge is super dangerous. Almost as dangerous as using light mode on your phone. The rider should've known he was a sociopath just from that.
Hey, I prefer light mode. There are dozens of us!
Nothing in life really prepares you for meeting such an unfathomable being...
It’s mind blowing but there are people who really do prefer it! Don’t forget to leave an optional light mode for them!
20 years ago, everything was light mode.
Anyway, I have it set to time of day, so it switches between the two
Actually try thousands of years. God invented light mode when he said “let there be light”. He was cut off mid-sentence but he was gonna say “mode”
It's worth mentioning that this guy and the "Uber driver" works in the same company
probably the only time they can actually successfully merge
I’m not sure if that is impressive or terrifying.
Personally, I find it depressing.
¿Por qué no los dos?
What's SF?
San Francisco, bay area is notorious for technology and tech nerds
Thanks!
I thought this was happening in Rome?
Did OP lie in the title?
"When in Rome" is the first half of an old adage: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." It means that when you're in an unfamiliar location, take your cues on what to do from the people who live there. It doesn't mean that they're literally in Rome.
It's being used somewhat incorrectly in this title; to say that the Uber driver is just doing what's normal for Bay Area people, I guess.
Speculative fiction, situated feminism, string figure... https://sarahetruman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SF-Haraway-English-Truman.pdf
Somebody tell that dude that having a "bus factor" doesn't mean you should actively seek getting run over by a bus!
Science fiction or San Francisco?
San Fierro
Sioux Falls!
As long as the maniac with his model planes isn't around that should be safe.
man i hate those stupid phone holder thingys so much
You know those motorised lifts they install in old peoples homes to help them get upstairs?
Those things drive me up the fucking wall.
Do you create Puerto Ricos while you’re being driven up there?
They're good for holding a phone for mapping and the like, where you don't touch the phone
This is a concept known as CAC (configuration as code) - the driver made changes to the route, making the change visible, reversible, safe, auditable and testable. It's also great for the PRs merged per day metric!
Cabdriving As Code
This is the sort of engineer getting wholly replaced by Copilot
He's checking in code for FSD.
Pretty normal adhd behaviour
He says it like that's a good thing?
Nah. That's a turn of phrase. I.e. only this Backcountry shithole would have crazy people like this.
I mean... prescient, but also very un-funny if true
average tech entrepreneur
All to afford the cardboard box they no doubt live in
A Personal Record?
A Public Relations?
Pull Request. You are in Programmer humor.
Whats a programmer?
Outside this community: someone who programs computers.
In this community: no one has any fucking idea how to answer that.
What's a humor?
My wife had a labmate in grad school submit a paper on a comedy robot, and a reviewer noted "the authors mention humor several times but never define the concept."
It's one of four liquids, sometimes vapors, that humans have to keep in balance or else they get black bileosis
Same thing as humour, I guess.
wrong PH
so he updated his script, or fixed a bug while driving, right?
Someone else wrote some code, and he reviewed it and approved it, and merged it into the codebase.
Oh I would hope not, it's good practice to not let the person writing the code merge it in, to get a fresh pair of eyes on the code before it goes in.
Though in a way you could say he "fixed a bug" by merging a bugfix written by somebody else, but that feels like a failure of attribution.
Prime Rib
Might also have been a peer review.
Pull Request. You don't merge a peer review.
Merging the PR and merging into traffic!
Is this a 2008 RDX?